Educators Night is an event that honors members of the teaching profession at a Delaware Symphony Classical Series concert. All educators are invited to attend the evening's events.

The 2011 Educators Night is Saturday, February 26, 2011 at 8 p.m., with a pre-concert lecture at 7 p.m. and a post-concert dessert reception.
ALBAN GERHARDT, cello
LIBBY LARSEN, composer
LARSEN Solo Symphony (Symphony No. 5)
DVORAK Cello Concerto

Our 2011 A.I. du Pont winner, composer Libby Larsen, was born in Wilmington. We’ll hear her jazz-influenced Fifth Symphony, and welcome a rising German virtuoso cellist with an achingly lyrical concerto by Dvorak.

“One of the most impressive bodies of music of our time.”
—Hartford Courant on Libby Larsen

“Undoubtedly one of the most brilliant cellists of his generation.”
—The Cincinnati Enquirer on Alban Gerhardt

The Delaware Symphony Orchestra offers $12 tickets ($9 ticket plus $3 box office charge) to all educators for this very special night. Tickets are available by calling the box office at 302.652.5577 or 1.800.374.7263.
Jessie Ball duPont Educator Award

The 2010 Educators Night was held on May 20th, 2010, at the Grand Opera House in Wilmington, DE. Paul Parets, Director of Bands at A.I. DuPont High School was presented with the annual Jessie Ball duPont Educator Award.  Congratulations, Paul!

On February 26, 2011, for the eleventh consecutive year on Educators Night, the Delaware Symphony Orchestra will present the annual Jessie Ball duPont Educator Award, recognizing a music educator who has had a significant impact in the field of music education.
Jessie Ball duPont was a schoolteacher before she married the Symphony’s founder, Alfred I. duPont, and was catapulted into the world of philanthropy.  Her appreciation for education endured throughout her life. The award was created to recognize a music educator in an elementary, middle, high school or college system. The winner is chosen by members of Delaware Symphony's Education Committee, a group composed of past and present educators and community members.  The award includes a $1000 honorarium, engraved plaque, and formal recognition at our annual Educators Night concert.
Please nominate this year’s award recipient by February 1, 2011.