Digital Musicking

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This web page from Edutopia.com is a very interesting read about Project-based learning. The web site considers why PBL is important, what PBL is about, how does PBL work, and has many resources.

This website is a resource page for Understanding by Design, by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe. Backward design aligns desired outcomes, assessments and planning to lead to student understanding.

Classics for Kids is a website featuring high quality weekly radio shows/podcasts about classical composers and their music. The service is provided by Cincinnati Public Radio. Excellent biographical information along with quality excerpts of composers' works are included. There is an extensive catalog of previous shows available for listening which are child friendly and is a great resource for music educators. The website also includes games and a section under the "For Grownups" tab for educators featuring music lesson plans.

Why is an "A" not enough when performing music? This YouTube band video demonstrates how a piece of music sounds when it is played with only 90% or even 98% accuracy and how vitally important it is to strive for 100% when performing. This video may be a very useful tool for any music educator to teach students about the importance of always striving for the highest degree of excellence in music...and in life.

This YouTube video gives excellent but brief instruction on the topic of tone color or timbre. What is tone color? The presentation uses several instruments to illustrate what timbre is and how composers might use this musical element to evoke a mood or paint a musical picture.

This website provides resources especially suitable for the elementary music teacher. Downloadable music resources for purchase include graphics for music bulletin boards, awards and brag tags, music coloring sheets, exit tickets, games and activities and music decor bundles. Numerous and varied music education products featuring a full range of musical concepts are available. Products seem reasonably priced and may be a valuable resource for music educators.

A clinic handout from the Midwest Clinic on marches.

This is a summary of "Toccata For Band" by Frank Erickson.

This is a website dedicated to the famous wind band piece, "Four Scottish Dances," by Malcolm Arnold.

Resource for teachers to utilize "cup" rhythms in conjunction with piano studies and rhythm learning. In addition, Wendy Stevens posts blogs in reference to private instruction.

The purpose of ComposeCreate.com is to share teaching ideas music students love and business ideas. musical content deals with repertoire for piano as well composing in the studio. site also includes a store containing many books printed music. There section

This is a website from PBS that chronicles the evolution of music recording from the phonograph to iTunes. As you read through the different stages of music production, there are interesting facets of information regarding the progression of copyright laws.

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.

A great resource from the NY Philharmonic. Being able to see the notes that all the great conductors have made on the scores, and embrace the history of this orchestra has been a lot of fun. Also helps a lot with score study and analysis of some of the major works for orchestra.

This is the Digital Archives from the New York Philharmonic. This has copies of past programs as well as digital copies of scores owned by the Phil. The scores also have the markings from the past conductors of the Phil.

This site contains a number of great ideas for tech integration in the orchestra classroom. The tuning automation idea is good way to use technology to streamline the start of class.

OrchestraTeacher.net is a great resource for string teachers looking to integrate technology into their classroom. This site has multiple tech application suggestions, as well as general pedagogy resources for all string instruments- even guitar!.

This website is a great resource for orchestra directors. It has various resources and suggestions for teaching materials. In addition, it is set up in a blog format which is easy to view the various posts.

This provides a comprehensive list of composers that you should know. It divides the list by era and even includes film music composers. It provides a list of major works as well as links to gain more information.

Great pinterest page that lists great ideas for orchestra directors. This is a cool resource to gain some outside the box ideas for string teaching. Includes everything from Star Wars activities to Minecraft string parts.

This page provides links to the All Star Orchestra education pages on Kahn Academy. Topics include masterworks, theory, instruments, and even conducting. This is a great resource to be used in the classroom.

Ways to get a 'giving Bach' organization started with your own ensemble. Although it does not help with curricular topics, it still provides a valuable resource for any teacher.

This website provides educator resources for the movie Score. Resources include worksheets for the movie. Great for studying movie music in the classroom.