Each year, the LA Phil presents Symphonies for Schools: an exciting, in-person concert experience for students from throughout Los Angeles. We have offered these free concerts to hundreds of thousands of children since our first season in 1919. The century-long tradition is returning to Walt Disney Concert Hall this season.
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Applications for the 2025 Symphonies for Schools program are now closed.
The in-person program includes free admission to a concert performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Walt Disney Concert Hall for all students in grades 3-5 and music students in grades 6-12.
Do you need financial assistance with transportation?
The LA Phil has a limited amount of funding available for bus granting. Should you require financial assistance with transportation, please indicate in the appropriate area in your application.
“All of our fourth and fifth graders were absolutely entranced throughout the entire performance! This was truly a phenomenal experience for all of us, and we are so very grateful to the LA Phil for providing it.”
– Samantha Theisen, Visual and Performing Arts Program Administrator, San Gabriel Unified School District
Experience a concert full of discoveries as we unpack the orchestra’s parts, from learning about instrument families, composers, and the musicians themselves. This concert is sure to inspire a new generation of music lovers.
Where do you begin? How do you become? What does it mean to be an Artist? Concert curator, Nadia Sirota, interviews some of today’s most sought-after composers to discover the music that moves them and discovers life lessons through the lens of composition.
To download curricula from past Symphonies for School concerts, visit our Learning Resources page.
Los Angeles Philharmonic Committee
