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	The National Anthem Project http://www.tnap.org/ The National Anthem Project, the campaign to restore America’s voice through music education!
	American Music Conference - A comprehensive site that caters to all who recognize the importance of music and music education.
	Arts Edge - The Kennedy Center created this compelling site, which features all aspects of the arts: music, dance, fine arts, and more. An awesome resource for students, teachers, parents, and art lovers.
	The Classical MIDI Archives - There are 3,230 classical music files here in MIDI format, with an alphabetical listing by composer. Some of the more famous have their own separate links, with pieces. My computer played the pieces, but I would recommend a decent MIDI plug-in. (They offer a download.) This is a good page if you are researching a certain piece of music or movement.
	The National Association for Music Education www.menc.org The National Association for Music Education is to advance music education by encouraging the study and making of music by all.
	Ohio Music Education Association www.omea-ohio.org OMEA provides a forum for music teachers to exchange ideas, promote music as an essential area of study, and insure that every student in Ohio’s schools has access to a balanced, comprehensive, and high quality education in music
	Music Teachers National Association www.mtna.org The mission of Music Teachers National Association is to advance the value of music study and music making to society and to support the professionalism of music teachers.
	K-12 Resources for Music Educators www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/staffpages/shirk/k12.music.html Valuable resources for music educators and students of all areas and educational levels. Regularly updated.
	Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra www.cincinnatisymphony.org The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is a dynamic ensemble of some of the world’s finest musicians.
	Classics for Kids www.classicsforkids.com Classics for Kids is here to help you learn about classical music and have fun too! Have fun online with classical music games Compose your own music and share it with your friends; repeat the rockin' rhythms; and listen to the music online. The Classics for Kids® lesson plans are written by experienced music educators.
	The Business and Educational Resource for All Music Teachers www.musiceducationresourcedirectory.com Music Education Resource Directory provides an ever-growing source of listings of businesses, educational institutions, and merchants that cater to the music educators' special needs.
	From the Top www.fromthetop.org From the Top is a not-for-profit multi-media organization whose mission is to encourage and celebrate the development of youth through music. From the Top provides information, entertainment, interaction and education for pre-college aged musicians, their parents and teachers.
	McGraw Hill Glencoe On-Line Resources for Music Teachers www.glencoe.com/sites/ohio/teacher/music/index.html Offers on-line music resources and learning centers for music.
	BAND - Bands of America www.bands.org Bands of America strives to provide QUALITY avenues for LEARNING and EXCELLENCE in music education for the nation's high school students and directors.
	BAND - The American Bandmasters Association www.americanbandmasters.org The objectives of this organization shall be the recognition of outstanding achievement in the field of the concert band and its music; helpfulness and fellowship among members; an increasingly higher standard of artistic excellence for the concert band, its performers, its conductors and its literature; and a constantly greater contribution through the concert band to the musical life and culture of all peoples.
	BAND - The National Band Association www.nationalbandassociation.org The NBA serves all band programs, no matter the level, nor location! There is a wealth of information and material available here, and more to come as well as we continue to update.
	JAZZ – International Association for Jazz Education www.iaje.org International Association for Jazz Education initiates programs which nurture and promote the understanding and appreciation of jazz and its heritage, provide leadership to educators regarding curricula, aesthetics and performance; assists teachers and practitioners with information and resources; and takes an active part in organizing clinics, festivals and symposia at local, regional, national and international levels.
	JAZZ – A Passion for Jazz! www.apassion4jazz.net Discover the history and numerous resources for jazz
	Jazz – Jazz at Lincoln Center www.jazzatlincolncenter.org/educ Jazz at Lincoln Center (J@LC) is committed to educating the public about the distinctly American art form of jazz. Its educational programs, publications, and print music guide students, educators, and the general public in playing, teaching, and appreciating the richness and diversity of jazz music.
