Weblinks and videos for use with 12190 – Scheme of Work for KS3: Introduction to the Orchestra

Lesson 1: Meet the Orchestra and the Conductor

Main Session

‘In the Hall of the Mountain King’

Plenary

Sections/instruments of the orchestra

Homework

Lesson 2: Meet the String Family

Starter

Spotify

Main Session

Orchestral string instruments

'Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head'

'Perfect', by Ed Sheeran

Cello effects

Plenary

Violin

Viola 1

Viola 2

Cello

Double bass

Homework

'Devil’s Trill Sonata'

'Palladio'

'Double Bass Jam'

Lesson 3: Meet the Woodwind Family

Starter

Woodwind instruments

Main Session

The main orchestral woodwind instruments

Homework

Lesson 4: Meet the Brass Family

Starter

How to make a horn from basic household items

Main Session

Introduction to orchestral brass instruments

Plenary

Use of brass instruments in ceremonial events

Homework

Lesson 5: Meet the Percussion Family

Starter

Introduction to pitched percussion instruments

Introduction to unpitched percussion instruments

Plenary

'Orchestra on Parade’

Homework

Percussion instrument

Lesson 6: Tutti

Starter

'March to the Scaffold'

Main Session

'River' from The Mission