Education & Outreach

The OSO’s education mission is clear. Across Western Kentucky and Southern Indiana, we want to “change lives through the power of music.” No symphony program should ever fail this test. So we strive to reach into every community and all its children with the power of music – crossing every cultural, racial and cultural identity. By exposing young people to great music, we entertain and educate tomorrow’s audience. Click here to open the OSO education brochure.

The Owensboro Symphony Orchestra education and community outreach programs range from Kindermusik to Youth and Cadet Orchestras to Lollipop Concerts, from the Kentucky Youth Chorale to private lessons at the Academy Studio. We provide programs on-site at schools, at the OSO Academy, at the RiverPark Center in Owensboro, and other locations throughout western Kentucky. We work closely with school music programs, collaborating with our colleagues in music education. We strive to encourage school orchestra programs, not only in Daviess County, but also in Henderson and Southern Indiana. We want to have greater impact in McLean, Ohio and Hancock Counties as well.

For more information, you may email David Goodwin, Education Director, or call him at (270) 684-0661, ext. 23.

We are deeply grateful to all our sponsors who help with specific programs and those who help us more generally in our educational outreach.