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PBS - JAZZ A Film By Ken Burns: Classroom - 0 views

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    This website offers resources for teaching about jazz music in the general music classroom. The lesson plans and activities are based on the PBS documentary "Jazz: A Film By Ken Burns" and specifically designed for grades K-5 or 6-12.
akwilsonuf

Everything is a Remix - 0 views

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    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.
chammer

Big Voice - 0 views

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    The purpose of the resource is to provide educators and students will an accurate and telling documentary about high school choir. Specifically, this resource covers the very real issues regarding budget, atmosphere, and choral singing. It provides keen insight to both educators and students about the possibilities that can exist in choral program. Licensing and single copy purchase information is available as well as an overview of the film.
cahulsey

Home - Classical Classroom - 0 views

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    Classical Classroom is a podcast that offers a welcoming and simple approach to all things classical. It covers topics such as instrumental music, choral/opera music, film scores, composer biographies and more. The podcast is available through multiple platforms like iTunes, GooglePlay, and the web.
ntatarka

SCORE: A Film Music Documentary | EDUCATORS - 0 views

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    This website provides educator resources for the movie Score. Resources include worksheets for the movie. Great for studying movie music in the classroom.
ntatarka

Home - Composers You Should Know - - 0 views

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    This provides a comprehensive list of composers that you should know. It divides the list by era and even includes film music composers. It provides a list of major works as well as links to gain more information.
Jason Longtin

Jazz - a film by Ken Burns - 0 views

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    This is a great website for learning about the history and development of Jazz in the United States. It includes geography, musician biographies, information about musical instruments, and more!
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    PBS offers an amazing companion site to the 2000 Ken Burns documentary, Jazz.
Michael Lione

Sibelius vs. Finale: How To Choose? :: Film Music Magazine - 0 views

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    Ron Hess talks about choosing the best notation software for your projects.
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    Ron Hess talks about choosing the best notation software for your projects.
tashun717

Kodály Center :: About - 1 views

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    Provided by Holy Names University in conjunction with their Kodály Center, "American Folk Song Collection" is a valuable resource for music teachers, parents, choral conductors and composers.Exploring the collection of repertoire allows a music teacher of any grade level the opportunity to obtain musical scores, lyrics, song analyses and background information. All applicable to constructing curriculum, selecting repertoire for a performance ensemble or building a personal database of favorite songs. Recordings provided by the Library of Congress and other resources and short films on the history and work of Zoltán Kodály, make this a strong resource for instructional planning and classroom implementation.
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    HNU is a site in which students, teachers, parents could utilize to find songs, lyrics, scores, song analysis, background information, and deeper insight into the works and methodologies of Zoltan Kodaly.
jasnovak9

PBS - JAZZ A Film By Ken Burns: Jazz Lounge - 0 views

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    This is a great historical resource for jazz music. Includes biographies, decade-by-decade history, and an interactive jazz performing section.
bnbrewst

Arts & Entertainment: Music, Films, Interviews & More from PBS - 0 views

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    PBS is always a great resource. Here there educational programs that are easily attainable for the classroom. There are subtopics that can be picked that are related to the arts. A little tidbit, by high school (East Lansing High School) of East Lansing Michigan was part of season 1 Forte.
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    PBS is always a great resource. Here there educational programs that are easily attainable for the classroom. There are subtopics that can be picked that are related to the arts. A little tidbit, by high school (East Lansing High School) of East Lansing Michigan was part of season 1 Forte.
nmiscannon

Free sheet music on 8notes.com - 0 views

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    This website offers free sheet music categorized by music styles, instruments, and artists. Orchestra scores are available (single parts also) as well as 46 music theory lessons including ear training. Subscription is $20 per year, a forum is accessible for open discussions and requests, and members may also post their original compositions.
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    This site has a lot of free sheet music and allows students to print it off and practice sight reading. This site also has a tuner, scales, and a metronome to allow students to practice properly. The purpose of this resource is to allow students to stay engaged and practice music of their choice when they get bored with the music for concerts. This helps them stay engaged and not get burned out.
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    Free Sheet Music!
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    8notes.com is full of music resources such as free sheet music and supplemental material for lessons. The sheet music includes categories such as classical, pop, jazz, film/TV, and traditional. Any music teacher knows how frequently students ask for specific tunes from television or movies. Even though they may not be played in class, students can greatly benefit from private practice on tunes they enjoy. 8notes.com also includes over forty theory lessons. These lessons begin with learning about lines and spaces on the staff and continue through many concepts all the way to the introduction of modes. In addition to the lessons, this website provides ear training exercises to accompany the theory lessons. 8notes.com is a great resource for all music teachers, not just instrumental or vocal. This site includes music and lessons for all instruments including banjo and ukulele, making it great for a general music classroom as well.
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    Wonderful website for students and teachers to use for free sheet music. Music is available for a plethora of instruments, including non-band instruments. Great for students to use for solo or small ensemble performances. Free and easy are always a plus!
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    This site provides free sheet music for all instruments. It is an excellent resource for new material for students as well as sight reading material for any instruments in most classrooms. 
s61white

Jazz | A Note from Ken Burns | Ken Burns - 1 views

  • They're the three most beautiful things Americans have ever created.
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      Jazz is one of the greatest things Americans will be remembered for? That is a pretty weighty statement/
  • Jazz has offered a precise prism through which so much of American history can be seen — it is a curious and unusually objective witness to the 20th Century. It is the story of two world wars and a devastating Depression — the soundtrack that helped Americans get through the worst of times.
  • nd Jazz is also a story about race and race relations and prejudice, about minstrelsy and Jim Crow, lynchings and civil rights. Jazz explores the uniquely American paradox that our greatest art form was created by those who have had the peculiar experience of being unfree in our supposedly free land
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      I tend to agree with this statement. So much of the jazz idioms are also found in the gospel music of African churches.
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  • In a filmed interview for a documentary history of our national pastime we made several years ago, the writer and essayist Gerald Early told us that "when they study our civilization two thousand years from now, there will only be three things that Americans will be known for: the Constitution, baseball and jazz music
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