New in 2027: Carnegie Hall Link Up
Every year FSO musicians visit select elementary schools in Cumberland County Schools (CCS) to give fifth grade students engaging presentations and informative Q&A sessions supplementing the music teachers’ own work with a curriculum designed by Carnegie Hall to make students active music-makers by singing, dancing, or playing instruments together. This curriculum prepares the students for an interactive performance from the Symphony in the spring each school year, where the orchestra will perform the songs students have been learning in class. Students are encouraged to join in the performance as they did in the classroom before. This concert is often the first introduction for these students to a live symphonic concert experience. Learn more at the Carnegie Hall Link Up Website. This program was previously the FSO’s “Peter and the Wolf” concert, presented to third-grade students in a similar way.
We are grateful for United Way of Cumberland County’s Youth Growth Stock Trust for making this program possible with their generous support.
High School Musician Mentoring
FSO professional musicians are available to visit middle schools and high schools to help mentor music students of Cumberland County. This program offers the students the opportunity to learn more detailed performance techniques of their instrument and the chance to learn from some of the top performing musicians of North Carolina. For specific inquiries, please email operations@fayettevillesymphony.org.
School Visits
If you are interested in scheduling a school visit by our professional musicians, contact us by email at operations@fayettevillesymphony.org.

Principal Harpist, Winifred Garrett holds a Masters Degree from the Manhattan School of Music and a Bachelor of Music Degree from the University of the North Carolina School of the Arts. A versatile performer, Ms. Garrett has performed as soloist with the Winston-Salem Piedmont Triad Symphony, performed the first tour to Japan of the Off Broadway show “The Fantasticks”, and performed on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House with Stevie Wonder. Founder and Artistic Director of “The Harp Studio” based in Durham, NC, Winifred Garrett is the harp instructor for North Carolina State University, Guilford College, and the Duke Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.