The Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra’s Learning & Community department is proud to announce the launch of their newest program for students, the Music Mentors program! Through this program, the Symphony’s chamber groups will inspire the next generation of musicians and music lovers. During each visit, the musicians of the groups will perform for the budding student musicians and give the students expert tips on how to bring their musicianship to the next level. The chamber ensembles include our Reed Trio, our Brass Quintet and our String Quartet. Choose the one that works best for your ensemble or request all three for maximum student learning!

This program is primarily targeted towards Middle and High school band and orchestra teachers, but other music classes of the same age group can benefit from these visits as well!

The A2SO has a goal for this program to be as flexible as possible to fit as many different schools’ schedules and needs as possible. In order to offer maximum flexibility to suit a variety of needs, the A2SO has come up with 3 different pricing/offering options:

• Option #1: Assembly/Short Visit – $150 ($100 for Title 1 Schools)

  Up to 1 hour long visit – includes a short performance by the chamber group requested, as well as a Question and Answer with the musicians, sectionals or a sit-in rehearsal (where the chamber musicians sit in on a rehearsal with the students and offer comments)

• Option #2: Half-day Visit – $250 ($150 for Title 1 School)

  Up to 2.5 hours of total instructional time – includes a short performance by the chamber group requested, as well as a Question and Answer with the musicians, sectionals or a sit-in rehearsal (where the chamber musicians sit in on a rehearsal with the students and offer comments) per class period

• Option #3: Full-day Visit – $350 ($200 for Title 1 Schools)

  Up to 5 hours of total instructional time – includes a short performance by the chamber group requested, as well as a Question and Answer with the musicians, sectionals or a sit-in rehearsal (where the chamber musicians sit in on a rehearsal with the students and offer comments) per class period

Forms to submit a request for a visit will go live on the A2SO website on Monday, August 5, 2024. Visit requests are not guaranteed to result in a visit, but will be attended to on a first-come, first-served basis. Visits will be scheduled on a rolling basis as requests are received between Sept. 30, 2024 and June 13, 2025.

Interested in a musical experience for a younger age group? Head over to our A2SO @ School page or KinderConcerts page!

Interested in private lessons or a concert experience for older community members? Head to our Find a Teacher page or our Public Chamber Series page!