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A source for links to music education blogs. Blogs are categorized -- elementary, middle school, high school, kodaly-inspired, orff-inspired, technology, choir, orchestra etc.  

Some of the top music education blogs to provide instructional resources to music educators.

The title says it all. This is a collection of music education blogs, covering all kinds of topics.

The Music Education Blogs link contains links to blogs for all sorts of music educators.  The links are catered to specific school settings, teaching methodologies, ensembles, and free online services.  I enjoyed exploring several of the blogs because blogging is something I've just become acquainted to within my graduate studies with the University of Florida's Online Master of Music.  For example, I clicked on the "Elementary Blogs" tab to see what some of my elementary music educator colleagues have to say/share.  A handful of links to other teachers' blogs and websites were made available at a click of the mouse.  I clicked on the first link, "Mrs. Miracle's Music Room," and was able to read posts from "Mrs. Miracle" about her teaching strategies for classroom management when utilizing technology.  Her blog contained other features like a personal bio and links.  My blog for this course doesn't contain those things, and perhaps exploring the blogger.com website more would allow me to make similar changes to my Blog. Being able to share ideas within any online community, in this case a blogging community, could be so useful for any sort of educator.  Considering we are currently enrolled in an online Master of Music program, we are capable of sharing ideas from across the country and even across the globe.  This blog link just makes that possibility more accessible with more educators.

This blog is an organized data base of music educatin blogs categorized by topic.

Some of the top music education blogs to provide instructional resources to music educators.

Mrs. Miracle's Music Room is a blog dedicated to elementary music education. This website provides viewers with Mrs. Miracle's podcast, as well as, music literature, tips for teaching different grade levels and different music learning styles. The website also provides the viewer with free materials that they can use in their classroom and assessments. Technology is a big focus of Mrs. Miracle's blog.

Blog filled with resources, ideas, helpful hints, podcasts, etc, to utilize in your music classrooms. Includes resources on different learning styles and age groups, as well as downloads and purchases for your classroom.

This site contains a list of classical composers from many different countries. The composers are also listed according to the historical period in which they wrote music. Each week there is a featured composer and a featured video of a classical artist's music being performed.

This website offers profiles of some of the best known classical music composers. You can search by name, country, or period.

This website has profiles of 52 classical composers.  Each composer has a page discussing famous compositions, family, a timeline, videos of professional recordings, and links to other resources.  This is a great place to begin researching classical composers.  

Website with information on the great classical composers. This is a great resource for having more information on composers when teaching music history.

This has a list of important classical composers and a few important facts about them. This could be a great tool for printing out a quick "composer of the week" type of activity where students learn a little bit about specific composers. This works on their music history skills.

The purpose of this site is to provide teacher with professional development and resources on the latest advances in music pedagogy. It also has great resources for students. A wide variety of content is covered by this site such as copyright laws, standards, Music in Our Schools activities, jazz band and much more.

Provides educational information for both teachers and students; including access to InTune monthly magazine.

This is the official website for the National Association for Music Education (NAfME). The website contains various information pertaining to music education, such as links to publications and articles about music education, links for honor ensembles for students, as well as links to the national standards for music education. It also contains information about upcoming events, conferences, and new and emerging ideas in the field of music education.

NAfME (National Association for Music Eduation) is the leading music teaching professional organization. Their website has great resources for advocacy and professional development opportunities.

The National Association for Music Education (NAfME) website contains many resources for music educators, including membership information,

This is the site for the National Association for Music Education. There are valuable articles, lesson plans, and ideas for the classroom.

(In my opinion) all music educators should be members of NAfME. They offer great publications, resources, and events that can be very valuable.

NAfME provides resources and information for teachers and students. Resources include legal information such as copyright compliance, professional development opportunities, and much more. NAfME is a hub for all music educations and leads the music education field in terms of providing the best possible opportunities for students.

This website contains the current 2014 standards for music. All grades and content areas (general music, band, etc.) can be easily accessed.

This website offers many links to professional development opportunities, articles, and helpful links to be used in a music teacher's classroom. It also has all the National Music Standards posted that can be accessed easily for classroom use, Educator Effectiveness, or other needs.

