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The Foundation’s gift to the Bravo Waukegan Music Library will encourage Waukegan students to explore, understand and embrace the great historical and cultural diversity found in the world of music.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Resources

Ghostbusters – woodwind arrangement

Michael J. Miles

Chicago Trilogy

Chicago Jazz Institute

Jazz Institute of Chicago

Ana Gabriel

Ana Gabriel Performance: Volver, Volver

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Listen to and Analyze Music

Erika Gray Paganini La Campanella

Bela Fleck & The Flecktones – Throwdown at the Hoedown (Live)

JW Pepper Sheet Music

J.W. Pepper Online Store for Sheet Music

Beat and Loops

Drum Machine

Natalie MacMaster

Fiddler Natalie MacMaster Plays the Volcanic Jig

BTS-Korean-vocal-Group

BTS – Bangtan Boys

sombrero and Mariachi Music

Listen to Ranchera Mexicana Viejita Mariachis

John Lee Hooker, Carlos Santana, and Etta James

The Blues Boogie Jam

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Guitar History: How the Guitar has Evolved

Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, and Chris Thile

Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile And Stuart Duncan: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Otis Redding

Otis Redding – (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay

Randy Sabien

Randy Sabien and the Fiddlehead Band

Ifetayo Ali-Landing

16-year-old Chicago Cellist Ifetayo Ali-Landing

Lindsey Stirling – League of Legends: Wild Rift

Steve Martin on banjo

Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers – Clawhammer Medley

Pablo Casals: Song of the Birds

Lola Betran

Lola Beltrán

virtual-musical instruments

Virtual Musical Instruments

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History of Mariachi Music

Las Tres Huastecas - Mariaci Cobre

Las Tres Huastecas – Mariachi Cobre

Adrian Anantawan: Violin’s human emotion

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Online Tools for Creating Music

Chrome Music Lab

Improve, Arrange, and Compose Music

The Octobass

Oscar Peterson

Oscar Peterson Plays the C Jam Blues

Kevin Olusola

Cellist Kevin Olusola plays “Stay with Me”

Eric Whitacre Virtual Choir 6

Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir 6: Sing Gently

West Music Website

Richard Mata - Mariachi Tedx

Richard Mata: Mariachi, my identity and passion Tedx Talk

At this time when families are educating and entertaining while sheltering in place, the Negaunee Music Institute would like to share resources from past CSO School & Family Concerts. We hope these resources will be fun and educational ways for your whole family to continue interacting with orchestral music and the CSO. Stay tuned as we continue to update with more!

CSO for Kids: Remote Learning Resources

Victor Wooten – Isn’t She Lovely

Serge Prokofiev Peter and Wolf

Sergei Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf

Exploratoriaum

The Science of Music

Pink Trombone site

Speech Synthesis Tool

Anna Ludlow

Fiddler Anna Ludlow Plays Slow Air

Maestro Jose Antonio Abreu

José Antonio Abreu: The El Sistema Music Revolution

Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton – Corrine, Corrina

trombone-jazz in America

Jazz in America

Esperanza Spalding – On The Sunny Side Of The Street (Live 2016)

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, 1st movement.

Django Reinhardt - Stephane Grappelli

Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli – Minor Swing

Lee England Jr...

Lee England Jr. – TEDx

Etta James

Etta James and The Roots Band Play “I’d Rather Go Blind”

Evelyn-Glennie

Evelyn Glennie improvisation on Drums

Sweet Georgia Brown – Wynton Marsalis Quintet Featuring Mark O’Connor and Frank Vignola

Improvise and Notate Music with BeatLab

Naturally 7 BeatBox

Naturally 7: A Full-Band Beatbox

Virtual Keyboard

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Gustavo Dudamel & Beethoven 5 – 1st movement

Natalie MacMaster and Family: Live at Count Basie Theater 2/26/15

Hamilton – Original Broadway Cast Recording 2017

El son de la Negra - Mariachi

El Son de la Negra, Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán

Mayra Garcia - female mariachi musicians

Women in Mariachi – TEDx

Ludwig Göransson | Scoring The Mandalorian | Disney+

Koko Taylor

NBC Talking Blues Interview with Koko Taylor

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Kanneh-Mason Family: 7 Musical Brothers & Sisters

Louie Armstrong on trumpet-jazz

Jazz Education Network

Percussion: Beyond the Human Voice

Elmore James

Elmore James

Read and Notate Music on Music Racer

Sirena Huang violinist

Sirena Huang – An 11 Year Old’s Magical Violin

Buddy Guy and BB King

Buddy Guy – Stay Around A Little Longer

Leonard Bernstein conducting Haydn Symphony No. 88 using his face [Digital enhanced from 360p to HD]

Rhythm Randomizer

Rhythm Randomizer

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Music Games, Activities, Quizzes, Free Sheet Music

Wintergatan – Marble Machine (music instrument using 2000 marbles)

Elton John

Elton John – Rocket Man

Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn

Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn Play a “Sally in the Garden” Medley

Muddy Waters

Muddy Waters Plays “Baby, Please Don’t Go”

Sleepy Man performance

Tracy Silverman, Electric Violin—Led Zeppelin Medley

Flutes

A Brief History of the Flute

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Milwaukee Mandolin Orchestra

Piano-link-to-Hoffman-Academ

Why are piano keys black and white?

