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This website provides comprehensive information about copyright law and obtaining various use licenses. The site also includes news and updates on copyright law in the United States.

This site is a reference to copyright laws. 

This article discusses the various types of licenses and permissions needed to be compliant with copyright law, specifically geared toward show choirs. Information like this is important to know as a choir director so that you can ensure that the music you are performing isn't infringing on any laws. It also protects your school/organization from unwanted (and often hefty) fines.

This blog has information about the video series "Everything is a Remix". This series discusses the creative process and how those who create develop the ideas of others to come up with their new ideas. Topics include music, film, technology, copyright, among others. Interestingly presented and remixed.

This article is about works finally becoming public domain after 20 years

This interactive guide by composer Abbie Betinis goes through a step-by-step question guide that allows conductors to answer questions about how they want to perform and/or reproduce music. The guide then explains the appropriate licenses needed to ensure the copyright holder is fairly treated. It also tells you how to obtain these licenses.

There are literally hundreds of websites that offer free sheet music and a large percentage (not ALL) of the titles are also copyright-free so you can arrange, transpose or transform the original to your heart's content.

This website is a tool to advocate music education and technology to a widespread group of people, and allow readers to write feedback on the website. As well as the feedback, this site is for the general musician audience to search for resources that will help with teaching in schools and responding to young musicians. This website includes articles about music technology and its benefits and uses, posts about music education, the advocacy of music and its importance to all students, and general posts about things such as copyright laws, orchestra and its instruments, apps for music, and planning education tools for teachers.

This is the page for the Nations Association for Music Education. This site is full of information for teachers and students alike on the national level. Music research and advocacy information is also available. NAFME was formerly called MENC.

The National Association for Music Education's webpage is valuable online tool for music educators of all fields. It offers helpful resources for not only teachers, but students as well. There is a wide variety of links and posts to read through ranging from blog posts to teaching standards.

NAFME is a vital resource for music educators. This website provides communication and collaboration via forums, lesson plans, standards, frequently posted articles, and even more resources for music educators of all varieties. It is an excellent way to stay involved in the music education community, and it continuously strives to improve the state of music education nation-wide.

I am grateful to people who share their work without selfishness and not for money. Fair use and Creative Commons have made the life of us music educators easy.There are lots of resources for Creative Commons and Other Copyright friendly media available to use in class.

THis website explains how to find out if your work in question is public domain or not.

A great resource for finding choral music. You can search or click on seasons, styles, composers, etc. This is a very useful site for anyone who teaches choir.

This wiki has thousands of choral works available for use, free of charge. Music can be accessed by season or composer, making locating songs easier.

ChoralWiki is like the wikipedia of choral music. This website has a lot of choral songs that either music teachers composed or even music from the past that was not included with copyright laws. The best part about this website is that all of the music is free!

The Flickr Internt Archive Book Images has over 12 million copyright-free images. Sign in with your Yahoo account and browse away. There are groups to follow as well.

The purpose of this site is to provide loyalty free music samples to use in a variety of applications. It includes free samples of a wide variety of genres, moods and even premium tracks that can be purchased. It is a great resource for student projects where students can avoid copyright infringement. It is great for podcasts, videos, commercials, etc.

This is a website from PBS that chronicles the evolution of music recording from the phonograph to iTunes. As you read through the different stages of music production, there are interesting facets of information regarding the progression of copyright laws.

Creative Commons is a site that supports creativity and sharing. This site contains a portal to public domain. 

Informational website on specific topics. Some topics include Music Business, the music brain, why music makes you smarter, etc. This would be great for a general music class. There are numerous articles and videos shared on the website.

This is a resource to gather public domain sheet music and lyrics. It is good for developing your own lessons and avoiding copyright, and also for programs which may not have a lot of money for new music. There are also composer pages, although I don't think these are exactly helpful. It lacks information other than birthdays and a general sentence explaining who the composer is.

This is a free sheet music website specializing in choral sheet music. Most of the music in the database is public domain. Great resource for choir teachers.

This is a free sheet music website specializing in choral sheet music. Most of the music in the database is public domain. Great resource for choir teachers.

This website presents a colorful presentation of music theory basics including notation, rhythm, key signatures, intervals, minor scales, part writing, seventh chords, and augmented chords. Each page can be printed.

Music Theory is a topic that can often be confusing when beginning to learn.  This website does a great job of breaking down the elements of music theory for anyone who is trying to gain deeper understanding of Music Theory.

This website is great for quick music theory handouts for students. It contains PDF worksheets to print and share with students. Excellent free resource!

This website contains PDFs of music that is available for free to download in the United States. The music is public domain or available via a Creative Commons license. There is also an option to purchase some music. While bandmusicpdf.org is strictly for wind band music, IMSLP contains music for band and orchestra, as well as vocal and other instrumental works. This is very helpful with finding older music or replacing parts, especially with music that is out of print.

The International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) is a great site to find timeless works of instrumental and vocal music. The site is free to use, but membership is available. The public domain site is easy to navigate and provides scores and recordings out thousands of composers and their music. Make sure not to click on advertisements and download something on accident in the free version. This site is a great resource for educators to find musical works from great composers that are no longer in print, and they is free.

IMSLP is a website where anyone can search music that is no longer under copyright law. Here you can find music from a symphony score to a Beethoven piano piece. This resource can be used by growing student-run ensembles that wish to perform classical music. I use this website when I want to practice bassoon repertoire or when I need to find another piece to practice on piano. This is also a great resource to show students how to properly find music with educated keyword searches through a public domain.