Learning Lab Activity Gallery

Engaging lessons and activities encourage students in grades K-8 to identify themes from Harry Potter, create their own characters with composer Edward Elgar, explore musical form with Scott Joplin, and more. 

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  • Pre-K
  • Grades K-2
  • Grades 3-5
  • Grades 6-8

Play a freeze dance game with music from Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals.

Grades: Pre-K-1

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In this engaging activity, introduce the your students to an orchestra and have them create their own.

Grades: K-3

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Do you know where the violins sit? What about the bass trombone? Test your knowledge of the orchestra.

Grades: K-5

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Create a piece of art inspired by what you hear how you feel as you listen to a piece of music.

Grades: K-6

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Create a visual representation of Modest Mussgorsky’s Night on Bald Mountain.

Grades: 1-3

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Use creative movement to explore Andante from Joseph Haydn’s Surprise Symphony.

Grades: 1-3

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Experience the excitement of the Olympic Games when you use creative movement to explore John Williams’ Olympic Fanfare and Theme.

Grades: 1-3

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Learn about the characters in Sergei Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf. Examine the composer’s compositional choices and make some of your own.

Grades: 1-5

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Perform a clave rhythm with Arturo Márquez’s Danzon No. 2 and other popular music.

Grades: 1-5

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Videos, photos, and activities that introduce the instruments of the orchestra and the musicians who play them. Presented by PNC Arts Alive.

Grades: 1-8

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Bring to life the sounds of your neighborhood by composing a soundscape.

Grades: 2-3

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Explore theme and variations with Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations.

Grades: 3-5

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Explore the changing seasons through music and movement with Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons. Integrate music into the science curriculum by studying how animal habitats and behavioral adaptations relate to the changing seasons.

Grades: 3-6

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Take flight and explore musical themes with Hedwig’s Theme from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by John Williams.

Grades: 3-6

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Follow a listening map and move to Scott Joplin’s Maple Leaf Rag to discover traditional Ragtime form.

Grades: 3-6

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Expand student vocabulary while learning about themes in literature and music through the popular children’s book The Composer is Dead.

Grades: 4-6

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Uncover the musical form—theme and variations—and hone your listening skills with a listening map puzzle.

Grades: 4-8

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Try your hand at the American folk tradition of patting Juba and discover its relationship to Black female composer Florence Price’s Symphony No. 1.

Grades: 4-8

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Explore the cultural significance of Lift Every Voice and Sing, the Black national anthem, and compose your own anthem.

Grades: 5-7

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Play a freeze dance game with music from Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals.

Grades: Pre-K-1

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Play a freeze dance game with music from Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals.

Grades: Pre-K-1

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In this engaging activity, introduce the your students to an orchestra and have them create their own.

Grades: K-3

View

Do you know where the violins sit? What about the bass trombone? Test your knowledge of the orchestra.

Grades: K-5

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Create a piece of art inspired by what you hear how you feel as you listen to a piece of music.

Grades: K-6

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Create a visual representation of Modest Mussgorsky’s Night on Bald Mountain.

Grades: 1-3

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Use creative movement to explore Andante from Joseph Haydn’s Surprise Symphony.

Grades: 1-3

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Experience the excitement of the Olympic Games when you use creative movement to explore John Williams’ Olympic Fanfare and Theme.

Grades: 1-3

View

Learn about the characters in Sergei Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf. Examine the composer’s compositional choices and make some of your own.

Grades: 1-5

View

Perform a clave rhythm with Arturo Márquez’s Danzon No. 2 and other popular music.

Grades: 1-5

View

Videos, photos, and activities that introduce the instruments of the orchestra and the musicians who play them. Presented by PNC Arts Alive.

Grades: 1-8

Visit

Bring to life the sounds of your neighborhood by composing a soundscape.

Grades: 2-3

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Do you know where the violins sit? What about the bass trombone? Test your knowledge of the orchestra.

Grades: K-5

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Create a piece of art inspired by what you hear how you feel as you listen to a piece of music.

Grades: K-6

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Create a visual representation of Modest Mussgorsky’s Night on Bald Mountain.

Grades: 1-3

View

Use creative movement to explore Andante from Haydn’s Surprise Symphony.

Grades: 1-3

View

Experience the excitement of the Olympic Games when you use creative movement to explore John Williams’ Olympic Fanfare and Theme.

Grades: 1-3

View

Learn about the characters in Sergei Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf. Examine the composer’s compositional choices and make some of your own.

Grades: 1-5

View

Perform a clave rhythm with Arturo Márquez’s Danzon No. 2 and other popular music.

Grades: 1-5

View

Videos, photos, and activities that introduce the instruments of the orchestra and the musicians who play them. Presented by PNC Arts Alive.

Grades: 1-8

Visit

Bring to life the sounds of your neighborhood by composing a soundscape.

Grades: 2-3

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Explore theme and variations with Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations.

Grades: 3-5

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Explore the changing seasons through music and movement with Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons. Integrate music into the science curriculum by studying how animal habitats and behavioral adaptations relate to the changing seasons.

Grades: 3-6

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Take flight and explore musical themes with Hedwig’s Theme from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by John Williams.

Grades: 3-6

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Follow a listening map and move to Scott Joplin’s Maple Leaf Rag to discover traditional Ragtime form.

Grades: 3-6

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Expand student vocabulary while learning about themes in literature and music through the popular children’s book The Composer is Dead.

Grades: 4-6

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Uncover the musical form—theme and variations—and hone your listening skills with a listening map puzzle.

Grades: 4-8

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Try your hand at the American folk tradition of patting Juba and discover its relationship to Black female composer Florence Price’s Symphony No. 1.

Grades: 4-8

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Explore the cultural significance of Lift Every Voice and Sing, the Black national anthem, and compose your own anthem.

Grades: 5-7

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Create a piece of art inspired by what you hear how you feel as you listen to a piece of music.

Grades: K-6

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Videos, photos, and activities that introduce the instruments of the orchestra and the musicians who play them. Presented by PNC Arts Alive.

Grades: 1-8

Visit

Explore the changing seasons through music and movement with Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons. Integrate music into the science curriculum by studying how animal habitats and behavioral adaptations relate to the changing seasons.

Grades: 3-6

View

Take flight and explore musical themes with Hedwig’s Theme from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by John Williams.

Grades: 3-6

View

Follow a listening map and move to Scott Joplin’s Maple Leaf Rag to discover traditional Ragtime form.

Grades: 3-6

View

Expand student vocabulary while learning about themes in literature and music through the popular children’s book The Composer is Dead.

Grades: 4-6

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Uncover the musical form—theme and variations—and hone your listening skills with a listening map puzzle.

Grades: 4-8

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Try your hand at the American folk tradition of patting Juba and discover its relationship to Black female composer Florence Price’s Symphony No. 1.

Grades: 4-8

View

Explore the cultural significance of Lift Every Voice and Sing, the Black national anthem, and compose your own anthem.

Grades: 5-7

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