In collaboration with Carnegie Hall, the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra is participating in Link Up: The Orchestra Sings, a music education program provided by Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute (WMI), during the 2022-23 season. The nearly 4,000 students participating in the Link Up curriculum will attend a culminating concert on Tuesday or Wednesday, May 16 or 17, at J.P. McCaskey High School, where they will sing and play the recorder with the orchestra from their seats. This experience often serves as students' first concert and provides them with the opportunity to apply the musical concepts they have studied.

For over 35 years, Link Up has paired orchestras with students in grades three through five at schools in their local communities to explore orchestral repertoire and fundamental musical skills, including creative work and composition, through a hands-on music curriculum. Link Up provides a free, yearlong curriculum that teachers can implement, along with printed and digital classroom materials and online video and audio resources, and the professional development and support necessary to make the program an engaging experience for students.

The Lancaster Symphony Orchestra is one of more than 100 national and international organizations chosen for this program; this season marks the orchestra's third year in the program. The orchestra's participation involves partnerships with the School District of Lancaster and the Fulton Theatre.

Since 2003, Carnegie Hall has partnered with professional, community, and university orchestras across the U.S. and around the world to support their existing education programs and strengthen their partnerships with local schools through Link Up. In the 2022-23 season, Link Up will partner with sites in the U.S., as well as in Canada, China, the Dominican Republic, Spain, Kenya, New Zealand, and Japan, to serve more than 300,000 students and teachers globally. For more details, visit http://www.carnegiehall.org/LinkUp.