Teaching Resources

Russell Robinson takes your choir on an interactive, step-by-step journey into scat and improvisation using a demonstration choir.

Ideas and techniques for middle school choirs and jazz choirs from a master in the field.

Animation, great music, and bonus extras in this top notch Disney Signature Collection video.

Dumbo charms all who see him...until they see his big, floppy ears!

All respectable Emperor penguins are born to sing. All except young Mumble, who was born to dance.

Music is the bridge in this inspiring film of young people who break the prejudices of their upbringings.

The inspiring story of a courageous individual, a double amputee,  whose indomitable spirit led him to become a sports hero, successful physician, and internationally acclaimed singer with the 3 Irish Tenors.

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. 

Ruby helps kids explore ways to identify, express, and move through their feelings.

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.

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

Trace the history and development of Jazz in 2 30-minute videos with PDF teacher's guide.

Andrew Litton and the Dallas Symphon.y bring a new generation to the wonderful world of classical music

Wynton Marsalis teaches the fundamentals with down-to earth humor, vivid examples (syncopation taught by dribbling a basketball), and a contagious love of music.

 PBS documents the migratory history of blues told by the musicians that lived it.

In the story by Jonathan London, a cat creates a sound all his own and sees how the rhyme and rhythms affect his audience.

Thacher Hurd's great story about Miles the Possum who gets a new sax. No more loud music at home!  So he forms Swamp Band and gets a gig with the alligators.

In the book by Jeanne Lee, a young Cambodian girl, who cannot hear or speak, is invited to become a dancer in the king's court. She finds a way to communicate through the beauty of movement and dance. 

In the book by Petra Mathers a shy mouse teaches herself to dance.  From mambo to hip-hop, host LeVar Burton does some fancy footwork, then he takes us on a tour of dance around the world.