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Offers a good variety of lessons, for both beginners and advanced students, from notes' duration to Neapolitan chords. Also tools such as chord calculator, metronome, pop up piano window etc., are available for free.

A great free cite for notation practice exercises and lessons.

Music Theory Learning to read music

A great resource for finding choral music. You can search or click on seasons, styles, composers, etc. This is a very useful site for anyone who teaches choir.

This wiki has thousands of choral works available for use, free of charge. Music can be accessed by season or composer, making locating songs easier.

ChoralWiki is like the wikipedia of choral music. This website has a lot of choral songs that either music teachers composed or even music from the past that was not included with copyright laws. The best part about this website is that all of the music is free!

This is a great resource for music educators that shares thousands of free works of music. Educators can access thousands of compositions along with translations. Many of these compositions are no longer in print.

This website offers many free choral pieces that can be used in the classroom. It assists in a budget-friendly way for performance classrooms to still have repertoire available.

The purpose of this resource is to categorize and house a large quantity of choral music. As a resource this site could be used to find a range of music for performances, warm up exercise, chorales and instrumental playing. The options for voicing and parts in very broad which makes the amount of music available vast. When searching composers, it is best to know specifics as some composers share similar surnames.

This website offers an abundance of music you can order for your performing groups, soloists, mixed ensembles, etc. There a variety of way to search for specific types of music such as "Holiday", "Classical", "Sacred", etc. J.W. Pepper has a wide collection from well known publishers. This is my go to choice for when it comes to ordering music for my program. You also have the ability to narrow your search down by grade level which makes it very easy when planning your program.

J. W. Pepper is an excellent website/resource for sheet music, accompaniment tracks, and much more. Their customer service is excellent. Many of the songs have a play feature so you can listen easily. You can search by genre, voicing, holiday, and pretty much any other category to find exactly the right song for your students.

J.W. Pepper is an online retailer for sheet music. They sell all kinds of music, from solo parts to full band parts. Most of the music they sell also has a demo track so the music can heard before a purchase is made.

ACDA website with links to choral journals, library archives, festival information and more.

This is the official ACDA website. You can find information about conferences, as well as access resources and connect with colleagues. If you teach choir, being a member of ACDA is a must.

The purpose of this resource is wide and varied. Not only does this resource provide choral music educators with a professional development community but also looks at a range of topic regarding singing both in the individual and choral setting. Membership in this organization does cost a fee but there are many benefits for music educators who teach choir.

This website hosts over 9,000 choral/vocal scores, texts, translations and other useful information. This is a fantastic resource for choral directors to browse and select music from.

Purpose of this resource: This webpage contains downloadable choral music that is in the public domain. Musical Content: The Choral Public Domain Library contains digital downloads (sheet music, midi files, and notation files) for choral works that are in the public domain. There is a large selection, and CPDL offers useful search features such as listing all musical settings of a text, searching by language, type of piece, and by musical era. Other information: This is a good resource for directors who do not have large music budgets, are looking to find different settings of specific texts, or are looking for music from a specific time period.

Access to FREE choral works in the public domain. Also, you can find scores, texts, translations, and information about composers.

A significant resource for choral directors and music educators. Provides free sheet music for thousands of songs. The database is organized in categories that are easy to navigate.

This wiki is the home of the Choral Public Domain Library and as is a great resource in providing FREE choral/vocal scores, texts, translations and other useful information regarding choral and vocals music. Just under 26,000 choral/vocal works are currently available by over 2800 composers. New works are being added daily. Any musician seeking free, public domain choral or vocal music would benefit from the music, resources and information provided. A community portal, bulletin board and forums are available connect together those with similar interests.

Free choral music!

American Choral Directors Association. This site is a resource for national choral standards, conferences, repertoire, and choral education articles. 

Professional Organization that can provide music advocacy and an avenue for choral music resources and advancements. Website offers music lists that only include quality repertoire.

Article about the use of Ipads and choral music. The author has a number of apps for the Ipad that aids in the distribution and rehearsal of music. Most of this is a PP presentation but the information is good.

Article about the use of Ipads and choral music. The author has a number of apps for the Ipad that aids in the distribution and rehearsal of music. Most of this is a PP presentation but the information is good.

Finding choral pieces can be a difficult task. This site offers (through membership) access to thousands of scores specifically for choral ensembles. It allows you to hear a demo of the piece and also provides information about the composers.

Finding choral pieces can be a difficult task. This site offers (through membership) access to thousands of scores specifically for choral ensembles. It allows you to hear a demo of the piece and also provides information about the composers.

The ChoralWiki (CPDL) is a great resource for choral teachers and choir directors. There is access to free music, texts and translations, seasonal indices, and discussion forums for questions and answers about music, rehearsal techniques, and performance. 

Choral director on a budget? This website features over 20,000 scores by over 2500 composers! An amazing resource of free music available mostly in PDF format for use and downloading.

The Choral Public Domain Library is a free and legal source for free sheet music! This site offers printable scores of public domain music, often complete with text and translations when necessary. You can search this catalog by composer, title, arrangements, voicing, accompaniments, language, and genre. Complete with over 31,000 scores by over 3,200 different composers, there's a high possibility that any choral director might find something of use here!

This is a resource to gather public domain sheet music and lyrics. It is good for developing your own lessons and avoiding copyright, and also for programs which may not have a lot of money for new music. There are also composer pages, although I don't think these are exactly helpful. It lacks information other than birthdays and a general sentence explaining who the composer is.

