Reference & Special Interest

Various artists sing 26 songs including Home on the Range and Old Chishom Trail. 

Two Fantasy Operas created from Sendak's books are composed and conducted by Oliver Knussen with production design by Maurice Sendak himself. 

A Symphony of the Human Spirit.  Award-winning documentary of a Paraguayan village built on a landfill, and the man who built instruments from the garbage and began The Recycled Orchestra.

A fun approach to learning basic mime illusions. 

A fun approach to learning basic mime illusions, with 12 white masks so facial expressions don't interfere with the movement learning.

This 2-part DVD traces the history of choral music from its beginnings to the present, with many musical examples.

A stirring, live gospel performance by 60 exuberant children that benefited childhoood victims of AIDS in Africa.

The unconventional approach of a downtrodden musician in a repressive boy's school upsets everyone. Superb vocal performances in a heartwarming story.

by Kerri Lynn Nichols.  Integrate “music moments” in language arts, math, science, social studies, visual arts, and wellness.

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.

When a workaholic accountant's life begins to fall apart, he tries to start a choir at a local homeless shelter. Inspiring and based on a true story.

In this acclaimed BBC documentary, the wonders of European thought, philosophy, architecture, art, music and literature are explored, from the final days of Ancient Rome and the Middle Ages through the Renaissance and into contemporary times.

Finding Happiness Singing with Others by Stacy Horn. 

Enjoy fascinating stories about the flowering of Western sacred music, glorious architecture, but most of all superb performances by Harry Christopher and The Sixteen. 298 min. plus bonus concerts!

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