"Listen fresh, Listen local"™
Jennifer Sacher Wiley
Music Director & Conductor
announcing this season's Educational show
"Orchestra Animals"
Friday, December 11, 2026, Trinity High School
3601 Simpson Ferry Road, Camp Hill
9:30 (318 seats available)
10:45 (365 seats available)
12:30 (80 seats available)
Ideally suited for grades K-6
About the program
There are so many sound qualities in an orchestra: instruments as varied as the animal kingdom! Experience the sounds, moods, and motions of animals, from crickets to dinosaurs. Music by Brahms, Ravel, Rachmaninoff, Dave Brubeck, and Ilari Hykilä. We'll be joined by a Production Team of middle school students from St. Stephen's Episcopal School and Camp Curtin Academy.
Scenes from 2024 & 2025 productions at Saint Patrick Parish Activity Center
Scenes from 2023 production at Carlisle Theatre
(click image for 50-second ABC-27 News clip)
The WSSO, led by Jennifer Sacher Wiley, has developed over a dozen original, scripted "concert dramas" ideal for students in grades K-6. For the last three seasons we offered productions for schools in our region, teaching concepts such as orchestral texture, and rhythm & tempo. Our 2025 program, "Vacation with the Orchestra", teaches about music and culture. In recent years, we have collaborated with a Production Team of middle school students from Camp Curtin Academy & Saint Patrick School, the Eagle View middle school orchestra, and cello soloist Michael Cameron.
