MUSIC EDUCATION

National Standards for Music Education

1. Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
3. Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments.
4. Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines.
5. Reading and notating music.
6. Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.
7. Evaluating music and music performances.
8. Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.
9. Understanding music in relation to history and culture.

Sites For Vocal and Instrumental MusicTeachers

http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/music/k-12music/

· American Band Masters Association (ABA)

· American School Band Directors Association (ASBDA)

· Association of Concert Bands, Inc. For adult bands

· Banddirector.com Articles by contributing authors

· Bassoon.org Resources and Information for Bassoonists

· Band Music of the Civil War Era Library of Congress

· Band World Magazine Journal for band instructors

· British Double Reed Society

· Bugle Calls from the US Army Bands

· The Clarinet Pages at Woodwind.org

· Clarinet Study Guide

· College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA)

· Concert Band Literature Annotated listing from the Un. of No. Dakota

· DCI - Drum Corps International

· Drum Corps Repertoire Database Includes photos & discography list

· Drum Lessons Database Online lessons from DrumBum

· Free Music Scores for Clarinets Free ready-to-print trios by Avi Ariav

· The Horn Players' FAQ

· Hornplayer.net Huge resource base for horn players

· The Instrumentalist Magazine Practical information & innovative ideas for band directors

· International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE)

· International Double Reed Society

· International Clarinet Association

· International Horn Society

· International Trombone Association (ITA)

· International Trumpet Guild (ITG)

· International Tuba Euphonium Association (ITEA)

· Jazz Musicians Protocol by Ken Watters

· Jazz in America/Thelonius Monk Institute Public school jazz programs

· KJAZZ on-line radio Tune in right now to KKJZ 88.1 FM from California State University, Long Beach

· Larry Krantz Flute Page Has resources on Geoffrey Gilbert & James Galway

· MARCHING.COM The best in high school marching bands. Current events & scores.

· Marching Arts Directory High school & college bands and drum corps directory

· Mark Shepard's Flute Page Facts on modern and folk flutes

· MENC Band Network Literature Lists and Open Forum featuring MENC mentors

· The Midwest Clinic International Band and Orchestra Conference

· National Flute Association

· North American Saxophone Alliance

· Oboes for Idgetz For the "oboe-challenged". Great site for teachers of oboe students.

· Oboe:Space Online resource for oboe players

· Online Practice Record Free service for music students

· A Passion for Jazz Music commentary, history & education

· Pay the Piper For children & parents - taking up a musical instrument.

· Percussive Arts Society Service organization for percussionists

· Percussion Information Exercises for drums, timpani and mallet percussion

· Quickly! The Drum AssignerFree concert band percussion assignment software

· The R. Jones Trumpet Page

· Robert Strauch's Band Director Resources

· Sax on the Web

· SaxTalkEverything saxophone

· International Saxophone Home Page

· Saxophone Study Guide

· On-line Saxophone Lessons by Ryan Fraser For beginner students & teachers of beginners

· School Band and Orchestra Magazine

· Smithsonian Jazz Preserves and promotes one of America's greatest art forms ~ Jazz

· Taps Bugler History of Taps and other bugle calls

· Tales From Band Camp Fun site for band students (and directors!). Includes weekly cartoons

· Trager's Trumpet Talk All brass fanatics welcome

· Transcribed Trumpet Solos Free downloadable jazz solos. Original transcriptions also accepted

· The Trombone Home Page

· Online Trombone Journal Internest resource for and by trombonists

· Trombone Page of the World For Trombonists

· TrumpetStuff.com Very popular site for trumpet fans

· TubaNews.com For Tuba players

· U.S. Army Bands Listening Room Downloadable recordings from the U.S. Army Bands

· UI Bands | Library Resources University of Illinois

· Virtual Metronome Downloadable metronome in QuickTime format

· What is Jazz? A four-lecture series by Dr. Billy Taylor

· WNUR-FM JazzWeb Jazz search

· The Woodwind Fingering Guide (Fingering Charts) All woodwind instruments

· World Association For Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE)

· World of Jazz Improvisation

· XtremeBrass.comThe Ultimate Webstie for Brass Players!

