Teaching Resources

Jim Gamble creates a magical marionette production of The Nutcracker with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra.

Jim Gamble's marionette production of Humperdinck's opera is a wonder of drama and music for kids.

Puppeteer Jim Gamble recreates children's classics with symphonic performances by European orchestras.

The Royal Ballet brings Beatrix Potter's lovable animal tales to life with choregraphy by Frederick Ashton. 

Humperdinck's 1893 opera, animated using 35 hand-sculpted dolls and lavish sets, done especially for children.

42 min. production with lavish sets and costumes, English narration and songs in German—perfect way to introduce children to opera.

Designed to capture the imaginations of children, these classroom length DVDs are a perfect intro to opera and ballet. Humperdinck, Mozart, Prokofiev.

Five joyful ballet and opera productions designed to capture the imaginations of children.

Introduce Mozart's opera to children through the story adapted by Kyra Teis and the video of the shortened opera from the Children's Cultural Collection.

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

Joyful classics, abridged for the classroom. A great intro to opera & ballet for kids!

Harry deals with alien space capsules to Mussorgsky's Night on Bare Mountain.

bu Ann Bryant.  Integrate music, art, and literature with a story told to the  William Tell Overture by Rossini.

Curriculum Kits by Clifford Brooks and Roger Ames.

These joyful productions, abridged for the classroom, capture a child's imagination and are a perfect introduction to classical music.

This series by Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony features beautiful documentaries on the lives and music of composers, shot on location, with Thomas's insightful biographical and musical commentary, and full concert performances. 

This series by Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony features beautiful documentaries on the lives and music of composers, shot on location, with Thomas's insightful biographical and musical commentary, and full concert performances. 

This series by Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony features beautiful documentaries on the lives and music of composers, shot on location, with Thomas's insightful biographical and musical commentary, and full concert performances. 

This series by Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony features beautiful documentaries on the lives and music of composers, shot on location, with Thomas's insightful biographical and musical commentary, and full concert performances. 

Bartolomeo Cristofori & the Invention of the Piano by Elizabeth Rusch, illus. by Marjorie Priceman