Sites for classroom music teachers
American Orff-Schulwerk Association
The American Orff-Schulwerk Association is a professional organization of educators dedicated to the creative music and movement approach developed by Carl Orff and Gunild Keetman.
Arts Alive
ArtsAlive is a performing arts educational website produced by the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Bulletin Boards for the Music Classroom
Children’s Music by D.F.Saphra
A Web Site Consisting Mostly of Downloadable Children’s Songs
Children’s Music Portal
An open source information portal. This site is intended to serve anyone who participates in, or benefits from, the artform known as childrens music. It is an ongoing repository for resources that serve our community.
Classic Cat
Index to some 7000 free classical music performances
Classical Music Navigator
The Classical Music Navigator, a different concept in classical music education! Whereas many other introductions to the classical music world are in the business of inculcation–they talk at you, about the composers and the music–we have created a different approach. This is based on the “points of familiarity” idea, which, thankfully, can easily be described in just a few words.
Most people explore new subjects by starting with the familiar–in our terms here, a “point of familiarity.” In the case of music, this may mean hearing some work on the radio or at a friend’s house and taking an immediate liking; at this stage, translating your interest into productive action (finding more music of the same likable type) implicitly depends on a series of evaluations. Perhaps it’s the whole genre of music that holds the appeal; on the other hand, maybe it’s only the instrumentation on the particular piece that’s set you off. Or perhaps it’s the message or style of the performing artist or composer. The point is, you don’t really know at first, and at times it’s difficult to proceed efficiently without some additional insight.
That’s where we come in. We have compiled information on important classical music composers and their works and arrayed these data in a fashion making it easier for the novice or casual listener to identify additional materials that are allied to his or her already-existing “points of familiarity.”
Classics for Kids
When School Is Out, Music Is In! Update for teachers, parents and caregivers.
Compumedia
Compumedia is a term coined by Russ Brown, to describe the development of a multimedia approach of monitoring, instructing, and evaluating music students. Evolving from both teacher and student needs, the system employs a variety of media technologies including the computer, video cameras, monitors, CD-ROM, keyboard, stereo system and VHS recorders. The uniqueness of this innovation lies not in the individual technologies but in the integration of music instruction, multimedia and computer technologies into a workable whole.
Compumedia allows individual, small, and large group instruction, practice, and evaluation to occur simultaneously in different locations under the guidance of one teacher. It has evolved to allow individual students to take control of the pace, the type, and the style of their learning, while the teacher is provided with a clear and accurate means of monitoring, interacting, and guiding the learning process
ESL Through Music
The site features additional articles supporting the use of music as well as an annotated bibliography of books and CD’s that teachers will find particularly helpful when they use music to instruct English. This site was created for educators who are interested in promoting the acquisition of English through music.
Good Ear
For a musician ear training is one of the most important tasks. Good Ear helps you to develop good ears.
Gordon Institute for Music Learning
Music Learning Theory is an explanation of how we learn when we learn music. Based on an extensive body of research and practical field testing by Edwin E. Gordon and others, Music Learning Theory focuses on the teaching of audiation, Gordon’s term for hearing music in the mind with understanding. Teaching methods help music teachers establish sequential curricular objectives in accord with their own teaching styles and beliefs.
Grotes Smurfs Interactive Music Site
Homemade Musical Instruments
You can find musical instruments that you can make with your child from everyday items.
International Society for Music Education
KIDiddles – MoJo’s Musical Museum
A place where you can find the lyrics to your favorite kids’ songs!
Kodaly Society of Canada
The Kodály Society of Canada is an organization of music educators inspired by the work of Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, and music educator Zoltán Kodály. Our work is to promote Kodály’s vision of music education for all. We seek to provide resources and teacher education that advance this vision and to create the space for dialogue regarding the value of music education throughout Canada and the world.
Live Music Tutor – Music History
Outline of Basic Music Theory
This outline offers a concise and complete overview of basic music theory.
MIDI & Music Technology Resources for Teachers
Music Dictionary by Dolmetsch Online
Music Dictionary Online’s primary purpose is, in the case of non-English words and phrases, to offer translations and, more generally, and where appropriate, to offer explanations and comments about general (non-musical) words as well as specialist (i.e. musical, etc.) terms that might be found in musical scores, libretti, books on music, web sites, CD notes, concert programmes, etc.
Organization of American Kodaly Educators
Inspired by the vision of Zoltán Kodály, the mission of the Organization of American Kodály Educators is to support music education of the highest quality, promote universal music literacy and lifelong music making, and preserve the musical heritage of the people of the United States of America through education, artistic performance, advocacy and research.
Parlor Songs 1800s – 1920s
American popular music of the time. With midi files and search.
Richard Robinson Tune Book
This is a collection of tunes and lists of tunes. Its main interest is with various traditional forms of northern and western European music – jigs and reels, polka, polska, schottische, bourrée, etc – but is happy to take whatever comes along.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – Digital Classroom
A site that helps teachers and parents, to engage with students as schools move to at home, online instruction. Rock Hall EDU, a free digital learning platform, is full of resources and activities that use the power of rock & roll to engage students of all ages.