Teaching Resources

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. 

Hilarious live-action production mingles life-sized Spitting Image puppets with real-life musicians and characters. Includes 2 bonus films

In the tradition of Fantasia, Make Mine Music is a collection of nine musically charged animated shorts, including Disney's wonderful version of Peter & the Wolf. 

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.

Witness the story-telling power of music in award-winnng films without dialogue.

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

This narrated 30 min. ballet is a delightful intro to both the story, the music of Prokofiev, and ballet.

Active listening with Music-Go-Rounds of the instruments and characters in Peter and the Wolf!  Lots of games and activities in the PDF Guide.

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.