Children's Concert Society Making Music Magic for Area Students Since 1947

Children's Concert Society offers the following programming during every school year:

Concert Hall Series

Children’s Concert Society has presented one or more series of concerts every single school year since its inception, and has faithfully fulfilled its mission of bringing live music to the children of our community by enriching their music education — we estimate over 935,000 children have been introduced to the concert hall experience. For a nominal fee, students attend a very special performance including ballet, symphony orchestra, and opera in a concert hall. No student excluded from this event thanks to scholarships and grants.

In-School Concerts

Children’s Concert Society offers informal concerts free of charge to all public, private, parochial, charter schools and home school groups in Summit County and surrounding areas. The in-school concerts represent a diverse offering of different types of music. Our programs supplement and enrich our students’ in-school music education experience. Programming varies according to age group, and is structured to conform to curriculum guidelines.

Scholastic Composers

To inspire the next generation of musicians Children’s Concert Society created the Scholastic Composers Contest for young composers to showcase their talents. Compositions are critiqued by a panel of judges from The Universty of Akron’s School of Music Composition Department. When CCS decided to encourage the creative composition of music by young children in 1953, it was the first in the country to have an annual Scholastic Composers Contest open to all students K-12.