Elementary School Music Worksheets

Just print & play! Do you need engaging & calming music activities? The music featured here was selected for its "morning" qualities - fresh, starting a new day, and positive!

Calming Sunshine Listening Sheets Include (two pages per piece:)

01. Morning Mood (Peer Gynt,) Edvard Grieg

02. Reflets dans l'eau, Claude Debussy

03. Daybreak, Maurice Ravel

04. Florida Suite, Frederick Delius

05. Chanson de Matin, Edward Elgar

06. Symphony No. 6 "Le Matin," Joseph Haydn

07. Symphony No. 5 in D Major, William Boyce

08. Sonata in D Major KK. 430, Domenico Scarlatti

09. Stoptime Rag, Scott Joplin

10. Mélancolie, Francis Poulenc

11. Sunrise Serenade, Aulis Sallinen

12. Euryanthe, Carl Maria von Weber

13. Down a Country Lane, Aaron Copland

★ Easel Activity ★ Pair an engaging digital listening board with these musical selections! Students use the highlight tool to choose from keyword lists that describe their listening experience. An answer box at the bottom allows students to write a brief description of their thoughts and feelings. Using the pen or any design tool provided, students can decorate a scene or upload an image to the frame! Each board features colorful clipart related to the music. As always, there are no wrong answers. Students can choose any combination of descriptors.

Pass out tickets, share the handouts, and cue the music! On April 1, 1725, Bach’s “Easter Oratorio” premiered in Leipzig, Germany. This composition is a great way to usher in April, Spring, and Easter! Bring the excitement to your classroom or homeschool with fact-filled handouts and lots of creative listening activities!

Celebrate the premiere on April 1st, during the month of April, or any time of the year!

★ More premiere packs are being added soon! ★

What's Inside:

1. Resource Guide – get started quickly with this easy-to-follow resource guide

2. Star Rating Guide (color) – refer to the star rating guide while assigning a star rating

3. Ticket Collection Page (color) – after collecting their tickets, students can glue or tape their tickets to the collection page. Each premiere pack includes a ticket to collect!

4. Composer Portrait Handout (color) – this handout includes facts about the premiere with a color portrait

5. Composer Colorful Handout (color) – a variation on the portrait handout with colorful clipart

6. Star Rating Guide - refer to the star rating guide while assigning a star rating

7. Ticket Collection Page - after collecting their tickets, students can glue or tape their tickets to the collection page. Each premiere pack includes a ticket to collect!

8. Composer Portrait Handout - this handout includes facts about the premiere with a color portrait

9. Composer Coloring Handout - a variation on the portrait handout with colorful clipart

10. Tickets Page – print as many as you need for students to color or use with Astrobrights paper!

11. Classic Listening Sheet – the classic listening activity page with drawing, instruments, and more!

12. Weather and Emotions Listening – students color in any emotions and weather the music may suggest

13. Listening Grid – plenty of room to draw an imaginative scene with lots of descriptive keywords to choose from

14. Instruments and Emotions Coloring – students can color in any instruments, musicians, and emotions

15. Emoji Checkboxes – the checkbox activity sheet gives listeners a huge variety of keywords to select

16. Carnival Listening – listen and choose from the carnival-themed options that sound most like the music

17. Fairy Tale Story Guide – this guide illustrates all the options on the fairy tale listening page

18. Fairy Tale Listening – students use the music as a soundtrack to their very own fairy tale story.

19. Space Tale Guide - this guide illustrates all the options on the space tale listening page

20. Space Tale Listening - students use the music as a soundtrack to their very own fairy tale story.

21. Listen and Color – great for listeners who love to color! The keyword list paired with creative fun

22. Composition Sketchpad – for the aspiring artist, the sketchpad sheet has titled boxes that suggest a theme to draw while listening to the selected music

23. Feelings and Instruments – plenty of space to draw, select feelings, and instruments

24. Emotions – just add color! Students find their corresponding emotions and color the characters

25. Weather – what weather does the music sound or feel like? The sky is the limit!

26. Emojis – color in the fun emoji faces that express the listening experience

27. Word Composer – a fun word workout that directs students to rearrange the letters to form new words

28. Drawing Page – an empty canvas with a frame for drawing a music-inspired piece, suitable for display

✝️ Calling all homeschool heroes and Sunday school superstars!

