Teaching Resources

Children around the world share a passion for music.  Lucumi, from Havana, has heard the drums all his life and dreams of becoming a great rhumbero.

Children of different cultures share one thing: a love of music which is their source of joy and motivation.  12 yr. old Antonio lives in Andalusia. Born into a Gypsy family of flamenco artists, he dreams of performing on television. 

Witness 250 of the world's greatest percussionists at Vancouver's Expo '86.

Children of different cultures focuses on a  young child’s devotion to a traditional instrument, its history and making,and how musical traditions are passed on. Highly recommended!  

A Cross-Cultural Curriculm Enhanced with Song & Drum Ensemble Recordings, Projectable/Printable PDFs and Video Demonstrations by Will Schmid. 

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.

Anita Ganeri helps us  discover the many ways voices are used musically around the world.

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

Ready-to-use activites organized by months of the year.

The Impact of Music on the Movies... and on You! by Cathy Blair. Discover the power of music as you listen/watch/evaluate, and create your own movies! Kids love this!

Andrew Litton and the Dallas Symphony bring a new generation to the wonderful world of classical music, in this video demonstrating the expressive powers of music. Kids also get a chance to conduct.

Andrew Litton and the Dallas Symphony bring a new generation to the wonderful world of classical music, in this concert demonstrating the power of music to invoke pictures in the mind and on canvas.

Andrew Litton and the Dallas Symphony bring a new generation to the wonderful world of classical music, in this concert introducing jazz styles, improvisation, and audience syncopated hand-clapping.

Explore the role of music and patriotism during the War of 1812

by Giles Andreae, Guy Parker-Rees. "we can all dance, when we find music that we love".

by Laurel Long. Hidden picture sing along.

The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay by Susan Hood and Sally Wern Comport

 by Jo Empson

By Norma Jorgensen and Brian Harrison-Lever with title poem by John McCrae.

by Steve Schuch, illus. by Peter Sylvada