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Excellent FREE ear-training software, as part of the GNU project. While there is little/no support from the website admin anymore, it provides a smooth and easy way to: -Recognize, compare and sing intervals -Identify & sing chords and specific chord tones -Rhythmic and melodic dictation (The "basics" of Auralia and other paid ear-training software, without the pretty interface).

Tied to the popular guitar workshops, this site provides practical tips for starting and maintaining a guitar curriculum. The forum is not very active, but does store some good conversations.

Free guitar ensembles for use in the classroom. Some of these are very accessible for beginners.

Clinician and Trumpet player Chris Clark discusses the challenges of creating a middle school lead trumpet player for Jazz Band. He includes strategies and exercises to help develop such a player

This is a extended video (almost 90 minutes) by the U.S. Army Field band flute section. It describes many techniques from beginner on up. There is good camera work to show close ups of embouchure formation. They also appear to be active when replying to comments, allowing users to ask questions and expand on the topics in the video.

This website deals with all things related to the saxophone. There are links on this page for many articles. Some information is geared towards beginners (such as reading notes and how to hold the instrument). Other information is geared toward more advanced players (such as improv and even changing pads/neck cork).

A simple website with great drills to practice that are free. From the beginner to the advanced these drills make learning possible and fun. 

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.

Dallas Symphony Orchestra site offering teacher, student and classroom resources. Play games, learn while playing, discover composers and their famous compositions, take a virtual tour of the Meyerson, get practice tips and more! Lesson plan datapase, educational programs for an integrated and meaningful classroom.

A blog I love dedicated to thoughts on the performing musician. Great resource with approaches to use as an individual performer and information to present to students.

Dr. Noa Kageyama is a sport and performance psychologist with a music background.  He provides very interesting and introspective articles to help people improve themselves as people and performers, and offers a course to teach you how to overcome performance anxiety.  Great resource for people who struggle with performing.

How To Overcome Stage Fright & Performance Anxiety

"What is Jazz?" is a four-part lecture about jazz by Dr. Billy Taylor presented at the John F. Kennedy Center. Dr. Bill Taylor is a noted jazz pianist, historian, and educator. His four-part lecture dives into the history of jazz and the most important moments of jazz history. The first lecture centers around the origins of jazz in the African-American experience of slavery to the civil rights movement. This lecture explores the development of repertoire and techniques used in jazz performance. The second lecture discusses the techniques and traditions of jazz improvisation. The third lecture discusses the evolution of swing and rhythm/harmony with the inclusion of examples by a piano. The fourth lecture discusses the role of jazz in American culture and history, as well as the impact it has had on the world. 

This site has everything tuba. You can find instruments for sale, audition dates, and general discussions. This is a great tool to help students find out which schools have tuba openings and what types of scholarships they offer. Also you can help students who are in the market for a used instrument find potential deals.

This is an excellent resource for piano teachers. There are articles about books to read, piano pedagogy, studio management, and other pertinent topics for piano teachers. This would be a very useful resource for teachers of all experience levels to learn more about how to fine tune their teaching.

With this app, you can take videos of class and, similar to Zaption, guide the students through the what you are seeing and hearing as and educator. You can talk over the recording as well as use a stylus or your finger to circle or point out things that are good or bad about what you see. It's a great way to give more concrete feedback to students.

SMART Exchange is a website that allows users to create a free account. After creating a free account, users may upload and share any presentation that the user has made. Also, a great resource to search for presentations that have been made. You can search by subject area, grade, or any topic that you wish to search.

This page provides good insight and food-for-thought for choral directors. Contributions are made by different authors.

Great website that is put together by violinists from around the world. This material is always be updated, so check back frequently. Also included Violin Technique Exercises that can easily be included in lessons.

"Web Audio API Oscillators" is a web page based on Middle Ear website. It has valuable information on how to generate sound using a web browser. It also contains links to interesting sound apps.

Good, active discussion board on all things violin. Many of the threads have implications for private and group string instruction.

The website contains great conducting tutorial videos. There are lecture videos as well videos of the clinicians conducting ensembles. There are also opportunities to view live concert. Many of the videos were gather by the CBDNA

The website contains great conducting tutorial videos. There are lecture videos as well videos of the clinicians conducting ensembles. There are also opportunities to view live concert. Many of the videos were gather by the CBDNA