SECONDARY INSTRUMENTAL SUMMER RESOURCES
WEEK ONE: Get to know real orchestra musicians in our area: check out the New Haven Symphony’s YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/user/NewHavenSymphony/videos Make sure to check to see if one of them plays your instrument!
WEEK TWO: Watch this orchestra performance and click around to change which families of instruments you see: https://play.lso.co.uk/performances/Berlioz-Symphonie-Fantastique See if you can find your instrument and follow along with their part in the music!
WEEK THREE: Have you ever been conducted by someone great? (Besides Barkon, Socha, Gunn, Rothbard?) Here is a short video where you can watch some of today’s greatest conductors rehearsing their groups. See, it’s not just your teachers that work their instrumentalists hard! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0otfQGoU13U
WEEK FOUR: Are orchestral instruments still relevant today? Check out BLACK VIOLINS - an amazing duo who will help you to see that once you learn an instrument, there are no limits! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I-_jWchUeA
WEEK FIVE: This week, check out all the videos some examples of “found sound” in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3Nl9lAEaSN7baBC4yeSQLKPMgvxpr9Pi. Let the videos give you ideas for using things around your house to create sounds. Play along with your favorite songs, or make up your own music, using objects and things you have around your home.
WEEK SIX: Line Riders ride to classical music. We have lots of videos posted combining a popular game with some great music. This is a great way to “see” the music in a different way! Take a look here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3Nl9lAEaSN4_Xd-0DE_ZeViotAwcu4Mi
WEEK SEVEN: Watch some amazing instrumentalists solo on their instruments. Watch them all, but don’t miss your instrument! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3Nl9lAEaSN7jniRwXVw61Lu5nfTd8rVR
WEEK EIGHT: There are a ridiculous number of styles of music employing percussion, wind, and string instruments. This week, we invite you to explore a few:
JAZZ - The great Miles Davis! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqNTltOGh5c ROCK - Metallica and the San Francisco Symphonic Orchestra! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpoHBTeyFxg CLASSICAL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOjHhS5MtvA DRUM CORPS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJgx5ouT-T0 MOVIE SOUNDTRACK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTiRrlgbYIM BROADWAY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8JI70eXjG8