The seven programs encompass events held in the auditorium, educational classroom sessions, guided visits, artistic workshops, and music sessions.
Auditorio de Tenerife’s Educational and Social Affairs Department has announced its activities for the 2025-26 academic year with the backing of the Cultural and Educational Affairs Departments of the Tenerife Island Council. The details were announced by Councillor for Cultural Affairs José Carlos Acha, the island’s Minister for Education, Efraín Medina, and José Luis Rivero, Artistic Director of the Auditorio de Tenerife.
José Carlos Acha said, ‘Autumn marks the beginning of the academic year as well as the launching of our department’s seven programmes that take place throughout the year’. ‘These initiatives are aimed at several communities and ages and are meant to address all levels of education and to serve as a nexus between art and our citizens,’ he added.
He continued: ‘The programmes deal with social inclusion and provide students and social groups with musical workshops, artistic training initiatives and guided visits that put the auditorium’s endeavours at the disposal of our citizens’. He concluded by highlighting his department’s affiliation with the Network of Organisers of Educational and Social Concerts (ROCE) and the European Network for Opera, Music, and Dance Education (RESEO).
Efraín Medina described the announcement as one of the most promising of his department. ‘These activities show that the island council is a united governing body serving all sectors of our society’, he said, adding, ‘I must also thank Auditorio de Tenerife for its months of preparatory work, which will allow the academic year to start tomorrow with all our programmes ready to go’.
The Councillor for Educational Affairs went on to state, ‘Our work is intended to develop a critical eye in each member of society -especially in light of current events-, and culture is the key to achieving this’. In that sense, he added, ‘We are thrilled to see concert halls at full capacity, along with all that that implies’. In conclusion, he said he was ‘very proud of the accomplishments of our town council’s departments of cultural and educational affairs’.
José Luis Rivero said, ‘This presentation corresponds to the auditorium’s fourth point of focus, after opera, music, and the performing arts.’ ‘An international landmark, our Educational and Social Affairs Department is directly dependent on the auditorium’s art direction, which is an uncommon arrangement among institutions in Spain,’ he said. He explained that the activities fall within two main categories: ‘On the one hand, we provide guided visits related to technical and educational matters, which are also a form of training for students, and, on the other, there is the activity itself, which is not only a form of entertainment but has to do with syllabi and educational levels to address teachers’ needs, in line with the criteria of our department within the Government of the Canary Islands. In other words, our activities are much more than a trip to the Auditorio.’
The first of the Auditorio’s seven initiatives is a list of activities made available to educational and social centres during the academic year so that their students and participants may attend artistic events. This also involves online meetings with teaching staff and in-class activities undertaken beforehand through the educational guides prepared by the department.
The programme starts in November with Cuatro cuerdas y pico by the Sinfónica de Tenerife, a concert for Preschoolers. It is followed by two Secondary School proposals: Quintetos para el conde by El Afecto Ilustrado and Sueño by the Criolla Company, which will also perform Romeo y Julieta de bolsillo for Primary students.
The second school term continues for Primary Education with Allegro, concierto para clown y orquesta by the Sinfónica de Tenerife, and a show by the Orquesta Filarmónica Juvenil de Tenerife Miguel Jaubert (Tenerife Youth Philharmonic Orchestra). The year opens with a puppet version of Orfeo ed Euridice for Preschoolers by the Tenerife company Gaviera, a commission by the Auditorio de Tenerife.
The final term of the course will be led starting in April by Béla Bartók’s opera El castillo de Barbazul and the Tenerife Contemporary Music Festival (FMUC) presentation, both for high school and vocational students; along with the Fetén sinfónico concert by the island orchestra for secondary school students.
Celebrating a decade, Teatro en la Escuela (Theatre at School) remains a key part of the Area, bringing live professional theatre performances into island school classrooms to familiarise students with performing arts in their learning spaces. The catalogue for 2025-2026 includes 16 offerings spread across 150 sessions that cover theatre, music, dance, and movement arts, targeting pupils in preschool, primary, secondary, baccalaureate education, and training cycles.
The registration period for Escuelas de Teatro closes on September 25, and the programme will run throughout the year in Adeje, Arona, Candelaria, El Rosario, El Sauzal, Fasnia, Granadilla, Guía de Isora, La Laguna, La Orotava, and Tegueste, with classes grouped by age. All instructors hold degrees in Dramatic Arts from the Canarias School of Actors.
This season marks the start of a musical and artistic initiative for families with babies from newborns to two years old: the Coro Canguro, created together with the nonprofit organisation’ Grandes Oyentes’. The programme proved so popular that it sold out within just two days of opening. The first session starts on the 26th of this month, with the closing concert scheduled for December 5.
The programme Prevenidos – an initiative of the Auditorio de Tenerife in collaboration with Fundación DISA – has become a cornerstone project. It aims to facilitate the attendance of young people at shows included in the Auditorio’s programme, in which the foundation will serve as an intermediary.The high demand for educational and technical guided tours highlights the continued success of this initiative. This cross-disciplinary educational activity consists of carrying out a process of training and informing the public during school hours. It is meant for all levels and aims to give rise to autonomous and critical students.
Teatro Aficionado (Amateur Theatre) aims to foster an interest in theatre as a hobby and to support local associations in producing theatrical plays. It encourages communication, the exchange of ideas, and creativity among its members, who are affiliated with youth collectives, cultural groups, women’s associations, and neighbourhood organizations.
The Educational and Social Area was established with a clear intention of bringing the arts and creative processes closer to all citizens, with a particular focus on schoolchildren and individuals at risk of social exclusion. Providing audiences with more profound knowledge transforms them into more attentive participants and active citizens, as art makes an unquestionable contribution to social well-being, the recognition of individual and collective identity, training, and critical thinking necessary for mature democratic social coexistence. The Area operates transversally throughout the various departments of the Auditorio, spanning artistic production, technical operations, and guided tour services.