Art Party Video We regularly release Virtual Art Parties to help you and your children connect with music and art at home. Virtual Art Parties are the perfect way for kids and adults of any age to let their creativity flow, relax with the calming power of music and art, and find some inner tranquility […]
Who Was Scott Joplin? Scott Joplin was an African American composer who is famous for the Ragtime style of music. Watch this short video about Joplin or read some of the facts below. Important Facts: Share this with your children to talk about Scott Joplin’s life, his challenges, and his successes. He came from a
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Use your imagination to adventure to faraway places, imagine exotic animals, and turn yourself into fun characters. Take a Look & Listen Watch and listen as Inside the Orchestra’s very own flutist, Valerie Johnson, takes you on a musical adventure. Carnival of the Animals Carnival of the Animals is a short 14-movement suite by French
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Children can be equally as affected as adults by the stressors in their environments, even if they are not always able to communicate it to the grownups in their lives. The following music can help your children (and you as well) maintain, or regain, a sense of tranquility and calm during difficult times. Play these
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Let’s explore music and arts from Japan, Australia, India, and the United States. Check out Music From Around the World Part 1 here. Japan Shojoji is a Japanese nursery rhyme about a hungry raccoon-dog, called a tanuki. In the song, the tanuki taps on its belly like a drum. At Tiny Tots, we featured the
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Percussion Instruments of the Orchestra Find the full activity guide to go with these videos here: Time to Drum! Find other fun and educational videos here. Percussionist Peter Cooper tells us about the percussion instruments you’ll find in an orchestra in these two videos. Find the full activity guide to go with these videos here:
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Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin Find the full Activity Guide to go along with this story here: Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin! Find other fun and educational videos here. Thank you to Abner Genece for reading us this fun story. Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin! is a delightful story about the instruments of the orchestra that includes some simple
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High and Low Movement Activities From Activity Guide: Music High and Low Toddler to Early Elementary Little ones can use their bodies to indicate whether they’re hearing a high or low sound. As you listen to this video, have your child(ren) reach up to the sky when they hear a high sound and touch the
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Music High and Low Videos: Watch & Listen From Activity Guide: Music High and Low Woodwind musician Kathryn Simpson shows off some of the high and low note sounds in the woodwind section using her Piccolo and English Horn. Watch a silly straw trick to see how the length of a tube changes the pitch
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Story Time: Never Play Music Right Next to the Zoo From the Activity Guide: Inside the Story: Never Play Music Right Next to the Zoo Teaching artist Abner Genece Reads us Never Play Music Right Next to the Zoo. Find other activities for this story in the full Activity Guide: Inside the Story: Never Play
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Classical music’s calming effects are widely known and well-studied. Listening to classical music has been proven to enhance relaxation by increasing dopamine production and decreasing the production of stress releasing hormones. It’s no wonder why parents often play classical music for their children during bedtime or quiet time. However, if you head to the store
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Check out the pieces below written by some very creative conductors and the weird “instruments” they chose to include. If you’d like to hear a playlist of music featuring unique instruments, we have two of them! Here and here. Find a full list of audio playlists, organized by mood and activity, here. Check out the
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