School Concerts are a flagship event in the Boise Phil’s season. School Concerts are live concert performances designed for 5 – 12 year old elementary students. They have touched the lives of nearly every young person who has grown up in the Treasure Valley over the last two decades and are an annual tradition for the educators who bring students to the concert halls. This year, our free school concerts will be held in person in the Treasure Valley Area and serve elementary students from Boise, West Ada, Nampa, Caldwell, and Vallivue School Districts and beyond.
2025-2026 School Concerts will be held the following dates and times:
- Tuesday, February 3, 2026 at NNU Brandt Center 9:30am and 11:00am
- Thursday, February 5, 2026 at Morrison Center 10:00am and 11:30am
- Friday, February 6, 2026 at Morrison Center 10:00am and 11:30am
COMING TO AMERICA:
A Celebration of American Music & Identity
With music from:
West Side Story, “America”
Leonard Bernstein, arr. Jack Mason
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, “From the New World”, Op. 95, Mvt. I: Adagio – Allegro molto
Antonin Dvorak
- Exploring Dvorak’s use of musical themes to represent a Transatlantic journey
Battalia à 10, Mvt. 2: Die liederliche Gesellschaf von allerley Humor
Heinrich Biber
- Layering independent melodies to create a “Melting Pot”
Chokfi’
Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate
- Native American story telling
Supermaximum
Kenji Bunch
- Call and response in American tradition
American Salute
Morton Gould
- American folk song
Stars and Stripes Forever
John Philip Sousa
- Music as a way to express solidarity across all of America
Children of Sanchez
Chuck Mangione
- Jazz – the American genre
Star Wars: Main Theme
John Williams
- American music enduring today
To submit a reservation for the 2025-2026 School Concerts, please fill out THIS FORM.