Teacher Resources
Books
Visit Amazon.com or your local bookstore to find a large range of music related media, including:
- Apel, Willi. Harvard Dictionary of Music. Harvard University Press, 1967
- Barber, Nocola. The World of Music. Silver Burdett Press, 1995
- Blackwood, Alan. The Orchestra; An Introduction to the World of Classical Music. A Quarto Book: Millwood Press, 1993
- Cutler, Jane. The Cello of Mr. O. Dutton Children's Books, 1999
- Hays, Ann. Meet the Orchestra. Gulliver Books, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991
- Hoffer, Charles. Concise Introduction to Music Listening. Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1984
- Hoffer Charles. The Understanding of Music. Wadsworth Publishing Co., 1981
- Koscielniak, Bruce. The Story of the Orchestra. Houghton Mifflin Co., 2000
- Kruckenberg, Sven. The Symphony Orchestra and its Instruments. Crescent Books, 1993
- Krull, Kathleen. Lives of Musicians. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1993
- Moss, Lloyd. Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin. Simon & Schuster, 1995
- Nye, Robert & Bergethon, B. Basic Music. Prentice Hall, Inc., 1983
- Van der Meer & Berkeley, Michael. The Music Pack. Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher, 1994.
Recordings
Recordings of much of the repertoire featured on Dallas Symphony Youth Concerts are featured in many music curriculums. Please check with your school's music teacher or media specialist. Also, Tower Records, Border's, Barnes & Noble and Amazon.com carry a wide selection of orchestral recordings.
Video
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra's television series for children, Amazing Music, features Music Director Andrew Litton as your guide to "Emotions in Music," "Pictures in Music," "Families of the Orchestra," and "Jazz." Available by mail.
Movies
"Music of the Heart" with Meryl Streep- Miramax, rated PG, 124 minutes "Small Wonders": documentary: Miramax, rated G, 77 minutes
Classroom Materials
Sources for pictures of instruments, books, audio and video tapes and other information/music resources are:
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