We offer a treasure trove of free Christian worksheets, activities, posters, and more – all designed to nurture student faith, ignite a love for learning, and integrate Christian values into your classroom and homeschool. Check out the growing collection of free resources here!

Embark on a 12-month musical journey through time with the Classical Journey Bundle! ♬

Add a touch of mindful music to any season, holiday, or composer unit study. With over 150 categorized classical pieces, the Classical Journey Bundle offers an engaging printable for every occasion. Each month unlocks a curated selection of themed classical music pieces, perfectly paired with a holiday or season!

Ahoy there! Do you need engaging classical music activities? This swashbuckling adventure has students setting sail to reach the buried treasure. Even the youngest explorers can come along and discover popular classical music along the way. This activity is all about the journey!

Featured Compositions:

1. Neptune, the Mystic - Gustav Holst (from "The Planets")
2. Waltz of the Flowers - Pyotr Tchaikovsky (from "The Nutcracker")
3. Aquarium - Camille Saint-Saëns (from "The Carnival of the Animals")
4. Morning Mood - Edvard Grieg (from the "Calm Music Pack")

There are four differentiated listening pages for every composition. After listening to each piece, students color in its icon on the map - advancing closer to the end of the journey where the buried treasure lies.

Students designate a 'jewel rating' of 1-5 at the bottom of the treasure map to track their listening progress.

Reward the end of a long voyage with buried treasure cards! Hand out full-color awards or have students color in their own jewels.

What's Included?

• Jewel Rating Guide - illustrated ratings from "okay" to "amazing!"
• Pirate Story Guide - for use with Pirate Story pages
• Classical Treasure Progress Map (color/black & white)
• Buried Treasure Rewards - six per page (color/black & white)
• Listening Sheet - There are no wrong answers! Students can note how they feel and what they imagine while listening to a selected piece of music. Choose from the musical instruments, nature scenes, colors, and more!
• Weather & Feelings - Weather is a recurring theme in classical music. Does a musical piece remind the listener of a snowy day or a cheerful sunny afternoon? Students can select the weather symbols that come to mind. Is the music happy or sad? A set of emotional characters allows your group to pick the feelings that best relate to a piece of music.
• Pirate Story - listening sheets combine music appreciation with a pirate theme! Students compose their epic tales by choosing the pirate-themed objects inspired by the music.
• Drawing/Journal Page - a framed drawing box page for students to capture a scene from their imaginations. Discuss and display for further engagement!

★ Easel Activity ★ Pair an engaging digital listening board with these musical selections! Students use the highlight tool to choose from keyword lists that describe their listening experience. An answer box at the bottom allows students to write a brief description of their thoughts and feelings. Using the pen or any design tool provided, students can decorate a scene or upload an image to the frame! Each board features colorful clipart related to the music. As always, there are no wrong answers. Students can choose any combination of descriptors.

Embark on a 12-month musical journey through time with the Classical Journey Bundle! ♬

Add a touch of mindful music to any season, holiday, or composer unit study. With over 150 categorized classical pieces, the Classical Journey Bundle offers an engaging printable for every occasion. Each month unlocks a curated selection of themed classical music pieces, perfectly paired with a holiday or season!

Just print & play! Do you need fun & engaging classical music activities? Experience Gustav Holst's "The Planets!" with a spooky Halloween theme! Each musical composition represents a different planet. Later additions by Leonard Bernstein and Jun Nagao are also included.

Classical Halloween Story listening sheets combine music appreciation with a spooky theme! Students compose their haunted tale by choosing the setting, characters, and familiar Halloween objects inspired by the music. There’s also a drawing box for students to capture a scene from their imaginations. Discuss and display for further engagement!

