Curriculum Guide

Inside the Music

The Philadelphia Orchestra School Concert program has been created as a meaningful arts-integrated learning experience for students and teachers, an enhancement to the existing classroom environment.

Bring the full experience of The Philadelphia Orchestra to your students with our supplemental resources designed to help you integrate orchestral music into your existing classroom curriculum in meaningful ways. Our accompanying curriculum guide, Inside the Music, is designed for use in many different instructional settings as part of a comprehensive education that includes the arts. Lesson plans have been designed for use in grades two through eight and can easily be adapted to meet the needs of your learning environment. To enhance instruction, the Orchestra also provides teachers with recordings (at no extra charge) of the concert music to use in the classroom.

Click below to download current and previous editions of Inside the Music and view lesson plans and activities for your use. 

                             

2013-14
Musical Storytelling:
Create Your
Own Adventure

          2012-13
Beethoven Lives Upstairs
         

2011-12
Elements of the Earth:
A Musical Discovery

         

2010-11
Heroes and Music