Hello!
Everyone is adjusting to a new normal for right now, and no one knows how long this will last. As such, people are coming together in extraordinary ways to take care of everyone in our community, especially our children and students.
Below is an organized list of free music and music education resources for your use with a list of references at the bottom. Please share this with anyone you feel might benefit from these resources during this time of social distancing. This document is set to public, meaning there are no stipulations on who can and cannot access it. The link to share this document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zkDBeKH0rcvgKD7sIYZdz890v7vl7kgsP4vzaOWzCjk/edit?usp=sharing
We hope that you and your family will find something to watch, listen to, and learn from together. If you have any edits or questions, please email me at spayne@yogc.org.
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– Stephanie Payne, Executive Director, Youth Orchestra of Greater Columbus
Live Streamed Concerts
(Please note all times are listed in 12-hour Eastern Time Zone format)
- Multiple Dates, Budapest Festival Orchestra Quarantine Soirees
- Multiple Dates, Boris Giltburg (Twitter)
- Multiple Dates, London Symphony Orchestra
- Multiple Dates, Center for Puppetry Arts
- Nightly, Pianist Igor Levit House Concerts (Twitter)
- March 18 @ 7:30pm, Fleur Barron (mezzo-soprano) and Myra Huang (piano)
- March 20 @ 2:00pm, The Finnish National Opera
- March 20 @ 8:00pm, Playbill Rogers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella
- March 21 @ 2:00pm, Orchestra of the J.S. Bach Foundation Bach’s Cantata BMV 106
- March 22 @ 3:30pm, Iestyn Davies (countertenor) and Thomas Dunford perform ‘England’s Orpheus’
- April 4 @ 10:00am, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra perform Alban Berg’s Violin Concerto
- April 6 @ 3:30pm, Leon McCawley (piano) performs Schubert, Schumann, Grieg and Janáček
- April 20, National Youth Orchestra of Germany & Christoph Altstaedt perform Beethoven and Brett Dean
Recorded Performances
- Bavarian State Opera
- Berlin Philharmonic
- Boris Giltburg, Piano (Facebook) (Twitter)
- Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
- Detroit Symphony Orchestra
- The Finnish National Opera Stage 24
- Gothenberg Symphony Orchestra
- Köln Philharmonie
- Live in HD from Met Opera (Schedule of Performances) (Link to watch)
- Opera North’s Ring Cycle and Britten’s Turn of the Screw
- Opera Vision (Website) (YouTube Channel)
- Paris Opera
- Philedelphia Orchestra (Facebook)
- Seoul Philharmonic (YouTube)
- The Teatro Massimo in Palermo
- The Teatro Regio in Turin Opera on the Sofa
- Vienna State Opera
- Wigmore Hall
Classical Music Radio
YouTube Channels
- Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
- Chor Symphonica
- Eastman School of Music
- Jacobs School of Music
- La Voce Choir
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
- New York Philharmonic
- NPR Music
- Santa Fe Desert Chorale
- Schwob School of Music
- Scottish Symphony Orchestra
- SiriusXM
- Time For Three
- United States Marine Band
Music Education Tools and Resources
All Ages
- Cornerstone Confessions (Organized by Subject Matter)
- SmartMusic (Virtual Accompanist Program, free through June 30, 2020)
- Center for Puppetry Arts
Elementary School
- DSO Kids Build Your Own Instrument
- Creating Music
- Fun Brain (organized by grade level)
- Improvisation Station
- JazzKids
- New York Phil Kids
- Music Learning Community Free Games (Adobe Flash Required)
- SFKids (Adobe Flash Required)
- World Music with DARIA (includes resources for children with special needs)
- List of Music Games for Kids (listed by age range)
Middle/High School
- MusicTheory.net (Basic Music Theory lessons and activies)
- Teoria (Beginner to Intermediate Music Theory Lessons and Activities)
References
- https://www.classicfm.com/music-news/live-streamed-classical-music-concerts-coronavirus/
- https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/entertainment/2020/03/17/covid-19-world-famous-classical-music-venues-give-free-online-concerts
- https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/mar/16/classical-music-opera-livestream-at-home-coronavirus
- https://www.mtna.org/MTNA/Learn/Parent_and_Student_Resources/Websites_for_Kids.aspx
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