Musical Storytelling through the Instruments of the Orchestra
Deepen your child’s understanding of the instruments of the orchestra by encountering 6 powerful examples of musical storytelling by composers Britten, Rimsky-Korsakov, Prokofiev, Vaughan Williams and Grieg! Through guided prompts, quizzes and listening activities, children will come away with knowledge of how the instruments are organized, the ability to recognize a musical theme, knowledge of 7 musical terms, and an experience with music’s powerful ability to tell a story.
For ages 5-11.
Deepen your child’s understanding of the instruments of the orchestra by encountering 6 powerful examples of musical storytelling by composers Britten, Rimsky-Korsakov, Prokofiev, Vaughan Williams and Grieg! Through guided prompts, quizzes and listening activities, children will come away with knowledge of how the instruments are organized, the ability to recognize a musical theme, knowledge of 7 musical terms, and an experience with music’s powerful ability to tell a story.
For ages 5-11.
Deepen your child’s understanding of the instruments of the orchestra by encountering 6 powerful examples of musical storytelling by composers Britten, Rimsky-Korsakov, Prokofiev, Vaughan Williams and Grieg! Through guided prompts, quizzes and listening activities, children will come away with knowledge of how the instruments are organized, the ability to recognize a musical theme, knowledge of 7 musical terms, and an experience with music’s powerful ability to tell a story.
For ages 5-11.
What Your Child will Learn in this 23 page Digital Download:
How an orchestra is organized into 4 families (Includes 3 activities to deepen understanding and memorization)
The ability to recognize musical themes
The names of the Instruments in an Orchestra
6 Musical Terms
How to articulate what they hear
The Anatomy of the Violin and Piano
Music’s powerful ability to tell a story
Works featured:
Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, Rimsky Korsakov’s Flight of the Bumblebee, Grieg’s Morning Mood and In the Hall of the Mountain King, Vaughan Williams’ The Wasps from the Aristophanes Suite
Includes coloring pages for the littles in your home and accompanying playlists on Youtube, Spotify or Apple Music.
