Every year, the North Carolina Symphony presents over 45 free education performances to elementary and middle school-age students across North Carolina. The series forms the core of the most extensive education programs of any U.S. orchestra.   Conductor William Henry Curry leads the Symphony in the 2011/12 concert program in Wilkesboro when the orchestra plays for an audience of Wilkes students at The Walker Center on Friday, Oct. 7, at 10:00 a.m.  The concert features special demonstrations by the Symphony’s renowned staff of conductors and world-class musicians.  “We break down music to its fundamentals to provide students with the essential tools for understanding the total influence of orchestral music in their lives,” says North Carolina Symphony Director of Education Jessica Nalbone.  Education concerts are presented free in schools or concert halls for school groups and are closed to the public.  This performance follows a public concert at The Walker Center, Thursday, Oct. 6 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets for the Oct. 6 concert are available at www.ncsymphony.org .