Printable Listening Sheets Include: (two pages per piece)

1. The Planets (for listening to the whole suite)
2. Mars, the Bringer of War
3. Venus, the Bringer of Peace
4. Mercury, the Winged Messenger
5. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
6. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age
7. Uranus, the Magician
8. Neptune, the Mystic
9. *Pluto, the Unpredictable (Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic)
10. *Earth (Jun Nagao)

*Later additions to the suite by other composers

What's Included:

• Story Guide – an illustrated chart with each character/object
• 10 Halloween Story Listening Sheets
• 10 Halloween Story Drawing Pages

★ Easel Activity ★ Pair an engaging digital listening board with these musical selections! Students use the highlight tool to choose from keyword lists that describe their listening experience. An answer box at the bottom allows students to write a brief description of their thoughts and feelings. Using the pen or any design tool provided, students can decorate a scene or upload an image to the frame! Each board features colorful clipart related to the music. As always, there are no wrong answers. Students can choose any combination of descriptors.

Want to know more about the haunting sounds of Halloween? Check out The Hidden Secrets of Spooky Halloween Music over on our blog!

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► We know you'll love helping students create meaningful connections to classical music, so we are happy to share these free listening activities with you today!

Just print & play! Do you need engaging classical music activities? Autumn Story listening sheets combine music appreciation with a fall theme! Students compose their wondrous tales by choosing the setting, characters, and Autumn-themed objects inspired by the music. There’s also a drawing box for students to capture a scene from their imaginations. Discuss and display for further engagement!

Themes: September, Autumn, Fall

What's Included:

• Story Guide – an illustrated chart with each character/object
• 10 Autumn Tale Listening Sheets
• 10 Autumn Tale Drawing Pages

September Listening Sheets Include: (two pages per piece:)

1. Our Town, Copland
2. Autumn Gardens, Rautavaara
3. String Quartet No. 15, Beethoven
4. November Woods, Bax
5. Symphony No. 10, Raff
6. Comes Autumn Time, Sowerby
7. The Seasons: Autumn, Glazunov
8. Autumn Moon over the Calm Lake, Wencheng
9. String Quartet in E Minor, Delius
10. Violin Concerto No. 14, Barber

★ Easel Activity ★ Pair an engaging digital listening board with these musical selections! Students use the highlight tool to choose from keyword lists that describe their listening experience. An answer box at the bottom allows students to write a brief description of their thoughts and feelings. Using the pen or any design tool provided, students can decorate a scene or upload an image to the frame! Each board features colorful clipart related to the music. As always, there are no wrong answers. Students can choose any combination of descriptors.

Embark on a 12-month musical journey through time with the Classical Journey Bundle! ♬

Add a touch of mindful music to any season, holiday, or composer unit study. With over 150 categorized classical pieces, the Classical Journey Bundle offers an engaging printable for every occasion. Each month unlocks a curated selection of themed classical music pieces, perfectly paired with a holiday or season!

Just print & play! Do you need engaging jazz music activities for Christmas? Explore popular holiday songs performed by these featured Jazz artists!

Themes: Jazz, Christmas, December

Printable Listening Sheets Include: (two pages per piece)

1. O Tannenbaum, Vince Guaraldi Trio
2. Good "Swing" Wenceslas, Count Basie Orchestra
3. O Little Town of Bethlehem, Oscar Peterson
4. Winter Wonderland, Oscar Peterson
5. Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Bill Evans
6. Jingle Bells, Oscar Brown Trio
7. Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree, Oscar Brown Jazz Trio
8. Christmas Waltz, Rob McConnell Trio
9. Let it Snow, Count Basie Orchestra
10. White Christmas, Charlie Parker
11. Christmas Time is Here, Vince Guaraldi
12. Silent Night, Oscar Peterson

Listening Sheet - There are no wrong answers! Students can note how they feel and what they imagine while listening to a selected piece of music. Choose from the musical instruments, nature scenes, colors, and more.

Weather & Feelings - Weather is a recurring theme in classical music. Does a musical piece remind the listener of a snowy day or a cheerful sunny afternoon? Students can select the weather symbols that come to mind. Is the music happy or sad? A set of emotional characters allows your group to pick the feelings that best relate to a piece of music.

❄️ You're invited to the Winter Wonderland category! ❄️ Do you want to create lots of festive winter memories with your students this year? You'll find a growing collection of seasonal printables like music, writing, and fun activities for your classroom or homeschool in one shop section - and we're always adding more!

