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This website is a game designed to introduce instruments to students (K-5) in a fun and interactive way.  Benjamin Britten's composition "A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra" is used as the basis for this adventure.

This is a fun, interactive website that helps students get to know the instruments, the set up of a professional ensemble, different genres, and musical roles.

This website is a game developed by Carnegie Hall that helps younger students learn the instruments of the orchestra. The game uses Benjamin Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. This interactive game helps students understand the layout of an orchestra, the ranges of the individual instruments, and how they sound individually and together in an ensemble. This is an excellent tool for elementary music!

Dallas Symphony Orchestra for Kids website features games, listening activities, family programs and teacher lesson plan resources. It is a place where young children can be introduced to the instruments and inner workings of an orchestra. There is an activity called Flat Beethoven, which is like Flat Stanley, where the children send Beethoven in the mail to different places and he has "adventures' with the people where ever he goes. Hosts of Flat Beethoven write the children back and send him to another place. FUN!

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra has a website for kids with great resources for educators. Students can learn in a fun way about the orchestra, instrument families, timbres, and other aspects of the orchestra.

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra has a website for kids with great resources for educators. Students can learn in a fun way about the orchestra, instrument families, timbres, and other aspects of the orchestra.

This is a fun resource for elementary music teachers to introduce instruments of the orchestra in an interactive way. Students are exposed to the four families of the orchestra and their instruments with a fun adventure-themed story to guide the way.

This is a fun and helpful website for young students to learn about instrumentation and get acclimated to the world of orchestra. Students can find recordings, games, and information on instruments and instrument families

Interactive game based on Benjamin Britten's "A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra." Students get to interact with the different instruments of the orchestra while learning different facts about the instrument families and working towards a goal of completing the orchestra at the end of the game.

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales presents a series of videos introducing the instruments of the orchestras. This is a wonderful resource for any elementary grade learning about the families and instruments of the orchestra.

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales presents a series of videos introducing the instruments of the orchestras. This is a wonderful resource for any elementary grade learning about the families and instruments of the orchestra.

League of American Orchestras is a site for educators, professional musicians and students can explore. Teachers can look at advocacy and the government to find out what is happening in legislation. There is a career center for teachers and professional musicians who are looking to perform. Everyone can learn about Learning and Leadership development of students and teachers. The Knowledge, Research and Innovation tab is great as it is the latest research happening. You can also find conferences, meetings, journals, conducting, composing and performing tab.

This site is a great resource for orchestra teachers. The purpose of this resource is to provide information about the current state of music programs and opportunities for orchestral students. The content of this site is mainly articles and registration links for different conferences. There are also links to webinars, fellowships, etc. as well as current issues revolving around orchestral music/education. Some sources particularly helpful for teachers are a link with interesting facts about orchestra and articles about how to reach out to bigger audiences. It offers a subscription for "Symphony" Magazine and provdes information about composing, conducting, and performing, all major elements or any music education program.

This website has resources for orchestra students. Students can find practice and performance tips, learn about local and famous orchestras and musicians, and find resources for their specific instruments.

This is another Orchestra-sponsored website with fun activities for kids. It can be used during spare time, or units could be developed around it. The game I found which I liked in particular is called "Beethoven's Baseball". You get to pick your composer team, and then click on Beethoven to throw the "pitches", which are questions. The game keeps your score and is interactive. The website also has a "listen by composer" section, as well as other instructions for activities including making your own instrument.

This site provides insight on instrument timbres, symbol and note recognition, reinforce knowledge on composers, and more! In terms of composers, this site covers composers from as early as the Renaissance era to present.

Dallas Symphony Orchestra's website specifically for kids. Provides games, activities, and several listening examples. Can be used at home or in the classroom.

This is an online game that helps students learn about the different instruments and families of the orchestra. Uncle Oly and Violet go on an adventure trying to find the instruments of the orchestra and put them back together in their correct places. Students will learn about the sounds of the instruments, what family they belong to, and where they are placed in the orchestra.

This is a website that goes through the instruments of the orchestra, and has a whole lesson for Benjamin Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. There are also games and short videos for students to watch.

