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The 2008 Hunt Quartet gives an interactive
performance at Prairie Elementary School
in DeForest.
UP CLOSE & MUSICAL®

An In-School Program for Kindergarten through Third Grade Students
The MSO's nationally-recognized Up Close & Musical Program brings the power and beauty of music into the classrooms of elementary schools throughout Dane County. The curriculum is guided by the Wisconsin State Model Academic Standards for Music and is provided free to participating schools.

The MSO is Pleased to Announce the 2008-2009 Participating Schools
This year, 13 area schools expressed interest in this growing program and the following six were selected. Chavéz, Elvehjem, Franklin, Lapham and Midvale Elementary Schools in the Madison Metropolitan School District and Madison Country Day School in Waunakee.

Live Interactive Performances
Up Close & Musical brings the Hunt Quartet into the classroom to create exciting, interactive lessons that require students to "hunt" for things within the music. The Hunt Quartet makes a total of four visits to six different Dane County elementary schools each year. During these small group encounters, the students get close to all four musicians and their instruments.

The Concepts that Help Us Understand Music
The Hunt Quartet helps students explore the musical concepts of expression, rhythm, melody and form. Each visit ends with a large group performance where students hear those concepts in all-school concerts.

Symphony Soup
Each year, the Up Close & Musical Program culminates with Symphony Soup, a concert in Overture Hall in which the entire Symphony plays some of the works the children have been hearing all year, and members of the Hunt Quartet are prominently featured on stage. Symphony Soup is presented by the Overture OnStage Performing Arts Series.

A Sound Collaboration
The Up Close & Musical program is a collaborative effort between the MSO, the UW-Madison School of Music, and the Overture Center for the Arts.

Involving Your Students
For more information about Up Close & Musical, the Hunt Quartet and Symphony Soup, please email mkaebisch@madisonsymphony.org or call 608.257.3734.

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