A great resource for teaching music careers. Students can research all sorts of information on a wide variety of careers in music including performing and non-performing pathways.
The purpose of this resource is to receive encouraging stories about directing band as well as receive tips and tricks for teaching. There are often instrument specific tips and tricks for teaching beginning instrumentalists as well as extended techniques. This blog shares new posts weekly.
This site provides great resources for recruiting students and practice tips. The blog provides good ideas for rehearsing beginning bands. This site addresses topics such as best instrument equipment and rehearsal techniques
This is a regular podcast that is a great resource for staying up to date with music pedagogy and instrument specific concerns. The podcasts address topics such as rehearsing beginning bands, choosing literature, classroom management and marching band.
This site is a rich resource for horn students. It offers information on best makes and models of instruments, fingering charts, orchestral excerpts and the history of the horn. All things horn are included on this site such as specific techniques such as transposing and stopped horn as well as embouchure formation.
The purpose of this site is to provide teacher with professional development and resources on the latest advances in music pedagogy. It also has great resources for students. A wide variety of content is covered by this site such as copyright laws, standards, Music in Our Schools activities, jazz band and much more.
This site provides teachers and students with a rich history of jazz music. Teachers and students can find videos of jazz musicians, repertoire and resources for Jazz Appreciation Month and tips and tricks for teaching jazz concepts such as swing and improvisation.
This great site is for music teachers interested in using or enhancing their use of technology in music education. Resources on how to get started with using technology in music education are included as well as specific lesson plans. These lesson plans cover areas such as general, choral and instrumental music. Teaching about sound creation and recording with students are just a few of the topics covered in the blog and podcast.
This site offers teachers tools for recruiting music students as well as offers students information on the benefits of staying in music. Teachers and students are able to access video interviews of music students, facts and statistics about the academic benefits of music education and flyers to post in schools and communities
This site is for music educators to find resources on festivals and honors projects as well as professional development and advocacy. This site covers topics such as how teach students to be successful performing chamber music at festivals as well as how to register for upcoming workshops in music education.
This site provides music educators with resources for professional development, advocacy and concert recordings. Teachers will find resources for professional development on comprehensive musicianship through performance as well as information about the state conference sessions