Just print & play! Do you need engaging classical music activities? This listening activity pack features the music of composers from Australia! Explore their amazing contributions with this collection of listening sheets.

Printable Listening Sheets Include: (two pages per piece)

1. Australian Bird Waltz, Frederick Ellard
2. Pride of Australia, Reginald Stoneham
3. Distant Memories Waltz, Reginald Stoneham
4. Zelda, Percy Code
5. Arnhem Land Symphony, Mirrie Hill
6. The Leafy Lanes of Kent, Mirrie Hill
7. Fantasie Sonata, Roy Agnew
8. Sonata Ballade, Roy Agnew
9. Storm Clouds Cantata, Arthur Benjamin
10. Concerto Romantico, Peggy Glanville-Hicks
11. The Fallen Leaf, Dulcie Holland
12. Piano Concerto No. 1, Miriam Hyde
13. Piano Concerto No. 2, Malcolm Williamson

Listening Sheet - There are no wrong answers! Students can note how they feel and what they imagine while listening to a selected piece of music. Choose from the musical instruments, nature scenes, colors, and more.

Weather & Feelings - Weather is a recurring theme in classical music. Does a musical piece remind the listener of a snowy day or a cheerful sunny afternoon? Students can select the weather symbols that come to mind. Is the music happy or sad? A set of emotional characters allows your group to pick the feelings that best relate to a piece of music.

Just Print & Play! Do you need engaging music activities? Classical Sports Story listening sheets combine music appreciation with a sports theme! Students compose their epic sports tale by choosing the sports-themed objects inspired by the music.

There’s also a drawing box for students to capture a scene from their imaginations. Discuss and display for further engagement!

Featured Compositions:

1. Call of the Champions, John Williams

2. Sunday Night Football Theme, John Williams

3. 1812 Overture, Pyotr Tchaikovsky

4. (FOX) NFL Theme, Scott Schreer

5. (FOX) MLB Theme, Scott Schreer

6. Dear Basketball, John Williams (poem by Kobe Bryant)

7. Roundball Rock, John Tesh

8. Ride of the Valkyries, Richard Wagner

9. In the Hall of the Mountain King, Edvard Grieg

10. Olympic Fanfare and Theme, John Williams

What's Included:

Story Guide – an illustrated chart with each character/object

10 Sports Story Listening Sheets

10 Sports Story Drawing Pages

Just print & play! Do you need engaging classical music activities? Spooky Pirates listening sheets combine music appreciation with a spooky swashbuckling theme!

Classical Halloween Story listening sheets combine music appreciation with a spooky theme! Students compose their haunted tale by choosing the setting, characters, and familiar Halloween objects inspired by the music. There’s also a drawing box for students to capture a scene from their imaginations. Discuss and display for further engagement!

What's Included:

• Story Guide – an illustrated chart with each character/object
• 10 Halloween Story Listening Sheets
• 10 Halloween Story Drawing Pages

Printable Listening Sheets Include: (two pages per piece)

1. Pirate Dance, Leroy Anderson

2. Il Pirata (Sinfonia,) Vincenzo Bellini

3. The Flying Dutchman, Richard Wagner

4. The Sea Hawk, Erich Korngold

5. Flight to Neverland, John Williams

6. Le Corsaire (Overture,) Hector Berlioz

7. He’s a Pirate, Klaus Badelt and Hans Zimmer

8. La Mer, Claude Debussy

9. The Deep, Deep Sea, Zhou Long

10. Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, Felix Mendelssohn

Do you know how composers create the haunting sounds of Halloween? Check out our blog post The Hidden Secrets of Spooky Halloween Music to learn more!

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► We know you'll love helping students create meaningful connections to classical music, so we are happy to share these free listening activities with you today!

Yarrr! Just print & play! Do you need engaging pirate activities or music sub plans? These printable listening sheets offer creative ways for students to learn more about classical music with a pirate feel! Enjoy these pirate-themed classical listening sheets! Great for Talk Like a Pirate Day or other pirate unit studies.

