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This is a web profile of Pete Seeger, by Nina Mariotti, on myhero.com. An interesting feature of this profile is the access to an audio narrated history of Pete Seeger. The web site contains links to external resources on Pete Seeger.

The life and works of 20th Century composer Aaron Copland (1900-1990) is showcased in this skillfully compiled Library of Congress collection, featuring a detailed biography, images from different periods of his life, written correspondences between Copland and others, and different hand-notated selections.

The Music Educators National Conference helped to develop national standards for band programs that have been accepted by the United States Department of Education. 

This website has information on Orff-Schulwerk workshops, certification courses, as well as access to resources and video demonstrations with a membership. This is a great website for general music teachers, as well as any secondary teacher wishing to incorporate movement and improvisation into their classroom. I highly recommend all general music teachers get involved in their local Orff chapter.

This is the professional organization that represents and advocates for the use of Kodaly concepts in music classrooms. Typically General Music and choir but may include instrumental pedagogy.

This website is a must use for any general music or choral teacher. It contains information regarding conferences and certification courses, as well as resources. Kodaly is a wonderful method with an emphasis on singing, music literacy, and folk songs. In the Kodaly method, teachers learn to prepare, present and practice concepts with students. Teachers also discover the importance of developing their own musicianship

Great resource for learning about the musicianship building method "Orff Schulwerk". Here you can find resources as well as sign up for professional development opportunities to learn more about Orff Schulwerk.

This site offers a 10 part series of 75 interviews and over 500 pieces of music on the growth and development of jazz. Begins in the New Orleans and takes the viewer through to Lincoln Gardens, Southside Chicago.

Choralnet.org is a site specifically geared towards chorus directors and teachers of vocal music. The site contains blogposts, open discussion forums and links to various online resources such as teaching materials and concert repertoire. The purpose of the site is to serve as a platform for chorus directors to share ideas with one another or use it to seek advice or help from other experienced educators.

Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra:2015-2016 Concert SeasonTickets and Season Passes are on sale now!  UFMUE

This site provides teachers and students with a rich history of jazz music. Teachers and students can find videos of jazz musicians, repertoire and resources for Jazz Appreciation Month and tips and tricks for teaching jazz concepts such as swing and improvisation.

Smithzonian Jazz has a vast resource of archives, recordings, timelines, lesson plans, and interactive resources support Jazz Education and Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM).

Smithsonian Jazz is a website fro music educators. It covers every facet of jazz. It has links to concerts and Jazz collections and archives. This includes links to articles, sheet music etc. This website also has a link to lessons surrounding great artists such as Ellington, Ella, Louis Armstrong, Benny Carter and many more. Jazz Appreciation Month is covered as well as all Masterworks in the Jazz Genre.

Auralia is a comprehensive LMS of 43 topics for ages beginners to advanced in music aural theory. Instruction and testing is sequential and logical with a nonthreatening, easy to use interface. The student and/or educator set the pace of learning. Feedback is formative and immediate with questions that keep the student focused on the concept and aware of progress. Learning reinforced through repeated emphasis on hearing, seeing and notating the aural theory concept, e.g., intervals, chords, progressions.

The Smithsonian Jazz website offers an education page that features information about jazz and jazz musicians, free streaming recordings, and guided listening activities. Some categories also offer parent guides, lesson plans, and education kits. The website suggests that the appropriate age range is 8-15 years.

The Smithsonian Jazz Education page is a resource provided to showcase jazz and it's history. They have many lesson plans with recordings and activities to do with your class.

Complete units for music classes that talk of the history behind many aspects of the music industry. Units include music technology as well as music genres and how they started. Lesson plans have links to all necessary handouts, videos and pictures.

After using this website for a graduate level course in American Vernacular Music History, I was really impressed with it's use for educators. Organize music history in a timeline view to allow students to click and learn more on their own.

This is the companion website to textbook for the Technology Assisted Music Learning class. It includes information about current online resources, lesson plans and many other ways to use technology in the music classroom.

The purpose of this site is to provide a companion website for use with the book "Music Learning Today: Digital Pedagogy for Creating, Performing, and Responding to Music." This bookmark is useful as a quick access to reference material pertinent to our use of technology in the classroom as well as in the MUE6696 course.

This website focuses on jazz history and music. Activities are designed for ages 8-13 or 12-15. Each famous jazz musician or historical page includes the story behind the composition, recordings, and suggested activities that engage students in the listening selection.