	JAZZ - Traditional Jazz Educators Network www.prjc.org/tjen The mission of the Traditional Jazz Educators Network is to perpetuate the traditional jazz idiom by promoting and facilitating the teaching of traditional jazz history and performance techniques to young people. The Network facilitates the exchange of ideas, methods, techniques, and resources among traditional jazz educators.
	JAZZ – Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz www.jazzinamerica.org/home.asp The mission of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz is to offer public school-based jazz education programs for young people around the world, helping students develop imaginative thinking, creativity, curiosity, a positive self image, and a respect for their own and others' cultural heritage.
	PERCUSSION – Percussive Arts Society www.pas.org PAS publishes two bi-monthly publications, Percussive Notes and Percussion News, and a website that contains publication archives, research databases, a conference center, museum tour and other features.
	PERCUSSION – Vic Firth www.vicfirth.com The Vic Firth website contains a daunting array of artist and educational features. So much, in fact, that sometimes it's easy to overlook lots of valueable information!
	PERCUSSION – Pearl Drum Education http://www.pearldrum.com/drumedu.html Resources and videos for the beginner to advanced percussionist
	PERCUSSION - Zildjian www.zildjian.com The Zildjian Company is a family oriented, drummer and percussionist driven company solely dedicated to crafting the finest percussion instruments on the planet.
	PERCUSSION - Sabian www.sabian.com Whether you want to hear the crash of a certain cymbal, chat with your peers, look for a band member, take part in our poll, track down the closest dealer, learn from professional players, educators and cymbal makers, find that special gift and/or newest accessory or whatever else you want to get into, it's all here for you.
	Yamaha Music Education http://www.yamaha.com/yamahavgn/CDA/Catalog/Catalog_GSXOXX/0,,CTID%253D217500%2526CNTYP%253DPRODUCT,00.html A full service music education system for schools
	STRINGS: American String Teachers Association www.astaweb.com The American String Teachers Association with National School Orchestra Association promotes excellence in string and orchestra teaching and playing.
	STRINGS: Foundation For The Advancement of String Education www.fase.org The Foundation for the Advancement of String Education, Inc. is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to supporting string teachers and students with Bornoff oriented training and materials.
	CHORAL: American Choral Directors Association www.acdaonline.org The American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) is a nonprofit music-education organization whose central purpose is to promote excellence in choral music through performance, composition, publication, research, and teaching.
	CHORAL: Choral Public Domain Library www.cpdl.org The Choral Public Domain Library is one of the world's largest free sheet music sites. You can use CPDL to find scores, texts, translations, and information about composers.
	CHORAL: The Negro Spirituals www.negrospirituals.com This web site is focused on negro spirituals.
	CHORAL: The Internet Center For Choral Music www.choralnet.org A central portal to online resources and communications for the global choral music community.
	CHORAL: International Federation of Choral Music www.ifcm.net The International Federation of Choral Music (IFCM) encourages the formation of choral organizations in countries and regions where none exists; fosters and promotes international exchange programs for choirs, conductors, composers and students of choral music; promotes, coordinates and encourages choral festivals, seminars, competitions and meetings organized by its members; facilitates the dissemination of choral repertoire, research, recordings; encourages inclusion of choral music in general education and the exchange of information on pedagogy and training.
	CHORAL: Chorus America www.chorusamerica.org Chorus America serves the spectrum of professional, volunteer, children/youth, and symphony/opera choruses. To accomplish its mission, Chorus America provides information, publications, conferences, consulting, training programs, surveys, networking, and awards to support choruses in North America.
	CHORAL: The National Association of Teachers of Singing, Inc. http://www.nats.org/ National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to encouraging the highest standards of singing through excellence in teaching and the promotion of vocal education and research.
	The American Orff-Schulwerk Association www.aosa.org The American Orff-Schulwerk Association is a professional organization of music and movement educators dedicated to the creative teaching approach developed by Carl Orff and Gunild Keetman. We are joined by our belief that learning about music - learning to sing and play, to hear and understand, to move and create - should be an active and joyful experience.