What's Included:

1-page Resource Guide

Listening Sheet Star Rating Guide (Students rate with ship wheels!)

Listening Sheets

Weather and Emotions Listening Sheets

Classical Pirates! Listening Sheets Include (two pages per piece:)

01. Pirate Dance, Anderson

02. Il Pirata, Bellini

03. The Flying Dutchman, Wagner

04. The Sea Hawk, Korngold

05. Flight to Neverland, Williams

06. Le Corsaire, Berlioz

07. Plainte faite à Londres pour passer la mélancolie, Ferberger

08. He's a Pirate, Badelt & Zimmer

09. La Mer, Debussy

10. The Deep, Deep Sea, Long

Just print & play! Do you need engaging classical music activities? Spooky Wizards features wand-waving and magical mayhem-inspired compositions!

Classical Halloween Story listening sheets combine music appreciation with a spooky theme! Students compose their haunted tale by choosing the setting, characters, and familiar Halloween objects inspired by the music. There’s also a drawing box for students to capture a scene from their imaginations. Discuss and display for further engagement!

What's Included:

• Story Guide – an illustrated chart with each character/object
• 10 Halloween Story Listening Sheets
• 10 Halloween Story Drawing Pages

Printable Listening Sheets Include: (two pages per piece)

1. Harry's Wondrous World, John Williams
2. The Quidditch Match, John Williams
3. Platform Nine-and-Three-Quarters, John Williams
4. The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Paul Dukas
5. Reunion of Friends, John Williams
6. The Spiders, John Williams
7. Mischief Managed! John Williams
8. Merlin, Andrew Thomas
9. Saving Buckbeak, John Williams
10. The Knight Bus, John Williams

Do you know how composers create the haunting sounds of Halloween? Check out our blog post The Hidden Secrets of Spooky Halloween Music to learn more!

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► We know you'll love helping students create meaningful connections to classical music, so we are happy to share these free listening activities with you today!

Just print & play! Do you need engaging classical music activities? This listening activity pack features the music of composers from New Zealand! Explore their amazing contributions with this collection of listening sheets.

Printable Listening Sheets Include: (two pages per piece)

1. Drysdale Overture, Douglas Lilburn
2. Melodies for Orchestra, Jack Body
3. Lautari, Helen Bowater
4. Piano Concerto No. 1, Edwin Carr
5. The End of the Golden Water, Edwin Carr
6. Symphony No. 1, David Farquhar
7. Cloud Folk, John Psathas
8. Ring Round the Moon, David Farquhar
9. Nocturne (Havrincourt 1918,) Nigel Keay
10. Symphony No. 3, Anthony Ritchie
11. Kyoto, John Psathas
12. Piano Concerto No. 2, Lyell Cresswell
13. Clarinet Quintet, Anthony Ritchie

Listening Sheet - There are no wrong answers! Students can note how they feel and what they imagine while listening to a selected piece of music. Choose from the musical instruments, nature scenes, colors, and more.

Weather & Feelings - Weather is a recurring theme in classical music. Does a musical piece remind the listener of a snowy day or a cheerful sunny afternoon? Students can select the weather symbols that come to mind. Is the music happy or sad? A set of emotional characters allows your group to pick the feelings that best relate to a piece of music.

Just print & play! Do you need engaging classical music/opera activities? Explore the contributions of Norwegian composers with this listening activity pack!

Themes: Norway, Norwegian composers

Printable Listening Sheets Include: (two pages per piece)

1. Nordlandsbilleder (Pictures from Nordland,) Johansen
2. Piano Concerto in A Minor, Grieg
3. Norwegian Rhapsody in G Major, Halvorsen
4. Salutation to the Royal Couple of Norway, Halvorsen
5. Air norvégien (Norwegian Air,) Halvorsen
6. Hundred Hardingtonar: Siste Farvel (The Last/Final Farewell,) Tveitt
7. Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Svendsen
8. Rustle of Spring, Sinding
9. Legende, Op. 46, Sinding
10. Piano Concerto in D Major, Alnaes
11. Romance in E Major, Alnaes
12. Sommervise (Summer Song,) Backer-Grøndahl

Listening Sheet - There are no wrong answers! Students can note how they feel and what they imagine while listening to a selected piece of music. Choose from the musical instruments, nature scenes, colors, and more.

