This resource includes the sheet music, activity instructions, and audio files for "Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier" from the Elementary Songbook.
This resource is a free, downloadable audio file of short music clips to use for instruction.
Four friends — a violin, viola, cello and bass — are nervous about meeting their new owners. Will the young musicians learn to play properly and treat their string instruments with care? Find out in KinderLute, from YourClassical Storytime, featuring music by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and illustrations by Eusebius Williams.
Why does the king throw every person that cuts his hair into jail? What is he hiding? Find out in The King With Donkey Ears. It's the latest episode of YourClassical Storytime, with music by Hamilton Harty and illustrations by Nancy Carlson.
This resource is a free, downloadable audio file of short music clips to use for instruction.
This resource is a free, downloadable audio file of short music clips to use for instruction.
Students explore and create rhythms through language and body percussion.
Children will listen to music and dance to the beat of that music using large coordinated movements of isolated body parts. An adult or peer will be holding up cards to demonstrate what body part to move.
Cat videos, cat memes, and composers and cats! Notice how melodic contour can represent the path of a cat’s feet, moving up and down a keyboard in Domenico Scarlatti's ‘Cat Fugue.’
Identify six musical concepts in this piece of music performed by St. Paul Chamber Orchestra musicians. Viet Cuong’s Circling Back conveys the sense of being driven off course and returned to our path. Students will develop active listening skills through identification of musical elements. Students will respond to a piece of music by articulating a personal connection.
Explore the timbres of the violin, cello, and piano in this listening lesson. Students will listen to Einaudi’s Golden Butterflies and connect music with nature.
Music and art can help process feelings surrounding difficult issues. In 2020, Sphinx Virtuosi recorded Herbert’s piece, In Memoriam in remembrance of George Floyd, Stephen Lawrence and many other victims.
Composer Jessie Montgomery was influenced by listening to a lot of records as a child. Look back historically on various devices used to capture music from the record player to the smart phone, and learn about some of the composer’s influences.
Composer Heitor Villa-Lobos was inspired by the sounds of little trains that travel through the Brazilian countryside. Use literacy and art skills to engage with the music. Make your own sandpaper blocks to create your own train sounds.
Composer Gustav Holst wrote a collection of musical pieces called The Planets. Explore the movement about Mars.
Listen and respond to one story from this collection. Students will listen to one movement from Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite.
Listen and respond to string instruments and soloists how improvise, in this lesson featuring Mason Bates’ “Mothership.”
Dan Nass composed "One-Dog Canoe" based on the book by Mary Casanova. Utilize the included coloring activity while listening to the narrated story.
Follow along with a listening map and use movement to respond to part of Aaron Copland’s ballet, "Rodeo." Great for all ages.
Practice finding the STEADY BEAT in this listening lesson for Elementary ages. Students will practice steady beat while listening to John Adams’ Short Ride in a Fast Machine.