· Young Band Repertoire Project Recommended literature for young bands/from UTSA

Sites For Vocal/Choral Teachers

· American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) Service organization for choral directors

· ACDA National Committee on Women's Choirs Womens Chorus Repertoire Lists

· a-cappella.start4all.com All about a cappella groups

· The Aria Database Comprehensive descriptions of over 1000 arias

· Contemporary A Cappella Society The source for all things a cappella

· ChoralNetInternet center for choral music. A very thorough site.

· ChoralNet Repertoire Site Cooperative site

· Choral Public Domain Library Has over 5000 free public domain scores and growing

· The Choral Singer Choral magazine

· The Choristers GuildNurturing the spiritual growth of children through music

· The Lied and Song Texts Archive

· Gregorian chant Home Page from Princeton

· International Journal of Research in Choral Singing (IJRCS) With online articles

· SongText.netFormerly the International Lyrics server

· Language Dictionaries: French-English | German-English | Italian-English

· Lieder-1 Art song mailing list Devoted to discussion of the art song

· MENC Chorus Network Literature Lists and Open Forum featuring MENC mentors

· Metropolitan Opera Everything you want to know about the Met

· Musica International Database of Choral Music On-line database of over 65,000 entries

· National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Service organization for voice instructors

· Operaitaliana Biographies, librettos, recordings of the great Italian opera composers

· Sweet Adelines International International womens choir organization

· Thea van der Putten's Recommended Repertoire for Singers Listings for lied, oratorio and opera

Sites For Orchestra Teachers

· American String Teachers Association (ASTA)

· American Symphony Orchestra League Over 900 member organizations

· discoverESO For kids--facts on the orchestra.

· Kidzone: New York Philharmonic Interactive teaching site for children

· International Society of Bassists

· Maxine's Suzuki Resources Online resources

· MENC Orchestra Network Literature Lists and Open Forum

· Music Education Resources/String links Includes articles and lesson plans

· Online Practice Record Free service for music students

· PlayMusic.Org Interactive introduction to instruments of the orchestra

· Richard Robinson's Tunebook Downloadable printed folk melodies from Europe

· String Pedagogy Notebook From the University of Vermont

· StringSkills.comHas free, downloadable material

· Suzuki Violin Teachers Central

· Violin Making by Hans Johannsson Sound, construction, and care info.

· Violin basics Care and maintenance of string instruments

· The Violin Site Music and resources for violinists

· Virtual Metronome Downloadable metronome in QuickTime format

Sites For Classroom Music Teachers

· AABACA Minnesota's leading experts for educational music technology solutions

· American Orff-Schulwerk Association (AOSA) Music and Movement Education

· ArtsAlive.ca Help children discover the excitement of the performing arts

· Aural Online Online ear-training exercises from Sacred Heart College Geelong

· Baby Boomer Bus Songs Lyrics to everyone's favorite old bus songs

· BBC Radio 3: Making Tracks - Make and Send a Tune Interactive online musical game

· Boopadoo Early Childhoon songs and KidMixRadio

· Bulletin Boards for the Music Classroom A unique one-of-a-kind site

· A Children's Music Page by D.F.Saphra Free downloadable songs for children

· Childrens Music Portal An open source information portal

· Classic Cat Directory of free classical mp3s by the performers themselves

· Classical Music Navigator For students: composers, works, styles & influences

· Classical Music Pages Music history site with searchable database

· Classics for Kids Interactive, multi-media web site for children

· Compumedia in Education A multimedia approach to music education

· ESL Through Music Annotated links to resources

· Good-Ear.com Free on-line ear training exercises

· Gordon Institute for Music Learning Offical site for Music Learning Theory & GIML

· Grotes Smurfs Interactive Music Site Peter & the Wolf, Pictures at an Exhibition, etc.

· Homemade Instruments Instructions by Nancy Stewart

· iLearnMusic.com Online classroom lessons (K-16) & guitar & piano

· International Association for Music Education (ISME)

· Jan-Erik's Guitar Archives Song lyrics with guitar chords

· KIDiddles - MoJo's Musical Museum Lyrics to familiar kids songs, some with audio.