This robust website offers exciting educational resources for students of all ages, but especially in elementary school. Use this website to introduce instruments of the orchestra and composers. Some lesson plans and other resources are provided for teachers.

This website is great for when students are learning the instruments of the orchestra- there are games, activities, and printable worksheets. This website is great for older elementary students (3-5).

Website from the Dallas Symphony Orchestra with games, information, lessons, and more for students to learn about the orchestra and music. Resources for teachers are available. A good website for students to explore.

This site contains a number of great ideas for tech integration in the orchestra classroom. The tuning automation idea is good way to use technology to streamline the start of class.

OrchestraTeacher.net is a great resource for string teachers looking to integrate technology into their classroom. This site has multiple tech application suggestions, as well as general pedagogy resources for all string instruments- even guitar!.

This website is a great resource for orchestra directors. It has various resources and suggestions for teaching materials. In addition, it is set up in a blog format which is easy to view the various posts.

Games for children in music

Great website for puzzles, quizzes, composition activities, instrument families and a great introduction to the NY Philharmonic.  This would be excellent to use before attending a NY Philharmonic concert. 

This is a great website for students to review concepts learned in class. "Instrument Frenzy" is a high speed game that can be used to review instruments and categorize them by family. 

A great website for students to learn about the instruments, and people of the orchestra. They also learn about composers and compositions, and are able to make their own instrument, mingles, and minuets. A great website to use for elementary students who are learning about the orchestra.

This is the Dallas Symphony's kids page. They have great videos and resources about the instruments of the orchestra and composers. There are lesson plans available as well. This is probably geared more toward younger students.

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra's purpose for creating this site is to compile a variety of interactive games and resources for kids to access and explore orchestral instrumentation and sound. The games and interactive information is engaging and informative, especially for the young general music student as well as beginning instrumentalists.

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra has compiled a website for teachers and students. The materials from this site will enhance certain musical concepts being taught in class to increase students' levels of engagement. There are videos and songs to enhance music lessons, as well as ideas and materials for lesson plans. The DSO page also provides multiple resources and links to other educational outlets for students in elementary school, as well as accompanying teacher resources and activities for their students.

This is an online game that works will aural recognition of the instruments in the orchestra. After getting an answer correct, there is a description of the instrument in more detail, including how it looks, what it sounds like, how many are in the orchestra, and where they sit.

The All-Star Orchestra, which is made up of "All-Stars" from various orchestras, produced content for Khan Academy. There is a wide-range of videos to watch from notes and rhythms, music history, conducting lessons, instrument demonstrations. This is a fantastic series with top musicians.

This is the blog of an orchestra teacher. She gives advice for beginning and middle school orchestra programs. I have used this blog many times when looking for different resources. She has really great ideas!

This is a great blog for orchestra teachers to obtain useful ideas and information that they can utilize in their classroom. It comes with plenty of ideas, games, assessments, tuning techniques, and other strategies that could be helpful for a new and seasoned teacher.

This website, powered by Carnegie Hall and based on Benjamin Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, introduces elementary students to the orchestra, instrument families, and timbres. The website features an animated story, interactive games, and a lot of interesting and accurate information about orchestra instruments. Students can easily navigate the game using the voice and visual prompts, and there are no required log-in credentials or advertisements.

A fun way for students to learn the instruments of the orchestra using Britten's masterwork! This interactive listening adventure is a game that challenges to students to listen critically and identify instruments both by sound and sight.

This is a great resource for integrating technology in helping students generate a response to classical music while learning about the orchestra.

This site provides an immersive experience for students to get the feeling of what it's like to play in an orchestra. You can view live performances from different camera angles, as if you are playing in the orchestra. They also include functions that allow you to switch views and explore facts about the different instruments and orchestral sections. This would provide a great visual support for active listening group activities in the classroom; the sound and video quality is excellent. This would also be tremendously helpful for students of conducting.

A list of useful links for teachers about instruments of the orchestra. This website includes video links, online resources and more for various grade levels and ability levels.

Great pinterest page that lists great ideas for orchestra directors. This is a cool resource to gain some outside the box ideas for string teaching. Includes everything from Star Wars activities to Minecraft string parts.