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Bring the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra to your classroom! Digital Schooltime is free for educators and includes options for every grade level. Each Digital Schooltime unit includes a full concert video and additional learning resources developed by the PSO Learning & Engagement team, all available online. Registration is required.

How do instruments make sound?
Explore how sound is created with PSO Associate Conductor Jacob Joyce and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra! You will learn how each instrument family creates its unique sound, how those sounds work together in an orchestra, and what role the conductor plays in bringing orchestral music to life.
 

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Where did jazz come from?
Make your way back to the American spirituals that served as the foundation of what we now call Jazz. How can music convey longing or joy? What does rhythm have to do with feeling? How does a melody change when it’s repeated? PNC Principal Pops Conductor Byron Stripling will lead you through these and other questions to answer, “what makes jazz?”

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What makes jazz unique?
Join Byron Stripling, PSO's Principal Pops Conductor, through a survey of jazz music and beyond, including introductions to the ragtime, blues and swing genres. George Gershwin, Jelly Roll Morton, Billy Strayhorn and other greats will be your guides through an exploration of one of America’s greatest contributions to music. 
 

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How can music express our understanding of the world?
From Igbo cosmology to Mayan, Judeo-Christian and Greek creation stories, explore how composers use the infinite variety of an orchestra to illustrate beliefs about the origins of our world. Then reflect on your own origin story: who are you, and who do you want to be?
 

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How can music bring people together?
Join the Pittsburgh Symphony for one of its annual celebrations of Black American music featuring the Lift Every Voice Unity Choir drawn from gospel choirs in Pittsburgh and led by Nikki Porter. With music by Valerie Coleman, Jessie Montgomery, Kurt Carr and many others, Lift Every Voice honors the spirit and traditions of Black American music.

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