orchestra

Just before a big concert "Meowstro" Leopold von Kittenkatt asks each of his musicians if they have seen his baton, then must come up with a different way to lead his all-cat orchestra.

The Recycled Orchestra, comprising of children from Cateura, Paraguay, playing instruments made from recycled trash, performs concerts all over the world to sold-out audiences. Here's the story of how it began.

Introduces several instruments and instrument families, including the tuba, gong, and cimbalom, and offers a behind-the-scenes look at an orchestra.

"When a slightly befuddled but surprisingly endearing snake wanders into the wrong pit--the orchestra pit--peculiar things start to happen"--Provided by publisher.

Traces the history of the orchestra and discusses the musical instruments that make up the various orchestral families.

While Rumble the dragon and his staff argue with the leader of the orchestra Rumble hired about whether the violinist, a snake, can come into the hotel, she slithers in, eats some porridge, and falls asleep in a just-right bed.

A comprehensive overview of the orchestra that profiles the string, woodwind, horn, heavy brass, and timpani and percussion sections as well as keyboards and other instruments.

Discusses the origins and forms of music from primitive to modern, the evolution of musical instruments, and the formation of an orchestra.

Introduces four categories of instruments: string, woodwind, brass, and percussion, and their inter-relationship in an orchestra.

The musicians of the Big Woods Orchestra begin to play in the morning, featuring a rooster that announces it is time to begin, a tawny owl that hoots, a spotted woodpecker that taps, and various other animals.