Reference & Special Interest

Strengthening Our Minds Across a Lifetime. This 2-part PBS program--The Art of Connection and Creativity--reveals the vital role the arts play from our earliest to our final years of life.

Eric Jensen presents the definitive case for making arts a core part of the basic curriculum.

There's music in the wind and sky. Can you hear it? And there's hope. Can you feel it? The boy called August Rush can. In this musical odyssey he also discovers the musical talent hidden within himself. 

Music and lyrics by Jerry Herman.

Follow autistic children & their families as they prepare and put on a musical.

An all-star lineup of musicians reflects on the genius and power of Bach, and performs some of his greatest works.

Music History As It Ought To Be Taught by humorist David Barber.

 4 jewels from The Royal Ballet: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, The Nutcracker, Peter and the Wolf, and Tales of Beatrix Potter.

Three classics for performers to help them become the best musicians they can be. 

Features 18 of the all-time best performances of this Irish Dance phenomenon plus a documentary of the first 10 years of Riverdance.

This sensational Broadway show grew from the world-champion drum corps, Star of Indiana, with artistic director James Mason.

Sofia Lopez-Ibor uses the ideas and processes of Orff Schulwerk, always seeking the experience of the music, the story, the art, the dance. 

Traces the personal and musical career of 10-time Grammy Award winner Bobby McFerrin,

Hear the incredible artistry of this Grammy Award-winning singer interacting with the audience and improvising original works and "inventions" on the music of Gershwin, Charlie Parker and others.

Classic texts on music and nature and a CD of natural sounds.

by Norman Lebrecht

by Barry Green.  Energize music making with a myriad of suggestions to create joy and excitement in performance. 

Joel Grey narrates this illuminating documentary on the unique role of Jewish composers and liturgists of Broadway’s most beloved songs, stories, and shows.