Ars Lyrica Virtual Education
The ALH Virtual Education Suite includes interactive, engaging lessons that use music as the lens to learn history, language arts, science, movement and more. Experienced teaching artists amplify the emotional content of Baroque music to enhance social-emotional learning and encourage viewers to think critically and engage with the material in innovative ways. Some lessons come with supplementary materials, while others tell stories, engage viewers to learn about historical music and culture, or present masterclasses with Ars Lyrica artists.
Virtual Education Suite: Most Recent Episodes
Bach Rocks: Exploring the Cello Suites
Join cellist Eric Smith on a journey back in time to the Baroque with a special focus on the cello. Learn what makes a Baroque cello different from its modern counterpart, then listen to how different key signatures in the suites elicit different emotions.
Grade level: 1-6
Type: Family program, music educator tool
Resounding Recorder
Although you may know the recorder from music class, it’s been around for over 500 years! In this virtual lesson, Ars Lyrica artist Pablo Moreno, who is a recorder player and oboist, expands on the history of the recorder with musical examples from the Baroque era. Then, students learn basic recorder techniques and how to play a Baroque tune!
Grade level: 4-8
Type: Music lesson
Materials needed: recorder
Musical Storytime
Musical Storytime is an ongoing virtual series. Episodes feature fascinating stories from diverse cultures, narrated in two languages, and accompanied by original music tracks. With over 100 languages spoken and 53 dual-language schools in Houston, this series celebrates the rich cultural and ethnic diversity of our cosmopolitan city.
Episode 1: A Boy Named Giotto
in Spanish & English
Listen in as singer Cecilia Duarte and percussionist Jesús Pacheco tell the story of A Boy Named Giotto, where a gifted shepherd boy learns how to paint magnificent frescoes during the Italian Renaissance. The book is read in both English and Spanish, and Cecy and Jesús accompany the story themselves with Renaissance pieces for voice and percussion.
Grade level: 3-8
Type: Family program
Episode 2: The Pied Piper of Hamelin
in German & English
Join Ars Lyrica for the broadcast premiere of its second Musical Storytime segment: The Pied Piper of Hamelin, a folk tale with origins dating back to the Middle Ages. Full of colorful illustrations, the story is accompanied by traditional German folk songs sung by narrator Clara Haymon. The video includes optional subtitles in English and German.
Grade level: 6-12
Type: Family program
Virtual Education Suite
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Boost your Brain with Music!
Supplemental materials
Grade level: K-7
Type: Family program
Music + Learning = Memory
Supplemental materials
Grade level: K-7
Type: Family program
