Teaching Resources

Music and film provide the expressive language for this beloved tale, which has no spoken words.

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

The Tale of Guido d'Arezzo  by Maritza Mascarenhas Sadowsky and
DO RE MI: If You Can Read Music, Thank Guido d'Arezzo by Susan L. Roth.

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. 

An Interactive Storybook About the Inventor of Music Notation by Maritza Mascarenhas Sadowsky.

Gilles Comeau and Rosemary Covert. Music history in a cultural context for ages 9-14.

Ben Kingsley stars in Tony Palmer's film dramatizing the life of Shostakovich, who opposed the directives of Stalin and defied him with his music. 

Set in medieval cloisters in mystic German landscapes, this passionate bio-drama features the12th-century Benedictine nun who was a composer and mystic.

by Susan L. Roth with Angelo Mafucci.

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

by Denise Gagne.  MusicPlay is everything you need for a comprehensive, stimulating, and affordable K-6 music program with 3-year Online Access included.

by Denise Gagne.  Grades K - Grade 5 Complete Printed Kits with CDs and Digital Resources with 3-year Online Access included.

Denise Gagne’s award-winning music curriculum for K-6 now offers separate digital resources for Smartboard and other interactive white boards or for computer and projector.

by Denise Gagne. Active listening for a class or the whole school, with activities and music selections.

by Denise Gagne.  Active listening activities and music to introduce rhythm, simple forms, and periods & composers. 

by Denise Gagne. Activites and music introducing period styles, Rondo and Theme & Variations, melodic direction, and more.

by Denise Gagne.  Active listening for class or school with activities on periods, rhythm, form. Also incorporates recorder.