Carnegie Hall Link Up

In collaboration with Carnegie Hall, the University of Memphis Symphony Orchestra is participating in Link Up Orchestra Moves, a music education program provided by Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute (WMI), during the 2024–2025 season. Students participating in the Link Up curriculum will attend a free culminating concert on Thursday, February 13 at 10 AM, at the Scheidt Family Performing Arts Center, where they sing and play the recorder with the orchestra from their seats.

By any definition, music moves. As organized sound, music moves through time and space, from high to low, creating patterns and motifs. Composers and performers use expressive qualities to move us emotionally. Music also compels us to move physically and is embodied in many kinds of dance.

Through Orff Schulwerk strategies, complementary creative movement activities, and a culminating interactive performance, students will discover all the interwoven ways the orchestra moves. The best part, we've got all the classroom and teacher resources you need!

Browse our digital Teacher's Guide. 

The School of Music invites elementary schools to register their students for this exciting opportunity. Don't miss the chance to engage young learners in a memorable musical experience!

What is Link Up?

Carnegie Hall’s Link Up program pairs orchestras with students in grades 3–5 at schools in their local communities, allowing students to learn about, listen to, and perform great music. Students participating in Link Up explore an interactive curriculum in which they learn to sing and play an instrument in the classroom before performing with the orchestra from their seats at a culminating concert.

Link Up provides a free, high-quality yearlong curriculum that teachers can implement. It also provides teaching materials, online video and audio resources, and the professional development and support necessary to make the program an engaging experience for students.

Fund II Foundation provides lead support for Link Up. Linda and Earle S. Altman, The Barker Welfare Foundation, JJR Foundation, Joan and Sanford I. Weill, and the Weill Family Foundation provide additional funding.

Your School Receives

• Link Up curriculum resources for each teacher (featuring repertoire for singing, playing the soprano recorder or violin, and program-related lesson plans and activities) with accompanying audio and video resources
• Link Up resources for students
• Access to Carnegie Hall’s online resources, including additional lessons and interactive classroom resources
• Access to Carnegie Hall’s Link Up Facebook group, which connects teachers, Carnegie Hall staff, and featured contributors to share ideas, student work, videos, and photos

Teacher Resources

• How to Use the Curriculum
• Concert Repertoire
• Repertoire Exploration
• About the Composers and Arrangers
• Instrument Families
• Sheet Music Index
• Audio Index
• Video Index
• Student Activities Index
• Standards and Acknowledgements
• Supporting Resources
• Concert Experience
• Carnegie Hall Link Up Orchestra Moves website

Repertoire Highlights:

• Thomas Cabaniss’s “Come to Play”
• Johann Strauss II’s The Blue Danube
• Georges Bizet’s “Toreador” from Carmen
• Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa’s “Mhande”
• Tali Rubinstein’s “Shibolet Basadeh”
• Dai Wei’s “The Dancing Moonlight”
• André Filho’s “Cidade Maravilhosa”
• Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5
• Elena Kats-Chernin’s “Knitting Nettles” from Wild Swans Suite
•  Arturo Márquez’s Danzón No. 2