Virtual Philadelphia Orchestra: Activities for Families and Kids

To help families and kids interact with the Virtual Philadelphia Orchestra’s recordings, we've created these fun at-home activities, including printable PDFs of listening maps, listening guides, and worksheets.

General Activities

• Music review/reaction worksheet
• Instrument matching worksheet

100th Anniversary Concert

• Watch the video
• Listening map: The Firebird
• Create your own Firebird wings

BeethovenNOW: Symphonies 5 & 6

• Watch the Video 
• Listening Map: Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony
• Listening Guide: Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony
• “Write Your Own Lyrics” Activity: Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony
• “Matching” and “Drawing” Activities: Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony

Concert from Beijing’s Great Hall of the People

• Watch the video
• Listening map: Strauss's Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks 
• Listening map: Dvořák's Symphony No. 9
• Build Your Own Horn Activity: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
• Crossword Puzzle Activity: Dvořák's Symphony No. 9

Neighborhood Concert with Stéphane Denève

• Watch the Video
• Listening maps: Overture to Candide and Symphonie fantastique 
• Word Scramble Activity: Sound the Bells!
• Dream Journal Activity: Symphonie fantastique