LEARNING VIDEOS
MUSIC BUILDS VIDEOS
MUSIC BUILDS EARTH SCIENCE:
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle introduces some of the core components of Earth Science and connects it to music! You will see LexPhil percussionists use recycled or reused materials as instruments.
Repertoire:
PAULINE OLIVEROS: Rock Piece
LARRY SPIVACK: Quartet for Paper Bags
MARK & EWELINA FORD: Coffee Break (excerpt)
DANIEL LEVITAN: Variations on a Ghanaian Theme
Lexington Philharmonic Percussionists: Life on Mars
MUSIC BUILDS STEAM: Engineering Design + Musical Instrument Evolution explores the history and science behind musical instrument design. In this video, you will learn about some of the challenges of engineering an instrument and how musicians and engineers identify solutions. Meet some of the musicians of the Lexington Philharmonic as they demonstrate their instruments and explain how instrument design impacts sound. Follow along with the activities in the video to design and engineer your own instruments!
Repertoire:
ROBERT MUCZYNSKI: Fragments for Wind Trio (Mvt. 1 - Waltz)
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN: London Trio No. 1 (Mvt. 1)
EDVARD GRIEG: In the Hall of the Mountain King
JOE GARLAND (arr. Stewart): In The Mood for Wind Trio
VALERIE COLEMAN: Umoja
ROBERT MUCZYNSKI: Fragments for Wind Trio (Mvt. 5 - Exit)
Instrument MAKING ACTIVITIES
Let’s Make Shakers!
The LexPhil education team shows you and your little ones how to create their own shaker instruments, all from materials found at home!
April 28, 2020
DIY Rain Stick & Ocean Drum!
The LexPhil education team will show you and your little ones how to create their own Ocean Drum and Rainstick, all from materials found at home!
April 8, 2022
LEARN FROM A LEXPHIL MUSICIAN
ERIN FUNG,
Temporary Principal Clarinet
How does the clarinet make its sound? How does 'Baby Shark' sound on clarinet? Erin shows us how this versatile instrument of the orchestra is constructed to produce a variety of sounds, and evoke many different moods and feelings.
VIRTUAL ASK A MUSICIAN
How do the valves on a trumpet work? Can kids play the trumpet too? Learn the answers to these questions, and more!
Joe Van Fleet, second trumpet, answers questions from one of our youngest fans, Juniper Snow-Hurst! 🎺🎶
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