Resources for Music Educators-Teachers
- 8notes.com
Over 9000 free sheet music downloads for all instruments.
- AfriClassical.com
Here you will meet 52 composers, conductors and instrumental performers - Africans, African Americans and Afro-Europeans.
- American Bandmasters Association (ABA)
Created for the purpose of furthering the interests of outstanding American Band Masters, and of interesting composers, arrangers, and music publishers in Wind Band music.
- American School Band Directors Association (ASBDA)
An extremely prestigious national organization for band directors of the highest quality. The primary goal of the ASBDA is to promote the concert band as the focus of an educational curriculum which teaches music as artistic expression.
- American Choral Directors Association
An online resources of the Kodály Center for Music Education at Holy names University, Oakland, CA. Allows you to search for songs using a powerful database, print lyrics, musical scores, song analysis, background information, and more.
- The American Folksong Collection
Promoting excellence in choral music through performance, composition, publication, research, and teaching.
- American School Band Directors Association
The formal organization of the American School Band Directors Association, Inc.
- American Roots Music
The website for the PBS series by the same name. It includes summaries of episodes, oral histories, information about songs and artists, and more.
- American String Teachers Association
A membership organization for string and orchestra teachers and players, helping them to develop and refine their careers.
- The Association of Concert Bands of America (ACBA)
The purpose of ACB is to encourage and foster adult concert community, municipal, and civic bands and to promote the performance of the highest quality traditional and contemporary literature for band.
- Australian Folk Songs
A collection of Australian traditional and bush songs. It has words, music and information about each song.
- Banddirector.com
The #1 Online Resource for Band Directors.
- Bassoon.org
Resources and Information for Bassoonists.
- Band Music from the Civil War Era
makes available examples of a brilliant style of brass band music that flourished in the 1850s in the United States and remained popular through the nineteenth century.
- The Children's Music Archive
Lyrics, sing-along suggestions, colouring sheets and activities for many children's songs.
- The Classical Midi Archives
Over 8,000 classical music files in MIDI format from over 60 composers.
- Concert Pitch Piano Services Virtual Piano Museum
History of the piano and includes 25 pianos and keyboards from the Smithsonian Collection at the National Museum of American History.
- The Aaron Copland Collection: Ca. 1900-1990
About 1,000 items (dating from 1910 to 1990) are provided, including music manuscripts, printed music, correspondence, diaries and writings, photos, awards, programs, and other biographical materials. This is a primary resource for research on Aaron Copland and for the study of musical life in 20th century America.
- Early Music America
A not-for-profit service organization for the field of historical performance in North America. Founded in 1985, EMA's goal is to expand awareness of, and interest in, the music of the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical periods.
- Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier
A multi-format ethnographic field collection of traditional fiddle tunes performed by Henry Reed of Glen Lyn, Virginia. Recorded by folklorist Alan Jabbour in 1966-67, when Reed was over eighty years old, the tunes represent the music and evoke the history and spirit of Virginia's Appalachian frontier.
- International Saxophone Home Page
Founded in 1994 by saxophonist Jason DuMars as a resource for musicians and enthusiasts seeking reliable, interesting and useful information.
- Introduction to New Orleans Jazz
An overview of New Orleans Jazz with a list of resources.
- Jazz
The companion Web site to the latest production by acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns, JAZZ celebrates America's greatest original art form.
- The Kennedy Center ArtsEdge
Free standards based teaching materials, professional development resources and student materials in dance, music, theater and the visual arts.
- KIDiddles: MoJo's Musical Mouseum Song Lyrics MoJo is a singin', swingin' music mouse-chine! She'll be happy to take you on a guided tour of her Musical Mouseum, loaded to the brim with almost two thousand kids' song lyrics, organized both alphabetically and by subject.
- Lesley Nelson-Burns' Folk Music Site
Folk and Traditional Music and Popular Songs, with Lyrics, Midi, Tune Information and History behind the folksongs and ballads. Irish, British and American Folk Music including Francis J. Child Ballads and Sea Shanties.
