This charming and interactive picture book with sound panel is like a ticket to a concert hall. Narrated by three mice, Welcome to the Symphony takes readers on a journey that begins with the musicians tuning up. Readers learn the basics: What is a conductor? What is a symphony? Who was Beethoven? The elements of music: melody, harmony, tempo. The families of instruments - strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion. But the best part is that every idea is illustrated in sound. Nineteen sound buttons allow readers to actually hear the different parts and voices of the music. The famous beginning of the Fifth, what a clarinet sounds like, what a melody is, and what harmony is. Kids will want to match their voices to the A note that the concertmaster plays to tune the orchestra, dance to the full-throated passages and, of course, sing along to da-da-da-daah!

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2015 by Workman Publishing .

Carolyn Sloan began her writing career as a journalist and went on to write fiction and non-fiction for children. She lived in India for many years and now lives in Surrey. Mary Murphy is a young and very popular illustrator. She is perhaps best known for the character Little Penguin who appears in her Egmont titles. This is her first book for Puffin. Mary lives in County Galway.