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I Hear America
Singing
Biographies of the key composers, poets and writers, artists, and
artistic and cultural movements of America. From PBS - wonderful site.
Mozart's
Magical Musical Life
A wonderful history of the very short life of Mozart - one of my
favorite children's sites
Read about
Composers - From ArtsAlive.ca
Interesting, thorough information, written for children. Recommended.
Cool
Composers! A ThinkQuest site about several composers. Includes a composer
reviews, short biographies, games and more.
Everybody loves to
listen to music A ThinkQuest site featuring J.S. Bach, Mozart, Chopin and
Gershwin. Includes many sound clips and short biographies, and a
bibliography.
John Phillip Sousa
One of the very best websites about Sousa
Find pictures of Sousa, listen to his music, read the words to "Stars
and Stripes Forever"
Twelve Brass
A-Tooning
The Clarion Brass Choir comprised of twelve brass players and a
percussionist orchestra. This animated video features
Christmas and holiday tunes.
The
program
music site of Grote Smurf is amazing. It is in Dutch, although
sometimes there is an English option. Worth exploring. It includes:
Carnival of the Animals
A really neat site. Click on the name of the animal and hear the
music by Camille Saint-Saens. Oops - only one
thing..........The names are in Dutch! Try it anyway.
Baby Loves Music which
includes a link to Baby Loves
Jazz Real jazz for real little people, even toddlers. See the
video music lessons for snippets of animated examples of piano, bari
sax, trumpet, keyboard, bass plus two great little videos of "Wheels
On the Bus" and "If You're Happy And You Know It."
PBS Kids - JAZZ
A fabulous site for kids to explore! Meet the composers, the players,
go through the history of jazz using a timeline, compare jazz styles,
more.
Recorder
for Beginners - a British company provides accompaniments online -
you need to buy the scores, however. Could be very nice for working at
home.
Sheet Music
For Alto Recorder Great site even for beginning alto
recorder players which includes score and accompaniment
Free
Recorder Music Click on "Play" to hear the music. These scores are for advanced
players.
The Instrument Lab - from
ArtsAlive.ca Learn about the orchestra; then learn about the
instruments in the orchestra.
Audio and video of instruments
being played. Outstanding site.
All about Steel Drums
Wow! Everything you want to know
about steel drums. You can even learn how to make your own pan.
120 Years
of Electronic Instruments Starts with
the Musical Telegraph (1876) of Elisha Gray, who got to the patent
office with his telephone patent one hour later than Alexander Graham
Bell.
Musical Dictionary from
Classicsforkids.com See pictures and hear examples of
instruments. Excellent.
BBC
Orchestra Guide - a really good site which
even includes sections for electronic instruments and the conductor
Other Ensembles
Plastikmusic - this ensemble plays only
plastic instruments. boomwhacker. Click here for a video of Mozart's
Turkish March, a rondo played on boomwhackers.
The Science of
SoundThis is a series of experiments about sound and its
application to animals, musical instruments and communications.
The Sound Site - hands on activities
Clear descriptions
of activities you can do at home such as making a model ear drum,
making amodel vocal cords, making other instruments......
Philharmonic Physics Learn about what sound waves look
like. Try the simple "wave" experiments.
Virtual PianoAs
you play, you'll see and hear the wave forms!
Nancy Stewart's Song of the Month
Site features songs with (not just) curricular emphasis and has mp3 or
RealAudio clips, scores.
Sing and track the words for fluidity practice. Popular site!
Songs For Teaching A fine collection
of songs for teaching many subjects, categoried by topic, with lyrics
and many with sound clips which make you want to buy/download the
whole song!
Literature And Music
A large collection of books that can work well with music; from Music
Ed Resources Library.
Music
K-8 Home page..... games, links, mp3
freebies (very honorable site for kids)
Disaster Planning for Children - from the
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), National
Institutes of Health, Department of Health & Human Services.
This is serious information that could make a big difference in the
lives of all of us should we experience a disaster such as another
Hurricane Katrina or a pandemic flu outbreak. Excellent information.
