Meet the Orchestra

Resources

Percussion

• Percussion Instruments and Pitch
• Classics for Kids: Be a Music Explorer (K-3)
• Invent a Musical Instrument; Invent a Tool; Invent a Toy
• Simple Rhythm Activities
• Caribbean Music: Calypso and Found Percussion
• World Percussion – Quaver

Woodwinds

• Woodwind Instruments and Pitch
• How do Woodwind Instruments Work? With links to how each instrument works.
• World Music – Woodwind Instruments

Brass

• Brass Instruments and Pitch
• How Brass Instruments Work – TedEd
• Brass Interviews

Strings

• String Instruments and Pitch
• How to Make a Violin: in Pictures

Families of Instruments

• Grouping Musical Instruments

Elements of Music

• Explore Melody, Harmony, Rhythm and more.

Conducting

• Music Conducting: Classroom Activities
• Video: What Does a Conductor Actually Do?
• Video: Class Notes: What Does a Conductor Do?
• Video: Victor Borge: What Does a Conductor Do?

STEM and STEAM

• Making Musical Instruments
• Photos of instruments (some from the inside)
• Designing the Ultimate Instrument
• How to STEAM

Video Resource Links for New World Symphony, Dvorak

Musical Analysis by Gerard Swartz

Beyond the Score Gwendolyn Brown – The Spiritual

Guitar cover of New World Symphony

Pennsylvania Humanities Council

Final movement performed by US Army Band