For 2025-2026, Thunder Bay’s grades 4-6 students have the opportunity to participate in the new “The Orchestra Rocks” program. Music rocks when it is powerful and edgy, and when it propels both audiences and performers into motion. Rhythm, defined as the organization of sounds in silence, is a key element in music that rocks as composers and musicians use patterns and grooves to drive music forward. Rock music embodies this propulsive quality with its amplified and electric sounds. Through the Link Up repertoire, hands-on activities, and a culminating interactive performance with the TBSO, we will experience how it feels when the orchestra rocks.