Music History & Appreciation

Music Makers introduces all the instruments and families with interactive activities and includes online access.

Conductor Andrew Davis narrates, enlightens, and entertains in a narrative introduction to the instruments.

Andrew Litton and the Dallas Symphony bring a new generation to the wonderful world of classical music, in this one introducing instrument families and demonstrating the emotions they can evoke.

Meet the families of instruments with a live orchestra of both students and professionals. 

Costumed musicians perform music of the medieval and renaissance eras on period instruments before live student audiences.

Wynton Marsalis teaches the fundamentals with down-to earth humor, vivid examples (syncopation taught by dribbling a basketball), and a contagious love of music.