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This is a nicely designed musical resource from the San Francisco Symphony. Explore music, instruments, how music is composed and more. The radio area has a good selection of classical tracks to listen to with your class.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Music%2C+Sound+%26+Podcasts
Grooveshark is a superb music streaming resource with an insanely large library of songs from previous decades right up to the latest chart topper. You can listen to Internet radio as well. No sign in required to search and stream, but you can sign up for free to save your playlists. A must have resource for any teacher... even if it is just to unwind after a hard day.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Music,+Sound+&+Podcasts
The Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation receives more than 1,000 applications each year. Although we would like to help all who apply, our resources are limited and the process is very competitive. Music programs serving low-income communities, programs with little or no budget for musical instruments and music programs that serve the most students out of the school population are considered before all others.
A widely used site that has thousands of resources to help you to get your class singing. Stream and download music and find lyrics to use in your class. Use the whiteboard option to sync the music and words.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Music%2C+Sound+%26+Podcasts
This is a video of a talk that Lawrence Lessig (Professor, Stanford Law School) gave for an organization. In his talk, Lessig provides a powerful and piercing analysis and critique on the impact that legal restrictions on the re/use of media resources has on creativity and cultural production.
During his talk, Lessig shows some remarkably creative mash-ups videos on YouTube to exemplify the kind of creativity/cultural production that is possible through ubiquitous digital media.
Ironically, the organization that hosted the talk received a notice from Warner Bros Music after posting a video of the Lessig's talk on YouTube, which, according to Lessig's blog, "objected to its being posted on copyright grounds."
Warner Brother Music Group has implemented content-id algorithms (i.e., technology that detects the digital "fingerprint" of corporate-"owned" copyrighted works) through media hosting services, including YouTube, FaceBook, and others. When the video of Lessig's talk was posted, it was 'dusted' for fingerprints of WBMG copyrighted works. The detection system identified the soundtracks in the YouTube videos Lessig showed, as materials to which they held copyright.
Both the video of Lessig's talk and the blog conversation regarding WBMG's objection are must-see resources.
An online virtual musical keyboard that can be played with your computer keyboard or a mouse. So you're not going to be able to play much Chopin on this, but it's fun and the keyboard appears large on a whiteboard and is useful for showing some basics.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Music,+Sound+&+Podcasts
A large and growing list of free or low cost software and hardware alternatives that music educators can use in their classrooms instead of the high priced commercial stuff.
The Arts Alive web site offers a wide range of resources for teachers who want to teach about or with dance, drama or music. The resources range from recordings orchestral performances and interviews with artists to collections of theatrical posters and related lessons about graphic design.