Welcome to the Austin Symphony Orchestra’s Online Resource Page! Here you will find listening guides, curriculum resources, and other activities created to help young learners experience and engage with classical music. We will be adding new lessons and materials regularly, please check back often for updates!
Story Variations: Symphonic Depictions of Fairy Tales, Folktales, and Myths
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Overture
In this learning lab we will explore how musical elements convey setting and mood in a piece of music by listening to the “Overture” from A Midsummer Night’s dream by Felix Mendelssohn.
Download guide here.
Story Variations: Symphonic Depictions of Fairytales, Folk tales, and Myths
Star Wars
In this Listening Lab we will explore movie music and the use of leitmotifs in Star Wars by John Williams.
Download guide here.
Exploring Accents and Emphasis in the “Infernal Dance of King Kaschei”
The Firebird
In this Listening Lab we will explore the use of accents and emphasis in Igor Stravinsky’s The Firebird ballet.
Download guide here.
Moving Sound: Exploring the Rhythms of Dance and Song
Notable Images: Patterns, Structure and Form in Music
