Resources

Hello SMP families! We hope this page will be a helpful educational resource during this time. We will be continually updating with more activities, videos, and references, so stay tuned!

We will continue to post worksheets (known as "snacktivity" during programming) weekly. Don't hesitate to reach out with any questions!

For worksheet #2, only numbers 1-8 are required -- try 9 and 10 for an extra challenge!

Activity #4: Count Dracula teaches you rhythm

Some of our amazing tutors have created these videos to demonstrate our concert pieces. This resource will continue to be updated with more parts.

Advanced Trombone - Procession for a New Day

Advanced Trumpet - New Orleans Strut

Beginning Violin - March of the Metrognomes

Beginning Trombone - New Orleans Strut

Here's a great reference for music reading 101.

Use this video to learn how to read quarter and eighth notes.

For brass mouthpieces: (Sterisol is about $4 at your local music store and a mouthpiece brush is even less): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7haTc8lHSMc

For clarinets and saxophone mouthpieces (Sterisol is about $4 at your local music store and a mouthpiece brush is even less): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J9P2rwlj2U

For flutes (the cleaning rod and a small, dollar-bill-sized cloth will suffice for the inside of the headjoint and an alcohol swab from any First Aid kit will work for the area the lips touch the headjoint):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2OD_0jPEcQ

For string instruments:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6cqYlYyYkM