Lesson Plan: Hearing Colors
This week’s lesson focuses on colors in music, using art as a tangible medium for children to interact with what they hear. All [...]
Lesson Plan: Opening Up Your Ears Activity
The lesson this week is a fun foundational activity for all ages, developing active listening and encouraging interaction with our environment. As you work [...]
Lesson Plan: Sounds Like the Olympics!
This week’s lesson is about the Olympics, and works with John Williams’ famous Olympic Fanfare, written for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. [...]
Young Composers Registration for 2020–21 is Now Open!
Registration is now open for the 2020–21 school year. Any music student between age 8–18 is eligible, with no previous composition experience required! The [...]
Lesson Plan: What’s That Note?
This week’s lesson is a fun introductory musical game for primary aged students. It’s especially good for getting the wiggles out in between other [...]
Lesson Plan: Exploring Musical Energy
The lesson this week is about musical energy in a fun compare-and-contrast activity! Using painting and colors helps children put abstract musical [...]
Watch Orchestrating the Future: Tucson Symphony’s Young Composers Project on YouTube or Facebook
Did you miss the documentary premiere? No need to have FOMO (fear of missing out). You can still view the film on YouTube and [...]
Documentary Premiere is Tonight!
Today is the day! The final countdown to the premier of our documentary, Orchestrating the Future: Tucson Symphony’s Young Composers Project. Our YouTube Premiere [...]
Lesson Plan: Patterns in Sound
The lesson this week is about patterns in music, and in the world around us. This is a great activity for abstract thinkers, using [...]
Orchestrating the Future Documentary Premiere April 28
Get a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the “life-changing” impact of the Young Composers Project. Orchestrating the Future: Tucson Symphony’s Young Composers Project premieres digitally on [...]