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Amazing Music Professional Development Workshops

Based on the Dallas Symphony Orchestra's highly acclaimed Amazing Music concerts for television, these engaging particpatory workshops led by music education professionals demonstrate how music can be integrated into the classroom. The award-winning videos with their companion curriculum guides provide a broad range of activities and lessons for grades 1-6. During the 90-minute workshop teachers see excerpts from the videos, receive an overview of the curriculum guides, and participate in hands-on activities that link music to other subject areas.

A focus on lessons integrating language arts, social studies, science or math can be arranged by advance request. One video/curriculum guide 4-volume set is included in the price of the workshop. No advance knowledge of music is required for workshop participants.

Participants will have the opportunity to:
  • Learn how music can be an effective teaching tool.
  • Gain hands-on experience in how to integrate music into the curriculum.
  • Particpate in activities that utilize all learning styles and intelligences.
  • Acquire interdisciplinary lesson plans that creatively approach aspects of TAKS objectives and core curriculum.
  • Have fun with activities that are interactive, experiential and engaging with loads of kid appeal!

To schedule an Amazing Music workshop for your school, please call Kristin Carpenter at 214.871.4006.

To order a 4-volume set of Amazing Music videos with curriculum guides, call the Symphony Store at 214.871.4066 or mail or fax in an order form.