Educational resources
Enhancing the Musical Discoveries of Youth
Explore the educational resources created by the OSM for teachers and parents wishing to enrich their children's musical discoveries. These resources can be used to prepare for a concert visit, supplement music lessons in class, or simply spark students' musical interest on an occasional basis.
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Pro tips
Discover our Pro Tips capsules in which OSM musicians help young musicians to work through some technical challenges that are often encountered in the first years of learning an orchestral instrument. The first 12 videos in this series feature the violin, flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, keyboards percussions instruments and auxiliary percussion.
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Introduction guide to the Orchestra – Game and activities – Secondary
The activity Baton or not to Baton and the game Symphonic Time’s up has been especially designed to learn while having fun. Conceived to be shared occasions in class or at home, here’s the opportunity to test your knowledge without risking wrong answers.
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The Mathematics of Music – Pedagogical guide
Is it possible to explain harmony with mathematics? Are geometric shapes found in music? Can it be said that music, like mathematics, could serve as a scientific tool? During the concert The Mathematics of Music we will discuss these issues and equip young people with resources for further exploration, drawing on works by Strauss, Rameau, Mahler, Bach, Saint-Saëns, Bartók, and also Goulet. Let us discover together how mathematics and music are related, and how they go hand in hand at the OSM!