Carnegie Hall

Explore songwriting, music production, and creativity with your students in these free video courses and online resources.

Skills: Music-making
Topics: Digital Media, Music Production, Composition
Focus: Instruction (Participatory Course)
Time commitment: 30 minutes–2 hours

Explore technique, performance, and other instrumental skills with your students in these free video courses and online resources.

Skills: Instrumental
Topics: Audience Engagement, Teaching Artistry
Focus: Instruction, Inspiration
Time commitment: 5 minutes–4 Hours

Share master classes and workshops from respected vocalists with your students in these free video courses and online resources.

Skills: Vocal
Topics: Opera, Art Songs, Song Repertoire
Focus: Instruction (Master Classes)
Time commitment: 10–40 minutes

Marin Alsop dissects each movement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony to share her vision for the story of this beloved work.

Topics: Beethoven, Symphonies
Activity: Watching
Time commitment: 5–15 minutes
Grades: 6–12

This conversation guide details the history and legacy of Beethoven’s groundbreaking—and still relevant—Ninth Symphony, and includes discussion prompts that can connect to other compositions.

Topics: Beethoven, Symphonies
Activities: Reading, Discussion
Time commitment: 15 minutes–2 hours
Grades: 6–12

This interactive curriculum familiarizes students with African American work songs, Spirituals, and gospel music to understand their historical and cultural significance.

Grades: 6–8

Music educators come together to strengthen their skills through community building, professional development, and musical activities. Each summer, educators from across the United States gather for a four-day intensive workshop.

Grades: K–12 Educators
Availability for Educators: NYC, National
Season: School Year, Summer Program

Ensemble Connect, a two-year fellowship program for extraordinary professional classical musicians in the US, partners with public schools throughout New York City. Each fellow is partnered with an instrumental music teacher, bringing mastery of their instrument and a professional performer’s perspective to music classrooms.

Grades: 3–12
Availability for Educators: NYC
Season: School Year

NYO2—one of Carnegie Hall’s three national youth ensembles—is an intensive summer training program for outstanding young musicians. The program aims to expand the pool of musicians equipped with the tools to succeed at the highest level, particularly those who come from communities with fewer opportunities for high-level musical training.

Ages: 14–16
Availability for Young Musicians: National
Season: Summer Program

Find inspiration in this framework developed by the Weill Music Institute as a set of guiding principles for music teachers in all settings. Take a deep dive into our Great Teachers in Action video series to see the framework demonstrated by Carnegie Hall Teaching Artists.

Grades: K–12

Learn creative tools to engage today’s audiences and spark joy and connection with your music through this self-paced video series for collegiate and early professional performers, featuring guidance from Ensemble Connect alums and other leaders in the field.

The Timeline of African American Music is an interactive digital resource that presents the remarkable diversity of African American music, revealing the unique characteristics of each genre and style, from the earliest folk traditions to present-day popular music.

Grades: K–12

Through a series of enlightening conversations with extraordinary educators, this six-part series offers invaluable answers and insights. Learn about the unique approaches and personal histories of masterful music teachers, discover what drives them to teach, and be inspired by stories of their life-changing successes.

Topics: Professional Development