Each season your Regina Symphony Orchestra, in collaboration with the Regina Public School Board, presents over 30 concerts, reaching more than 10,000 students at local elementary and high schools. Many of these concerts are performed in Regina's inner city and community schools. Students have the opportunity to experience live orchestral music, interact with the musicians, ask questions and just have fun while still learning!

Each school concert is a unique combination of words and music. Our musicians, and visiting artists, conduct workshops with high school students who are members of the band program. 

In addition, with the help of our corporate partners, we are able to give more than 500 tickets to the students and their families to attend a Classics Concert. Our Maestro, Victor Sawa, is passionate about giving students and their families these opportunities. When he was 11, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra gave his inner city school complimentary tickets so that families who couldn't afford to attend a concert were now able to. That concert changed his life!

This program focuses on members of our rural community, who may not have access to our regular concerts due to a variety of reasons such as, financial barriers, mobility challenges, cultural diversity, and geographic distances.

Your RSO will addresses these issues in several ways:

• By providing free or low cost concerts
• By performing concerts in schools, community centers, and churches
• By performing concerts in rural communities

Musicians travel throughout Southern Saskatchewan's cities and towns performing at local high schools in the afternoon and then in the evening performing a public concert for the community at a local venue.

The afternoon Education Concert reaches many children in Southern Saskatchewan. We perform at a local high school and invite the surrounding feeder schools to attend. Students will not only have the opportunity to see and hear a live performance but also learn and interact with the musicians.

The Rural Community Music Program has many benefits, including:

• Reaching members of our community whose financial circumstances are deterrents to attending regular concerts. Quality music is not for the financially privileged of our community - it is for everyone.
• Reaching members of our community whom, because of physical barriers, may not be able to attend at our regular concert venues. This would include performing for seniors in nursing homes, community centers and churches, and may include performing in medical facilities for long-term care patients.
• Reaching the rural segments of our community who may not be able to travel the distance to the City of Regina to attend a regular performance.
• Reaching new audiences to share the love and experience of quality music.

Today's children are tomorrow's audience. Exposure to music at a young age develops an appreciation for music that lasts a lifetime. Music has the ability to stir your emotions, ease stress, and soothe the soul. We believe our music must be open to all members of our community and above all, it must be relevant and fun.