Exciting Events for the School Year
Trip to the Phil: The Art of a Career
for elementary and middle school students
2023-24 School Program
September 12–15, 2023
9:45am and 11:45am
Hayes Hall
Naples Philharmonic
Alvin Ho, conductor
Aligned with state-wide and national standards for college and career readiness, this education concert will highlight the various types of jobs that relate to the arts. While examining various composers and their jobs outside of music, all 5th and 7th grade students who attend will enjoy this performance by our hometown orchestra, the Naples Philharmonic!
To participate, please submit your school's information through the School Reservations button below. For all schooltime performances, the purchase of 10 student admissions entitles schools to one free adult admission. For homeschool and family orders, please contact patron services at 239-597-1900.
Homeschoolers and families are welcome at the 9:45am performance. For school groups, there are both the 9:45am and an 11:45am performance.
Trip to the Phil is generously sponsored by Ned C. and Cynthia R. Lautenbach. A special thanks to the Florida Department of State Division of Arts and Culture.
Young Person’s Concert: Once Upon a Symphony
for elementary school students
2023-24 School Program
September 19–22, September 27–29,
October 6, October 9–10, October 12–13,
and October 23, 2023
9:45am and 11:45am
Daniels Pavilion
Naples Philharmonic
Alvin Ho, conductor
Rachael Lord, narrator
An interactive, educational and entertaining show designed to introduce children of all ages to the instruments of the symphony orchestra. Supremely crafted and well-paced, Once Upon a Symphony delights the students with bottle-music, hoseaphones, snake-charming oboes, powerful trumpets and more — always educating, always entertaining — so that the students are learning, loving and laughing about classical music throughout.
To participate, please submit your school's information through the School Reservations button below. For all schooltime performances, the purchase of 10 student admissions entitles schools to one free adult admission. For homeschool and family orders, please contact patron services at 239-597-1900.
Homeschoolers and families are welcome at the 9:45am performance. For school groups, there are both the 9:45am and an 11:45am performance.
So Much Drama: Midsummer
for high school students
2023-24 School Program
October 2–4, 2023
9:45am and 11:45am
Hayes Hall
Gulfshore Playhouse
Naples Philharmonic
Radu Paponiu, conductor
The Naples Philharmonic and Gulfshore Playhouse present Midsummer, a 50-minute retelling of Shakespeare’s magical A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Featuring talented actors and musicians, this production is a fanciful tale of love, magic and fairies.
To participate, please submit your school's information through the School Reservations button below. For all schooltime performances, the purchase of 10 student admissions entitles schools to one free adult admission. For homeschool and family orders, please contact patron services at 239-597-1900.
Homeschoolers and families are welcome at the 9:45am performance, For school groups, there are both the 9:45am and an 11:45am performance.
Link Up: The Orchestra Moves
for elementary school students
2023-24 School Program
April 23 and 24, 2024
9:45am and 11:45am
Hayes Hall
Naples Philharmonic
Alvin Ho, conductor
Heather Ivy, vocalist
By any definition, music moves. Music moves through time and space, from high to low, filling the spaces between harmonies, timbres and textures. Music can also move our emotions and compel our bodies to move and create dance. Join the Naples philharmonic and our local 4th grade students who have prepared the concert repertoire in voice, playing the recorder and movement!
To participate, please submit your school's information through the School Reservations button below. For all schooltime performances, the purchase of 10 student admissions entitles schools to one free adult admission. For homeschool and family orders, please contact patron services at 239-597-1900.
Homeschoolers and families are welcome at the 9:45am performance. For school groups, there are both the 9:45am and an 11:45am performance.
Open Rehearsals
2023-24 School Program
Hayes Hall
Naples Philharmonic
Open to all public, private and homeschool groups as well as college music majors, these free open rehearsals allow students to experience how the conductor, soloists and orchestra work together in preparing for the upcoming concert. Music students will be inspired and motivated with this inside look at the Naples Philharmonic’s journey to the performance.
Lee Mills, conductor
Natasha Paremski, piano
Friday, October 20, 2023
10am-12:30pm
Robert Spano, conductor
James Ehnes, violin
Friday, April 5, 2024
10am-12:30pm
Markus Stenz, conductor
Zoltán Fejérvári, piano
Friday, May 10, 2024
10am-12:30pm
This is not a ticketed event; however please RSVP at least one week prior to the open rehearsal. To participate, please contact David Aulenbach, director of education and community partnerships, at 239 254 2643 or daulenbach@artisnaples.org.
Sketching Sights and Sounds
2023-24 School Program
Hayes Hall
Naples Philharmonic and guests
Artis—Naples invites high school art students to attend private art sessions and performing arts rehearsals that are the basis of inspiration for works of art. In Sketching Sights and Sounds, students have the opportunity to sketch while participating in a variety of sensory experiences. There is no fee to participate, and sketching materials are provided.
Lee Mills, conductor
Natasha Paremksi, piano
Friday, October 20, 2023
10am-12:30pm
Robert Spano, conductor
James Ehnes, violin
Friday, April 5, 2024
10am-12:30pm
Once your reservation form is completed, you will receive an email confirming your participation. Space is limited. There is no fee to participate in Sketching Sights and Sounds, and sketching materials will be provided. For additional information, please email jwozniak@artisnaples.org.
Meet the Conductor
2023-24 School Program
Collier County and Lee County Middle and High Schools
Artistic Leadership of the Naples Philharmonic
Open to all public and private middle and high school orchestras, this program brings Naples Philharmonic Associate Conductor Radu Paponiu or Naples Philharmonic Assistant Conductor Alvin Hoto a rehearsal in the school. Students will experience playing under the baton of a professional conductor while the orchestra director observes and learns new techniques and rehearsal strategies. This guest conducting opportunity will enhance the overall musical growth of every Collier County and Lee County string musician as well as the music educators who serve as directors!
To schedule a visit and rehearsal during the school day, please contact David Aulenbach, director of education and community partnerships at 239-254-2643 or daulenbach@artisnaples.org.
Generously sponsored by Arlene Lidsky Salomon and Chester B. Salomon.
ArtSmart in School
2023-24 School Program
This free art education program sends trained arts educators from Artis—Naples to local schools in order to provide interactive presentations and hands-on art projects. Encouraging curiosity and creative problem solving, ArtSmart brings the art world to the classroom.
To participate, please contact Jessica Wozniak, at jwozniak@artisnaples.org.
Education Tours
of The Baker Museum
2023-24 School Program
These special tours of The Baker Museum are led by trained docents and provide students unique insight into the art and artists featured in current museum exhibitions. Visits last approximately 90 minutes and include an art activity when desired.
To participate, please submit your school's information through the Request Education Tour button, below.
15th Annual Student Exhibition
2023-24 School Program
May 11 through June 30, 2024
Located on the third floor of The Baker Museum, in The Blair Foundation Gallery and in the first floor John and Jeanne Rowe Performance and Learning Center
Students grades pre-K through 12 are eligible to participate. Achievement awards are presented to outstanding students. Three $1,000 scholarships are given to high school seniors continuing their education. We welcome works in any media — photos, drawings, collage, sculpture, paintings, etc. Two-dimensional works are required to be matted/mounted or framed.
To participate, please contact Jessica Wozniak, at jwozniak@artisnaples.org.