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A podcast produced by three active middle school band directors from Texas. They offer insight and advice on everything from fundamentals, sight-reading, student retention, and more. Episodes vary from eight minutes (on small topics) to hour-long discussions depending on the topic. They do a great job offering practical relevant advice and is an easy way to get professional development in the car on your way to and from school.

After Sectionals is an entertaining and informative podcast about the struggles and benefits of being a music educator. This podcast contains a lot of varying information regarding the many aspects of being a director. It is a great resource for beginning teachers, as it provides a look into the profession from experienced educators!

The purpose of this podcast is to offers helpful and relevant information to beginning band teachers. The podcast is run by three band teachers based in Texas that share their strategies and experiences in their podcast. The website would be an excellent resource for a new or struggling band teacher who needs some tips to help improve any band program. Simply title podcasts make it easy to find the necessary information to address any concerns.

This resource has resources and videos to encourage students to sign up for and stay in music programs. Pages are designed for elementary and middle school students.

A wealth of interactive activities for music students. Offers graphically-charged representations of musical concepts that simplifies musical ideas into concepts students can grasp.

Easy to navigate and have young and old explore music sounds and composition

Chrome Music Lab is a great resource to explore the world of music technology with students of all grade levels. Students can create melodies, rhythms, and visually see their piece come to life with eye-catching colors. My younger students can learn through the program the difference between high/low and short/long. The Kandisky program is great for even the Kindergarten level to practice shapes, sounds, and reading music left to right.

This is a free website that has music theory lessons as well as exercises. It covers the basics of music and more. Teachers are able to customize exercises and have students print out a progress report

This is a free website that has music theory lessons as well as exercises. It covers the basics of music and more. Teachers are able to customize exercises and have students print out a progress report

This site provides lessons and exercises in music theory for students. The lessons are not interactive, but the exercises are with quizes.

This site provides lessons and exercises in music theory for students. The lessons are not interactive, but the exercises are with quizes.

This is a great website to further music theory knowledge. This site helps students with ear training and music reading. There are many games, lessons, and activities to improve one's musical knowledge.

Musicthory.net is a free resource for music theory students. You can select from lessons, notation and aural exercises, and much more.

The purpose of this site is to provide a program that teaches music theory. This program has lessons and exercises to facilitate the learning of music theory and ear training.

The purpose of this site is to provide a program that teaches music theory. This program has lessons and exercises to facilitate the learning of music theory and ear training.

Musictheory.net contains free online music content. Students and teachers can explore the fundamentals of music through animated lessons. You can also create custom exercises to improve your musical recognition and use interactive tools to calculate notes, intervals, and chords for specific keys.

This website has numerous music theory resources and lessons.

A great site to direct any music student to!  I used it a lot when I was struggling in Aural Skills in college, so great for any age.

This is a fantastic resource that I have been using for many years. There are many options for lessons among the music elements, which are customizable for different levels of difficulty. My favorite to use this site for is identifying pitches. I can customize the lesson to only include specific pitches and ranges, and even with sharps and flats.

This is one of the most useful music education resources I have ever found. I use it with all of my students, from beginners all the way to AP Music Theory. The webpage is completely downloadable and can be accessed offline.

Learn Music theory online or on your mobile device. 

This website assists all musicians of levels from middle school and beyond with understanding basic to advanced music theory. There are lessons, tutorials, and exercises for ear training, intervals, and chords.

This website assists all musicians of levels from middle school and beyond with understanding basic to advanced music theory. There are lessons, tutorials, and exercises for ear training, intervals, and chords.

A free website with music theory lessons and exercises. From the very basic (note identification) to more advanced topics (chord structure, modes, 7th chords), this would work well for students in grades 5 and up.

This is a music theory site that emphasizes beginning music fundamentals. This site is available for download in a free offline edition.

This music theory website contains both exercises and lessons that are very useful to teachers and students. The website includes a wide variety of categories including but not limited to key signatures, scales, note identification, and rhythms. This would be very useful if ever teaching a high school theory course or even for an instructor to brush up on their own music theory skills.

Teachers can assign ready made lessons in music theory.  Easy to use and comprehensive covering note identification to ear training. 

This interactive site offers lessons in different musical concepts and exercises to build knowledge. All exercises are customizable to fit different skill levels and work with interactive white boards. A list of tools features handy applications like an interval finder and a metronome. Users who enjoy the site can purchase the app, Tenuto, for their smart phones and tables.

