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The JLCO has a series of videos available for students to learn virtually from members of the band. The media library includes numerous videos about warming up, comping, blues, and jazz history.

From the Top is a PBS series that features young performers on the Carnegie Hall stage. Each clip includes background and an interview with Christopher O'Riley (host and sometimes piano accompanist). There are representations of almost every major instrument in band and orchestra as well as vocalists, choral ensembles, pianists, and guitarists. The young performers have selected pieces in a variety of styles and some have amazing background stories, including an Olympic skater and one about the effects of Hurricane Katrina. The website also includes podcasts and a section for teachers that includes lesson plans to incorporate along with each episode. Clicking on From the Top at the bottom of the page gets you to more recent streaming videos from the show at fromthetop.org

CadenzaStringsNC is a YouTube channel created by Kevin Yen, Violinist and Violist. He has recorded and created playlists of many books and repertoire lists, including several volumes of the Suzuki Violin and Viola series. Some of his videos are also with the accompaniment for the songs or have practice tracks recorded at a slower tempo. This is a helpful resource for anyone preparing this literature for solo and ensemble performances as students can have an accurate example of the music to listen to at home and follow along with the correct bowings.

This blog is written by Lindsay Jervis, a Kodaly trained elementary music teacher. She shares her classroom ideas, successes and failures, and so much more. Each blog post is also linked to her TeachersPayTeachers website so that you can purchase the resources needed for a very affordable price.

Blog and resources focused around teaching through the Kodaly methodology. The author also has substantial resources available for purchase through teachers pay teachers.

A series of annotations on the home page of a Kodaly inspired blog. Features 2 articles.

Freddie the Frog has great resources if for K-3 students, especially if you have to books to teach with. The site offers games, theory practice and coloring pages that goes along with the book series.

The All-Star Orchestra, which is made up of "All-Stars" from various orchestras, produced content for Khan Academy. There is a wide-range of videos to watch from notes and rhythms, music history, conducting lessons, instrument demonstrations. This is a fantastic series with top musicians.

This site offers an in depth look at music history. It allows you to "explore the music" by composer, history, musical scores, staff picks and even musical technique.

This site offers an in depth look at music history. It allows you to "explore the music" by composer, history, musical scores, staff picks and even musical technique.

This is a website companion to the keeping score series from the San Francisco Symphony. It provides great resources on the various pieces of classical music and their composers. Great resource for music history and appreciation.

This site offers streaming of programs about young musicians and their lives. The focus is on the music and the impact it can have in a young person's life. The pieces themselves are also discussed and lesson plans are available to go with them.

From the Top at Carnegie Hall is a production where your musicians share their talents at one of the most prestigious theaters in the United States. Teachers can download the videos and programs to share with students in class. Each episode includes a lesson plan with the objectives, activities and music standards.

This site provides lesson plans to accompany full video clips from the PBS series "From the Top." The videos are essentially master classes that introduce or focus on a specific musical element.

This website is a great resource for K-5 music.  There are jokes, games, and information regarding famous composers, including recordings of famous pieces of music.  This can be used by a classroom of kids in a computer lab, or by a teacher for lesson planning.

Classics for Kids is a resources for teachers, parents, and children. It provides lesson plans, music games and interactive links, a podcast, tips for parents, and information about composers, instruments, and music history. The lesson plans (written by my former music education professor, Dr. Kay Edwards) are standards-based and incorporate elements of Orff, Kodaly, and Dalcroze.

This website is for elementary/general music education. It is a resources for lesson plans on composers, music theory, and music listening.

This website contains lessons and online music theory quizzes such as note, interval, chord, and key signature identification, as well as ear training exercises. There is also an exercise customizer that allows teachers to create and customize quizzes to give students. These quizzes can be logged and results can be recorded.

This website contains lessons and online music theory quizzes such as note, interval, chord, and key signature identification, as well as ear training exercises. There is also an exercise customizer that allows teachers to create and customize quizzes to give students. These quizzes can be logged and results can be recorded.

This website is a valuable tool to help students enhance their music reading skills. It provides a series of exercises and lessons from basic theory to advanced theory and aural skills.

This website features a series of videos presented by legendary jazz trumpet player Wynton Marsalis. Marsalis discusses a wide range of topics including the importance of practice, trumpet technique, the history of jazz, characteristics of jazz music, and famous jazz musicians. Additional teacher resources and websites are also listed.

Something from Nothing is a currently running/updating podcast series on NPR that talks about creative works by musicians and artists and their influences/processes. It shows students that anyone can be creative. The current episodes are 13 minutes to a half hour in length.

This resource has many method books available with which students can practice along. The practice tools can find and sort music by type, series, instrument, and more.

This website is the Digital Concert Hall of the Berlin Philharmonic. it provides a subscription service to watch live concerts as well as a series of archived concerts by the Phil. The website also provides some free videos for streaming.

This is an excellent Podcast series explaining what is Music Composition, how to compose, and tricks of the trade. Jon Brantingham covers the theory of composing/orchestration and talks about the creative aspects of it as well as interviews notable author/composers.

"Rational Funk" quasi-satirical music instruction series of 61 youtube videos by jazz percussion Dave King (Bad Plus)

This series of articles contain TONS of ideas for using iPads and other technology in the general music classroom. She asks what is the real use for technology - and has surprising answers. Her students also provided much fodder for thought that she shares here.

This is a documented series of articles primarily surrounding jazz music and improvisation. Other topics on this website and the articles therein include world music and music education.

Cool resource for Jazz Band students.

This article brings awareness of diversity in students and activities music educators participated in to receive a different perceptive pf how to engage with students.

From the Top is an NPR program that features kids who have achieved an extremely high level of performance. There are many videos of student performances. It could be great for students to see kids their age performing advanced music.

From the Top is the video series that highlights young performers. This website houses the more recent streaming videos, sharing the performers' stories and their performances on the stage. These videos are great resources for the classroom as they highlight young performers on all instruments and a variety of genres. See specifically PBS's section on From the Top for earlier seasons and lesson plans.

This website is sponsored by the PBR. You have access to videos and podcasts about classical music and many other music topics. This would be a great resource for middle school and high student performers.