General Resources
ARCHIVE TEACHER RESOURCE GUIDES
MSO Teacher Resource Guides are full of background information about the music and composers, as well as suggested lesson plans and student activities. Below is a selection of Teacher Resource Guides from previous seasons. Follow the MSO Education Spotify Channel and listen to these past Concerts for Schools programs.
Music for Me! (K4 – 2nd grades)
- Musical Opposites - 2023.24
- Musical Magic: Larry Painter and the Sorcerer's Apprentice - 2022.23
- Forte Forecast: A Wet and Windy Musical Adventure - 2021.22
- Peter & The Wolf - 2019.20
- Musical Zoo - 2018.19
- Musical Opposites - 2017.18
Youth (3rd - 8th grades)
- Symphony in Space! - 2023.24
- American Journeys - 2023.24
- Trills and Chills III - 2022.23
- Symphonic Splash! A Musical Water Cycle - 2022.23
- The Composer is Dead: A Slightly Spooky Musical Mystery - 2021.22
- Recycling Rhapsody: Composers Reuse and Recycle, Too! - 2021.22
- The Legend of the Bradley Symphony Center Specter - 2020.21
- Beyond Words: Harmony & Healing - 2020.21
- American Reflections: This is Us - 2019.20
- Beethoven: A Birthday Celebration - 2019.20
FOR KIDS
Carnegie Hall Kids is a new kid-centered website that invites children ages 5-12 to learn about music through highly interactive and fun activities.
►https://kids.carnegiehall.org/
Google Music Experiments
►https://semiconductor.withgoogle.com/
►https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Experiments
►https://apps.musedlab.org/groovepizza/?museid=xVPId8lEk&
►https://creatability.withgoogle.com/seeing-music/
TSOUNDS KIDS offers “how to” videos, games and puzzles.
►https://www.tso.ca/education/musical-activities
The Kennedy Center is providing digital performances to enjoy from home!
►https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/performances-and-programs/performances-for-prek-12-school-groups/
Carnegie Hall is offering numerous activities for families and kids ranging from infancy to 5th grade.
►https://www.carnegiehall.org/Explore/Learn/Families-and-Kids
Watch and listen to professional musicians. The Philharmonia’s expert players guide you through the intricacies of the instruments they play.
►https://philharmonia.co.uk/resources/instruments/
DSO Kids includes videos, information on instruments and composers, and activities.
►https://www.mydso.com/dso-kids
SFS Kids provides fun and games with music! An interactive website where children can discover, listen, play, perform, conduct, and compose. (Need to allow Flash Player in order to run).
►http://www.sfskids.org/
PBS Kids has a variety of music games for children in Pre-K through 2nd grade.
►https://pbskids.org/games/music/
Go Classical for Kids! An interactive website with a variety of games and activities.
►http://classicalkusc.org/kids/index.htm
World Music with DARIA. The instrument section allows children to color, hear and find pdf instructions on how to make world music instruments!
►http://www.dariamusic.com/
Join Violet and Uncle Ollie on an instrument Safari! An interactive website that introduces and describes the instrument of an orchestra through numerous mini-games.
►http://beta-listeningadventures.carnegiehall.org/
Music Notes - A Guide to Music for Kids. Includes websites for Music Theory, Music History, Instruments, and more!
►https://seatup.com/blog/music-notes-a-guide-to-music-for-kids/
Songs to Sing with Kids - Family Road Trip Fun. Shared with us by Boy Scout and blossoming music enthusiast, Noah.
►https://www.partsgeek.com/mmparts/family_road_trip_fun_songs_to_sing_with_kids.html
Musical Glossary for Kids.
►https://www.theaterseatstore.com/blog/musical-glossary-kids
FOR TEACHERS
The Cleveland Orchestra Music Explorers. A video series designed for students ages 3-6 and their families.
►https://www.clevelandorchestra.com/musicexplorers
The Cleveland Orchestra presents teacher videos with ready-to-go lesson plans and activities.
►https://www.clevelandorchestra.com/teachervideos
►https://www.clevelandorchestra.com/lessonlibrary (Lesson Library)
Carnegie Hall is offering numerous resources for teachers ranging from K-12 as professional development opportunities.
►https://www.carnegiehall.org/Explore/Learn/Music-Educators
DSO Kids includes information on instruments and composers, activities, and teacher resources and lesson plans.
►https://www.mydso.com/dso-kids
PBS Learning Media provides a wealth of music-ed films, interactive lessons, and more.
►https://wisconsin.pbslearningmedia.org/subjects/the-arts/music/#.Xnjlv-pKiUk
The Kennedy Center has a vast collection of theatre, music, and dance resources.
►https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/resources-for-educators/classroom-resources/
Virtual Learning Resources for Music Educators: Ideas from NAfME Members for Fellow Music Educators
►https://nafme.org/my-classroom/virtual-learning-resources-for-music-educators/
YouTube Learn@Home
►https://learnathome.withyoutube.com/videos/