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This blog is great for seeing what other band directors are up to. This post specifically is an introduction to Google Classroom. It outlines what Google Classroom is and how it can be utilized within the music classroom. As someone who uses Google Classroom, I highly recommend it.

A free magazine for Choral directors.

Marching band is something that a lot of people have to do, but not everyone has great experience as a marching director. This site provides a free podcast put together by some of the prolific minds in the marching band and drum corps world to help give ideas and provide strategies for improving public school programs.

This website is a great resource for those involved in the marching arts. There are many informative podcasts that go over everything from marching show design to judging criteria. This is a huge tool for high school band directors and marching band staff members

This website contains resources related to surviving as a middle school band director, including conducting, grading, band warmup, and jazz education. There are lots of tips to be found here!

This article talks about the basics for teaching beginning flute to a student.

This article talks about the basics for teaching beginning flute to a student.

Main Website for Choral Directors Blogs, posts, job search, and forums

An outstanding resource for music educators categorized and tagged based on topic. Fantastic!

This website is a blog focusing on music technology in our classroom. It includes different reviews and information about software and other technologies in our classroom. This will be very useful in staying up to date with the newest programs and ideas.

This website is a blog focusing on music technology in our classroom. It includes different reviews and information about software and other technologies in our classroom. This will be very useful in staying up to date with the newest programs and ideas.

Kahn Academy provides free online instruction in a wide array of domains. Their music section contains information on basic music reading and terminology, examinations of orchestral works by Gerard Schwartz (former music director of the Seattle Symphony), and and introduction to the instruments of the orchestra. 

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

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 website is the home of the Florida Music Educators Association. It updates regular with information on professional development as well as the Florida Music Director monthly magazine. This is a great tool for educators to find information about upcoming conferences and auditions.

This website is the home of the Florida Music Educators Association. It updates regular with information on professional development as well as the Florida Music Director monthly magazine. This is a great tool for educators to find information about upcoming conferences and auditions.

The Florida Music Educators Association provides a variety of opportunities for students and educators to grow. The annual professional development conference provides many relevant seminars. Also, FMEA hosts honor ensembles to promote excellent in student achievement. The FMEA website provides information about these annual events as well as resources related to teaching, advocacy, and legislative matters.

Professional organization that provides educational resources and advocacy for choir directors. Main focus is choirs and they offer a national conference with plenty of professional development opportunities.

American Choral Directors Association. This site is a resource for national choral standards, conferences, repertoire, and choral education articles. 

Professional Organization that can provide music advocacy and an avenue for choral music resources and advancements. Website offers music lists that only include quality repertoire.

Purpose of this resource: Chordify is a useful website for determining the chord progressions of almost any song. Musical Content: Chordify allows users to upload or link to recordings and analyze the chord structure. This works for all genres, including classical music. The chords are displayed in text form, and you can follow the chord changes through the piece while your original file plays. Other information: When using Chordify, educators should double-check the chords. Files with extra sounds (such as applause) can cause the program to add extraneous chords, and suspensions/inversions are not written out. This resource is still helpful for score analysis, and even for choral directors with limited keyboard proficiency. Chord changes can be written in to concert music to allow for a simpler harmonic accompaniment when teaching.

Purpose of Resource: This website can be used to identify the chord progressions for many modern songs. The website can also be used to transpose chord progressions into various keys. Specific Musical Content: This webpage contains the chord progressions of over 5,000 songs. The original song can be played as well as just the chord progression on a piano. Each song can be transposed into different keys and modes while preserving sonic relationships. Theory Tab also can display the chords being played on a piano keyboard or a Guitar Fretboard. Other Information: This could be a great resource for any composition units, as well as for directors looking to incorporate popular music, or arrange popular tunes for their ensembles.

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.

This blog explores ways to integrate the iPad and its applications into the daily classroom teaching of band directors. The blogger offers reviews of applications and suggestions on how to use apps in an ensemble setting. 

This is a playlist of TED talks specifically designated for general music education and various music ensembles. A great resource for all types of music directors interested in learning more about the transformative power of music.

This site has all kinds of resources for band directors such as rhythm sheets and other worksheets. It's totally worth checking out. #UFMUE

This podcast has discussions about all things related to band. Topics range from tips on specific instruments, how to choose music, and interviews with composers and teachers. It is geared more toward the Texas band director experience, but is still a great resource for all band directors.

Podcast website as well as different resources found in website all related to band.