Teacher Resources
Welcome to Canada Mosaic!
This website is intended to highlight our nation’s distinct musical heritage and educate people across Canada, and internationally, through TSO performances, study guides, and other interactive educational resources.
You are invited to use the modules below in the classroom as a group or individual activity. Teacher lesson plans are available to supplement the interactive TSO performance videos with curriculum-based activities demonstrating Canadian music and music fundamentals.
Texture and timbre: Jordan Pal Iris
Grades 1—3
Grades 4—6
Listening room: Jordan Pal Iris
Introduction to Indigenous music: T. Patrick Carrabré Inuit Games
Grades 4—6
Listening room: T. Patrick Carrabré Inuit Games
Rhythm and melody: Hemsworth “Log Driver’s Waltz”
Grades 3—6
Dynamics: Claude Champagne Danse Villageoise
Grades 1—3
Form: Vincent Ho Rejuvenation: A Taoist Journey
Grades 7—8
Listening room: Vincent Ho Rejuvenation: A Taoist Journey
Introduction to film music: DAM! The Story of Kit the Beaver
Grades 4—8