Music at Home
The Educators/Teaching Artists at L.O.S. have been busy putting together a series of resources for children and families to use together! We hope these interactive videos and recommended websites will continue to support creativity, communication, and collaboration for you and your loved ones while at home.
Ask & Answer
With professor Clifford Treblemaker and
Maestro David Alan Miller!
Episode 1
Episode 3
Episode 2
Episode 4
Interactive Learning Activities
Join our Educators/Teaching Artists for fun activities you and your family can do at home!
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Composing with Pitched percussion
L.O.S. Educator/Teaching Artist Joel Esher teaches us how to compose using pitched percussion!
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Making your Own Baloontune
Learn how to make your very own “Balloontune” instrument with L.O.S. Educator/Teaching Artist Angélica Negrón in this fun and interactive video!
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Musical Storytelling: "One" by Kathryn Otoshi
Read and Sing through "One" with L.O.S. Educator/Teaching Artist Michel Gentile!
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Make Your Own Pan Flute!
Learn how to make your very own pan flute with L.O.S. Educator/Teaching Artist Domenica Fossati!
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Composing with Music and Lyrics!
In L.O.S. KIDS at HOME, The Little Orchestra Society teaching artist Daniel Levy invites viewers to create their own new mini-songs.
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What is Melody?
L.O.S Educator/Teaching Artist Joel Esher explores melody!
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Make Your Own Drum Set
L.O.S. Educator/Teaching Artist Joe Tucker creates his own drum set using kitchen items.
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Building a Song
Learn how to use form and structure to build your very own song with L.O.S. Educator/Teaching Artist Joel Esher!
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Musical Storytelling: "Stone Soup"
L.O.S. Educator/Teaching Artist Michel Gentile turns “Stone Soup,” by Ann McGovern with pictures by Winslow Penny Pels, into a “Sound Soup” in this musical storytelling activity!
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Making Your Own Castanets
Join L.O.S. Educator/Teaching Artist Angélica Negrón and learn how to make your very own castanets in this interactive music activity!
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Musical Storytelling: "The Empty Pot"
Watch as L.O.S. Educator/Teaching Artist Michel Gentile uses sounds and music to help you tell the story of “The Empty Pot” by Demi!
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Tricky Rhythms
Explore rhythmic displacement in this fun and interactive percussion activity with L.O.S. Educator/Teaching Artist Joe Tucker! Great for kids ages 6-10!
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Composing with Chrome Music Lab
L.O.S. Educator/Teaching Artist Joel Esher shows us how to use Chrome Music Lab Experiments to create our own music in this fun and interactive activity!
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Musical Storytelling with "Abiyoyo"
Use rhythm, melody, percussion, and your own voice to bring “Abiyoyo” to life with the help of L.O.S. Educator/Teaching Artist Michel Gentile!
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Setting Words to Music
Building on the Chrome Music Experiments video (link below), L.O.S. Educator/Teaching Artist Joel Esher teaches us all about how to carefully combine words and melody as you start to make your very own song!
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Melodies and Musical Patterns
Join L.O.S. Educator/Teaching Artist Joel Esher and experiment with combining melodies and musical patterns!
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Make Your Own DIY Band
L.O.S. Educator/Teaching Artist Angélica Negrón shows you how to make your own homemade string and percussion instruments for a Do-It-Yourself band!
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Can You Hear the Wind at Work
L.O.S. Educator/Teaching Artist Daniel Levy takes us on a sonic adventure to discover the power of wind, and how you can use this power to make wonderful music!
Fun Videos
You might remember some of the videos at our concerts,
here is a chance to revisit!
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Professor Treblemaker Visits...
the Steinway Factory!
Professor Treblemaker learns all about how they make pianos at the Steinway & Sons Factory in Queens!
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Professor Treblemaker Visits...
The Flute Center of New York!
Professor Clifford Treblemaker took a trip to the Flute Center of New York to learn all about the flute from resident flutist Kim Lewis, in preparation for LOS Kids presentation of "The Magic Flute-Mozart"!
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The Animated Professor...
Makes a Score!
Watch as Professor Clifford Treblemaker learns all about what it takes to write music for an orchestra!
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The Animated Professor...
Teaches Notes on a Staff!
Professor Treblemaker and LOS KIDS introduce children to musical notes and scales.
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Meet the Orchestra!
Watch as Susan Jolles, the harpist of The Little Orchestra Society, tells us all about the harp and its magnificent sounds!
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Meet the Orchestra!
Learn all about the oboe and hear its beautiful sound in this video from the Principal Oboist of The Little Orchestra Society, Randall Ellis!
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L.O.S. Staff tries our Interactive Videos
Associate Conductor Jane Kim tries out L.O.S. Teaching Artist Joel Esher's activity: Composing with Pitched Percussion!
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Catching up with Students Soloist!
L.O.S. Associate Conductor Jane Kim interviews student visual artist Evelyn Zuniga. Find out what Evelyn has been up to at home and watch to the end for a look back at our Ravel & Debussy concert!
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Catching Up with Students Soloist!
We caught up with one of the wonderful young piano soloists from our Ravel and Debussy concert in February, Steven Cui! Listen to what Steven has been up to at home and hear him play an excerpt from Franz Liszt’s “Transcendental Etude no. 10.”
Additional Resources
Playground Equiptment - Music Theory learning
*Suggested by avid music-learner, Greer!
Music Notes - A Guide to Music for Kids
*Suggested by avid music-learner, Celeste!
The Metropolitan Opera Live Stream
LUNCH NOODLES with Mo Willems!
Follow L.O.S. KIDS on Spotify
We create specialized playlist for you and your young ones before each concert that features music they will hear during the performance!
Igor Stravinsky’s
The Firebird
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L.O.S. is committed to music education in public schools and community spaces, and we are making these videos available to students and families who are severely impacted by recent events. Please consider making a contribution today!