Calling all little (and big) kids! You are invited to join the MSO for a virtual musical ride through classical music.
Learn how to make your own instruments and get ready to jam along with presenter Karen Kyriakou and musicians from the MSO in these online music sessions. Keep the little ones entertained in these engaging and hands-on music lessons.
Jams for Juniors 2021
Join us on MSO.LIVE for brand new Jams for Juniors! Available exclusively on our new streaming platform, these online music sessions are available on demand and will entertain your little ones with engaging music and activities.
Free Jams for Juniors Online
This series is proudly supported by MSO Principal Partner, Emirates.
Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker
The Nutcracker was written to a popular story and later turned into a beautiful ballet. In this session, we will do some musical warm-ups, sing a song, and practice the music so we can play together.
Make your own shaker (using the instructions below) before tuning into the video so you can play along with us.
New World Jam
This Jams for Juniors introduces you to New World Jam. We will be doing musical warm ups, singing a song, and then we’ll practice the music so that we can play together with the MSO musicians.
You can make your own drum (using the instructions below) before tuning into the video so that you can play along with us.
Emperor Concerto
Travel with us to Germany to explore the music of one of the giants of composition: Beethoven! Sing, dance and move along to Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto with presenter Karen Kyriakou.
If you like, you can make your own kazoo (using the instructions below) before tuning into the video so that you can play along with us!
Carmen
Come and clap the tango with us for Bizet’s Carmen. Colour in, make your own guitar and enjoy the Jams video with presenter Karen Kyriakou.
You can make your own guitar (using the instructions below) before watching the video so that you can play along with us!
Beethoven 9
Jam with joy to Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony! Sing along with presenter Karen Kyriakou as she leads you through this famous work.
You can make your own clarinet (using the instructions below) before watching so that you can play along with us!
Pictures at an Exhibition
Get rowdy with Mussorgsky! This Jam journeys through the Russian composer’s art-inspired music.
You can even make some art with us by colouring in the downloadable sheet below.
Mahler 1
In this Jams for Juniors we’ll explore Gustav Mahler’s titanic First Symphony! You can sing along with presenter Karen Kyriakou and the musicians of the MSO by downloading the lyrics below.
Peer Gynt
Jam with the trolls in the hall of the mountain king! Dance, sing and move along with Karen Kyriakou and the musicians of the MSO as they perform this famous piece.
Download the instructions for making your own panpipe so you can play along!
Instruments used for Jams for Juniors concerts are kindly supplied by Just Percussion, Dynamic, Pearl and Zildjian.
