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This website offers resources for brass players, including: advice, news articles, etc. This is a place for all brass players regardless of age or level of experience to learn new techniques and find resources for becoming a better brass player.

Iowa Music Educators Association is a great website for a number of articles on advocacy and core curriculum. This site also contains information on the annual conference held during the Iowa All-State Music Festival.

These clinic notes are a great reference for implementing the new National Arts Standards. This handout has numerous websites and articles for responding, creating and performing music with technology.

The Library of Congress has a plethora of information and media related to music education. Within the archives of the Library of Congress are recordings of folk songs, articles about music in America, and podcasts. One of these podcast collections is about Music and the Brain where research related to music and how it affects the brain is reviewed and discussed. This is an excellent resource for music advocacy. It is also a great resource for better understanding music learning.

This article discusses possible uses for PBL in the music classroom.

All points of arts integration -- from implementation in the classroom and engaging students, to linking the arts with core curriculum -- are covered in this roundup of useful Edutopia blogs, articles, and videos.

This is a website devoted to providing tips and information on all band instruments. There are useful links to articles about each instrument. It is full of useful information that would be of benefit to both students and teachers.

TED Talks about music. Great resources for the classroom

These are TED Talks specifically about music, music technology, and the changing world of music making.

TED is a great site for any subject. It is filled with videos and articles on a wide array of topics. Topics are basically limitless.

Excellent articles on how to work with adolescent voices are on this site, including much insight on helping boys deal with changing voices.

This site has aided teachers by developing many educational programs and resources covering, notation, sequencing, instructional software, and digital media. It also gives info about conferences and workshops. You must become a paid member to access the full website.

TIME is a website dedicated to helping educators integrate technology into their classrooms. Though the site is education generic, there are a great number of articles pertaining to music education. TIME and NAfME recently joined forces to present a music and technology session at the NAfME convention this year, dedicated specifically to the music technology space.

Access scientific research journal articles of ACDA Current issues and previous issues as well as archived issues.

Marching.com is a fantastic site for the marching band fanatic. It provides information about events for marching bands that take place all over, scores from competitions, links to competitive high school bands that can be found on the web, and a directory of incredibly useful resources for marching bands. The website also includes articles about new and innovative aspects of marching bands. 

A music theory and performance site for beginning through advanced musicians. It is filled with articles to help teachers and students as well as downloadable and printable sheet music, a bookstore, and customizable lessons for students. There is a free subscription to this site on the homepage.

This is a music parents' guide with many articles written by Anthony Mazzocchi. This is a great resource for teachers to use to educate parents on why music education is important for all students.

The National Band Association is a great resource for information about band literature of all grade levels and. Members have access to the NBA Recommend Repertoire Lists (Concert Literature & Marches), the NBA Journal, and a mentor program for young teachers.

The National Band Association is a great resource for information about band literature of all grade levels and. Members have access to the NBA Recommend Repertoire Lists (Concert Literature & Marches), the NBA Journal, and a mentor program for young teachers. 

This is the National Band Association. This website provides information for teaching band. You can subscribe to their publication, which publishes articles about band. This is a great resource for any band director teaching any grade level.

Ideas for professional development, lesson plans, teaching tips, and videos for Orff teachers.

Teaching with Orff is an interesting website with many resources for teachers interested on this approach. Some resources include access to articles, tips, and videos on a variety of relevant Orff topics.

Harmony Central is a collection of articles geared toward the performing or gigging musician. For students, this resource could provide guiding documents for those considering a leap into the field of live shows, with expert advice, user reviews, and a forum for collaboration.

This database of women composers includes links to further research. Links include further study opportunities with articles and links to musical examples of these composers.

This is a music parents' guide with many articles written by Anthony Mazzocchi. This is a great resource for teachers to use to educate parents on why music education is important for every student.

Event info and audition information, district minutes, ways to get involved in FBA.

This website is an important one for Florida band directors to have book marked. The Florida Bandmasters Association provides a variety of educational experiences for students including performance evaluations and honor band experiences. In addition, FBA is a community of educators who support each other by helping each other to grow professionally. The FBA website provides a "best practices" section as well as articles and other resources that are helpful for band directors as they seek to improve their skills.