Cliburn Kids Complete Episode List

Easily scroll through and watch all episodes of Cliburn Kids below!

Stand By Me

KING "Stand By Me"

Play along with our new friends Charles and Peter as they perform this classic hit – with a surprise!

Counting Game

COWELL A Blarneying Bit

Buddy and his flutist friend Mehrdad show us how musicians communicate and work together.

Virtuoso Variations

VIEUXTEMPS Souvenir d’Amérique, Variations on “Yankee Doodle”

Do you recognize that tune? In this episode, special guests share techniques that can make familiar songs sound like something new!

Pictures You Can Hear: The Great Gate

MUSSORGSKY "The Great Gate of Kiev"

Join Buddy on a trip to the Great Gate of Kiev! Discover how musical themes represent different scenery.

Aquarium

SAINT-SAËNS “Aquarium” from Carnival of the Animals

What does a piano sound like underwater? Can a piano imitate fish and sea creatures? Find out in this episode!

Pictures You Can Hear: Gnomes

MUSSORGSKY "The Gnome" from Pictures at an Exhibition

What would music about gnomes sound like? Are the gnomes in this music nimble, lazy, or scared? 

Pattern Play: The Rondo

BACH Rondo from Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826

This episode is a musical matching game! See if you can spot the repeated tune as we explore rondo form.

Piano Gymnastics: Finger Workout

DEBUSSY Etude for Eight Fingers

How many fingers does it take to play the piano? Find out in this episode!

Dance of the Elves

PRICE Elfentanz

Take a trip to the North Pole in this holiday episode! Can you tell what the elves are up to in this music?

Lenny and Lukas

BERNSTEIN "For Lukas Foss" from Five Anniversaries

Learn about form as two friends have an interesting birthday conversation – interrupted by “hiccups!”

Elephants and Reindeer and Basses, Oh My!

SAINT-SÄENS "Elephants" from Carnival of the Animals / "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"

How low can you go? Meet one of the lowest instruments in the orchestra and hear two fun performances in this holiday episode.

Singing Game

COPLAND I Bought Me a Cat

Buddy is joined by his friend Corrie to play a piece that’s all about animals! Can you remember them all?

Meet Pianist Kenny Broberg

MEDTNER Primavera, op. 39, no. 3

Meet virtuoso pianist Kenny Broberg and learn what it’s like to be a professional pianist in this special episode of Cliburn Kids.

How Many Hands: Racing Donkeys

SAINT-SAËNS "Hermiones" from Carnival of the Animals

Two donkeys are off to a race! How fast can Buddy and his friend Evan play the piano? Who will be the winner?

Pianos and Harps, Pt. 2

CRUMB Music of Shadows (For Aeolian Harp) / CHOPIN Etude in A-flat Major, op. 25, no. 1 ("Aeolian Harp")

The piano can sound pretty SPOOKY when you play it like a harp! Discover the harp inside the piano in this Halloween episode of Cliburn Kids.

Footsteps in the Snow

DEBUSSY Footsteps in the Snow

Join Buddy as he explains how composers can describe a snowy scene through tempo and rests.

How Many Hands: One or Two?

SCRIABIN Prelude for the Left Hand Alone, op. 9, no. 1

Think it always takes two hands to play the piano? Buddy demonstrates just how much one hand can do!

Fun With Fiddles

LARK Le SOKA / O'CONNOR Emily is Real

Join Buddy and guest violinist Tessa Lark to learn about the versatile violin and hear some fun fiddle tunes!

In Five

DESMOND Take Five

Discover odd meter with Buddy and this classic jazz tune. Get ready to count and clap along!

Pianos and Harps, Pt. 1

D'RIVERA Bandoneon

In this episode, we meet harpist Bridget Kibbey and learn about her instrument! Join Buddy to find out what the harp and the piano have in common.

Starts With A B: A-B-A

BRAHMS Waltz in A-flat Major, op. 39, no. 15

Buddy shows us how composers put different (A-B) sections of music together to form a waltz!

Pattern Play

VINE Sonata for Flute and Piano

In this episode, join Buddy and our flutist friend Mehrdad to discover how to play with musical patterns! This music never slows down–can you keep up with all the changes?

Pictures You Can Hear: The Oxcart

MUSSORGSKY “Oxcart” from Pictures at an Exhibition

Find out how pitch, tempo, and dynamics can show an animal at work! How heavy is his cart?

Playing With Numbers: In 6

MOZART Theme from Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331

In this episode, join our new friends Kevin and Shiv as they teach us to count in 6 with the Shiv Shuffle!

Pictures You Can Hear: Playground

MUSSORGSKY “Tuileries” from Pictures at an Exhibition

What would music about kids on a playground sound like? Discover how music can paint a picture.

Musical Opposites: Tempo and Dynamics

CHOPIN Prelude in E Minor, op. 28, no. 4 / Etude in C Minor, op. 25, no. 12 “Ocean”| MUSSORGSKY Ballet of Unhatched Chicks in Their Shells / The Great Gate at Kiev

We’ve learned a little about pitch—let’s learn more about music’s other building blocks, tempo and dynamics, in this episode!

Pictures You Can Hear: The Circus

DEBUSSY "General Lavine - eccentric" from Preludes, Book II

Explore how the composer uses different musical themes to paint a picture of a circus clown!

The Chicken

RAMEAU La Poule ("The Hen")

In this episode, we listen to the piano become a chicken! How many chickens do you hear?

Listening Game: Fugue

BACH Fugue in B-flat Major, BWV 866

Challenge your pattern recognition skills! Count along with Buddy – how many times do you hear the tune?

Do Re Mi

CZERNY Etude from the School of Velocity, op. 299

How do singers and musicians learn new songs? Learn about solfege, and be ready to sing along!

Starts With A B: Rhythm Game

BEETHOVEN 6 Ecossaises, WoO83

Clap along with Buddy and learn about quarter and eighth notes with a “surprise” composer!

Musical Opposites: Pitch

SAINT-SÄENS Bassoon Sonata in G Major, op. 168, mvt 1

How low can you go? Meet the bassoon, the lowest member of the woodwind family, in this episode!

The Cat and the Mouse

COPLAND The Cat and the Mouse

Learn how tempo and articulation create character and action in this musical cartoon. You decide how it ends!