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Dr. Mark Flegg, my trumpet professor from my undergraduate days, writes about how to oil your valves safely and effectively for beginning trumpeters.

This resources discusses pitch tendencies on the French horn, and how to mitigate them when playing. This resources deals with French horn intonation.

This site lists different activities that can be used to develop piano student's ears. These exercises develop the students' aural abilities.

A blog from the Harmony Road site which provides several tips for teaching a group piano course.

This website has many piano/keyboard resources that can be printed. It has great, colorful visuals for students to use that are decently explanatory on their own.

This website provides many resources pertaining to teaching piano. There are games, worksheets, improv help, and ear training resources to help teachers and students.

This resource provides free online music flashcards to use with students. They help to teach note reading, key signatures, triads, and more.

This resource provides piano teachers with tips about how to help students begin to improvise.

Great resources on the NAfME website on the "My Classroom" tab. Great ideas for every special month, advocacy, professional development, lesson planes, grants, and magazines.

The NAfME My Classroom website is an excellent resource for music educators. It provides links to journals, advocacy resources, professional development, and standards-based lesson plans. The lessons plan page offers both plans submitted by other educators and strategies for meeting the arts standards. By using the search tool, teachers can find lessons pertaining to a wide range of music content and age groups.

This podcast discusses a myriad of topics that band directors face at some point. James Divine approaches the topics with good humor, a great education, practicality, and experience.

Everyone wants their classroom to look organized and inviting. This website offers great bulletin board ideas for the music classroom.

This is a blog that focuses on elementary music education, specifically songs and games that teach simple musical elements. The blog is very well organized and easy to access.

A website that allows you to track practice time better and provide students with feedback. The program saves the information and can supply practice reports.

This website is an experiment in sound production. The different sounds are made to look like organisms swimming around. The composer creates music with their ear, not notation.