Pacific Symphony offers a wide variety of educational and community engagement programs.
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Imagine a place where budding young artists and creative thinkers in grades seven and eight come together to explore the arts, nourish their sense of self and make lasting friendships.
Class Act
The Frieda Belinfante Class Act Program connects Pacific Symphony to a select number of elementary schools each year. Class Act strives to enhance existing school music programs by providing additional musical experience through the Symphony.
Family Musical Mornings
This series of five Saturday morning programs (10 total performances) introduces young audiences, ages 5-11, and their families to the Symphony.
These interactive concerts are designed to be both educational and entertaining.
Heartstrings
Heartstrings is a major community-wide program providing free access to concerts, hands-on enrichment activities and transportation for a range of underserved local residents in partnership with Orange County agencies.
Heartstrings: Santa Ana Strings
Santa Ana Strings, an after-school violin instruction program where students receive a violin to take home, and up to 5 hours of instruction each week.
Heartstrings: Music & Wellness
Customized one-of-a-kind, sensory-friendly concerts, instrument petting zoos, parent & baby workshops, and soon to be launched “Symphony Serenades”
Master Classes
Pacific Symphony periodically hosts masterclasses with select visiting guest artists for members of the Orange County community.
OC Can You Play With Us?
OC Can You Play With Us? provides adult avocational musicians opportunities to enhance their playing, learn from professional musicians and connect with each other.
Strings for Generations
Through this one-of-a-kind program, students in grades 4 – 9 and their family members play and learn about music together under the direction of professional music educators and Symphony musicians.
Youth Ensembles
Pacific Symphony Youth Ensembles (PSYE) is one of the largest pre-professional musical training programs in the nation, nurturing and inspiring young musicians in grades 6 through 12.