For Educators

The Rockford Symphony Orchestra is committed to serving music educators throughout the Northern Illinois region.

Sign up for the RSO Educator Email list to receive regular updates and be notified of additional opportunities throughout the year as funding makes them available.

 
 
 

Meet the RSO Education Team

Blakeley Menghini
Education and Community Engagement Director

bmenghini@rockfordsymphony.com

Linc Smelser

Rockford Symphony Youth Orchestra Conductor

The Rockford Symphony Orchestra recognizes the hard work music educators are doing in our community and honors the difference they are making every day by offering Music Educators 50% off adult ticket prices (up to 4 per concert). These can be purchased by calling the RSO Office at 815.965.0049.

Music Educator Ticket Discount

Digital Stage for Educators

The Rockford Symphony Orchestra is pleased to offer regional educators access to digitally recorded programs for classroom educational purposes.

The following concerts are free and available immediately. Expand each concert title below for concert information and links to each piece individually on YouTube.

  • Yaniv Attar, Conductor

    Márquez Danzon No. 2

    Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez

    Daniel Bolshoy, guitar

    Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4

    CLICK HERE FOR ACCESS

  • Scott Terrell, conductor

    Harbison Remembering Gatsby, Foxtrot for Orchestra

    Price Piano Concerto in One Movement

    Tengku Ahmad Irfan, piano

    Copland Quiet City

    Korngold Much Ado About Nothing Suite

    Gershwin Gershwin in Hollywood

    CLICK HERE FOR ACCESS

  • Andrew Crust, conductor

    Steiner Casablanca Suite

    Hermann Psycho Suite for Strings

    Rota Godfather Suite

    Hisaishi Symphonic Variation “Merry-Go-Round”, from Howl’s Moving Castle

    Korngold Finale from Robin Hood Suite

    Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2

    Wei Luo, piano

    CLICK HERE FOR ACCESS

  • Tania Miller, conductor

    Mozart “Haffner” Symphony

    He/Chen Butterfly Lovers Concerto

    Michèle Lekas, violin

    Williams The Chairman’s Waltz from Memoirs of a Geisha

    Copland Appalachian Spring

    Strauss Blue Danube Waltz

    CLICK HERE FOR ACCESS

  • Alastair Willis, conductor

    Jacobsen Ascending Bird

    Wijeratne Concerto for Tabla

    Sandeep Das, tabla

    Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet Suites

    CLICK HERE FOR ACCESS

The following concerts are available with a 15-day access pass to the video. Expand each concert title below for repertoire and to click a special link that includes access to your free 15-day pass. Please use your school-linked email to “check out” when “purchasing” the educator pass. You will then receive an email with the watch link.