Group items tagged

This website introduces students to instruments of the orchestra, and allows students to create in the music lab. This would work well with elementary students.

Great resource for music history. With a new audio show being posted every week and past shows being available, there is a lot available and will continue to be available. Has short audio to keep children's attention and has an accompanying worksheet to help facilitate optimal listening and understanding.

Choralia offers part rehearsal tracks for a wide selection of choral repertoire. Most of it is Baroque/Classical/Romantic era rep, but there is a good selection of newer works as well (Gjeilo, Lauridsen, Rutter). Sound quality is a little funky, but they do the job.

Another great app for those silly Freshmen and Sophomore voice majors. They often perform lieder, so this would be a great tool for them.

This site is used for an orchestra unit or when describing specific instruments of the orchestra. Site provide games, pictures, and sounds.

Through support from the New York Philharmonic, this website introduces famous composers, has instrument games, rhythm games, and much more for young students. It also introduces students to some of the actual players in the New York Philharmonic.

This site is a rich resource for horn students. It offers information on best makes and models of instruments, fingering charts, orchestral excerpts and the history of the horn. All things horn are included on this site such as specific techniques such as transposing and stopped horn as well as embouchure formation.

Picture-dense description of how to make a violin. Suitable for younger students (age 5+), to show them the work and craftsmanship that went into making their violin.

This website is styled in a "kid friendly" manner. It provided fun, age appropriate theory games, and a simple, yet informative, time line of composers.

This website is styled in a "kid friendly" manner. It provided fun, age appropriate theory games, and a simple, yet informative, time line of composers.

This is all for the violinist. Here you can watch a masterclass presented by a world renowned violinist. Watch interviews and meet some of the professionals as well. There are forums that talk about anything related to the violin. You can also find what is happening in the news about upcoming violinist, performances, or happenings.

This is all for the violinist. Here you can watch a masterclass presented by a world renowned violinist. Watch interviews and meet some of the professionals as well. There are forums that talk about anything related to the violin. You can also find what is happening in the news about upcoming violinist, performances, or happenings.

This site provides an immersive experience for students to get the feeling of what it's like to play in an orchestra. You can view live performances from different camera angles, as if you are playing in the orchestra. They also include functions that allow you to switch views and explore facts about the different instruments and orchestral sections. This would provide a great visual support for active listening group activities in the classroom; the sound and video quality is excellent. This would also be tremendously helpful for students of conducting.