Education & Community
Learn about instruments, composers, music, and how to conduct from the comfort of home!
Make a kazoo from a carrot!
Make a trumpet from a cauliflower!
Make an ocarina out of a gourd!
Make a Rhythm Instrument from a Green Pepper!
Learn how to make a drum out of a watermelon!
Learn how to conduct with Maestro Yaniv! (Featuring Jonah)
Want to know how strings are made for violins, violas, cellos, and basses? Read on!
Learn about the Bass with Mark Tomko, Principal Bass of the BSO!
Learn about the cello with Olivia Kingsley, BSO Program Intern!
Learn about the English horn with Ken Bronstein, English horn of the BSO!
Here is a fun activity to do with your kids involving a piece about a river - The Moldau!
Learn about composer and violist Nokuthula Ngwenyama.
Learn about kid friendly operas with soprano Ashley Becker!
Today we remember Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who was a champion of people and opera!
This week’s lesson features Sharon Isbin, the guitarist who created the guitar program at the Juilliard School!
Learn about Marian Anderson and her experience as a black woman denied a hall to perform.
Here is a fun activity to do with your kids involving Haydn’s “Surprise” Symphony!
Learn about soloists Anthony and Demarre McGill!
This week’s lesson features Tona Brown, the first black transgender woman to perform at Carnegie Hall and to perform for a United States President.
Here is an activity featuring composer William Grant Still and his music.
If you enjoy our learn at home activities, please consider a donation to the BSO. The BSO does over 90 in-school performances each year, reaching thousands of students throughout Whatcom County.
Donate nowThe BSO is a proud participant and a founding member of the Whatcom Arts Project, a group of over 30 community arts nonprofits. The goal of the Whatcom Arts Project is to reach our community during this time of need to provide hope, entertainment, learning opportunities, and a sense of togetherness. Each week during the pandemic, the BSO posted learning activities and videos on our website and to social media as part of the Whatcom Arts Project.
To learn more about the Whatcom Arts Project and home friendly activities in our area, please visit: www.facebook.com/WhatcomArtsProject/ or https://www.bellingham.org/whatcom-arts-project/.
