Halloween Classical Music Listening Guide

Enjoy the specially curated collection of spooky and dramatic classical pieces—perfect for the month of October as Halloween approaches.

Whether you’re a teacher looking for creative lesson activities or simply love classical music, this resource is designed to fit your needs. Use it as:

• A digital assignment for students
• A group class activity
• Off-bench lab time in your studio
• Or just for your own seasonal enjoyment!

Each video on the playlist includes a short bit of background information—from history and composer details to unique musical elements to listen for. The accompanying reflection questions encourage deeper engagement with the music, helping listeners think, feel, and respond to what they hear.

If using this guide during off-bench lab time, try bookmarking the playlist link in your browser or saving it as an icon on a tablet home screen for easy access. Video lengths are included so you can easily choose pieces that fit within your available time.

Where to Find the Halloween Classical Music Playlist

You can easily navigate to these videos via the Piano Pantry Menu > Resources.

You’ll also find:

Christmas Music Playlist

Expressive Movement Videos

Fun Music Videos

Music Theory Videos

Preview of the Halloween Classical Music Listening Guide

Get a taste of what’s inside the Halloween Classical Music Listening Guide!

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Are you curious about how to use this as a digital assignment or as part of an off-bench music lab time? Read on!

How to Use As a Digital Assignment

Here are a few suggestions on using this product with students as a digital assignment – whether they’re online students or have in-person lessons. Much of it, of course, depends on how you give assignments.

Send students the PDF: 

Using your digital assignment tool of choice (such as email or Google Docs), simply send students the PDF or a direct link to the document from a cloud-based document manager.

*Please note that the terms of use for this product state you can only share it digitally with your students.

Create a repertoire assignment series in your digital assignment app:

There are two ways you could do this:

1. Copy and paste each individual video title into a repertoire assignment, then copy the text into the note portion. Once you create a series in your personal repertoire database, you would assign individual videos to students. Be sure and number each assignment so there is an order to assign them.
2. Create one assignment in your permanent repertoire for this lab. Attach the PDF to the assignment and use the link area to give students the link to the videos.

How to Use During In-Studio Off-bench Lab Time

The video series is long enough that if you only assign it during an in-studio off-bench lab time once a week for one or two weeks leading up to Halloween, you might be able to use it with students two or three years in a row!

When I used this as part of my music lab time, all lab assignments were kept in 1/2″ three-ring binders. Students each had their own binders and would mark their own listening sheets.

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What kinds of activities do you like to do at Halloween? Do you have any video suggestions I should add to the series? Share in the comments below!