Reference & Special Interest

Music by Jerrry Bock and John Williams, directed by Norman Jewison.

Cats musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and the book it was based on, "Old Possum's Book" by T.S. Eliot.

Rodgers and Hammerstein

Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. 

All-black cast, upbeat singing & dancing,  music arranged by Quincy Jones. 

Get inspired by NYC 5th graders from high poverty districts as they are taught  foxtrot, tango, rumba, meregue for a competition and grow into poised and motivated young people.  

The Royal Ballet with choreography by Christopher Wheeldon, and score by Joby Talbot.

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.

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

Music has the power to overcome fear, prejudice, animosity and build understanding through a common artful purpose. Upper elementary children in NYC and Jaffa learn to dance TOGETHER, and enjoy it and each other.

Ballet, mime, acrobatics and theater combine with magnificent sets combine with music by Viktor Kalabis for Lewsi Carroll's classic story.

The long awaited opera of Antoine de St. Exupery's classic tale with music was composed by Rachel Portman.

Vienna Boy's Choir has survived for over 500 years. Visit the boys at school, watch them rehearse, record, sing in chapel, perform an opera, travel, play sports.

Composer Oliver Knussen with artist & author Maurice Sendak produce 2 fantasy operas of Sendaks children's books. 

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

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.

Soundtrack from Paradise Road movie using the music written down by the WWII POW women interned in Sumatra.

by Helen Colijn.  Music overcame despair for the women imprisoned on Japanese-held Sumatra for over 3 years in WWII.

Awakening Your Child's Mind, Health, and Creativity with Music by Don Campbell.