What are the School Concert series(“育藝深遠”音樂會)hosted by the Taipei Symphony Orchestra (TSO)?
Combining education with culture, the "School Concert" series has been warmly received by student and parents.Under the "School Concert" series, every fifth grade elementary school students in Taipei city can watch live symphony orchestra performances. A total of 361,137 students went to concert halls to listen to live classical music at 300 concerts performed between September 2005 and June 2015. The project integrating art and education has been popular since its debut with frequent positive feedback after each concert. Teachers generally acknowledged the program for the current academic year, saying it helped students learn more about each musical instrument in a symphony orchestra. Meanwhile, students wrote down their impressions and thoughts on the concerts in their reports. Some drew the instruments that left the deepest impression on them while others left messages on TSO's on-line bulletin board to express their support and gratitude for the activities. A number of schools and parents from other cities and counties learned about the program from media reports and asked TSO by telephone if their children could attend these marvelous musical events.How to purchase CDs released by TSO?
TSO aims to promote music education, boost the circulation of music CDs and encourage public appreciation of art through producing CDs to serve fans of classical music. TSO has released seven albums so far, including Dominick Argento: Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, Franz Liszt: Six Hungarian Rhapsodies, Mozart/Weber/Strauss: Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra, Cello Classics New & Old, Festival Overture, Wind Music Around the World, and Youth Concert. How to make a purchase? :(1) CDs are available for purchase at the Information Desk when a concert is performed at Zhongshan Hall.
(2) Contact the sales counters of government publications at 50 retail stores of Wunan Books across Taiwan. TEL: (04)2226-0330
(3) CDs are also available at the Publications & Souvenirs Exhibition Center, on the 1st Floor of Taipei City Hall.
(4)Visit our Research & Promotion Section at 7F, No. 25, Bade Road, Sec. 3, Taipei, or contact Miss Chang at (02)2578-6731 ext. 724.