The Center for the Arts offers matinee’ performances and exhibition tours as a unique field trip opportunity for specified-aged school groups. Tickets for school programs are $5 for students and chaperones, teachers are free. All school programs have accompanying educational materials available upon request. For details, call 770.838.1083.
Nutcracker Sweets
November 22 / 10am
Ages: Grades K – 4
Join Clara and her prince as they visit exotic lands and meet delightful sweets that dance and perform like you’ve never seen before. Includes dances by Spanish Hot Chocolate, Russian Candy Canes, Arabian Coffee, Chinese Tea and the dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy. Directed by Brii Tyson.
$5
CSO Discover Music Concert
February 7, 2025 / 10am
Targeted Ages: Grades 3 – 12
Students from around the area are invited to hear the Carroll Symphony Orchestra’s final rehearsal for its Masterworks Concert. This year’s performance will feature Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony (Pastoral) and the winning compositions from the 2023 CSO Young Composer Competition.
$5
Performed at the Carroll County Schools Performing Arts Center
Jackie Robinson: A Game Apart, performed by Mike Wiley
February 6, 2025 / 10am
Targeted Ages: Grades 3 – 8
A glimpse into baseball legend Jackie Robinson’s life as a star player showered with adulation on the field – but a second-hand citizen outside the stadium. Q&A session after the show.
$5
Sound of Music
April 25, 2025 / 9am
Targeted Ages: Grades 4 – 12
Rogers and Hammerstein’s most beloved musical is based on the real-life story of the Von Trapp Family singers in the era immediately preceding World War II. Performed by the UWG Theater & Music departments and our own Youth Theater program. Directed by Pauline Gagnon
$5