This is a great resource for all music educators. The national music standards can be found here as well as information on scholarships, upcoming NAfME events, and articles for teachers. This can help teachers help students in all aspects of their music education.

Website for Drum Corps International.  Marching music at it's finest

This is a great site for inspiring band students. The things that these musicians do is amazing! Ere a lot of resources here for students, and y can also follow your favorite corp!

DCI.org provides all events and tours for DCI.  Students and teachers can stay plugged in and gain inspiration for all that DCI bands and members of the band compete. 

Everything that you need to know about Drum Corps is here.  It includes schedules, scores, recruitment info, etc..  This is bookmarked because I have a few students that would love to march Drum Corp.  

Everything that you need to know about Drum Corps is here.  It includes schedules, scores, recruitment info, etc..  This is bookmarked because I have a few students that would love to march Drum Corp.  

This is the Percussive Arts Society. This is a great resource for all of your percussion needs, including: concert, marching, world, drumset, etc. You can subscribe to PAS and receive access to their publication Percussive Notes. There are great articles that pertain to all areas of percussion.

Percussive Arts Society is home to all things percussion, from resources to publications, and information about chapters around the US.

Resource for UF Masters in Music Education. PAS is an incredible resource for directors, especially for those that have minimal experience in teaching percussion. There is a wide variety of free lessons, information, and videos to help guide your percussion section to success.

The purpose of this resource is to help students with ear training for interval recognition using familiar tunes. The musical content is in the form of links to YouTube clips that demonstrate different intervals. This source is valuable for teachers because it builds on what students know (the familiar tunes) and provides immediate links for patterns of intervals both ascending and descending. It also allows you to select only the examples you want to use and print them out on their own chart. It also provides tutorials and music facts about theory and technology. Like many other software programs, it offers a free trial, making it more marketable and appealing to teachers and students alike.

This website will generate a list of intervals with related songs to learn the intervals. By picking the song of your choice, you can build a custom list to meet your students' interests. The list is printable and can be distributed to your students.

A helpful site for students who are working on learning and mastering their intervals. Provides a great list of songs that you can associate the intervals with to help remember them.

This website features free access to musical excerpts of famous songs and melodies to illustrate examples of musical intervals. Each excerpt is a link to a video on YouTube. You can create your own song chart of favorite pieces to use as an example of each interval in ascending or descending patterns. Music educators would find these examples very useful for classroom instruction. The Earmaster company also offers ear training materials for purchase including over 2000 exercises for musicians of all ability levels. Free trials are available and it is advertised that music schools and universities use these products.

Great resource for music teachers to teach intervals. It is a list of popular songs and pieces that utilize specific intervals, and includes links to the audio or youtube examples.

EarMaster organizes an ample amount of repertoire for learning specific intervals. The music examples are categorized by ascending and descending intervals of minor/major 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 7th, perfect 4th, 5th, octaves, and tritones. The youtube examples will start immediately where the specified interval can be heard. Students can choose to memorize any examples listed to help them remember the sound of specific intervals.

This site offers a service that one wishes they had until they realize it exists. Essentially, if offers lists of songs that can be used to teach intervals. For many choirs - both middle and high school - the majority of students have not had proper ear training. A fun and effective way to do this remedially is to use familiar or easy to sing songs that students can reference to develop their ears. This site puts many song titles in one place to help facilitate that.

This website allows teachers to find songs that are associated with particular intervals. There is a free version but the paid (2.99/month) has more features. This software basically generates a chart with a list of songs for each interval and can be used as an excellent ear training activity!

This website provides browsers with a repertoire of songs that feature particular melodic intervals. Several of these songs are accompanied with links directing browsers to a YouTube recording of the corresponding song.

This website offers different musical examples for each musical interval. This instructional tool will help build students ear training skills.

This is the companion website for the textbook. It is a storehouse of website links for various topics regarding Technology in Music Education.

This is the companion website for the textbook. It is a storehouse of website links for various topics regarding Technology in Music Education.

This is the companion website link for the textbook Music Learning Today; Digital Pedagogy for Creating, Performing, and Responding to Music written by William I. Bauer, a professor at the University of Florida. The text and website is a useful resource for Music Educators to learn how to integrate Technology into their music curriculum.