Our Mission:

Music Education

A virtual place for students and teachers to engage in numerous digital streams of music education and music-based STEAM content, as well as an interactive orchestral experience program – Encore! Kids – presented in partnership with local schools.

Encore! Kids Live Concert: Friday, March 29, 2024, 10:30am

Over 700 first and second graders from around Mecklenburg County will be bused to the new Auditorium at Mecklenburg County High School. Click here for more info.

Please consider donating today to Orchestra 2100. Click here to donate online.

This program is being presented with generous support from:

The Challenge

Click on video to listen to a brief explanation of our Mission and how you can get involved.

• Millions of school children must adapt to distance learning

• Curtailment of music programs is their reality

• True innovations in music education are needed, but lacking

Orchestra 2100’s Solution

• New music curricula that engages students, in-person and online

• At-home music learning that is fun and student-centric

• Integration of music education with other disciplines. Framework based on STEAM: Science, technology, engineering, arts, math

Exploring concepts: What’s the relationship between Music and Math?

Orchestra 2100’s Artistic Director, Maestro David Michael Wolff, explains the relationship between music and mathematics, using examples from popular music. (Click on image to view.)

This video is currently being developed into a series of bite-size videos with interactive progress questions/quizzes for students and accompanying downloadable student workbook. Check back!

About Orchestra 2100

Orchestra 2100 is both a symphony orchestra and a platform for Music Education,online and in person.

The Orchestra

Led by Maestro David Michael Wolff, Orchestra 2100 serves Virginia and the surrounding region. Wolff is also Principal Conductor & Artistic Director of The Carolina Philharmonic (www.carolinaphil.org). A unique feature of the ensemble will be its integration of cutting edge technologies through cross-disciplined partnerships to create an interactive audience experience that re-imagines new ways to experience the traditional Symphony Orchestra.

The Music Education Platform

Orchestra 2100 continues to develop music education content accessible through this site. As part of this effort, we include content specifically for our flagship Encore! Kids program, an interactive orchestral experience program and curriculum. Discover more about this program in the video just above, or by continuing to read just below.

About Encore! Kids

Encore! Kids is an interactive orchestral experience program for K-2 students. Presented in partnership with local schools, it introduces young children to the symphony orchestra in a way that gets them really excited about learning music. They don't prepare to listen to an orchestra; they become the orchestra.

Orchestra 2100 is currently in our third year of partnership with Mecklenburg County Schools, VA. We're excited to be collaborating not only with the district's music teachers, but also their art teachers, as we explore ways to create multidimensional learning opportunities through music. This is our very successful pilot program and we’re actively pursuing opportunities to expand.

Click here to learn more about Encore! Kids and how it's already positively impacting the lives of thousands of children in North Carolina.

Educator Anna Stevens, who oversees the Arts programs in Moore County, NC, says: 

The Encore! Kids [program] has been the vehicle to open the eyes, ears, and hearts of our students to the wonderful world of music. The ability to be an active participant brings music to a higher emotional and cognitive level in our children than simply being a passive listener. These ongoing participatory performances are building within our children a joy for music that they will carry with them throughout their life.

Learn more about Encore! Kids here.