Weather & Feelings - Weather is a recurring theme in classical music. Does a musical piece remind the listener of a snowy day or a cheerful sunny afternoon? Students can select the weather symbols that come to mind. Is the music happy or sad? A set of emotional characters allows your group to pick the feelings that best relate to a piece of music.

Just print & play! Do you need engaging classical music activities? This listening activity pack features the music of composers from France! Explore their amazing contributions with this collection of listening sheets.

Listening Sheet - There are no wrong answers! Students can note how they feel and what they imagine while listening to a selected piece of music. Choose from the musical instruments, nature scenes, colors, and more.

Weather & Feelings - Weather is a recurring theme in classical music. Does a musical piece remind the listener of a snowy day or a cheerful sunny afternoon? Students can select the weather symbols that come to mind. Is the music happy or sad? A set of emotional characters allows your group to pick the feelings that best relate to a piece of music.

Printable Listening Sheet Sets Include:

1. Gymnopédie No. 1, Satie
2. Gymnopédie No. 2, Satie
3. Gymnopédie No. 3, Satie
4. Gnossienne No. 4, Satie
5. Arabesque No. 1, Debussy
6. Arabesque No. 2, Debussy
7. Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Saint-Saëns
8. La Valse, Ravel
9. String Quartet in F Major, Ravel
10. Porz Goret, Tiersen
11. Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Saint-Saëns

Just print & play! Do you need engaging classical music activities? This listening activity pack features the music of composers from the United States! Explore their amazing contributions with this collection of listening sheets.

Printable Listening Sheets Include: (two pages per piece)

1. Appalachian Spring, Aaron Copland
2. Rhapsody in Blue, George Gershwin
3. Blue in Green, Miles Davis
4. Take the 'A' Train, Duke Ellington
5. The Entertainer, Scott Joplin
6. Journey to the Island, John Williams
7. Central Park in the Dark, Charles Ives
8. Ice Dance, Danny Elfman
9. Piano Trio, Op. 150, Amy Beach
10. Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Florence Price
11. Serenata, Leroy Anderson
12. Stars and Stripes Forever, John Philip Sousa
13. Olympic Fanfare (1984,) John Williams

Listening Sheet - There are no wrong answers! Students can note how they feel and what they imagine while listening to a selected piece of music. Choose from the musical instruments, nature scenes, colors, and more.

Weather & Feelings - Weather is a recurring theme in classical music. Does a musical piece remind the listener of a snowy day or a cheerful sunny afternoon? Students can select the weather symbols that come to mind. Is the music happy or sad? A set of emotional characters allows your group to pick the feelings that best relate to a piece of music.

Just print & play! Do you need engaging classical music/opera activities? Explore the contributions of Italian composers with this listening activity pack! Lots of well-loved and recognizable pieces & arias included.

Themes: Italy, Opera

Printable Listening Sheets Include: (two pages per piece)

1. Una Furtiva Lagrima, Donizetti
2. Vesti La Giubba, Leoncavallo
3. La donna è mobile, Verdi
4. O Mio Babbino Caro, Puccini
5. Funiculì, Funiculà, Denza & Turco
6. Oboe Concerto in D Minor, Marcello
7. Dance of the Hours, Ponchielli
8. String Quintet in E Minor, Boccherini
9. Piano Sonata in F Minor, Clementi
10. The Barber of Seville, Rossini
11. Adagio in G Minor, Albinoni
12. Flute Concerto in F Major, Vivaldi

Listening Sheet - There are no wrong answers! Students can note how they feel and what they imagine while listening to a selected piece of music. Choose from the musical instruments, nature scenes, colors, and more.

Weather & Feelings - Weather is a recurring theme in classical music. Does a musical piece remind the listener of a snowy day or a cheerful sunny afternoon? Students can select the weather symbols that come to mind. Is the music happy or sad? A set of emotional characters allows your group to pick the feelings that best relate to a piece of music.

