Learning at Home
Explore our archive of CSO resources to find activities, music listening, and resource links for students! For additional learning recommendations and resources follow our CSO Educator Network Facebook page!
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Learning Resources
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The May Festival Minis
For kids 0-3, 4-8, and 9-12, learn songs, activities, instruments and crafts related to the arrival of Brood X Cicadas!
Summer Virtual Young People's Concert
Watch our summer edition virtual Young People's Concert!
Your Playlist
Use this template to imagine a playlist of your own creation!
Cincinnati Pops Superheroes!
Listen through the Cincinnati Pops album Superheroes! to explore the music of different heroes. Then take the time to draw and describe a hero in your own life!
Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 Finale
Compare the traditional musical score to a graphic score for Beethoven's Symphony No. 7, IV. Allegro con brio. Parents: graphic scores can be tricky so your assistance may be required!
Beethoven & Graphic Score Analysis
Movement Map with William Tell
Show us your moves with our movement listening map to the famous Overture to William Tell! Tag us on Facebook and Instagram to show us you're up to the challenge.
Dvořák's Symphony No. 9
Dvořák's Symphony No. 9, "From the New World" has so much to explore! Listen and learn about the musical influences and familiar themes from this famous work.
Emotion in Music
With Teaching Artist Liz Wu, create emotion cards to use in response to music listening!
Create Emotion Cards Listen & React
Listening & Exploring - Candide Overture
For parents and older students, read about Leonard Bernstein's life as an educator, composer, and conductor. For all students, explore the overture and music from Candide with audio and video.
Listening & Storytelling - The Firebird Finale
Learn about Igor Stravinsky's illustrative Finale from The Firebird. Follow along with a listening map and be inspired to write and draw your own interpretation of this famous Russian Folktale.
Take Me Out to the Ballgame Sing Along
Read about the history and friendship between the Cincinnati Reds and Cincinnati Pops after singing along to the favorite baseball tune "Take Me Out to the Ballgame"!
Variations on Twinkle Twinkle
Join Acting Associate Concertmaster Charles Morey as he explores variations on a familiar theme!
Variations Handout Video of Variations
"Dance of the Hours" featuring Fiona the Hippo
Explore the popularity of "Dance of the Hours" from La Gioconda, including a clip of Fiona the hippo gliding along to the music!
Thus Drew Zarathustra
Follow along with this listening map to the prelude of the epic favorite Also sprach Zarathustra. Then draw a story to follow along to the musical sections!
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The May Festival Minis
For kids 0-3, 4-8, and 9-12, learn songs, activities, instruments and crafts related to the arrival of Brood X Cicadas!
Music Notation Math
Combine your mathematical skills in basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, with learning music notation.
Reading & Comprehension - Composers Beethoven, Price, Ginastera
For late elementary readers, compare and contrast the lives and music of Ludwig Van Beethoven, Florence Beatrice Price, and Alberto Ginastera.
Vivaldi's The Four Seasons
Explore the musical moods and scenes that Vivaldi creates in The Four Seasons, and read the sonnets that pair with each seasonal concerto!
Movement & Historical Learning - Price, Juba & The World's Fair
Elementary students can watch and learn "Juba Rhythms" with a body percussion tutorial, then imagine what your own "Cincinnati World's Fair" could look like. For parents, use the Lesson Plan to continue exploring Juba.
Music & Coding Worksheet
Using the online resource Pencil Code Gym, create music of your own through coding.
Music in Space
Recommended for middle and high school students, learn about the Voyager Golden Record and imagine your own version! What recordings would you send into space?
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Meet the Brass
Learn about how Brass instruments make sound and measure out the lengths of the instruments at home!
Music Hall & CSO Virtual Tour
Take a virtual walk inside Music Hall and explore the view from a musician's seat on the stage!
Music Hall Virtual Scavenger Hunt
Instrument Introductions
Watch CSO players introduce their instruments and follow along with our instrument handouts.
Watch Instrument Introductions
The Fanfare Project
Enjoy these newly commissioned works, each featuring a solo musician from the orchestra. Scores for The Fanfare Project commissions are also available for a curious listener to follow along or an ambitious student instrumentalist to rehearse.
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The May Festival Minis
For kids 0-3, 4-8, and 9-12, learn songs, activities, instruments and crafts related to the arrival of Brood X Cicadas!
Watermelon Drum
Follow along to make a drum or harp out of a miniature watermelon (after you’ve snacked)!
Make your own Guitar
With Sound Discoveries Teaching Artist Liz Wu, make and play your own guitar at home!
Ginastera & Tambourine Craft
Learn about composer Alberto Ginastera and the rhythm and dance in his piece "Malambo" from Estancia Suite. Make your very own tambourine and play along with the music!
Make your own Tambourine Learn about "Malambo"
DIY Glass Xylophone
Experiment with pitch and vibration as you make your own glass xylophone with Sound Discoveries at Home!
DIY bottle flute
Make your own bottle flute with Sound Discoveries at home!
Make a recycled shaker drum
Celebrate Earth Day by making a recycled drum with Teaching Artist Liz Wu using an aluminum can. Then jam out to the Cincinnati Pops with your new drum!
DIY Rainstick
Make your own rainstick using household items with Sound Discoveries at Home!
Make a conductor's baton
Follow along with Teaching Artist Liz Wu to make your own conductor's baton at home! Then conduct with the music of the Cincinnati Pops.
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Compose with Soundtrap
Make your own music by following the guide to use the online composition platform Soundtrap!
Music Notation Math
Combine your mathematical skills in basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, with learning music notation.
Music & Coding Worksheet
Using the online resource Pencil Code Gym, create music of your own through coding.
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- Classics For Kids by Cincinnati Public Radio
- Cincinnati Opera At Home
- Cincinnati Ballet