Reference & Special Interest

Honky tonk music and a honky tonk life—with music.

When Jewish and Palestinian grade schoolers meet in a ballroom dance class in Jaffa, Israel, sparks fly. Pierre Dulaine is challenged to teach not just dance but the arts of communication and teamwork.

Boston Youth Symphony players are taken completely out of their comfort zones.

Five 2-hour DVDs are divided into 20 half-hour segments and are ideal for classroom use for a survey of Broadway musicals. Also has teacher's manual, timeline, vocabulary, and quiz. 
 

Deborah Kerr and Yul Bynner star as Anna and the King of Siam in this classic Rodgers & Hammerstein musical.

Opera in One Act by Gian Carlo Menotti.  Sung in English, tailored for children, about 45 min.—a perfect intro to opera.

Ken Burns presents the ultimate epic celebration of the music that defines America. Outstanding.

with Meryl Streep & Hugh Jackman.

Two fairy tales and 30 minutes of classic cartoons.

Rodgers and Hammerstein

A live-action retelling of how the best-loved carol was written on a snowy night in 1818, and how it has affected generations since.

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

Music by Ira and George Gershwin, directed by Stanley Donen.

A homeless, ex-Julliard musician battles mental illness through the power of music and friendship. 

250 kids from 25 nations come together to rehearse and dance Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring in a concert with the Berlin Philharmonic.

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.

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

Music by Leonard Bernsteina and Roger Edens, directed and choreographed by Gene Kelly.