- Musicards.net
A collection of highly-customizable online music theory flash cards.
- Music Clip Art Free with Composers, Notation, and Instruments
- Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music
Contains more than 62,500 pieces of historical sheet music registered for copyright: more than 15,000 registered during the years 1820-1860 and more than 47,000 registered during the years 1870-1885. Included are popular songs, operatic arias, piano music, sacred and secular choral music, solo instrumental music, method books and instructional materials, and music for band and orchestra.
- Music History 102
A Guide to Western Composers and their Music from the Middle Ages to the Present.
- Music Tech Teacher
Site includes quizzes, resources, and in-service notes for teachers interested in using technology to enhance music education.
- Music Theory Spectrum
The official print journal of the Society for Music Theory. The journal includes feature articles and book reviews on all topics that intersect with music theory and analysis, such as aesthetics, the history of theory, linear analysis, atonal theory, networks, and narratology.
- The National Association for Music Education (NAME)
Among the world's largest arts education organizations, it's the only association that addresses all aspects of music education.
- Oboes for Idgetz
Great site for teachers of oboe students, it's for the "oboe-challenged".
- OnlinePracticeRecord.com
A free music education resource that can be used by all instrumentalists and vocalists to keep track of daily practice.
- The Piano Education Page
One-stop resource for teachers, students, parents of students, and fans of the piano with over 1000 pages of family-friendly information, upgraded regularly.
- Piano Technicians Guild Resources for Teachers
Scholarship opportunities, Lesson Plans & Teaching Tools, Activities, Online Games and Teacher Organizations.
- Quickly! The Drum Assigner
Free concert band percussion assignment software for Windows and Mac.
- Resources For Music Education
A comprehensive page of resources for musical teachers/professors (band, orchestra, vocals, etc) with in-depth, informative links.
- The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
at the forefront of bringing popular culture into the classroom. Their educational programs and exhibits reach hundreds of thousands of students of all ages and teach them how music has played a role in some of the most important social, cultural and political issues in modern history.
- Shanties and Sea Songs
Work songs used on ships during the Age of Sail. Includes lyrics to traditional maritime songs, particularly sea shanties, and is a place to find relevant books and CDs.
- Mark Shepard's Flute Page
Resources to help you learn to play the flute or make a flute, plus know more about the flute—all from author/musician/flutemaker Mark Shepard.
- Smithsonian Jazz
Offering sound clips, information about jazz events, a directory of jazz societies (by state and country), links to other jazz websites, and four online 'classes' featuring Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, and Benny Carter.
- Taylor's Traditional Tunebook
Over 500 traditional tunes in General Midi format from Scotland, Ireland, Wales, England and "the Colonies". Site is not updated and there is no technical support or answers to questions beyond what you can find on the FAQ or ReadMe pages.
- TeacherVision Music Resources for Teachers (Grades K-12)
Bring some music into your classroom with lessons and printables! Celebrate Music in Our Schools Month in March or enjoy music on a regular basis with your students. They have multicultural activities incorporating Mexican, Native American, Chinese, and South American music into your curriculum; you'll find printable instructions for building musical instruments; they'll learn the history of musical genres like Rock 'n' Roll and Jazz with detailed references; and of course, there are lyrics of plenty of songs for you and your class to sing and enjoy!
- Transcribed Trumpet Solos
Free downloadable jazz solos in .pdf format.
- U.S. Army Bands Online Master Classes
Articles, resources, and downloads assembled by some of America's finest musicians.
- Viola in music
Extensive history on the viola, as well as resources for students and teachers, downloadable sheet music, play-along mp3s, midi files, and more.
- The Woodwind Fingering Guide
- Young Band Repertoire List
Recommended literature for young bands. PDF file that requires Adobe Reader or similar program to view.
Online Music Resources
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