Link Up The Orchestra ROCKS!
Join us for a beginner music program that will rock your students.
An exciting recorder program for grades 3, 4 or 5 written by Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute for you and your students! Partner with the West Michigan Symphony for this school year musical journey!
Registration is open now for 2025-2026 [click here]
"My Students Loved the Link Up program...and how amazing that they play their recorders with the West Michigan Symphony Orchestra! Thank you for providing this program to our school" - Local Music Teacher
Beginning our 22nd year of school partnerships, the West Michigan Symphony looks forward to joining with you and your school for the “Orchestra ROCKS” during the 2025-2026 school year.
The West Michigan Symphony Link Up program (a nationally recognized curriculum by Carnegie Hall) brings music and melody to your classroom students in grades 3-5. Link Up draws on concert repertoire and culminates with students performing in person at the Frauenthal Theater in Muskegon on May 12, 2026.
Schools receive FREE:
- Teacher professional development, teacher curriculum and online resources
- Student printable workbooks (recorders required for this program)
- Music Mentor (WMS Musician's) in person or virtual classroom visits
- WMS String Quartet school visits (select schools)
- A highly interactive Link Up concert on Tuesday May 12, 2026. (students play recorder, sing, and move)
Students learn to read music, play the recorder, meet musicians and perform together at the WMS Link Up Concert. Partner with us and over 50 area elementary schools for this one of a kind program!
For more information or to register your school for the Link Up program, please email Karen Vander Zanden, Vice President of Community Learning and Engagement at kvanderzanden@westmichigansymphony.org. Call 231-726-3231 ext. 231
