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Tiny Tunes

Give your early childhood and kindergarten students the opportunity to dance and play along with SLSO musicians. Tiny Tunes includes 30 minutes of interactive, hands-on musical learning followed by a 30-minute concert created especially for your early childhood and kindergarten students.

Tiny Tunes performances are inclusive of students with sensory differences. Accommodations will be provided so that all students may enjoy the experience of live orchestral music. Learn more about the available accommodations and access an Experience Guide to prepare your students on the Planning Your Field Trip page.

The Tortoise and the Hare

Tue, Apr 1, 9:30-10:30am; 10:45-11:45am
Wed, Apr 2, 9:30-10:30am; 10:45-11:45am
Thur, Apr 3, 9:30-10:30am; 10:45-11:45am

These performances take place at the Lee Theater at UMSL’s Touhill Performing Arts Center.

On your mark. Get set. Go! Who will cross the finish line first: the fast and confident Hare or the slow and determined Tortoise? Set to the music of Beethoven, Rossini, Elgar, and Dvořák, the story comes to life as students move and make music along with your SLSO. Based on the book The Tortoise and the Hare by Alison Ritchie, illustrated by Nahta Nój.

Applications for the 2024-2025 school year have closed. If you’d like to be notified of future opportunities, please complete the Interest Form below.

Teacher Guide Interest Form

Tickets are free. Subsidized transportation is available for qualifying schools on a first-come, first-served basis.*

Created in partnership with Ready Readers and COCA.

Priority placement for Ready Readers partner classrooms until November 1.

*50% or more of the school population qualifies for free/reduced lunch.

Teacher Workshops

Join us for an Early Childhood Teacher Workshop to explore new ways to engage your students with music and to prepare them for the concert.

Early Childhood Teacher Workshops

Need Assistance?

For ticketing assistance, please call 314-534-1700 or email educationtickets@slso.org.

For questions regarding the program or curriculum, please email education@slso.org.

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Planning Your Field Trip

We want to make your Education Concert experience hassle-free. Find more information that will give an overview of your field trip to the SLSO.

Planning Your Field Trip Accommodations & Accessibility Form

SLSO education programs are presented by:

SLSO early childhood programs are presented by:

Emerson

Tiny Tunes is supported by:

Moneta Group Charitable Foundation