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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 sensitivities. Accommodations will be provided so that all students may enjoy the experience of live orchestral music.

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.

Ticket application will open on Tue, Sep 3. If you’d like to be informed of future opportunities, please complete the interest form.

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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.

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.

SLSO education programs are presented by:

Steward Family Foundation logo
World Wide Technology

SLSO early childhood programs are presented by:

Emerson

Tiny Tunes is supported by:

Moneta Group Charitable Foundation
BNSF Railway Foundation