Group items matching

in title, tags, annotations or url

I am constantly challenging my students to look for patterns in music. I didn't realize that there was actual research behind it.

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.

Doug Butchy complies a collection of music education related online resources distributed daily. He draws from blogs, Twitter and other social media sites to collect this information. His collection of links is a great starting point for daily reading.

Alex Ross, the music critic for The New Yorker, maintains a blog featuring information about performance, books, videos and other music related topics.

Henkjan Honing is a professor of Music Cognition at the University of Amsterdam. This blog presents articles on the human understanding of music. Some of the articles are in English while others are in German.

This is the kids' section of the New York Philharmonic. It has very informative pages about instruments and composers. It also has games for composition, and musical puzzles. You do need to download shockwave to view the content, but it's worth it.

This website is great for elementary students to reinforce the instruments and instrument families found in the orchestra. Students can listen to the sound of each instrument and watch short videos. There are great games and assessments for students to use, I highly recommend the Orchestration Station.

This website has resources to accompany their texts, but they are certainly useful even if you don't have their text. K-8 listening maps are great and easy to download. There are also detailed histories of different instruments.

The Library of Congress maintains an encyclopedia of all performing arts collections they curate. This website can be used to access content from some of these collections and find information about most collections.

Software for learning recorder with a variety of popular tunes.  There is a fre

Creative Commons is a site that supports creativity and sharing. This site contains a portal to public domain. 

This site walks you through the creation of a WebQuest using google sites.

This WebQuest search includes projects that are centered around Music. There are projects for many different grade levels and settings.

Sometimes BYOD could be a headache. However,I still fell BYOD can become great resources in the classroom

The website thoroughly illustrates the Alexander Technique of mind and body reeducation, and its objective of eliminating a wide range of habits that musicians are unaware of (bad posture, abnormal breathing etc)

The website allows you to create custom games of Jeopardy without needing Powerpoint or similar software. Great for instrument review, music history, or any topic, you create your own game.

This is the US Army Field Band's youtube channel.  It contains a series of educational videos that are beneficial to students and teachers.  Topics include performance strategies, instrument repair, and performance videos.

This is the US Army Field Band's youtube channel.  It contains a series of educational videos that are beneficial to students and teachers.  Topics include performance strategies, instrument repair, and performance videos.

This website from Smithsonian Jazz gives teachers resources for teaching jazz education to students.  There are free lesson plans and recordings for teachers to utilize.  In some instances, lesson plans are organized by age groups.

This site is created to provide an American historical view of jazz. It offers exhibits and collections as well as items for jazz appreciation.

This site is a resource for jazz composers, Composition, Media examples, and Jazz events. 

The Army Band Program's website offers free recordings of traditional music that is performed by the many army bands throughout the world. This can be utilized for listening exercises in music classrooms.

The Army Band Program's website offers free recordings of traditional music that is performed by the many army bands throughout the world. This can be utilized for listening exercises in music classrooms.

This website offers virtual World Drumming software for download and many other valuable resources.

This program allows the user to record the screen and use a microphone to the recording.  In music classes, students could present composer or instrument projects using this recorder.  Teachers could use this to explain the minor scales while recording the music from a scale sheet.