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Arts Edge provides a list of 5 traditional Folk Dances appropriate for grades K-3. The directions are simple and easy to follow. No dance experience needed!

Arts Edge provides a list of 5 traditional Folk Dances appropriate for grades K-3. The directions are simple and easy to follow. No dance experience needed!

The Army's music is a source for several beneficial resources. You can find upcoming performances for all of the bands to find a performance closes to you. These bands include the active bands, Army Reserve Bands, National Guard bands, and the U.S. Army School of Music Band. Each band will also have smaller ensembles such as jazz bands and rock bands. The site also has recordings of the Army band performing some traditional ceremonial songs including marches, fanfares, and even bugle calls that are found on the music tab. This is very beneficial if you are are trying to perform a patriotic show or performing for the school's JROTC programs. There are pages for the National Anthem and The Army Song that provides the history of the songs as well as the lyrics and recordings. You can click on the songs titles to download mp3 files. The education tab is great because it has a list of U.S. Army Music Master Classes for every instrument and covers a wide range of topics. From basics and fundamentals to practicing to percussion. Master classes are added periodically. When you click on the title of the master class, a PDF will download. You can also request for a clinicians, clinic teams, master classes, or guest conductors to come out to your school. The only expense you might have to pay is for travel expenses if they are not in the area.

The Army's music is a source for several beneficial resources. You can find upcoming performances for all of the bands to find a performance closes to you. These bands include the active bands, Army Reserve Bands, National Guard bands, and the U.S. Army School of Music Band. Each band will also have smaller ensembles such as jazz bands and rock bands. The site also has recordings of the Army band performing some traditional ceremonial songs including marches, fanfares, and even bugle calls that are found on the music tab. This is very beneficial if you are are trying to perform a patriotic show or performing for the school's JROTC programs. There are pages for the National Anthem and The Army Song that provides the history of the songs as well as the lyrics and recordings. You can click on the songs titles to download mp3 files. The education tab is great because it has a list of U.S. Army Music Master Classes for every instrument and covers a wide range of topics. From basics and fundamentals to practicing to percussion. Master classes are added periodically. When you click on the title of the master class, a PDF will download. You can also request for a clinicians, clinic teams, master classes, or guest conductors to come out to your school. The only expense you might have to pay is for travel expenses if they are not in the area.

A list of the NPR 100 most important American musical works of the 20th century with recordings.

Mainly Music is a compilation of resources for the elementary music teacher. In addition to folk song resources, there is a separate list with folk dancing resources.

Mainly Music is a compilation of resources for the elementary music teacher. In addition to folk song resources, there is a separate list with folk dancing resources.

This is a great resource for the History of American Rock/Popular music that I'm teaching. It lists all of the inductees as well as information about the artists who have been inducted. There are also lesson plans available.

This is a great resource for the History of American Rock/Popular music that I'm teaching. It lists all of the inductees as well as information about the artists who have been inducted. There are also lesson plans available. 

This is a collection of resources for musicians coping with repetitive use injuries. It includes a "to-do" list and a guide to related books on the subject.

This website provides links to websites about different injuries and syndromes musicians can suffer from. It also explains how to avoid these injuries and provides an extensive list of recommended books for prevention and instrument technique.  

This app can be used on all devices be cause it is a to do list in the cloud. Add the things you need to keep track of and do for a day or week or even month. Give yourself deadlines and set priority levels. Get the premium version for more advanced options such as collaborations.

The purpose of this website is to provide an overview of tablet and smartphone apps that can be utilized by music educators and musicians. The content describes a list of apps that either provide programs to allow students or adults to create music with or without any musical training. There are also apps that allow easier accessibility for the operation of some web browsers.

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This site provides a specially selected list of tablet and smartphone apps for music education and creation resources. The content is divided into easy-to-read sections from paid to free versions.

This is a website for the University of Florida Masters of music in Music Education. UFMUE

110 free music education apps, available on the App store, and are organized into multiple folders ranging from listening and sound exploration to instruments and ear training. Great resource for a wide range of music technology to use for classroom instruction!

110 free music education apps, available on the App store, and are organized into multiple folders ranging from listening and sound exploration to instruments and ear training. Great resource for a wide range of music technology to use for classroom instruction!

This indispensable chart (including youtube links) details familiar tunes that use specific intervals within their melody. An imbedded tool allows the user to view the interval on staff paper and hear what it sounds like before exploring the songs listed. This is a great aid for ear training

This indispensable chart (including youtube links) details familiar tunes that use specific intervals within their melody. An imbedded tool allows the user to view the interval on staff paper and hear what it sounds like before exploring the songs listed. This is a great aid for ear training

This is a blog post for music educators in search of quality PD podcasts. This article provides a list of many different podcasts that focus on specifically music education, technology integration, and general educational topics.

List of great podcasts for music educators

This website has profiles for several baroque, classical, romantic and 20th century composers. Each page seems easy to ready, and has video links as well as links to sources.

This website works as a database for many famous composers. Students can use this website to complete music history projects as well as composer projects. Composers are organized by country or by period.

The purpose of this website is to portray the artwork of the creator. With the posted artwork are description of the composers available the site. This website would be a useful resource for history facts about composers form multiple musical periods. The website also offers information about prominent and lesser known composers from several countries. YouTube inks are often provided for a listening example of each composer's work.

This website list resources available to music instruction. Educators can find providers of music lessons, lesson planing pages, blank sheet music.

This Google Doc is a collection of band music that members of the Facebook Band Director's Group have curated. To add a piece to the list, teachers must have taught it twice and deemed it to be a worthy piece of repertoire. Since this is in the format of a Google Doc, it is easily sortable by grade or composer.

This is an excellent resource for discovering safer options for student viewing. Many Youtube videos often link or direct students to other videos that might not be appropriate. The alternatives listed in this article give teachers and parents other viewing options.

Article has a great list of resources

This blog compared similarities between physical therapy and teaching music. It was interesting to read the list of fifteen items which are shared between the two very different topics. The list started with hydrating and described the importance of drinking plenty of water after a strenuous exercise as well as when practicing music. My favorite parts are the article included the idea of practicing slower as well as practicing for shorter periods of times more often. I think those are great teaching tips to help our students improve. So often we as musicians and teachers just want to do everything in the fastest way possible. We also spend so much of our time staying busy with life that we seem to squeeze all of our practicing into one time rather than little by little.

This page is great for younger beginners (elementary age) in orchestra.  The violin fingering chart is very colorful and easy to read.  The site includes lists of music for each instrument and performer bios.

This is a blog and resources from Amy Burns, an elementary music teacher, author and clinician. She has a lot of great material on including software and technology in the classroom. She also has several videos of conferences where she presented that have good information.

This blog contains a number of technology related resources for elementary music teachers such as iPad/iPod apps, a list of helpful websites, interactive whiteboard resources, and much more.

This band director put together a list of his top four requirements for tech for the band room. That doesn't mean that he actually has it...