This is a free sheet music website specializing in choral sheet music. Most of the music in the database is public domain. Great resource for choir teachers.

This is a free sheet music website specializing in choral sheet music. Most of the music in the database is public domain. Great resource for choir teachers.

Technology in Music Education is a blog dedicated to musicians, educators, and researchers sharing multiple ways in which technology is used to enhances music education.

Blog dealing with technology integration in music education

Great information on use of Apple Technology in BCO classrooms

Music Blog by Dale Duncan, a middle school choral director. Dale shares tips and resources on his blog regarding middle school choral pedagogy and also sells a sight singing method called S-Cubed that he has developed with his choral programs and has seen great success.

Choralnet is a site that contains a forum page, resources, directories and news from the choir community. 

All things Choral

A site for all things choral. Also find used music for sale, job listings, concerts, discussions...

A band director friend of mine told me about this site last summer.  There is a password, which is:  Grainger The Band Director Posthaven began with the Band Director Facebook page and the originator of the page, Brian Wis, wanted a place to share files with other band directors. This is a great resource in which band directors share files and other resources to assist the daily needs of a band director.  These files include posters, music (warm-ups, chorales, technique builders, curriculum guides, recruit tools and ideas, rubrics, music appreciation activities, band room rule/policies, how to deal with administrators, and more).  With the resources being submitted by band directors, this is a great source for new band directors and band directors at new schools.   I have used this site to find pitch tendency charts, scale sheets, and three excellent warm-ups.  You can spend hours upon hours searching this site.  Most of the files are PDFs which allows to open and print form any computer with a PDF reader.  There are some Microsoft Office documents which can be a problem.  Be mindful that some of the music repertoire may needs some adjustments for your ensembles needs or you have to add instruments to the instrumentation (missing Baritone TC, Oboe, Bassoon, or Baritone Sax parts)

A band director friend of mine told me about this site last summer.  There is a password, which is:  Grainger The Band Director Posthaven began with the Band Director Facebook page and the originator of the page, Brian Wis, wanted a place to share files with other band directors. This is a great resource in which band directors share files and other resources to assist the daily needs of a band director.  These files include posters, music (warm-ups, chorales, technique builders, curriculum guides, recruit tools and ideas, rubrics, music appreciation activities, band room rule/policies, how to deal with administrators, and more).  With the resources being submitted by band directors, this is a great source for new band directors and band directors at new schools.   I have used this site to find pitch tendency charts, scale sheets, and three excellent warm-ups.  You can spend hours upon hours searching this site.  Most of the files are PDFs which allows to open and print form any computer with a PDF reader.  There are some Microsoft Office documents which can be a problem.  Be mindful that some of the music repertoire may needs some adjustments for your ensembles needs or you have to add instruments to the instrumentation (missing Baritone TC, Oboe, Bassoon, or Baritone Sax parts)

A band director friend of mine told me about this site last summer.  There is a password, which is:  Grainger The Band Director Posthaven began with the Band Director Facebook page and the originator of the page, Brian Wis, wanted a place to share files with other band directors. This is a great resource in which band directors share files and other resources to assist the daily needs of a band director.  These files include posters, music (warm-ups, chorales, technique builders, curriculum guides, recruit tools and ideas, rubrics, music appreciation activities, band room rule/policies, how to deal with administrators, and more).  With the resources being submitted by band directors, this is a great source for new band directors and band directors at new schools.   I have used this site to find pitch tendency charts, scale sheets, and three excellent warm-ups.  You can spend hours upon hours searching this site.  Most of the files are PDFs which allows to open and print form any computer with a PDF reader.  There are some Microsoft Office documents which can be a problem.  Be mindful that some of the music repertoire may needs some adjustments for your ensembles needs or you have to add instruments to the instrumentation (missing Baritone TC, Oboe, Bassoon, or Baritone Sax parts)

ACDA - focus on choral music teaching and art - guitar instruction included. To access articles from Choral Journal, check with your institutions library. Journal articles are available Jan 2006 to present.

This website, from the National Association for Music Education, highlights the "Top Most Read Music Education Blogs of 2016." The blogs pertain to various topics including the benefits of the arts, lesson planning, concert etiquette, music technology, and classroom management.

The purpose if this site it to create easy access to the most read blogs of 2016 in one location. Topics such as: What Students Have to Gain From the Arts, Effective Lesson Planning for the Secondary Choral Director, 3 Reasons Music and Arts Education is a Shining Light, Music Teacher Resumes Revisited: Planning, Creating, and Maintaining, Ten Tips to Transform a Flutist into a Piccoloist, Teaching Concert Etiquette, How to Teach Your Students the Attention They Need to Succeed...etc. are explored. All these topic are related to student success in the music classroom.

A website by Suzanne Tiemstra, this page is intended to provide information and resources about Latin American choral music.

This interview makes an excellent argument for choosing iPads over Chromebooks, as well as addressing other district one-to-one directives. It also touches on some practical uses of technology in the choral classroom.

When integrating technology in the music classroom, teachers need to know exactly what having technology in music looks like. A representative from Choral Director Magazine conducts an interview describing how a teacher has integrated technology in his choir. He provides two examples such as SmartMusic to aid in sight-reading skills and Attendance 2 allowing students to take roll through QR codes as they walk in.