Instruments

Click the photo of the orchestra below to visit a fantastic, interactive website where you can learn about all of the instruments in the orchestra!

Woodwind Family

Clarinet

Flute

Saxophone

Brass Family

Trumpet

Trombone

Lemony Snicket's "The Composer is Dead"

There's dreadful news from the symphony hall-the composer is dead! If you have ever heard an orchestra play, then you know that musicians are most certainly guilty of something. Where exactly were the violins on the night in question? Did anyone see the harp? Is the trumpet protesting a bit too boisterously? In this perplexing murder mystery, everyone seems to have a motive, everyone has an alibi, and nearly everyone is a musical instrument. But the composer is still dead. Perhaps you can solve the crime yourself. Join the Inspector as he interrogates all the unusual suspects. Then listen to the accompanying audio recording featuring Lemony Snicket and the music of Nathaniel Stookey performed by the San Francisco Symphony. Hear for yourself exactly what took place on that fateful, well-orchestrated evening.

Part One

Part Two

Part Three