Fairfield Links
Curriculum
Opportunity to Learn Standards for Technology
Technology Institute for Music Educators.
www.sbomagazine.com/technology.html – The homepage for School Band & Orchestra Magazine
A Music Technology Glossary – great page that defines many of the terms associated with music technology.
www.ipl.org – The Internet Public Library – a collection of great FREE music sites.
www.archive.org – Great resources – videos, music, etc all public domain
www.berkleeshares.com – an amazing collection of lesson plans and resources from one of the premier institutions for music technology.
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org – An amazing collection of interdisciplinary lesson plans for the music classroom.
www.music4kidsonline.com – Teachers specializing interested in early childhood music development and education will find a vast body of music curricula, teaching ideas and songs/games specifically designed for children ages 0-5 years old.
http://www.kuzmich.com/articles.html – Over 150 technology articles on a wide range of topics.
Public Domain Music for the Classroom
www.cpdl.org – The Choral Public Domain Library – thousands of FREE choral arrangements.
http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/ – The Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection. Over 29,000 songs in the public domain available in PDF and JPEG format. Amazing resource.
www.sheetmusicarchive.net – a pretty nice collection of PDF files of music in the public domain.
www.blanksheetmusic.net – Just what the name says – all sorts of blank sheet music for you to print out for your students.
www.gutenberg.org/music – The Free Sheet Music section of the Gutenberg project, a collection of free eBooks.
www.mutopiaproject.org – Over 500 free pieces of sheet music in the public domain.
MIDI
www.classicalmusicarchives.com – A wonderful MIDI archive of classical music masterpieces.
www.musicrobot.com – A MIDI search engine for finding MIDI files online.
www.manythings.org/midi – Hundreds of links to websites containing MIDI files of various genres.
www.harmony-central.com/MIDI – A great launch site containing many useful links to various MIDI archives.
Digital Audio
www.americanrhetoric.com – A fantastic free resource for finding famous speeches from American history in various audio formats.
http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/index.php – The Freesound Project – a collaborative database of many free sounds made possible by a liscencing agreement with Creative Commons.
www.looperman.com – thousands of copyright free audio loops for available for download.
www.ccmixter.org – a very interesting project that encourages users to download music, remix it, and post it. Music by the Beastie Boys and David Byrne is available for remixing on the site through a licensing agreement with Creative Commons. Very cool!
www.acidplanet.com – a site very similar to CCMixter hosted by Sony Media Software.
www.partnersinrhyme.com – royalty free music, sound effects & MIDI files.
www.loopasonic.com – over 400 free loops & samples.
www.synthzone.com – a great resource for all of your digital audio questions, as well as a great links page to finding audio loops and samples online.
www.mpeg.org/MPEG/audio.html – the source for all information on the MPEG format. Great FAQ section and digital audio glossary.
www.premiumbeat.com – A great source for royalty free music made for incorporating into Flash animations.
www.soundcloud.com – FREE website for posting audio.
Links for the Classroom
www.musictheory.net – Ricci Adam’s wondefully designed site for music theory drills and exercises.
www.soundjunction.org – SoundJunction is produced by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. Fantastic site for exploring and creating music.
www.emusictheory.com – a great fee-based interactive music theory website that allows you to create your own theory exercises, use preexisting exercises, and track student scores.
www.earplane.com – a great free ear training website with many different types of exercises.
www.chordfind.com – this is a great website for teaching students how to play chords on the guitar. Users input the chord and the graphics show the different ways to play it on guitar.
Theory on the Web – a free hypertext music theory course by Robert Frank, a theory professor at SMU.
www.musicatschool.co.uk/index.htm – a great website from Great Britain with loads of worksheets, online lessons and quizzes based around the British system of Music Education.
www.nyphilkids.org – The Kids Website for the New York Philharmonic – great site!
www.dsokids.com – The Kids Website for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra – highly recommended!
www.sfskids.org – San Francisco Symphony’s answer to NYPhilkids.org.
www.nsokids.org – An amazing website for elementary aged students from the Nashville Symphony Orchestra. One of the best I’ve seen!
www.playmusic.org – The website for the American Symphony Orchestra League. It is a great website for kids made by the same folks who created nyphilkids.org.
www.good-ear.com- Similar to Musical Intervals Tutor, this is a great website for ear training also.
www.dws.org/sousa/ – Here’s a site that can be used with elementary children and possibly Middle School children to teach them about John Phillip Sousa.
www.metguild.org/education/ – This is the official children’s website of the New York Metropolitan Opera.
www.metronomeonline.com – Metronome Online is a free web tool that functions as a regular metronome! You can adjust the beats per minute and practice along with the basic click. (It also plays A440.)
www.classicsforkids.com/index.asp – The Classics for Kids website, sponsored by Naxos, has some great games and resources about Classical Music.
Podcasting
www.mpsomaha.org/willow/radio : The Radio WillowWeb Site. Fantastic examples of podcasts from students in Grades K-6. Highly recommended.
www.dearbornschools.org/videocast : A website filled with Video Podcasts “Vodcasts” made by middle and high school students.
http://itunes.stanford.edu : Stanford University’s iTunes University website. Links to recitals and lectures. The wave of the future in higher ed.
www.epnweb.org : The Education Podcast Network site. Some great links to podcasts specifically about music education!
www.podcastingnews.com- Music Education podcasts on Podcasting News.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/EdtechMusician – The EdTech Musician podcast on FeedBurner.com. Some great podcasting all about music technology.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/CranbrookComposers – The Cranbrook Composers Project on FeedBurner.com. A great idea for getting students original compositions online.
www.podcastalley.com : Podcast Alley – a good source for tons of podcasts – with almost 700 educational podcasts and counting!
www.podomatic.com – a great website that allows you to post your podcasts online without much effort. There are thousands of podcasts on the site.
Software
www.sibelius.com – The homepage for the full line of products from Sibelius.
www.sibeliusmusic.com – An amazing collection of scores in the Scorch format which are available for free or by purchase. Check it out – great resource for finding great new music.
www.finalemusic.com – The homepage for the makers of Finale.
www.finalemusic.com/notepad – Get your free copy of Finale NotePad here.
www.smartmusic.com – The homepage for the SmartMusic Student Practice software.
www.m-audio.com – The homepage for the M-AUDIO line of products.
www.cakewalk.com – The homepage for the Cakewalk line of Music Software.
www.propellerheads.se – The homepage for Propellerheads Software – the company that makes Reason.
www.pgmusic.com – The homepage for PG Music Software, the makers of Band-In-A-Box.
www.ars-nova.com – The homepage for the Practica Musica Theory Program.
www.mibac.com – The homepage for MiBAC Software. Great theory resources in the Reference section!
www.ecsmedia.com – The homepage for ECS Media Music Software.
www.soundbeam.co.uk – one of my favorite pieces of music technology hardware.
www.kurzweilmusicsystems.com/home.html – The homepage for Kurzweil Music Systems.
www.alfred.com – The homepage for Alfred, makers of the Essentials of Music Theory CD-ROM series.
www.harmonicvision.com – The homepage for Harmonic Vision Software, makers of Music Ace.
www.fsf.org – The Free Software Foundation. Over 4,000 free software titles.
www.download.com – Another great resource for finding freeware and shareware – including lots of music titles.
www.apple.com/itunes – The homepage for iTunes. Download the software here.