For Schools

Bringing Live Music to Every Student

Children’s Concert Society partners with schools across Greater Akron to make live music and the performing arts part of every student’s education. Our programs introduce young audiences to professional musicians, dancers, and ensembles in ways that are engaging, educational, and fun.
Whether your students experience a full concert hall performance or an interactive in school assembly, they’ll gain a deeper appreciation for creativity, collaboration, and culture.

Live Arts Experiences

Bring professional musicians and performers directly to your students—either in the concert hall or right in your school.

Educational Connections

Each program aligns with Ohio’s Fine Arts Standards and includes teacher resources that deepen classroom learning.

Inspiring Creativity

Students discover the joy of music, teamwork, and expression—building confidence that lasts long after the performance.

Concert Hall Series

A field trip that inspires and educates.

Children’s Concert Society has presented one or more series of concerts every single school year since its inception, and has faithfully fulfilled its mission of bringing live music to the children of our community by enriching their music education — we estimate over one million children have been introduced to the concert hall experience. For a nominal fee, students attend a very special performance including ballet, symphony orchestra, and opera in a concert hall. Reduced fees and full scholarships are available. Please contact our office.

In School Concerts

The concert comes to you!

Children’s Concert Society offers informal, interactive concerts free of charge to all public, private, parochial, charter schools and home school groups in Summit County and surrounding areas. The in school concerts represent a diverse offering of different types of music. Our programs supplement and enrich our students’ in school music education experience. Programming varies according to age group, and is structured to conform to curriculum guidelines.

Scholastic Composers Contest

Celebrating young creators.

To inspire the next generation of musicians, Children’s Concert Society created the Scholastic Composers Contest for young composers to showcase their talents. Compositions are critiqued by a panel of judges from The University of Akron’s School of Music Composition Department. When CCS decided to encourage the creative composition of music by young children in 1953, it was the first in the country to have an annual Scholastic Composers Contest open to all students K-12. No entry fee!