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New Zealand Symphony is making really good use of technology. Their website features digital stories about the conductors, musicians, composers, etc...and it is done really well. Much more interesting than most orchestra websites.

"In advance of the responsive orchestra website review later this week, it makes sense to provide a working example of not only what responsive design is, but why it is a necessary component for contemporary performing arts org web design." Drew McManus provides a compelling example of how easy it is, and how crucial it is for arts organizations, to create better websites. He shows how one was designed in 13 days for only $500.

Hear and Play Media.com allows anyone to learn how to play piano in contemporary forms the wonderful tutorials on the website.

Hear and Play Media.com allows anyone to learn how to play piano in contemporary forms the wonderful tutorials on the website.

A website where you can "draw" with your mouse. This is very addictive! Much more relaxing to 'draw' on here mindlessly than come up with an idea for a drawing or painting!

I'm sure many have seen (or at least heard of) this website before. You can put in your interests --such as fashion, arts, crafting, etc--and be recommended pages online. When you are finished with the page you are on, hit STUMBLE and you will be taken to a new site! It's addictive!

Modernbests.com is a terrific website that allows musicians a direct opportunity to submit music for Jobs in the industry as well as provide the latest Sound Samples for Production to download into your studio and Legal Forms and Consultation.

Pro Music Apps.com is a great website for music production apps and virtual instruments that can be downloaded and used on a Tablet or iPhone as well as a PC. This site has a little be of everything including Promotional section for Artist profiles.

Visual News is a wonderful website collecting unique and interesting collections of art. This particular piece features photographs of abandoned NASA stations and offices, offering a unique glimpse into America's space age.

"So you can thank photographer Roland Miller, who, for 25 years, has traveled to more than 15 NASA launch and research sites across the country to document their current state." Wow, so beautiful and sad... and i think we will only see more of this. Thanks for posting.

Researchers at Johns Hopkins conducted a study on the neuroscience of creativity and our response to art. They have established a new field called "neuroaesthetics." The BSI website is really a thing of beauty: http://www.brainscienceinstitute.org/

Very interesting, it seems to me that these scientists are looking beyond the aesthetics of art towards it use as language or even medicinal. Look at an Escher and a Klimt and call me in the morning :)

The ability to create art and to think creatively is something that truly sets us apart yet they still know so very little about how it occurs in the brain. What exciting and important research!

Although listed as an educational site, Storybird.com is a mini gallery of original artworks and a social storytelling website. As an interactive create-your-own self publishing site, users can combine original text with available artwork to create unique children's books that can be shared with others. http://storybird.com/

This is awesome! I love the artwork and the concept. I think I might join and experiment with the program.

(Please watch the informational video on page) Website showing the 'Cintiq Pen'. A tablet-like device that merges an LCD computer screen with a drawing tablet. With the Cintiq pen, you can draw directly on the screen.

I just thought this was too much fun not to share! Another interactive online drawing website!

I didn't realize WGXR had such a well curated and in depth website. The opera articles are particularly informative, and I've bookmarked it almost immediately in my newsfeed.

Eric Whitacre, composer and conductor, leads a virtual choir. It started when a young woman posted a fan video on YouTube singing the soprano part from one of his works. That gave him the idea to have people upload recordings on YouTube so as to sing together in a virtual choir-a network of YouTube connected singers, each singing different parts. Whitacre's website: http://ericwhitacre.com/the-virtual-choir

This website is like it's own Diigo for this topic.

Good resource Beau. I really like this link about the Pew Research on tech and social media and the arts, the Hype Curve is really really informative: http://www.technologyinthearts.org/2013/02/the-pew-research-centers-report-on-arts-and-technology/

Interesting site with a lot of information. Also the Pew report affirms what I am seeing happening in the organization where I work: The Memphis Symphony. I would love to see more technology used in performances and in education, but funding is an issue, as well as a unified institutional vision as to how to integrate technology into the aesthetic aspects of what we do. Marketing is already making use of technology.

Frank is a performance artist, composer, humorist, musician who has compiled a website that is filled with an amazing assortment of how tos such as some tongue in cheek (or not) emotions for actors or how to dance properly, to poems where people can collaboratively contribute illustrations or prose, or "angrigami" where one can create beautiful origami out of a sheet of hateful and angry words and so much more. Inspiring, creative, funny. For an introduction to Ze Frank, here is a TED talk with him:http://www.zefrank.com/ted/2010.html

MIT is also exploring the intersection of arts and technology. This link is about a German-born composer, Trimpin http://arts.mit.edu/cast/artist/trimpin/ Here music is combined with technology, but he also brings in non-traditional instruments. The MIT website is http://arts.mit.edu/ There is a really long report written about their program: http://orgchart.mit.edu/sites/default/files/reports/20110628_Provost_ArtsatMITFinal6-20-2011.pdf and a shorter summary http://arts.mit.edu/about/arts-initiatives/arts-at-mit-white-paper/

This website has been around since 1997 and the operator is perpetually a 13 year old girl asking about morbid/taboo subjects. It is a piece of art living on a url with an anonymous (group) of moderators. It showcases the responses of people who are threatened, excited and curious about Mouchette. Here is an interview with the founders: http://rhizome.org/editorial/2016/dec/12/a-girl-made-of-language-martine-neddams-mouchette/

Do you know how to do something? Do you want to share it step by step with other people? This app and website allows you to do just that. You can add pictures and text to explain each step! You can also check out all the other awesome how to guides while you are there!

The Fractured Atlas Blog has a running tag called #TechToolTuesday. They highlight a new app every Tuesday that can help with everything from time management, website making, marketing, and finances that are all either free or reasonably affordable.