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Black Violin shares the influence music education had on their lives. This podcast discusses how art and music education introduces students to perspectives that they would not necessarily come across in their upbringing. They also discuss balancing classical music with music that is culturally relevant to the students and how classical music needs to be more inclusive to bridge the gap. This is especially relevant in my urban teaching environment. 

Podcast episodes as well as other resources on the "classic" music for use with students.

Kevin Olusola is a cellist who also beatboxes while playing. He is also in the a capella group Pentatonix. His videos are entertaining and musically stimulating. He not only performs his own compositions, but he also creates mash-ups of pop tunes...often performed in a classical style. He bridges the gap between classical and pop music, demonstrating incredible instrumental technique and culturally relevant material...all while beatboxing!

This SFCV site is for the arts community to read articles, listen to podcast from other orchestras, and allow users to purchase tickets to concerts. Another purpose is to allow youth to explore new music that they might not know or understand yet. This website includes upcoming events in the San Francisco area, Critic Reviews, the ability to listen to music online, and other music resources such as biographies on composers and musicians of today, and from the past.

8notes.com provides an incredible variety of free and subscription based printable music for instrumentalists and vocalists. The site categorizes the music by instrument, composer, level of difficulty, etc. This is a great resource to share with students who are looking for solo or ensemble repertoire ideas, in addition to rock/pop, jazz, and world music selections for personal enrichment and entertainment purposes. 

The Radio Arts Foundation of St. Louis Classical music website offers live stream of their music. It is great to turn on during any down time in the class room.

This is a great resource for integrating technology in helping students generate a response to classical music while learning about the orchestra.

This is a great website for teaching beginning composition!

This composition site through Classics for Kids gives two levels of composing- beginner and advanced. A great variety of notes to be used (there are dotted rhythms in the advanced level), and students can drag the notes/rests easily to where they'd like to on the staff. This site is great for teaching composition, beats, time signature, treble clef staff and notes.

This is a great website that provides free sheet music for various instruments as well as music theory lessons. For private piano lessons, I search for classical and popular sheet music. There is sheet music for levels ranging from 1 (easy) to 5 (most advanced). The score arrangements appear to be suitable for beginners. The arrangements also make it an easy transition for when students are ready to learn to original scores.

Website with resources, videos, and games for kids to learn about classical music. Includes a create your own Hansel and Gretel opera game, interactive lessons with Brahms and chamber music, a student focused podcast on broadcasting, and more. Also includes a resource for teachers explaining their lessons and offerings. Made available by KUSC radio.

An incredible TED talk by Benjamin Zander discussing how music has the power to impact all listeners. He takes the audience on a journey of how music is more than just sound and how everyone has the capacity to appreciate classical music.

DoodleChaos is a YouTube channel that features Line Rider videos, which are fun animations set to classical music. They are a great way to show melodic direction, duration, and expressive elements such as dynamics and tempo.

An awesome listening activity for Pre-school aged students. Five listening excerpts from classical music related to water. Each example includes ideas of what to listen for while listening. Additional examples are included for possible extension. Teachers can add movements to each example for a kinesthetic activity.

Interviews and historical perspectives on classical music

Classical music insights and perspectives

This website has the purpose of gaining knowledge on saxophone musicians, and ways to practice, listen, and fine tune the sound one makes. It has articles and techniques that are meant to give saxophonists needed guidance on history, ways to improve performance, and how to perform with different styles. This site includes different genres or saxophone performance, such as classical, jazz, be bop, rock and blues, and regae. There are other links for purchasing music, mouthpieces, saxophones, and practice books.

Musicnotes is a sheet music downloading website that includes classical and popular titles in a variety of arrangements. Many titles can be transposed, allowing teachers to choose keys that fit their students' instruments, ranges and levels of development. 

This is another great resource for purchasing sheet music and seeing what the latest arrangements for popular music and classics. This site is one of the most up to date that I have encountered.

The Piano Guys are a YouTube sensation which tie classical music to popular music. They have HD quality videos and have performed in unique venues such as skating rinks, retirement homes, and are even on a mission to record a video at each wonder of the world. So far, they have played at the Great Wall of China and the Iguazu Falls

It's easy to teach and celebrate the classic composers: Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, etc., but this article discusses ways to incorporate the composers that are still alive today that are still creating new media in our art form.

Brought to the internet from PBS Kids, Chuck Vanderchuck is a cartoon kid who dreams big when it comes to music. Along with his band-mate, Ramona and their dog Zepplin, the trio explore styles of music, compose songs, explore sounds, have jam sessions and allow an interactive inside look at famous musicians and composers in their locations around the globe. Builds music vocabulary, music history and overall exploration of various genres. Styles include: Salsa, Jazz, Country, Hip-Hop, Rock n' Roll, Blues, Classical, Reggae. Good with IWB. Offers teacher and parent resources. Can create a free account and log in anywhere to progress through the game-like environment of Chuck Vanderchuck.