Reference, Special Needs

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

Extended version of Christopher Nupen's award winning documentary about freedom, survival and the extraordinary place of music in the Nazi concentration camps. 

An uplifting hit cheered by audiences everywhere starring Richard Dreyfuss as a composer and High School teacher.

The Essential Visual Reference of All Classical Ballet Movements

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. 

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

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

Kurt Gerron, German war hero and well-loved Jewish actor, singer and director in the 1930's was sent to Terezin camp and forced to direct a propaganda film for his Nazi captors.  Also see the story behind Terezin camp.

Classically hilarious!  6 of his favorite specials in one 100th Anniversary Edition.

Two transformative programs in public schools bring underprivileged children/youth together through dance.

Two exquite films by Christopher Nupen about Schubert.

Vintage clips of Roy, Dale, Gene, Tex and more singing cowboy classics.

Sir James Galway hosts this comprehensive video survey of Western music. 16-part DVD series, 60 minutes each.

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

Explore the phenomena of sound. Why are some sounds musical and others only noise?

Handcrafted wooden stick with Velcro® for helping secure a Grasp-A-Sound stick to the user's hand. 

Square handle design aids grasping for those with restricted manual ability. The right angle design permits striking a drum with a twisting wrist/arm motion.

25 Therapist-Created Musical Activiites for Improving Fine & Gross-Motor Skills, Muscle Strength and Rhythmicity by Aubrey Lande, Bob Wiz, Lois Hickman.