Each year, the WSO’s Young People’s Concert Tour travels to schools and venues in West Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania and provides thousands of elementary school students and their teachers with the opportunity to experience engaging and educational symphonic performances.
This year, the students are coming to us! For more information on the 2026 Young People’s Concert, see below.
The Wheeling Symphony’s 2026 Young People’s Concerts are scheduled for April 8 and April 9 with concerts at 10:00 and 11:30 both days. They will be held at the historic Capitol Theatre on Main Street in Wheeling, home to the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra
Please complete the registration form below. Reservations will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis. The suggested donation/admission fee of $2.00 is applicable only to students. Teachers and chaperones attend at no cost. Please note that no child should be discouraged from attending due to the inability to pay.
We hope that you are able to join us for what is sure to be an engaging, musically inspiring and educational experience! Please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns at jjingle@wheelingsymphony.com
Film stills from Philharmonia Fantastique
THE CONCERT: The 45 minute concert will feature the animated work, Philharmonia Fantastique, by composer Mason Bates. Philharmonia Fantastique: The Making of the Orchestra is a concerto for orchestra and animated film that flies through the instruments guided by a magical Sprite to explore the connection between creativity and technology. Students will see violin strings vibrate, brass valves slice air, and drum heads resonate. A trailer is linked to introduce students to Philharmonia Fantastique.
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In addition to Philharmonia Fantastique, the orchestra will be demonstrating the instruments and instrument families through a variety of excerpts that best demonstrate the unique sound of each. There are professionally created instructional materials available through the Philharmonia Fantastique online resources at this link:
This site is designed to accompany the live concert experience of Philharmonia Fantastique. It supports the 2014 Music Standards and their focus on Music Literacy. It provides opportunities to make connections to the core concepts of creating, responding and performing, while focusing on the PreK-8th grade General Music curriculum. The materials also provide opportunities to build and deepen connections to Social and Emotional Learning and are deliberately grounded in The Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning’s five competencies of SEL: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision making.
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