Link Up in the New York City Area
Link Up guides students in grades 3–5 through a yearlong exploration of orchestral repertoire and music making. During the 2024–2025 season, New York City students will participate in a new version of The Orchestra Rocks, exploring rhythm, pulse, groove, and how it feels when the orchestra rocks. At the end of the year, students will sing and play the recorder with a professional orchestra in a culminating concert at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage. Concerts will take place on May 20, 21, and 22, 2025.
The Orchestra Swings
During the 2023–2024 season, New York City students are participating in a new version of Link Up: The Orchestra Swings, exploring the elements of rhythm, form, improvisation, and communication that make music swing. At the end of the year, students will sing and play the recorder with a professional orchestra and jazz ensemble in a culminating concert at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage.
Download 2023–2024 Teacher Guide (PDF)
Fall Professional Development Workshops
Saturday, September 9, 2023 at 2:00 PM–4:00 PM
Tuesday, September 12, 2023 at 4:30 PM–6:30 PM
Culminating Concerts
May 21–23, 2024
10:15 AM and 11:45 AM in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall
Fees
There is a general fee of $6 per student and $30 per teacher. Participating schools may bring no more than one chaperone per 10 students, free of charge. Payment by personal check, credit card, and/or copy of certified purchase order is due by Wednesday, January 31, 2024.
Contact Us
For program questions, email linkup@carnegiehall.org.
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Concert Repertoire
Repertoire Exploration
Learn fundamental concepts of music and engage in creative activities through a deeper exploration of the ideas and themes of the Link Up repertoire.
What is Swing?
Learn about the beginnings of swing as a style of jazz music and discover how other genres can also feel what it means to swing.
Rhythms That Swing
How do musicians create swing using rhythm? Students explore the fundamentals of swing rhythm in “When the Saints Go Marching In” and “I Got Rhythm” and create their own rhythm section.
Forms That Swing
How does form help musicians swing? Students establish an understanding of form and explore A-A-B-A form in “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)” and 12-bar blues form in “Duke’s Place.”
Improvisation in Swing
How do musicians use solo improvisation to swing? Students learn to improvise solos on “Duke’s Place.”
Communicating Through Swing
In what ways do musicians communicate when they swing? Students explore musical dialogue in “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)” and musical conversations in Marsalis’s Swing Symphony and Price’s “Juba.”
Instrument Families
Concert Experience
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