The Dis­cover Music series has been a part of the Abi­lene Philharmonic’s sea­son since 1955. Held annu­ally at the Abi­lene Civic Cen­ter in Octo­ber, the series reaches approx­i­mately 6,000 area stu­dents in grades three through five each year. Student-friendly pro­grams are designed by the Music Direc­tor and a Teacher’s Guide cur­ricu­lum book is cre­ated by an area teacher which inte­grates with Texas Essen­tial Knowl­edge and Skills (TEKS) guidelines.

For more infor­ma­tion on the con­certs, or to sign your class up, please con­tact the Abi­lene Phil­har­monic Offices, or email our Edu­ca­tion Direc­tor.

This Year’s Program

This year, we are proud to present Close Encoun­ters of the Sym­phonic Kind, a pro­gram designed by Music Direc­tor David Itkin to intro­duce stu­dents to some of the lesser known instru­ments within the orches­tra. This year’s teacher’s guide has been designed by Patti Walker.