SIO Orchestra

The association was established within the San Fior and Godega Comprehensive School and collaborates with them on the Fare Musica (“Making Music”) project. This initiative involves over 200 fourth- and fifth-grade students from primary schools in the Godega and San Fior communities, with lessons in violin, cello, saxophone, and piano. The project includes the formation of several orchestras: the Young Orchestra, composed of fourth- and fifth-graders and first-year middle school students; the Teen Orchestra, featuring students in second and third years of middle school and first-year high school students, creating continuity across educational levels; and the SiO Orchestra, which currently includes around 80 members aged 14 to 22. The SiO Orchestra’s ensemble also integrates flute, clarinet, oboe, horn, trumpet, trombone, drums, and percussion.

The children’s participation in the project has always been very high precisely because it aims to teach them to ‘Make Music’ together. The orchestra becomes the meaning, the reason for studying, and you get into it from the very beginning, almost from the first lesson. In some of these 9 years of activity, there has been close to a 50% enrolment rate among the school population involved in the project. In other words, 50% of 9 to 13 year olds took advantage of the opportunity to play an instrument.

The SiO Orchestra has performed in numerous concerts, both in Italy and Europe. Its repertoire is diverse, demonstrating flexibility across genres, from classical to contemporary, including film music. The SiO Orchestra performs in various formats: symphony orchestra, string orchestra, wind orchestra, and chamber ensembles.