Lollipop Concerts Recommendations - For all ages

KIDS BOOKS

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Beethoven Lives Upstairs

by Barbara Nichol
Orchard Books, 1994

In this short novel, 10-year old Christoph and his uncle exchange letters that show how Christoph's feelings for Mr. Beethoven, the eccentric boarder that shares his house, change from anger and embarassment to compassion and admiration.

Introducing Bach

by Roland Vernon
Chelsea House Publishers, 2001

A good introduction to Bach's life and music. This biography is filled with pictures and has a nice timeline of Bach's life.

Introducing Beethoven

by Roland Vernon
Chelsea House Publishers, 2001

A good introduction to Beethoven's life and music. As in his other books in the Introducing Composers series, Vernon provides lots of facts, pictures and a nice timeline of Beethoven's life.

Kids Make Music!: Clapping & Tapping from Bach to Rock

by Avery Hart & Paul Mantell
Williamson Pub., 1993

A great workbook for parents and teachers that provides a variety of activities based on music, including singing and dancing, improvisation, and making homemade instruments.

M is for Music

by Kathleen Krull
Harcourt, 2003

A very cool alphabet book that introduces musical terms beginning with allegro and ending with zarzuela. This book has great illustrations!

Moses Goes to a Concert

by Isaac Millman
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998

Moses and his classmates, who are all deaf, attend a concert where the orchestra's percussionist is also deaf. This is a great book for exploring how an orchestra concert can affect all of your senses, not just your sense of hearing.

Music is

by Lloyd Moss
Putnam's, 2003

A rhyming salute to the many ways in which people enjoy music. A very fun book!

Tchaikovsky Discovers America

by Esther Kalman
Orchard Books, 1995

11-year old Jenny, whose family came from Russia to America to start a new life, meets Tchaikovsky on his 1891 trip to the New World and writes about it in her diary.

The Orchestra: An Introduction to the World of Classical Music

by Alan Blackwood
Millbrook Press, 1993

Blackwood provides an in-depth introduction to the musical instruments that make up the various orchestral families.

The Philharmonic Gets Dressed

by Karla Kuskin
Harper & Row, 1982

The 105 members of the Philharmonic Orchestra get ready for a performance.

The Remarkable Farkle McBride

by John Lithgow
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2000

The musical prodigy, Farkle McBride, tries a number of instruments before discovering that conducting the orchestra makes him the most happy.

The Story of the Incredible Orchestra

by Bruce Koscielniak
Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000

This is a wonderfully illustrated book that describes what an orchestra is and examines the history of the orchestra and the different instruments that make up an orchestra.

Young Mozart

by Rachel Isadora
Viking, 1997

A great biography of Mozart for young readers. The story of Mozart's life, from age 5 till his death at age 35, is simply told and accompanied by beautiful illustrations.

Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin

by Lloyd Moss
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1995

Count and rhyme as all the musical instruments in the orchestra come together for a celebration of classical music.

MULTIMEDIA

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Baby Bach

by The Baby Einstein Company
Artisan Home Entertainment, 2000

Introduces classical music to children through the music of John Sebastian Bach and visual aids.

Baby Mozart

by The Baby Einstein Company
Family Home Entertainment, 2000

Intriguing visual pictures and amusing sound effects compliment a playful introduction to Mozart's music for infants and toddlers.

Baby Shakespeare

by The Baby Einstein Company
Artisan Home Entertainment, 2000

Introduces vocabulary words to children through poetry and the music of Beethoven.

Beethoven

by Frank Cento
Frank Cento Productions, 1998

This video explores Beethoven's music as a reflection of his inner soul and of society's turmoil.

MUSIC

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Classical Tunes: Bach, Mozart, Vivaldi & More!

by Gregg Kinnard
Brainy Baby Company, 2002

A great CD to check out if you want to introduce your child to a variety of the classics -- Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Bach, Vivaldi and many others.

Mozart & Babies

by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Intersound/Platinum Entertainment, 1999

This CD is part of the Classics for Kids series. A good introduction for baby or anyone (baby to adult) to the music of Mozart. If you like this CD, be sure to check out Bach & Babies and Beethoven & Babies as well.

Mozart for Young Minds

by Gerald Jay Markoe
Creative Kids Productions, 2003

Mozart's music selected, arranged and recorded to enhance children's study and learning.

Tune Up Your Mind

by Don Campbell
Children's Group, Distributed in the U.S. by BMG, 1997

A CD of Mozart's music that has been selected to stimulate and inspire young minds. The CD includes excerpts from Eine Kleine Natchtmusik, Violin Concerto No. 2, Symphony No. 17, variations on Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, and much more. If you like this CD, be sure to check out others in The Mozart Effect series.

WEBSITES

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San Francisco Symphony
http://sfskids.org

The kids page of the San Francisco Symphony. Learn about the instruments and compose your own tunes -- and so much more!

Play Music
http://www.playmusic.org

A cool website for kids from the American Symphony Orchestra League.

New York Philharmonic Kidzone
http://www.nyphilkids.org/main.phtml?

The New York Philharmonic Kidzone! This is an amazing website!! Meet composers and members of the orchestra, go behind the scenes, play games, invent your own instrument and much more.

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
http://www.dsokids.com

This is the kid's website of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. It has lots of information on instruments (you can even listen to them), it has games (Beethoven's Baseball and more), and it also has instructions for making your own instruments at home. A well done and kid friendly website.