Educational Program Sponsors

You have only to “Google” music and academic achievement to find hard data to show that instrumental music students’ academic achievement is higher than that of the general population. Children who receive music education at an early age score higher on standardized tests because early sensory and motor development influences later cognitive, perception and language skills.

“In 2002, high school students whose school careers included music study or appreciation scored 64 points higher on the Verbal portion and 43 points higher on the Math portion of the SAT than their peers who had no arts coursework.”

– The College Entrance Examination Board

“The nation's top business executives agree that arts education programs can help repair weaknesses in American education and better prepare workers for the 21st century.”

– "The Changing Workplace is Changing Our View of Education"

Business Week, October 1996

Student Musicians

Each May, the SSO provides a "side-by-side" learning experience with talented Harford County Public School students. It gives the students an opportunity to work with a mature orchestra. The SSO musicians also work with the Harford String Orchestra (middle school) and Harford Youth Orchestra (high school).

Sponsorship of the May Susquehanna Symphony Orchestra Side-By-Side concert offers your company much community exposure through print and radio advertisement and in-hall recognition and much entertainment value through concert tickets, and pre-concert and intermission receptions. Sponsorship demonstrates a commitment to the quality of life in Harford County, while entertaining clients, executives and employees in a sophisticated manner.

Instrument Donations

Band Together, a non-profit organization responsible for placing reconditioned instruments in the hands of over 120 Harford County Public School students unable to afford an instrument of their own. Donated instruments for Band Together are collected at any SSO concert.

Fine Arts Students

Fine Arts students at Harford Community College may receive great educational experience as well as college credit for their participation in SSO orchestra rehearsals and performances. The SSO course can be taken as a credit class through either Harford Community College or the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) Community Orchestra