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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. 

The Midwest Marching website offers up to date information on available competitions as well as results and judging information from previous competitions. Additionally, there are great resources in the articles section.

"Although technology is sometimes intimidating, it will give you capabilities that will set you apart from your competition. Do not shun technology, embrace it and it will open new opportunities for you and your students. Remain current on the latest trends and incorporate them into your studio and instruction, your students will appreciate it and you will be a better musician for it.Although technology is sometimes intimidating, it will give you capabilities that will set you apart from your competition. Do not shun technology, embrace it and it will open new opportunities for you and your students. Remain current on the latest trends and incorporate them into your studio and instruction, your students will appreciate it and you will be a better musician for it.

Voice instructors, especially those just starting out, tend to have trouble finding places to take their students to showcase their talents. NATS is an organization designed specifically for that purpose. It provides information for their events, the opportunity to find vocal coaches, and vocal literature that would enhance any instructor's library.

An all-encompassing website for choral directors in the United States. Provides information regarding competitions, professional development, instruction and many other areas. Journals inform teachers of latest news in the field of vocal teaching.

The purpose of the resource is to provide singing teachers multiple resources and professional development. NATS is an organization geared towards private lesson and studio teachers who work in a variety of settings and teach a variety fo students. Membership is costly but resource include access to journals and ability to register students for scholarship competitions.

This is the homepage for Drum Corp International. This can be used for all marching instructors during marching season. It can can also be used to promote what DCI. Students can utilize the website as well for audition information or performance attendance.

I use this for my marching band students so they can access local shows and for audition information.

This site serves as the primary hub of information for anything dealing with drum and bugle corps (competition schedules, show announcements, new developments within the organization, etc.). DCI serves as a model for many competitive marching programs around the world, especially those who participate in the Bands of America circuit. Educators can access short video clips to show students are access posts that can inform the development of their own programs.

This website provides a game format for practicing music terms, note reading and fingerings for instruments. It's based on speed and is a competition.

This website provides a game format for practicing music terms, note reading and fingerings for instruments. It's based on speed and is a competition.

The Florida Marching Band Coalition website is a website that almost all Florida high school marching band directors will utilize and should have book marked. The site provides information about marching band competitions in the state of Florida as well as establishing criteria by which marching band shows should be designed and taught.

This is a nation wide, multiple chapters of the American String Teacher Association. Much like NAfME, ASTA give a wonderful string standards to use in lesson plans. Journals can be accessed from the site under the membership. There are competitions, conferences, instrument outreach and job posting. This is just for string educators with many resources and support around the nation.

This is a nation wide, multiple chapters of the American String Teacher Association. Much like NAfME, ASTA give a wonderful string standards to use in lesson plans. Journals can be accessed from the site under the membership. There are competitions, conferences, instrument outreach and job posting. This is just for string educators with many resources and support around the nation.

The purpose of this website is to explore resources for trombonists of all ages to help improve musicianship. The content provides possible performance and workshop opportunities, competition events, and scholarship opportunities. It also offers musicians and educators access to high quality audio recordings and videos.

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A great resource for trombonists from professional to amateur. Includes pedagogy, competition listings, orchestral openings, and more.

This website connects teachers with their choice of skilled adjudicators from around the US. The purpose of these connections is to get your ensembles critiqued BEFORE going to a festival/competition event so you have an idea of what to work on. Songs are submitted via recording to your chosen adjudicator (for a fee).

This website connects teachers with their choice of skilled adjudicators from around the US. The purpose of these connections is to get your ensembles critiqued BEFORE going to a festival/competition event so you have an idea of what to work on. Songs are submitted via recording to your chosen adjudicator (for a fee).

The International Clarinet Association offers articles in teaching clarinet and clarinet ensembles, provides information about conferences, youth competitions, and more.

The purpose of this website dedicated to all things clarinet is to provide convenient access to links to clarinet resources, competitions, ensembles, etc. It is of great benefit to the student clarinetist and educator alike as a compilation of clarinet resources.

This website provided by the International Trumpet Guild has free resources for both trumpet teachers and trumpet students. The site includes reviews on solos, information on upcoming events such as masterclasses, summer camps, competitions, and also provides a link to "ask the teacher."

This is really "all about that bass". International Society of Bassist has resources about flying with your bass, journals, buying and selling, publication. You can also look up members and contact them if there is further questions that you couldn't find on the site. There are also competitions and conventions to par take in.

Collect Files, Documents, Photos & Videos, Student Assignments, Competition Submissions, Applications directly in your Dropbox, Google Drive, or Amazon S3.

This is similar to the website Choralia in that it offers part rehearsal tracks for choral music, but this website is devoted to large masterworks. This would be best for choirs who need to learn these works of parts thereof for festivals or competitions.

The purpose of this resource is to provide educators and students access to an organization that specializes in a cappella singing. Educators can register their ensembles for competitions where students can be a part of a community that encourages and provides resources to improving the overall quality of student performance in the genre.

This site is stocked full of useful features for students in the form of games, quizzes, and a great flash keyboard with music to match. Using the number keys, students can practice even if they don't have a piano keyboard. There are also lessons and resources for teachers, too.

This website is suitable for teachers who give students free time to work on music games. Many different music topics are taught by the music teachers and a better way for students to retain the information would include turning some of their assignments into competition. One thing i have learned, elementary students love to be competitive, so if the students are able to get high scores on music games, then they are retaining and getting the information.

The creator of this site, Karen Garrett, has compiled different games and quizzes to make her music class more interactive. Students can access games about different instruments, note naming, rhythm, and even composers. There are also theory quizzes and worksheets that anyone can access.

All things trumpet! This site has article and journals regarding trumpet. It also have event which include the International Trumpet Guild competition.

I use this game with my students to help with note names.  This makes naming notes a game and competitive.  It also includes the alto clef and while many worksheets leave out the alto clef.

This website is an excellent tool for reinforcing note reading and fluency. Students can progress through three levels of identifying notes on a staff specific to their instrument. They can work to get faster times and eventually reach the top 50 list.

This site has 3 reinforcement games in it for band students. In order to start the games students select their instrument, it then takes them to the appropriate exercise for the students. The reinforcement games are note identification, fingering reinforcement and music terms.

NPR ( National Public Radio) is a media organization that finds artists, hold interviews of various artists while airing it on their podcast or creating live videos. The musicians are from all over the world, some are up and coming artists and some are already famous. Tiny Desk concerts also offer a contest for bands or artists to enter this competition which will help expose them. You can find NPR all over the place. They are on public radio stations from around the US, there are videos online and can be found at YouTube, as well as their podcasts that are accessible from any computer or phone.