Orchestra
What is Orchestra?
Orchestra instruments are divided into four main sections: strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion. The string section is made up of the violin, viola, cello, and double bass. The woodwind section includes the flute, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon. The brass section is made up of the trumpet, trombone, and tuba. The percussion section includes the timpani, xylophone, and triangle.
Orchestra Resources
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
This elegant hardcover book-and-CD package introduces the sights and sounds of the orchestra. After listening to the sounds of each instrument on the CD—from mellow flutes to blazing trumpets—readers may turn to the accompanying book to l...
Story of the Orchestra : Listen While You Learn About the Instruments, the Music and the Composers Who Wrote the Music!
Eye-catching illustrations and an accompanying 70-minute CD make this an exciting and educational introduction to the world of classical music-from composers and music history to the instruments of the orchestra-for elementary age children (and paren...
Instruments of the orchestra
The largest group within the orchestra is comprised of instruments that produce sound from vibrating strings. The vibrations – resulting from the strings being played by a bow, or being plucked with the fingers – resonate within the body of each inst...
The Orchestra
Rediscover classical music with the groundbreaking app, The Orchestra. Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the world-renowned Philharmonia performing extended extracts from eight works representing three centuries of symphonic music. An orchestra at your comm...
Elective Unit Studies: The Orchestra
In this 128 page unit study, your children will explore much more than the orchestra! This unit study takes your child on a journey through the symphony to learn about the conductor, the string instruments, the wind instruments, the rhythm instrument...