lollipops
Sponsored by BMW Manufacturing, Lollipops is a free program presented by Greenville Symphony Orchestra musicians at Hughes Main Library and satellite locations. The program introduces classical music and orchestral instruments to preschoolers and elementary aged children.
These 30-minute interactive concerts blend well-known classical music ( including composers like Mozart and Beethoven) with storybooks about music, selected specifically for children. A small ensemble comprised of a rotating group of instruments ( wind quintet, string quintet and solo percussion) perform along with a narrator from South Carolina Children’s Theater. Our storyteller provides the audience cues for physical and verbal participation that ultimately enhance young listeners’ vocabulary and reading comprehension.
As our longest-running education program assisted by the Guild, Lollipops has fostered music appreciation through active listening and engagement in the local community for over 50 years. A lollipop is handed out after every concert.
2021-2022 Lollipops Schedule
[Programs subject to change. Please contact Education Manager David Kiser for questions.]
- December 4: Lollipops featuring the Percussion. Five Forks Library, Simpsonville. 11:30 AM
- January 8: Lollipops featuring the Percussion. FIVE FORKS LIBRARY (change from previous), Simpsonville. 11:30 AM
- February 19: Lollipops featuring the Strings. FIVE FORKS LIBRARY (change from previous), Simpsonville. . 11:30 AM
- March 26: Lollipops featuring the Winds. Hughes Main Library, Greenville. 11:30 AM
- April 9: Lollipops featuring the Percussion. Hughes Main Library, Greenville. 11:30 AM
- May 7: Lollipops featuring the Strings. Hughes Main Library, Greenville. 11:30 AM
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A GSO Lollipops Concert held outside the Five Forks Library
once upon an orchestra
A collaboration between South Carolina Children’s Theatre (SCCT) and the Greenville Symphony Orchestra, Once Upon an Orchestra is a free performance that engages young listeners and their attending family members with a dramatic blend of orchestral music, narrative, acting and movement.
Classical music is paired with a storybook and brought to life through in costume by SCCT Principal Teaching Artist, Traysie Amick. She performs alongside a small ensemble comprised of a rotating combination of the GSO’s wind quintet, string quintet, and solo percussion. The program is interactive. At the end the program children are invited “on stage” with Miss Traysie and the GSO musicians to take turns sharing their stories.
Once Upon an Orchestra is held on three selected Tuesdays each spring at the new SCCT headquarters in downtown Greenville, located at 153 Augusta St.
Classical music is paired with a storybook and brought to life through in costume by SCCT Principal Teaching Artist, Traysie Amick. She performs alongside a small ensemble comprised of a rotating combination of the GSO’s wind quintet, string quintet, and solo percussion. The program is interactive. At the end the program children are invited “on stage” with Miss Traysie and the GSO musicians to take turns sharing their stories.
Once Upon an Orchestra is held on three selected Tuesdays each spring at the new SCCT headquarters in downtown Greenville, located at 153 Augusta St.
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