John Williams conducts Vienna Philharmonic

John Williams & Vienna Philharmonic – Imperial March (from “Star Wars”)

Lift Every Voice and Sing – Kings Return

Black Violin

Black Violin

Amélie Brodeur

Amélie Brodeur and Flute Basics

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7-year-old Yo-Yo Ma plays for President John F. Kennedy

Careers in Music

Careers in Music

Less Common Instruments

Thomas J. Wible flutist

Flautist Thomas J. Wible plays The Great Train Race

Music History

Kids Rock!

Alma Deutscher

Prodigy Improvises a Piano Sonata with 4 Notes Pulled From A Hat

Joe Venuti Lino Patruno violinist

Joe Venuti Lino Patruno – Sweet Georgia Brown

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Ray Brown Trio - Regina Carter

Ray Brown Trio

Vic Firth

Rhythms, Percussion and Informational Videos

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Chuck Berry – Johnny B. Goode

Piano Museum

The Piano Museum

Essential Elements

Essential Elements Interactive Website for Band and Orchestra

Music History Games

Learn How to Read Music with Fun Interactive Sports Games

Mariachi Singers

Delgado Guitars/La Tradicion Music

Wake Me Up – Avicii (violin/cello/bass cover) – Simply Three

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Avi Avital plays Vivaldi Mandolin Concerto

Queen at Live Aid

Queen – We Are The Champions

Turtle String Quartet

Turtle Island String Quartet

Beatboxer Jonathon Lopez and Cellist Man Wai Che

Beatbox Champion Meets Juilliard Bassist

Exchanging Mozart for Mario Brothers | Rob Landes

WBEZ Mariachi Article Photo

Chicago Mariachi Project

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Child Prodigy

Yo-Yo Ma plays bach

Yo-Yo Ma plays Bach

Ember Trio

Ember Trio: Violin and Cello

Cloud-based Music Creation Tool

Top Secret Drum Corps of Basal

Top Secret Drum Corps

Jay Ungar & Molly Mason Family Band

Folk Alley Sessions

Aaron Copland

Copland Conducts Appalachian Spring

Snare Technique

Snare Technique

13 Must-Have Chrome Apps for Music Teachers

2CELLOS – Hallelujah [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

Rachel Barton Pine

Rachel Barton Pine Plays Bruch’s Violin Concerto in G Minor

Music and the brain

Playing an Instrument Benefits your Brain

MusicPlay

Musicplay Online

Elvis Presley Millioon dollar Quartet

The Million Dollar Quartet

Blue Monk – John Clayton & Thomas Pol

Doodle Chaos–Marbles, Magnets, and Music (Synchronized), “Waltz of the Flowers”

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Online tool for Performing, Composing, and Sharing Music

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Itzhak Perlman at 13 plays Mendelssohn

CSO for Kids: My Magic Breath

Violinist Inmo Yang

Sounds of a Multi-Million Dollar Stradivarius Violin

Flight of the Bumblebee – Canadian Brass

Vincente Fernandez

Vicente Fernandez

The Beatles

The Beatles – I Want To Hold Your Hand

Metropolis from Boney James at 96 Capitol Jazz Fest from Broadcast Center Studios

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Billie Holiday – “Strange Fruit” Live 1959

It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) (Studio Video)

Linsey Pollack

Linsey Pollak and the Carrot Clarinet

Bonnie Rideout

Fiddlers Seán Heely and Bonnie Rideout Concert Finale

Tree Sound Studios

Tree Sound Studios Tour

Mariachi tradition

The Mariachi Tradition

Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, Johnny Winter, Robert Cray, and Hubert Sumlin

“Sweet Home Chicago”

Victor Wooten

Music as a Language

Trombone Shorty At Age 13 – 2nd Line

Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington

Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington

Stuff Smith

Stuff Smith – Tain’t No Use

Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash – I Walk the Line

Mozart Symphony no. 40

Mozart symphony no 40, first movement

Hamilton – 70th Annual Tony Awards

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Music Quizzes, Tutorials, Flashcards

Bach Fugue (Sonata No. 1)

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Drag-and-Drop Tool for Rhythms and Beats

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Sujari Britt at TEDx

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Classics 4 Kids

WDCB Jazz player

WDCB 90.9 FM Event Calendar

Sir James Galway

James Galway ~ Practicing Your Instrument

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Elvis Presley – Hound Dog

Kidz Page ree-kids-online-games-and-coloring

Read and Notate Music

Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

Bach – Brandenburg Concertos No.3 – i: Allegro Moderato

Mariachi Vargas

Mariachi Vargas – El Cascabel

Yo-Yo Ma's ‘Songs of Comfort’ project

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma’s ‘Songs of Comfort’

the milky-way

Guitars and the Cosmos

Delgado Guitar History

History of Delgado Guitar Maker

Ukulele virtuoso Taimane

Taimane – Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major on Ukulele

Janoska Ensemble – Carmen Fantasie

Flash Mob – Gustav Holst – The Planets: Jupiter (Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra)

Itzhak Perman plays Mendelssohn..

Famous Violinist Itzhak Perlman plays Mendelssohn Violin Concerto finale

Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein on Ode to Joy

Karl Jenkins

Benedictus – Karl Jenkins

Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Violin), Adrian Anantawan

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Soul Music

The History of Soul Music

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Michael Jackson – Billie Jean

How does music affect your brin

How Does Music Affect Your Brain?

sombrero and Mariachi Music

Listen to Mariachi Music

Flutes

Learn About the Flute Family Tree!

African Drum Lessons

African Drumming Lesson

Emma He

9 Year Old Flautist Plays the Flight of the Bumblebee

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Suite by Alan Menken [Hollywood in Vienna 2017]

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