	Baby Boomer Bus Songs www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/staffpages/shirk/bus.html This page contains lyrics to some of those wacky songs we sang as students on school bus trips back in the 1970's.
	Glenn Weiss Recorder Friendly www.members.aol.com/gcleph/Recorder/index.htm Recorder Friendly is a book of exciting recorder tunes for everyone who loves the recorder. Click on the underlined song titles to view snapshots of the music.
	THEORY/EAR TRAINING: BIG EARS - The Original Online Ear Trainer www.ossmann.com/bigears Welcome to Big Ears, the world's first web-based ear training software. It is written in Java so that it can be used by anybody on the Internet with a Java compatible web browser.
	THEORY/EAR TRAINING: The Online, FREE Ear Training on the Net www.good-ear.com/servlet/EarTrainer Good Ears are one of the most important things for a musician. But it’s not always easy to find someone to practice. They took a little VB-program and now transfer them to the Web. One important point: You must allow cookies! Without cookies the server does not work as expected. Because it's a dynamic generated page, it will also work a lot faster without a proxy.
	Arsis Press: Concert Music by Women Composers - Arsis Press publishes the concert and sacred music of 40 women composers, and this site details the available works. Don't miss the reprint of a Washington Post article about Clara Lyle Boone and the history of her work in getting women's music published and played (against great odds!).
	BMG Classics - An extensive guide on classical music, for everyone from beginners to experts. Lots of information, arias of great operas, and a multimedia concert hall featuring video clips of great performances.
	ClassicalNet - ClassicalNet has "a wide array of informational files - over 2000 in all - about classical music, as well as over 1800 links to other interesting web sites." This site is divided into six sections: Basic Repertoire, Classical CD Buying Guide, Recommend Classical CDs, Composer Data, Reviews & Articles, and Classical Music Links, plus a search engine and discussion mailing list.
	Homeschool Central http://homeschoolcentral.com/resource/music.htm
	Irish Traditional Music Archive - Read (in English or Irish) all about the Archive's work in preserving the traditional song, dance, and music of Ireland. Make plans to visit the Archive in Dublin, or learn online about what constitutes its special and general collections, copying, recording, and research, and how you can support this work.
	Jazz Online - An extensive source of reviews, articles, and information on the history and background of jazz.
	Medieval and Renaissance Music - Categorized and annotated, this is a collection of Web resources concerning early music, including general sites, catalogs, instruments, Gregorian Chant, and more.
	Music Transcriptions - Regardless of your genre or instrumentation, Czapla Music Transcriptions include; Jazz Transcriptions, Latin Jazz, Blues, R&B, Gospel, Rock Transcriptions, Classic Rock, Top 40 Pop Transcriptions
	MIX Online - Online Edition of Mix Magazine, Professional Recording , Sound and Music Production. Site contains reviews of new equipment, studio showcase, and many more sections.
	The Music and Audio Connection - As it says, it's a connection. Mostly a series of links, but very comprehensive and impressive.
	Music Education Online - This site has online lessons and links for a variety of music resources.
	Music Education - This site has excellent weekly articles, archived, by an experienced music educator, and you are invited to comment on them and to read the comments of others. There is also a very nice collection of reviewed music sites, and you may add your own opinion.
	Music in Latvia - Music in Latvia presents the groups, the personalities, and the institutions of Latvian music. You can read short biographies of a dozen composers, find out about competitions and courses, or click to the excellent Latvian links.
	Res Rocket Surfer - An online virtual band: musicians throughout the world can participate in this online jam session, which utilizes MIDI signals in real time.
	Sibelius Academy Music Resources - Links to famous composers, different categories of music (jazz, gospel, classical, pop, and more), and music research and theory.
	Roundstone Musical Instruments and the World of Bodhrans - The Bodhran is an Irish drum and on this attractive site you can read about its history, hear its music, and even get some help in planning a trip to Ireland to visit a workshop where it is made.

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