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Inspire students to connect with music through a range of fun activities. Use the filters to find different types of activities.

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Sound Mind, Sound Body

Sound Mind, Sound Body

Discover how music helps us to be active, brighten our mood, and boost connection.
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Symphony No. 3 Vivace

Symphony No. 3 Vivace

Explore aspects of Scottish traditional music and Romanticism.
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Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op.67 Allegro conbrio

Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op.67 Allegro conbrio

D-D-D-Daaaa! Students will love exploring this orchestral masterpiece.
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Symphony No. 6

Symphony No. 6

Introduce your students to composing.
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The Can Can – Part One

The Can Can – Part One

Your students will love moving and performing along with Offenbach's musical gallop, The Can Can.
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The Can Can – Part Two

The Can Can – Part Two

Your students will love moving and performing along with Offenbach's musical gallop, The Can Can.
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The Flying Orchestra

The Flying Orchestra

Explore how music helps capture different emotions and action through Clare McFadden's The Flying Orchestra.
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The Little Gecko

The Little Gecko

Explore with your students how different musical patterns enhance story-telling.
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The Wobbly Wombat Dance

The Wobbly Wombat Dance

Learn about musical storytelling with this fun piece about slow, bumbling wombats by composer Dean Stevenson.
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The Wombat Shuffle

The Wombat Shuffle

This piece of music by Australian composer Roger Perrin paints a 'picture in sound' of a wombat.
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Uke Box – Clouds Over kunanyi

Uke Box – Clouds Over kunanyi

Learn and play along with the TSO as your students develop their ukulele skills.
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Uke Box – Have You Ever Tried to Draw a Tuba?

Uke Box – Have You Ever Tried to Draw a Tuba?

Learn and play along with the TSO as your students develop their ukulele skills.
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FAQs

Not at all. Our resources are created for general classroom teachers and music teachers.

Use the menu to filter resources by school grade or by activity type – create, listen, move, perform, or research.

If you’re booked in for a TSO performance, you can also use the menu to access the activities and resources related to that concert or program.

If you know the name of a resource, you can search for it in the main search field of the TSO website.

Yes. You’ll need to be connected to the internet to download Pdf print-outs and to access our YouTube videos.

We recommend doing the activities in your classroom ahead of a performance, to familiarise students with the music they will hear.

Don’t worry - students will still enjoy themselves thoroughly if they have not done activities beforehand!

Resources can also be used after performances, to reinforce what the students learn on the day.

Pick and choose activities depending on your students’ interests.

Yes. Our resources are designed by teachers for teachers, with Australian arts curriculum outcomes for primary and secondary students in mind.

Some of our programs also link to other school curricula, including science and literacy.

No. Our materials are free – you are welcome to share them widely to students and other educators!

Most resources include Pdf slides with YouTube, Vimeo and Soundcloud links.

Most of our resources are supplied with text, alt-text on critical imagery and optional closed captions for videos.

If you have any accessibility requirements, please get in touch at schoolbookings@tso.com.au.

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