Purpose of this resource: MusicTheory.net is a website that contains many lessons on music theory as well as drills for practicing each concept. Musical Content: This website covers basic music notation elements (staff, bar lines, ledger lines etc.), key signatures, major/minor scales, intervals, note identification and interval identification (with note names, moveable do solfege, fixed do solfege, or piano keyboard), Chord building, and chord progressions. Other information: This website is great as a supplement to basic music theory lessons. It also has great possibility for reinforcing and practicing concepts. Each exercise is graded and can be submitted to instructors electronically. Teachers can also make custom exercises. There is a paid app available for iOS devices

This is a great resource to learn and practice ear training. You can easily practice various aspects of ear training and adjust the difficulty or the specific things you are working on. It is also fairly easy to track your progress and see what still needs work.

A fantastic free online interactive software that offers lessons, exercises and ear training. It is a great tool for assessment as it offers immediate feedback in every exercise with a built-in timer.

This website offers lessons and exercises on numerous topics such as keyboard notes, reading the music staff, and even ear training exercises intervals and chords. Each exercise is also customizable to make it as easy or difficult as you see fit.

This website offers lessons and exercises on numerous topics such as keyboard notes, reading the music staff, and even ear training exercises intervals and chords. Each exercise is also customizable to make it as easy or difficult as you see fit.

The best site for free Music Theory training exercises. Note reading and aural skills.

This is a website that offers free lessons, exercises, and tools for music theory. This could be used by any music student to reinforce theory concepts taught in the classroom or the private studio. 

Musictheory.net is an amazing resource for providing teachers and students with lessons, quizzes as well as assessments in all aspects of music theory. The program online allows teachers to set up practice sessions, tutorials, as well as assessment on basic and advanced theory concepts. Students are able to access the online program from home or through tablet/laptop at school. 

musictheory.net offers a wonderful music theory training exercises. It offers free lessons, exercises, and tools for learners of any age to partake of. The site also offers two mobile (paid) apps that allow users to take their learning with them. Great for anyone, especially those involved with music theory or aural skills training.

musictheory.net offers a wonderful music theory training exercises. It offers free lessons, exercises, and tools for learners of any age to partake of. The site also offers two mobile (paid) apps that allow users to take their learning with them. Great for anyone, especially those involved with music theory or aural skills training.

Musictheory.net is a great resource, not just specifically for music theory students, but for all students of music. The "lessons" section is great for introducing new concepts of theory, and the "exercises" section is a fun way to quiz and practice these concepts.

This is a free online interactive resource that is an alternative to traditional paper and pencil of learning music theory. I recommend for late elementary on up.

The apps that coincide with this website are fantastic. Give them a look!

This a wonderful resource for all types of music classes!

The Musictheory.net website is a comprehensive platform focused on teaching music theory. The purpose of the website is to teach or reinforce music theory concepts at all levels of experience. There are numerous free lessons available that cover many aspects of music theory. There are also numerous customizable exercises to help reinforce the concepts learned in the lessons. Teachers can utilize this website at all levels of performing arts. I have found success with using the note name identification exercise as I can choose exactly what notes the students are practicing.

An excellent app for any musician wanting to sharpen their theory skills. Users have a wide range of theoretical topics to study, with lessons and assessment built in.

Interactive music theory website with virtual lessons and activities. Lessons include: reading notes on various staffs, the musical alphabet, chords, and more. There is a free mobile app available, and lessons are well sequenced.

Offers Music Theory Lessons over a wide variety of Topics and Exercises for Students. Lessons may be completed individually by students or as a class at an IWB (Interactive WhiteBoard). Additional tools are provided, as well as the ability to complete exercises online or offline.

This website is a great resource for a high amount of theory information. A great feature is the separation of lessons (learning) then exercises to quiz you. The customization for exercises is perfect to test something specific or a wider range.

This is a free website that offers lessons, exercises, and tools for music theory. The site is geared towards an older student and can be self pace

This website has good music theory exercises and videos. Students uses the lessons and practice on the exercises. Has other products available for a price.

This website provides numerous resources for learning, studying, and practicing music theory. Users can explore the lessons section to learn about various topics in music theory. Users can also practice various elements of both written and aural theory. This website focuses specifically on music theory.

This is a wonderful, free music theory website for a general music, band, choral, or music theory class. This website gives sample lessons and has exercises that students can take. There are also available apps to make it easy on-the-go.

The purpose of this site is to provide free online content and resources for music theory lessons. Students can access theory lessons with assessment in every aspect of music theory for the beginner to advanced student.

This website is an interactive resource for students to use to learn basic note reading, theory, and ear training. This could be used in a music technology class or general music class with access to devices. In a performance ensemble setting, this could be used as a warm up for the whole class with the aid of an interactive whiteboard or projector. 

Free music theory lessons

This resource is focused on teaching elements of music theory through slideshow presentations and exercises. This could be used to supplement instruction, be used in stations in a music classroom, or as an enrichment tool for gifted music students.

Online music theory site that helps to learn and practice various theory topics from beginner to advanced levels. Downloadable app for mobile devices is also available for a small nominal fee.

