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(NEW YORK, NY; April 22, 2026)—Carnegie Hall is excited to announce new robust and creative online activities for families on Carnegie Hall Kids (kids.carnegiehall.org), an interactive website for children ages 5–12. Launched in 2023, Carnegie Hall Kids ignites imagination in children, offering activities that both encourage musical curiosity and develop knowledge of musical concepts. Building on Carnegie Hall’s extensive array of free digital offerings for families and innovative educational curricula, the website includes musical quizzes, fun games, interactive maps, videos, and more. Click here to explore Carnegie Hall Kids.

Just released, Rhythm Explorer is a new game for kids in grades K–5 (and up), created by Carnegie Hall in collaboration with FableVision. This fun, interactive rhythm game features songs from Carnegie Hall’s Musical Explorers program. Throughout the game, players develop their rhythm skills while exploring diverse musical traditions and instruments from around the world. The web-based game features Rhythmo, a "metro-gnome" game guide who also keeps time in the corner of the screen. Players can choose from six song options and learn facts about the musical traditions and featured instruments. Click here for a look into Rhythm Explorer.

All of the activities on Carnegie Hall Kids are free and accessible across the globe. The site is regularly refreshed with new content, including quizzes and games. Carnegie Hall Kids is a product of Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute (WMI)—the education and social impact arm of the Hall—which serves hundreds of thousands of students and families around the world through in-person programming and online resources.

Click here to read a first-hand guide of Carnegie Hall Kids from teaching artist Emily Eagen, who explored the site alongside her eight-year-old son.


More Carnegie Hall Kids Featured Content:

Quizzes

The collection of nearly 40 quizzes introduces key musical concepts and traditions, artists, and repertoire to kids in a fun and interactive way. Featured quizzes include Animal or Instrument?, Sights You Can Hear, Musical Time Machine, Rhythms in Latin Music, What Do You Hear?, and many more.

Games

Three interactive games are available on Carnegie Hall Kids. Recommended for kids in grades K–5 (and up), Rhythm Explorer helps kids develop their rhythm skills while exploring musical traditions and instruments from around the world. Recommended for kids in grades 3–5, The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra dives into the components of the orchestra through Benjamin Britten’s iconic piece for young audiences. Recommended for kids ages 10 and up, Tune Crafter is a narrative game in which players explore New York City, meet and “recruit” musicians from a variety of musical and cultural backgrounds, and ultimately create a composition to be performed on the stage of Carnegie Hall.

Interactive Maps

Two interactive maps are featured within Carnegie Hall Kids. The Musical Explorers Around the World Map introduces the geographic roots of the musical traditions featured in the Hall’s Musical Explorers program such as cumbia, South African Zulu, Greek folk, Indian classical, Chinese traditional, bluegrass music, and many more. The Link Up Orchestra Map is a listening tool that introduces kids to the instrument families that make up the orchestra.

Videos

Carnegie Hall Kids offers a treasure trove of videos for kids to explore. The collection features popular videos from Musical Explorers; the animated history of Carnegie Hall; Sing with Carnegie Hall, a video series that inspires children to sing and move to classic playtime songs and discover new music across genres and cultures; and more.
 

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About Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute
Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute (WMI) creates visionary programs that embody Carnegie Hall’s commitment to music education, playing a central role in fulfilling the Hall’s mission of making great music accessible to as many people as possible. With unparalleled access to the world’s greatest artists, WMI’s programs are designed to inspire audiences of all ages, nurture tomorrow’s musical talent, and harness the power of music to make a meaningful difference in people’s lives. An integral part of Carnegie Hall’s concert season, these programs facilitate creative expression, develop musical skills and capacities at all levels, and encourage participants to make lifelong personal connections to music.

Hundreds of thousands of people each year engage in WMI’s programs through national and international partnerships, in New York City schools and community settings, and at Carnegie Hall. This includes more than 208 orchestras, peer arts organizations, and education and community-based organizations in 46 states as well as internationally in 33 countries on 6 continents. WMI’s hands-on programs tap into the creativity of audiences of all ages, inviting them to make their own music in all genres, express their viewpoints, and raise their voices. WMI shares an extensive range of online music education resources and program materials for free with teachers, families, orchestras, arts organizations, and music lovers worldwide. As a leader in music education, WMI generates new knowledge through original research, which informs Carnegie Hall’s own programs and is also available as a resource to artists, organizations, and peers.

For more information, please visit: carnegiehall.org/education.

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Carnegie Hall Kids is made possible by major funding from Fund II Foundation.

Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute is generously supported by a wide range of corporations, foundations, government agencies, and individual donors. Click here for a complete list of funders.