Just print & play! Do you need engaging classical music activities? Classical Halloween Story listening sheets combine music appreciation with a spooky theme! Students compose their haunted tale by choosing the setting, characters, and familiar Halloween objects inspired by the music. There’s also a drawing box for students to capture a scene from their imaginations. Discuss and display for further engagement!

What's Included:

• Story Guide – an illustrated chart with each character/object
• 10 Halloween Story Listening Sheets
• 10 Halloween Story Drawing Pages

★ Listening Sheets Include: (two pages per piece:)

1. String Quartet No. 8, Shostakovich
2. Hallowe'en, Ives
3. Kreisleriana, Schumann
4. Mars, The Bringer of War, Rimsky-Korsakov
5. The Dark Forest, Williams
6. Night Creature, Ellington
7. Valse Triste, Sibelius
8. Symphony No. 10, Shostakovich
9. Atmospheres, Ligeti
10. Hedwig's Theme, Williams

Do you know how composers create the haunting sounds of Halloween? Check out our blog post The Hidden Secrets of Spooky Halloween Music to learn more!

Just print & play! Do you need engaging classical music activities? Classical Pirate Story listening sheets combine music appreciation with a swashbuckling pirate theme! Students compose their epic tale by choosing the pirate-themed objects inspired by the music.

There’s also a drawing box for students to capture a scene from their imaginations. Discuss and display for further engagement!

Featured Compositions:

1. Pirate Dance, Leroy Anderson

2. Il Pirata (Sinfonia,) Vincenzo Bellini

3. The Flying Dutchman, Richard Wagner

4. The Sea Hawk, Erich Korngold

5. Flight to Neverland, John Williams

6. Le Corsaire (Overture,) Hector Berlioz

7. He’s a Pirate, Klaus Badelt and Hans Zimmer

8. La Mer, Claude Debussy

9. The Deep, Deep Sea, Zhou Long

10. Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, Felix Mendelssohn

What's Included:

Story Guide – an illustrated chart with each character/object

10 Pirate Story Listening Sheets

10 Pirate Story Drawing Pages

Just print & play! Do you need engaging Spain/Spanish Classical Music activities or music sub plans? Each page offers creative ways for students to learn more about composers from Spain!

What's Included:

1-page Resource Guide

Listening Sheet Star Rating Guide

Listening Sheets

Weather and Emotions Listening Sheets

Composer Birthplaces - fact sheet that contains the birthplace and birthday for each featured composer - great reference guide!

Spain Research Sheet - students can use their favorite reference materials to compile a full page of facts about Spain.

"Classical Spain" Listening Selections: (two pages per piece)

01. Sonatina, Federico Moreno Torroba

02. Sinfonía de la Danza Prima, María Teresa Prieto

03. Danza Española No. 2, Enrique Granados

04. Música para un Jardín, Joaquín Rodrigo

05. Serenata, Op. 87, Joaquín Turina Pérez

06. Fantasia de Marina (Arietta,) Francisco Tárrega

07. El Palo Verde, María Teresa Prieto

08. Suite española, Op. 47, Isaac Albéniz

09. Danzas fantásticas, Joaquín Turina

10. Nouvelette, Alicia de Larrocha

Just print & play! Do you need engaging classical music activities? This Pyotr Tchaikovsky listening activity pack features 7 symphonies to experience!

Printable Listening Sheets Include: (two pages per piece)

1. Symphony No. 1 "Winter Dreams"
2. Symphony No. 2 "Little Russian"
3. Symphony No. 3 "Polish"
4. Symphony No. 4
5. Manfred Symphony
6. Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique"
7. Symphony No. 7

Listening Sheet - There are no wrong answers! Students can note how they feel and what they imagine while listening to a selected piece of music. Choose from the musical instruments, nature scenes, colors, and more.

Weather & Feelings - Weather is a recurring theme in classical music. Does a musical piece remind the listener of a snowy day or a cheerful sunny afternoon? Students can select the weather symbols that come to mind. Is the music happy or sad? A set of emotional characters allows your group to pick the feelings that best relate to a piece of music.

► We know you'll love helping students create meaningful connections to classical music, so we are happy to share these free listening activities with you today!