This is a great website that provides theory lessons and exercises for all levels and abilities. It also allows students to print and submit progress reports to track progress.

This website from PBS gives students (K-5) an opportunity to play games associated with different types of music.  Art and music are combined in some instances to appeal to this age group.  Non-traditional composition is also covered in these games in particular genres of music.

Find fun music games for elementary students to try on a computer or an e-pad.

PBS has great resources, especially their stuff on Jazz musicians. This page is fun, too. Kids can explore sound as it relates to up and down visually.

For anyone looking for musical games targeted towards the younger elementary grades, this is a great source to look to. It has all of your favorite PBS characters engaged in interesting musical activities such as painting, recording, and genre guessing. I'd recommend this site to all general music elementary teachers!

This website provides many musical games for children ages 3-6. There are games which include opportunities for children to create music, identify instrument sounds, and explore rhythms.

Some of these music games don't seem very educational to me, but I think that they offer a variety of musical style games which could be interested for my 5th graders. I think that the zen musical composition games aren't too "babyish" (as my students would say) for the 5th grade students. However, it's something I would need to explore more. 

This is a great resource of early childhood music students. There are numerous games that will introduce children to different sounds, different genres and even how to create music and be expressive with music.

This is a great resource of early childhood music students. There are numerous games that will introduce children to different sounds, different genres and even how to create music and be expressive with music.

This site's purpose is to allow younger children opportunity to interact with music through games and listening. I explored Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, which I think would be perfect for my three year old. She can click using the arrows or mouse to create different sounds, and even explore different moods of music (happy, sad etc). The site also features other genres of music which is great to expose students to from an early age.

Simple music game website geared towards younger children. This would help allow young children to learn more about different instruments, especially ones they've seen on the TV show Daniel Tiger.

MSBandDirector.com is designed by and for music educators and provides all the information a school band director needs at their fingertips.

This website includes educational videos, PDFs of fingering charts, trill charts, seating charts, and links to music and music vendors. This is a great website to visit for useful links all stored in one place.

IMSLP is on online library of music that is now held in the public domain. It is a resource that can be freely used to print copies of music for use in your classroom for free! This resource is especially useful for string orchestras, as entire catalogs of music from such great composers as Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven can be found in the archive.

Public domain music is free for downloading here. For many compositions, there are several editions from which you can choose. An essential for every musician.

This is a wonderful site for free music and recordings of all kinds.

IMSLP is a valuable resource for classical sheet music. It allows teachers and conductors to download scores and parts for free.

Sharing the world's public domain music.

The International Music Score Library Project (or IMSLP), also known as the Petrucci Music Library, offers a wealth of free music scores for download. The site allows listeners to listen to many of the compositions (via midi or recording) and the public domain scores can be downloaded as PDF and printed for professional or personal use simply by accepting a disclaimer.

This is my favorite go to wiki site for public domain sheet music. There thousands of works from thousands of composers. You can find almost anything that is in the public domain. This is great for personal use, or to direct students looking for music. Another great use for this sight is for score study.

A "must have" resource for any music educator. This is a free-access extensive music library with hundred of thousand scores published in 26 different languages. Musicians can browse scores by composers, nationality, time-periods, instrumentation/genres, by melody, etc.

This is the go-to place for public domain music. "Happy Birthday" is here, but I am sure many more arrangements to come soon. 

IMSLP is a great resource for finding music to study, or doing research about composers, orchestras, compositions, etc. My students have to do a research paper each semester, and this is their primary reference for the assignment. A great, educational tool.

This website is a tool I often use when I need to find a specific part I am missing from a score set. It has thousands of composers and pieces that are used by music teachers and available in free domain. In addition, this website also offers a score breakdown by composer, nationality, instrumentation, time period, as well as recordings by well known musicians or performing groups from all over the world. Not only are you able to have access to music, but you can access the Naxos Music Library if you have a subscription. You are able to share your thoughts and our questions by the use of the forums and discussions. This website has various ways you can participate whether it is in a forum, contribution to submitting a score or recording, or a community project

One can find public domain music on this site, available for download. The library is constantly being updated with new pieces and recordings available for free. Some popular pieces even have copies of original manuscripts and updated versions.

This website has a large collection of public domain sheet music. Students can access this site and find a private study piece or something to work on for class.

This website is a hub for public domain sheet music including full scores, parts, and even recordings of pieces. It's free to use and incredible if you're on a budget for ensembles. quartets and solo work.

This is a database for scores and parts that are public domain and new compositions from unknown composers. This would be a good place to look for repertoire for performing ensembles. Students could also be directed here to look for music to work on their own for solos and chamber groups. This database also includes method books for individual instruments. All downloads are free. 

Where you can share the world's public domain music.

International Music Score Library Project hosts scores and parts to public domain compositions. Scores can be found to many greats throughout history, and this would make a good resource for a music history course.