· Kidzone! Interactive site from the New York Philharmonic

· Kodaly Society of Canada

· Lesson Tutor: music and music history Downloadable lesson plans

· MENC General Music Network Resources and Open Forum featuring MENC mentors

· MiBAC Music Theory Reference Manual Extensive on-line music theory resources

· Michael Furstner's JAZCLASS Free online lessons on jazz and music theory

· MIDI in the Classroom

· MIDI & Music Technology Resources for Teachers Resources and downloadable archives.

· M.U.S.I.C. Musicians United for Songs In the Classroom, Inc. Online student projects.

· Music da camera Duetto study guides for the Music da camera television series

· Music Dictionary by Dolmetsch Online

· The Music Education Launch Site Free database of lesson plans for music teachers

· Music Education Madness Site Teaching, kids, and leaving with a smile on your face

· MusicTheory.Net Free online theory lessons, in several languages

· Music Theory and History Online Free lessons from Dolmetsch Online

· Music Theory for Songwriters Online lessons for beginners

· MusiKinesis Resources on teaching Dalcroze Eurhythmics

· Organizarion of American Kodaly Educators (OAKE)

· Parlor Songs 1800s - 1920s American popular music of the time. With midi files and search

· Pianopedia Search engine and database for classical piano works

· Recorder Method Online Recorder help from Dolmetsch Online

· Richards Institute of Education Through Music (ETM) Founded by Mary Helen Richards

· Richard Robinson's Tunebook Downloadable printed folk melodies from Europe

· Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum--Lesson Plans Music history and literature

· Shareware.Com Find all your shareware music software here!

· Shimmyo's Guitar Tips Guitar playing tips

· Smithsonian Jazz Class: Teacher lesson plans Downloadable lesson plans

· Storytime SongsSongs and resources for young children

· WiseGorilla music clipart Lesson plans for the hard of hearing

Valuable Sites For All Music Educators

· AABACA Minnesota's leading experts for educational music technology solutions

· Alexander Technique International Better health for singers and musicians

· The Complete Guide to the Alexander Technique

· Alexander Technique For Musicians The insider's guide

· American Music Conference Promoting the Importance of Music, Music-Making, and Music Ed.

· American Popular Music Before 1900 Chronological guide from Kingwood College Library

· American Popular Music 1900 to 1950 Chronological guide from Kingwood College Library

· ArtsEdge Network Arts & Education through Technology

· Association for Music in International Schools

· Baby Boomer Bus Songs Lyrics to everyone's favorite old bus songs.

· Clip Art Links for Music

· Concert Etiquette: Ten Rules for Adults from MENC

· Concert Etiquette: Ten Rules for Students from MENC

· eBay Music Buy and sell anything music related--online with eBay

· Education World A search engine for all educators

· Essential Music Advocacy Large pdf volume containing lots of advocacy materials. From Selmer.

· The EXChange Exchange & recycling service for performing arts organizations

· Finale NotePad 2006 Free (yes, free!) downloadable music notation software.

· HeadlineSpot.com Current music related news articles

· iTunes Hands down, the best source for downloadable songs in all venues, classical, pop, rock, etc.

· International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM) Resources for women in music

· Kunst der Fuge / On Classical International music link exchange

· Library of Congress Performing Arts Reading Room Music Division

· MENC - Music Educators National Conference The National Association for Music Education

· MENC Job Center Postings of current music position openings

· MENC Network Communities Connect with other music educators in all areas

· MENC State Affiliates List Find your state MENC Affiliate's website!

· MIDI & Music Technology Resources for Teachers Resources and downloadable archives.

· Mobile Midi Free Midi site. Ringtones and sounds

· MTNA - Music Teachers National Association Organization for private music instructors

· Music Dictionary by Dolmetsch Online

· Music For All Foundaton National collaborative music advocacy site

· Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music (1820-1885) Over 15,000 pieces. Library of Congress.

· MusicFriends MENC advocacy site for parents and friends of school music programs

· MusicTheory.Net Free online theory lessons, in several languages

· Music Notes' Music Theory Music theory reference materials. From ThinkQuest.

· MuSICA Music & science information computer archive

· MusicStaff.com Teacher Lounge Free services for studio teachers

· Musical Advantage.com Free search engine of private music teachers

· Musicians and Injuries Help for repetitive motion injuries

· Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia World's largest music fraternity

· Private Lessons.com Online database of private music instructors

· School Music Matters Online Advocacy Site

· Shareware.Com/CNET Find all your shareware music software here!

