Teacher Resource Kits
Inspiring Students in the Classroom
Our free Teacher Resource Kits are designed to help you explain and explore what your students see, hear and feel after your concerts.
Music appreciation and performing excellence begins in the classroom.
Designed to spark creativity and inspiration, our Teacher Resource Kits offer lesson plans and activities that directly relate to your concerts in line with students' stage and year groups. These are free for all teachers. Each commissioned kit includes:
- Detailed background information about key works
- New and engaging lesson plans and activities
- Listening guides and exploration notes
- Relevant excerpts from the scores for key works
- Easy online access to recordings for use during lessons.
All Teacher Resource Kits are created by professional music teachers and are designed to deliver targeted and adaptable pedagogical approaches relevant to specific educational stages.
2025 Season Teacher Resource Kits
Stages 1–3: Regional Tour
Orchestral Magic with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Experience the magic of live orchestral music with the Sydney Symphony. In this enchanting concert designed especially for families and schools, be inspired and delighted magical classical favourites by Mendelssohn, Ravel and more.
DOWNLOAD THE TEACHING RESOURCE KIT
Stages 1–4: Schools Concerts
Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Benjamin Britten’s famous Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra explores how musicians play instruments and the sounds each instrument makes. Start a journey of musical discovery where your students can learn and experience the fun sounds of the Orchestra, aligned with the NSW Curriculum.
DOWNLOAD STAGE 2 & 3 TEACHING RESOURCE KIT
DOWNLOAD STAGE 4 TEACHING RESOURCE KIT
Peter & the Wolf
Written with young ears in mind, Sergei Prokofiev’s classic Peter and the Wolf is as charming and entertaining as ever. Aligned with the NSW Curriculum, this timeless story that has been inspiring young students for generations, starting them on their own magical journey with music.
DOWNLOAD STAGE 1–3 TEACHING RESOURCE KIT
Stages 5 & 6: Meet the Music by Concert
MTM 1: Mozart & Bruckner
MOZART Piano Concerto No.19: DOWNLOAD KIT
MTM 2: Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony
DEBUSSY Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune: DOWNLOAD KIT
MTM 3: Stephen Hough performs Brahms
PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet: selections: DOWNLOAD KIT
MTM 4: Stephen Hough performs Mendelssohn
BRAHMS Symphony No.3: DOWNLOAD KIT
GLANERT Hidden Image: Contrafactum with Brahms: DOWNLOAD KIT
MTM 5: Bernstein & Korngold
VAN REYK Fanfare for Solidarity: DOWNLOAD KIT
MTM 6: Arabella Steinbacher performs Prokofiev
RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé: DOWNLOAD KIT
MTM 7: Javier Perianes performs Saint-Saëns
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.15: DOWNLOAD KIT
MTM 8: Simone Young conducts Richard Strauss
STRAUSS Thus Spoke Zarathustra: DOWNLOAD KIT
MTM 9: Donald Runnicles conducts Sibelius and Wagner
SIBELIUS Symphony No.2: DOWNLOAD KIT
MTM 10: Daniel Müller-Schott performs Tchaikovsky
DUKAS The Sorcerer's Apprentice: DOWNLOAD KIT
