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1) www.DSOKids.com

• The Dallas Symphony Orchestras Educational
  Website for Students, Teachers and Families

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2) History

• Began in 1999 as an internet distribution channel
  for DSO Youth Concert curriculum
• Expanded to include additional resource materials
  for teachers, interactive activities and games,
  and age-appropriate music education resources for
  students
• Annual budget of 73,235
• Materials are created by the DSOs Curriculum
  Team

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3) Mission

• Provide accessible music education resources to
  introduce symphonic music via the internet
• Act as a catalyst for the advancement of
  technical literacy in the classroom (teachers and
  students, alike)
• Publicly represent the DSO

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4) Statistics

• DSOKids.com sessions are at an all time high
• Site averages over 2 million hits per year

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5) Statistics, cont.
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6) Laurels

• Best of Big D- 2002
• Featured site in November/ December 2002 Issue of
  Symphony Magazine

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7) Two entrances to the site

• Teachers Lounge (for teachers)
• Music Room (for kids)

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8) Teachers area

• File cabinet, coffee maker, bookcase, desk, etc.

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9) Resources for Dallas Area Teachers

• Online reservation form for DSO Youth Concerts
• DSO Youth Concert Activities
• Online request form for Symphony YES -ensembles
  in schools program
• Open rehearsal field trip reservations
• All concert activities/curriculum also developed
  by a team of contracted educators

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10) Live Webchats

• Allow teachers to connect their classrooms to
  great musical performers
• Live and online audience
• Past participants include Charlotte Church,
  Music Director Emeritus Andrew Litton, Van
  Cliburn Winner Olga Kern and jazz trumpeter
  Arturo Sandoval

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11) Instruments of the Orchestra

• Animated seating chart of the orchestra showing
  the orchestras growth throughout the ages
• Pages for each instrument featuring sound clips
  and photos

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12) Composers

• Composers Corner
• Each composer biography features a unique
  caricature drawn by a DSO musician

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13) Kids area of the site

• Chalkboard, computer monitor, practice chair,
  piano, etc.

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14) Games

• Beethovens Baseball
• The Time Machine
• Meyerson Squares
• Hangman
• Word Match/Music Match
• Letter Scramble
• Composers Keyboard

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15) Music History

• Musical Periods section stems from the Time
  Machine game
• Site serves as a comprehensive music education
  resource

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16) DSOKids Club

• Students and teachers can sign up to receive
  regular updates about DSOKids.com and DSO
  Education Activities
• Safe, free and fun

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17) DSO Features

• Virtual tour of the Meyerson Symphony Center
• Virtual tour of the Lay Family Organ

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18) Tour coverage

• DSO European Tour - 2003
• -followed the orchestra to Europe
• -co-curricular features

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19) Overall Goal

• Materials designed to compliment a variety of
  teaching and learning styles
• Visitors with little or no musical background can
  feel comfortable learning about music

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www.DSOKids.com Director of Volunteers
Sydney Reid-Hedge 214/871-4005 Director of
Education Jamie Allen 214/871-4019 Webmaster
Mike Itashiki 469/644-6900 (technical
questions) Web Manager Ashley Kurth
214/871-4006 (all other questions)