· SupportMusic.com A public service of the Music Education Coalition

· support4secondaryteachers A place for teachers of grades 7-12 to connect and share ideas

· TAPPED IN: Teacher Professional Development Institute Real-time virtual conference center

· TI:ME - Technology Institute for Music Educators Promotes technology in music education

· Teachers.Net - Teacher Chatboard Interactive site for educators

· TeachList.com International database of private teachers of all instruments & voice

· Texas School Music Project (TSMP) Ideas & "tricks of the trade" for common pedagogical problems

· U.S. Department of Education Loads of information for educators

· VH1 Save the Music Supporting music in America's schools

· Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary A very complete, comprehensive music & composer dictionary

· Virtual Metronome Downloadable metronome in QuickTime format

· WhyMusicEd E-mail List Music Advocacy listserv. Send e-mail message to subscribe.

· WWW Music Database Online listing of over 23,000 albums

· ZDNet Downloads The most complete collection of downloadable software available on the Internet.

Music Research Resources

· The International Foundation for Music Research Supports scientific research in music education

· Research Studies in Music Education Callaway International Resource Centre for Music & Music Education

· MENC Research Bulletin Board from Music Educators National Conference

· AMC Research Briefs from American Music Conference

Biographies, History and Works of the Great Composers

· Aaron Copland Collection From the Library of Congress

· Carolina Classical Connection Middle Ages through 20th Century

· Classical Composer Biographies Includes biographical data and downloadable portraits

· The Classical Music Navigator Biographies cross-referenced by works, location, & genre

· Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers Includes links for further research

· Early Music by Women Composers A very extensive listing that includes CD resources

· The Mozart ProjectCelebrating his 250th birthday

· Notes on Franz Schubert By Bart and Gidon Berman

· On Classical Biographies of classical composer.

· John Philip Sousa American composer, conductor and patriot

· Picture Gallery of Classical Composers A very large listing of world composers!

· HyperMusic--History of Classical Music Database

· Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Music History Online music history

· Virginia Tech's Composer Index Concise composer listings with audio pronunciation of names!

MIDI & Music Technology Resources for Teachers
1995 archived photo of Rachel and Laurie in the old Dakota Meadows midi lab.

MIDI & MP3 Archives & Music Technology Resources

· ABC's of Using MIDI Files on the Net No longer updated, but still a good quick guide for new MIDI users

· ATMI Association for Technology in Music Education Scholarly presentation of music technology for specialists

· Beatles MIDI Files! Listed by albums

· BPoeM Online synthVirtual synthesizer to create electronic music instantly

· The Canadian MP3 Center

· The Classical Music Archives The largest audio music archive on the net

· Classical MIDI With Words Art songs with synchronized lyrics

· Classical Piano MIDI Page Midi and MP3 collection

· Composers in Electronic Residence Online conference for K-12 classrooms around the world

· Dave Williams' Music Technlogy Web-Log A running log of music technology issues related to music education

· Disney and Children Midi Page Midi files

· The Disney Music Page Midi files

· EMUSIC-L Home Page Listserv

· Exploring MIDI From Northwestern University

· Free Midi Zone Free midi files

· Free-Midi-Files.net Free midi files

· Grote Smurf Midi

· Harmony Central MIDI Resources A very complete archive of tools and software

· Hetzler's Fakebook - Oldtime Tunes 19th and 20th Century dance tunes arranged for fiddle and banjo

· Hidden Mickey's Download Page Lots of Disney Stuff

· IRCAM Centre

· Kunst der Fuge/On Classical Thousands of free classical music audio files (midi/wma/mp3) No download limit.

· MIDI-Karaoke Library

· Download.com Software archives from CNet

· Macintosh MIDI User's Internet Guide Loads of stuff for Mac users!

· The MIDI Archive Includes resource listings

· MIDI BASE Search engine for computer music and MIDI related sites

· MIDI Database Free popular music midi files

· MIDI Farm Internet Midi archives

· MIDI on the Macintosh An excellent "how to" for Mac users by Twin Cities Midi

· MIDI for Windows Users Also from Twin Cities Midi

· MIDI4U.comVery large archive of free midi files

· MIDI.Org Home Page Midi Manufacturers Association

· MIDI Players, MIDI Plugins, & Karaoke Players Freeware for Playing MIDI Files

· MIDI.Com Includes a large midi search engine

· MidiTyper Instantly convert PC midi files to Mac.

