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Boston Symphony Orchestra view detail comment email this

This site features videos of and about the Boston Symphony Orchestra, including a performance broadcast, along with program notes, behind-the-scenes visits, and interviews with the artists. Provides an option to subscribe to "audio and video episodes of this season's Podcast focusing on each week's program." Includes sections for the Boston Pops, Tanglewood, and the symphony hall.
http://www.bso.org/bso/
Topics: Music

Last updated Mar 1, 2009


Instruments of the Orchestra view detail comment email this

Click on an instrument's name to hear an audio clip of the instrument playing solo. Divided by orchestra section: strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, and keyboards. Part of the supporting Web site for the Bedford/St. Martin's classic music appreciation text, "Listen."
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/listen/pages/bcs-main.asp?s=00030&n=99000&i=99030.01&v=category&o=&ns=0&uid=0&rau=0
Topics: Music, Musical Instruments

Last updated May 1, 2005


Keeping Score: MTT on Music/Tchaikovsky No. 4 in Performance view detail comment email this

This site is a companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Great Performances "behind-the-scenes documentary, [in which] conductor Michael Tilson Thomas [MTT] takes viewers on a guided tour of one of the towering achievements in classical music, Tchaikovsky's 'Symphony No. 4.'" The site features information about the composer and about the instruments in an orchestra, video clips comparing the score with the performance by the San Francisco Symphony, and video commentary by Thomas.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/shows/tchaikovsky4/
Topics: Music, Musical Genres, Musical Instruments, Musicians

Last updated Jun 16, 2004


The New York Philharmonic Kidszone! view detail comment email this

This interactive site allows users to hear audio of instruments, and create their own music. Also features interviews with musicians, information on composers and conductors, and resources for teachers.
http://www.nyphilkids.org/
Topics: Music, Musical Instruments, Musicians

Last updated Oct 10, 2005


San Francisco Symphony view detail comment email this

History, events, concert listings, seating charts, nearby restaurants, ticket information, recording excerpts, information about the musicians, and more.
http://www.sfsymphony.org/
Topics: Music

Last updated Aug 26, 2002


SFS Kids: Fun With Music view detail comment email this

Information about musical instruments, a tutorial about the basics of music, and a listing of family programs and activities at the San Francisco Symphony presented in a fun, interactive format. Hear music, create your own, and send virtual postcards from this educational site.
http://www.sfskids.org/
Topics: Music, Musical Instruments

Last updated Oct 15, 2002


Symphony: An Interactive Guide view detail comment email this

A teaching (and learning) guide for the symphony. Contains biographies of composers, information on musical instruments of the orchestra, and a guide to the "musical structures that bind together a great symphony." Includes timeline. A ThinkQuest site.
http://library.thinkquest.org/22673/
Topics: Music, Musical Instruments, Musicians, Notable People

Last updated May 22, 2005




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