Tuneblocks is an innovative group of musicians and computer software designers whose mission is to build computer-based and hands-on products that will help you develop your creative intuitions while having fun with music.
The Getty Museum's "Explore Art" web site allows users to browse artists by name, or look over the collection by object type or subject. Other features include videos of artists at work and Getty's outdoor sculpture collection.
Exchanging Notes was an exchange of ideas between teachers and composers in 2002, designed to strengthen and investigate new strategies for the teaching of composition across the secondary music curriculum. The Exchanging Notes resource can be downloaded
Patriotic Melodies (Performing Arts Encyclopedia, The Library of Congress)
Patriotic Melodies tells the stories behind many of the songs that have now become part of the American national heritage. A combination of hymns, national songs, music of the theater, radio and television, military themes, and poetry, all of this music d
The Wind Repertory Project™ is an attempt to create a comprehensive database of wind literature, expanded by contributions of selected band directors/conductors, students, and wind band enthusiasts worldwide. Here you will find detailed information on l
Welcome to the home of Conn-Selmer, Inc. Musical Instruments
It is the mission of Conn-Selmer, Inc. to provide an educational center, ongoing reference source, and support network for the professional growth of music educators.
Access to opera libretti, source texts, performance histories, synopses, discographies, and so on. The site also contains an opera information directory, which features an opera composer index containing 4800 entries. Free "Opera For Everyone" CD's.
The Habits of Musicianship is an introductory method book for the first year of instrumental class instruction. Appropriate for use in middle school beginning band classes and in college instrumental techniques classes.
HighC is a graphical music creation tool. It is a synthesizer, a sequencer and a mixer. Its goal is to make music composition as simple and direct as sketching.
A collaboration between the American Choral Directors Association and the Library of Congress. Contains public domain choral music that users can download, information on the composers, and material related to historical context and stylistic features.
Each opera has a short introductory article; video clips from a performance; interviews that may include a conductor, stage director, and performer of the show; a short, act-by-act synopsis of the opera; and additional links to related NPR stories.
Mixcraft 4 - Affordable multi-track audio and MIDI recording software.
Mixcraft 4 is an affordable multi-track audio and MIDI recording studio that enables you to compose original music, record your band, create a podcast, or remix a song. Use it as a multi-track recorder or as a music loop remix program
Over 22,000 pieces of sheet music (songs and instrumental works), contributed primarily by the Bagaduce Music Lending Library and the Bangor Public Library, and dating from the late nineteenth century to the late twentieth century, have been scanned as se
The envl.net system provides a collection of free, web-based tools for generating a wide range of musical structures. Interfaces use simple web-based forms and selectors. Output is provided as standard, GM MIDI files. These files can easily be imported in
The Leonard Bernstein Collection, ca. 1920-1989 - (American Memory from the Library of Congress)
The composer, conductor, writer, and teacher Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) was one of 20th-century America's most important musical figures. The Leonard Bernstein Collection is one of the largest and most varied of the many special collections held by the
WELCOME! Thank you for visiting what some call the most innovative music site on the web today. What makes the site so special? For starters it's the only site that has the chord charts to over 800 songs(and growing), most of which are jazz standards. Th
The National Coalition for Core Arts Standards is a newly formed partnership of organizations and states who will lead the revision of the 1994 National Standards for Arts Education. The National Coalition for Core Arts Standards (NCCAS) plans to complete its work and release new, national voluntary arts education standards in fall, 2012. The standards will describe what students should know and be able to do as a result of a quality curricular arts education program. NCCAS is committed to developing a next generation of voluntary arts education standards that will build on the foundation...
Music Education Standards and Assessment | A Music Educators Resource
Information from the 50 U.S. states in one place, giving music educators access to vital information and best practices from across the country. The website includes information on music standards, teacher evaluation policies, and contacts for all state departments of education and music educator association organizations. Visitors can provide updates and participate in state-level discussion forums.