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How to Build an Orchestra

How to Build an Orchestra

Recommended for age 7+ and 9+

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Find out what makes up an orchestra and learn about its different instruments with this beautifully illustrated book, produced in association with the London Symphony Orchestra. This wonderfully illustrated story follows a conductor who is auditioning each instrument for his orchestra. With accompanying CDs and downloadable music, follow our conductor on his journey and discover the beautiful music of an orchestra.

With pictograms of a full-size symphony orchestra and information on all of the music featured, as well as a foreword by Sir Simon Rattle, Music Director of the LSO.

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The Music and Musicians pack

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  • Listen : How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion
  • How to Build an Orchestra
  • Before Music: Where Instruments Come From
  • Around the World in 80 Musical Instruments
  • The Story of Music
  • A History of Music for Children
  • Great Lives in Graphics: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • The Extraordinary Life of Freddie Mercury
  • The First Notes
  • Stevie Wonder

The Sound pack

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  • How to Build an Orchestra
  • Can You Hear Sounds in Space?
  • The Sound of Silence
  • Step Into Science: Sound
  • Making with Sound
  • Sound
  • The Visible Sounds

The Music and Musicians set

A collection of children's books on the topic of Music and Musicians.

The Sound set

  • Heroes of Light and Sound

    9+

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  • Spectacular Light and Sound

    9+

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  • How to Build an Orchestra

    7+ 9+

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  • Can You Hear Sounds in Space?

    7+ 9+

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  • The Sound of Silence

    5+ 7+

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