Symphonic Storytime

Calling All Young Storytellers!

Does your child have an imagination bursting with wonder? We want to hear from them!

How It Works

We are a wind quintet- five musicians who play flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon- and every year we ask children in our community to send us their stories. We choose the ten most compelling, and then we give each one to a composer who writes brand-new music to go along with it, just like the beloved orchestral tale Peter and the Wolf. The music and the story are then performed together for a live audience. Now in our third year, this program has already given twenty young authors the extraordinary experience of hearing their own imagination transformed into sound.

Who Can Enter

Children ages 4 to 11 who reside in the following counties:

• Athens-Clarke

• Barrow

• Madison

• Jackson

• Oconee

• Oglethorpe

What We're Looking For

Any topic - Fiction or non-fiction

Less than 200 words

Encourage your child to think about a character they love, a place they've invented, or a feeling they want to share with the world. What happens? What does it sound like? What does it feel like? Those are exactly the kinds of details that make a composer's eyes light up!

How to Submit

• Stories can be submitted by emailing them to: QuintetAthens@gmail.com

• Please include your child's first name and age

• Submissions are due by April 12th, and the ten selected stories will be announced one week later.

The live performance will take place in July (date to be determined) at the Athens Public Library

We cannot wait to read what your young storyteller has dreamed up, and to play it for the whole community to hear!