A Concert Curriculum is a curriculum that culminates in the students’ performance with orchestra. There are currently two versions of the Concert Curriculum: An Orchestra's Guide To The Young Person, and An Orchestra's Guide To The Universe.

The program is used as the basis for collaboration between a school and an orchestra, and, in the case of An Orchestra's Guide To The Universe, a science institution as well. Throughout the year, students work with their teachers, visiting musicians, and scientists (if involved), in order to learn and create material for the culminating performances. The performances feature the students, an orchestra, and, in the case of An Orchestra's Guide To The Universe, a multimedia presentation of images from space.

Compared to arts programs in which students observe performances from afar, in the Concert Curriculum, whole grades of students participate in what it is the musicians actually do, learning, rehearsing and performing alongside them. Partnering established arts institutions with low resource schools with the shared goal of producing a fully professional concert at its conclusion provides exceptional opportunities for students, schools, and orchestras.

The performance itself is based on a plot in which a kid on stage goes to sleep and the concert enters his or her dreams. In An Orchestra's Guide To The Young Person, the sleeping kid takes the concert on a journey through his or her imagination. In An Orchestra's Guide To The Universe, the sleeping kid takes the concert on a journey through the universe. During dream sequences, the whole grades of students who participate in the program perform as a chorus and in other roles. Finally, the main kid wakes up so the concert may conclude in its original reality and, in the case of An Orchestra's Guide To The Universe, return to Earth. 

The culminating concert is a hybrid genre, a musical starring elementary school students that emerges from within a symphony orchestra concert, what we are calling a “symphonical.” The symphonical includes an original score with words and music by Arthur Bloom as well as excerpts from masterpieces such as Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Wagner’s The Ride of the Valkyries, and Ravel’s Bolero. Dream sequences also include a variety of musical styles, from jazz to hip hop, and opportunities for adding original material produced by the students themselves.

The program brings together several institutions in partnership: RIME, a school, an orchestra, and optionally a science institution. In the core school, administration, participating teachers, and whole grades of students become involved. Students from other schools may also pursue portions of the curriculum and attend performances. The orchestra provides the conductor, musicians, and venue. When involved, the science institution provides the scientists who visit the school. RIME provides materials and support for the participants, and facilitates visits by collaborators, the implementation of the curriculum, and the production of the performance. A final constituent – the community – attends performances.