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Jazz in America is an all encompassing Jazz education website. It offers everything from what jazz is and how it began to lesson plans that examine characteristics of all different jazz styles. The website discusses important performers and composers. It also looks at how jazz evolved. Audio and visual examples are provided. Assessments are also provided in this website.

This Podcast discusses the influence music had during the Civil Rights Movement.

There are students who love music, but they do not want to sing or play an instrument. Music technology classes allow these students the opportunity to be creative while participating in their love for music. This blog discusses the importance of music technology classes and how fostering this skill can lead to a career in the ever growing music industry.

Best Practices for Children's Choir is a podcast with Matthew Parker discussing his best practices when working with a children's choir. The discussion content ranges from choosing music to engaging in warm-ups. Matthew also shares his favorite octavos, composers/arrangers, warm-ups, and tips when choosing music. This is very useful information and a great resource to use when working with your elementary and/or middle school choir.

Podcast and synopsis of best practices for children's choir. I want to reference this if the world works my way and places me in an elementary school next year.

This is a great website that I use with my Music History class to discuss the history of different composers and their biographies.

an article that discusses the challenges and benefits of teaching in a rural area. It gives some tips for success for rural music educators.

This is a page from the previous Songfact website. It talks about how a current artist sampled part of this piece. It is a good relevant general music discussion to illuminate how today's artists are influenced by what students might perceive as outdated and irrelevant artists to today's music.

Visual and audio representation of musical instruments, separated by family. Especially useful for classes age 7+, when first discussing wind and brass; and for classes 11+ when discussing composition and instrument timbre.

Great resource for introducing young students to the instrument families. Provides a picture and sound file for many of the instruments in each family. along with a short description of the family.

The Sax on the Web website contains valuable articles, transcriptions, and resources for all musicians including saxophonists.  The most popular aspect of this site is the forum.  The forum contains transcriptions, member compositions, insight on equipment, and many other discussion topics.  The forum marketplace allows users to list instruments and equipment for sale, allowing members to contact each other to purchase items.  Many college saxophone professors belong to this page and provide answers to user questions and valuable articles.  This is a great resource for all students, although the focus is on saxophone and other woodwinds.

The Sax on the Web website contains valuable articles, transcriptions, and resources for all musicians including saxophonists.  The most popular aspect of this site is the forum.  The forum contains transcriptions, member compositions, insight on equipment, and many other discussion topics.  The forum marketplace allows users to list instruments and equipment for sale, allowing members to contact each other to purchase items.  Many college saxophone professors belong to this page and provide answers to user questions and valuable articles.  This is a great resource for all students, although the focus is on saxophone and other woodwinds.

Sax on the Web is one of the largest saxophone sites on the internet. The site includes one of the largest saxophone forums, with contributions from big names in saxophone. The forum also includes a buy/sell/trade section. There are many articles pertaining to saxophone included on the website.

Podcast on popular music.

This is a podcast that breaks down popular music and digs deep into the theory and make up of those songs. Music educators can use this as a resource for listening guides to direct discussion and listening response for students.

Fun game for developing the young ear. This can be used as a visual for teaching melodic direction and can lead into a discussion about texture and form.

This website is a great resource to brush up on how sound waves move and can be easily left for older students to read through. The site also offers ways to create music instruments and has discussion questions available.

This blog discusses the most effective ways to implement technology into the music classroom, while addressing the concerns and misconceptions surrounding a 21st century curriculum.

This YouTube playlists features high quality videos discussing the fundamentals of each instrument, including tone production, articulation and other advanced techniques with demonstrations by professional musicians.

This article from the choral journal discusses issues surrounding including transgender students in the choral classroom. It centers around using meaningful conversation and dialogue to make these students feel comfortable. It also works through common scenarios and equips readers with vocabulary to address this in their own classrooms.

This is a Facebook group for music teachers only. This is where music educators from all over can post, read, comment and share educational resources or discussions that you can relate too. I find a lot of the topics brought up in this group to be important. Additionally, this is a great way to network and meet other teachers in different parts of the country. You can share strategies and approaches of your teaching skills while learning about other innovative ways to implement in your own classroom.

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 book looks at a holistic, artistic, and integrated approach to understanding the connections between music and children. The book discusses developmentally appropriate methods to understand the role of music in children's lives including play, games, creativity, and movement. The book also explores ways of applying music-making to benefit the whole child, by looking at multiple domains that the child can benefit from with music (social, emotional, physical, cognitive, and linguistic).

In this podcast, called "Find your entry point," Dr. Craig Hella Johnson, one of today's most respected choral conductors, delves into his personal teaching philosophy and discusses strategies to remain present and engaged with your choir and in the music making.

Many students are left-handed and in a Ukulele program, this may present a challenge for the teacher. In this blog post, Bernadette discusses strategies for teaching left-handed Ukulele students as well as tips for instrument stringing/tuning.