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2025-2026 Youth Concert Series<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Be sure to explore our curriculum online for each concert, which will help you prepare your students for their concert experience.
\n<\/em>We hope you will join us this season at Kleinhans Music Hall!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Building Harmony: For 1st-4th Grades<\/strong><\/span>\"\"<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Using<\/span> a variety of musical selections, this youth concert tackles the topics of respect, personal responsibility, cooperation, and community, all through the orchestra. The BPO has a unique platform for this topic: 73 individual voices all working together to create a beautiful sound. This concert also features selections from Leonard Bernstein\u2019s famous West Side Story<\/em>, a musical known for its powerful story about the impacts of intolerance.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_btn title=”Browse Concert Dates” style=”classic” color=”blue” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fbpo.org%2Feducation%2Fevents%2Flist%2F%3Ftribe_eventcategory%255B0%255D%3D31″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_btn title=”Access Curriculum” style=”classic” color=”blue” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fpresentation%2Fd%2F1ux66ixFfkHWr-oIajozrqG6o2fW0_Po7VOmhU-VZ7Cw%2Fedit%3Fusp%3Dsharing|title:Grades%201-4%20Curriculum|target:_blank”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#75787b”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Building Harmony: For 5th-8th Grades<\/span><\/strong>\"\"<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Using a variety of musical selections, this youth concert tackles the topics of respect, personal responsibility, cooperation, and community, all through the orchestra. The BPO has a unique platform for this topic: 73 individual voices all working together to create a beautiful sound. This concert also features selections from Leonard Bernstein\u2019s famous West Side Story<\/em>, a musical known for its powerful story about the impacts of intolerance.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_btn title=”Browse Concert Dates” style=”classic” color=”green” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fbpo.org%2Feducation%2Fevents%2Flist%2F%3Ftribe_eventcategory%255B0%255D%3D32″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_btn title=”Access Curriculum” style=”classic” color=”green” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fpresentation%2Fd%2F1gt8lVyWbVvL3m9QtLBA-ZrTbsciVQKs_8VqjrIgII54%2Fedit%3Fusp%3Dsharing|title:Grades%205-8%20Curriculum”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#75787b”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

The Dream of America<\/strong><\/span>\"\"<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

This special concert honors our country\u2019s 250th anniversary with Peter Boyer\u2019s powerful multi-media piece “Ellis Island: The Dream of America.” This concert also features the Sphinx Competition winner, 16-year-old violinist Jacqueline Rodenbeck, performing as soloist with the BPO.[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Browse Concert Dates” color=”primary” align=”left” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fbpo.org%2Feducation%2Fevents%2Flist%2F%3Ftribe_eventcategory%255B0%255D%3D45″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#75787b”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Friday Morning Concerts\"\"<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

These full-length (2 hour) BPO concerts on Friday mornings give middle and high school students a chance to hear complete pieces of repertoire in a casual atmosphere.[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Browse Concert Dates” style=”classic” color=”sandy-brown” align=”left” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fbpo.org%2Feducation%2Fevents%2Flist%2F%3Ftribe_eventcategory%255B0%255D%3D27″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#75787b”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Accessible Concerts<\/span>\"\"<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Developed specifically to enhance the BPO experience for audience members with disabilities, this visual and interactive concert is performed in the Mary Seaton Room at Kleinhans Music Hall to accommodate the flexible seating needed for wheelchairs and the audience to react to the music in any way they feel comfortable.[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Browse Concert Dates” style=”classic” color=”turquoise” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fbpo.org%2Feducation%2Fevents%2Flist%2F%3Ftribe_eventcategory%255B0%255D%3D42″][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#75787b”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

\"\"This online hub of free youth concert content is for use in virtual or in-person classrooms. Explore video resources with accompanying suggested lesson plans under thematic units like Musical Stories, World Dances, American Voices, Art & Music, Celebrating WNY, The Orchestra at Work, Melody & Meaning, BPO Musical Passport, Our Musical Heritage, and Instruments of the World.<\/p>\n

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The BPO is a proud partner of Erie 1 BOCES Arts in Education & Exploratory Enrichment<\/a> programs. For more information please click here<\/a>.<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#75787b”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id=”event_list_calendar”][vc_column_text el_class=”hide”]

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