· MidiWeb User supported MIDI web site

· Mobile Midi Free Midi site. Ringtones and sounds

· MusicRobot.com Midi Search engine

· Standard MIDI Files on the Net

· Planet Midi Collection includes TV & movie themes, and popular music

· QuickTime Software Apple's QuickTime site

· John Roache's Ragtime MIDI Archives

· Shareware.Com Find all your shareware music software here!

· Shareware Music Machine Heaps of music software to download

· Stephen Foster Songs Midi archive of 278 songs

· [Streams] electronic-music.netWeb radio directory

· Technology Institute for Music Educators (TI:ME) Promoting technology in music ed.

· Twin Cities Midi A very complete source for all midi applications, Mac & Windows

· The Ultimate MIDI Page

· UCSD Midi Archives University of California, San Diego

· University of Michigan archives link

· ZDNet.com Shareware library

Beatles Forever!

Relive the excitement and wonderful music by the greatest pop music group in history.
The Official Beatles Site
Harald Gernhardt's Beatles Page
rec.music.beatles newsgroup
Mike's Beatles Links
Yahoo's Beatles Links

Still More Music Sites!

Additional Music Sites on the Internet

A variety of additional music resource sites is listed on this page.
For specific sites related to music education (band, choral, orchestra, classroom) see
K-12 Music Resources For Music Educators

· All About Pianos Everything You Always Wanted To Know About The Piano

· Alabama Bandmaster's Association

· Bruce Arnold's Guitar Workshop Guitar hints

· Cello Paul's Online Musician's List Private email list of online musicians & music ed. links

· Classical Music of St.Petersburg Russian site

· Commercial Music Sites Directory of commercial music resources

· Composers In Electronic Residence Non-profit service for students and teachers. From Canada.

· Creative Arts Therapy CyberJournal On-line scholarly journal

· CultureFinder Find where arts events are happening everywhere

· Don Quijote Spanish Song Lyrics Popular music

· The EARonline Up to date information on anything to do with music in Australia

· Getting Started in the Music Business

· Guitar DownUnder Free guitar music downloads

· Happy Note Learning Game Music shareware

· The Harmonica Educator Newsletter For Harmonica Educators and Players

· Harry's Blues Lyrics Online

· Michael Lange's Instruments and Repair Page Various wind instruments

· Midi-Musikskolan From Sweden

· Minnesota Music Educators Association One of America's most active state music teacher organizations

· Mrs.Carroll's Music Room For elementary teachers

· Music is... and the Value of Music in Education Support for parents, educators, and advocates

· MusicNet Interactive music online site with encyclopedia and games

· Music Education On-line Variety of music and music education links

· Music of Puerto Rico Dedicated to exploring the full breadth and depth of Puerto Rican music

· Musicians-in-your-City.com Find musicians in your area. World wide.

· MusicSchoolSearch Helps students search for colleges offering music programs

· MusicStaff.com Lounge Free online directory of private music teachers

· MusicTeachers.co.uk Online journal UK-based music education site

· NEA National Education Association

· Pan-Flute Com All about pan-flutes

· Pepper Music Network Search for published music

· Piano Education Page Devoted to the piano and piano education in all its forms

· Opera for the Young From Madison, Wisconsin

· Piano Home Page Piano pedagogy, copyrights, and consumer information

· Piano Pedagogy Plus Includes a growing number of links to online Scorch files

· PrivateLessons.com Free database for finding private instrumental instructors

· Rene Clausen Choral Music School Minnesota-based choral arts school for educators

· Sharon's "Tiny Hands" Music Tutorials Free worksheet ideas for young musicians

· Songfacts.com Fun facts about all your favorite popular songs

· Suzuki Violin Teachers Central More on Suzuki

· TCAnet School House From the Texas Commission on the Arts

· TKI's Unwrapping the Arts music From the New Zealand Ministry of Education

· Texas Bandmasters Association

· VSA Arts National arts support organization

· West Virginia University, Music 29 Internet music composition class

· Why is Mona Lisa Smiling? Find out about Leonardo's musical side