SF Symphony launches the next generation of its education resource SFSKids
A brand new educational resource from SF Symphony, winter classes open at Berkeley Rep, and Carmina burana takes the stage.
The new website, which was created by Rolling Orange and features artwork and animations by Bay Area artist Jesse Hernandez, is designed to be a fun online music education resource for children 8–13. Students can use the website for self-directed learning, while teachers or parents can use the site for group learning in the classroom, homework assignments, or cooperative learning projects.
SFSKids.org is accessible on desktop and mobile devices and is intended as a resource to support several of the learning targets outlined in music standards documents at national, state, and local levels. Active listening, responding to music, developing personal preferences, fostering awareness of the expressive characteristics in music, creating music, and making creative decisions about music are some of the music content areas the website supports.
The original SFSKids.org launched in March 2002 as one of the first music websites for children. The Symphony launched the second generation of the website in 2014. Since its debut, the site has reached more than five million users. The current SFSKids.org—the third iteration of the site—features an updated design and content to engage a new generation of users.
On the Stage
This week at SF Symphony it’s Carmina burana and a cerebral tone poem, plus Cal Performances offers some enlightenment through an ensemble performance.
Carmina burana & Adams
Classical | San Francisco Symphony
Now – January 19 | Tickets
Carl Orff’s Carmina burana is the “banger of all choral bangers.” Also on the concert: Víkingur Ólafsson premieres a new piano concerto by John Adams.
More Events
- Why Sci-Fi? | San Francisco Symphony | January 18 | View the Program
- Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment | Cal Performances | January 19
- Also sprach Zarathustra | San Francisco Symphony | January 24–25 | View the Program
- The Thing About Jellyfish | Berkeley Rep | January 31 – March 9
Next Line
Move out of the audience onto the stage in Berkeley Rep’s winter theatre classes, get tickets to SF Gay Men’s Chorus debuts at Curran Theatre, and enter to win tickets to a show.
- The Berkeley Rep School of Theatre is welcoming families to their winter quarter of classes, where students can explore their creativity, build skills for on and off stage, and work with professional theatre artists. Classes for youth, teens, and adults begin as soon as next week—plus don't miss the award-winning summer camp where enrollment opens January 22.
- It has just been announced that San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus will make their debut at the Curran Theatre. On March 29, 2025, the celebrated chorus will present Broadway, Our Way, a performance of some of Broadway’s best-known composers. In addition to nearly 300 singers, the show will include a troupe of more than 20 dancers. Tickets go on sale January 24.
- As a subscriber to Encore+, you are eligible to enter to win two tickets to an upcoming performance of San Francisco Symphony’s Chan Conducts All-Tchaikovsky. Share this newsletter with your friends and family, ask them to subscribe, and they’ll be entered to win as well!
