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The K-12 National Standards, PreK Standards, and What They Mean to Music Educators.
Research
Agenda for Music Education
The Music Educators National Conference (MENC) has had a long association with the research community in schools and in colleges and universities through its Society for Research in Music Education (SRME). MENC is supporting the efforts of SRME to communicate in a broad and timely fashion not only the most current research, but also research summaries, applications, and resources. This site contains links to some of the research.
This site contains lesson plans and sheet music for teaching with popular music.
Duke
Ellington Centennial Celebration
This extensive site is a collaboration between ARTSEDGE, The Music Educator's National Conference and the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History. It is designed to bring the world of Duke Ellington alive for students and others interested in his life and music.
The
Charlie Horse Pizza Teacher's Guide
Educators working with the children between the ages of three and eight can make use of the fine educational ideas present in the first twenty episodes of Shari Lewis's new series Charlie Horse Music Pizza, now playing over PBS affiliates across the nation. In hopes of helping music teachers and other educators take advantage of this broadcast resource, MENC has worked with Shari Lewis and public television station KCET/Hollywood to produce this teacher's guide. It contains teaching ideas appropriate for students of various ages.
Music
In Our Schools Month
(MIOSM)
MIOSM is a wonderful opportunity for teachers and students to share musical ideas and accomplishments with families, friends and communities.
The In Harmony With Education program is designed to teach students about the excitement, beauty, and science of music. The program materials will help teachers reach students on a new level--a level that blends the development of children's perception of music with an understanding of the connections between music and science.
Opera:
All of Music...and More!
This is a publication--or package of publications--developed by Music Educators National Conference with the generous support of Texaco Inc. The eleven lessons and sixteen reproducible master sheets contained in the publication cover the rich interdisciplinary field of opera in a way designed to help students come to know and love opera and to work toward achievement in the National Standards for Music Education.
This site is a collection of the links on the Internet that students, parents, teachers, and pianists might find useful or interesting. The primary criterion for inclusion on these lists is educational value.
This page is designed to aid music educators, students and parents in connecting with a variety of music education resources located on the Internet as well as providing an interactive bulletin board for posting questions and comments on music.
A search engine for music only.
Great resources for all kinds of MIDI files.
K-12
Resources for Music Educators
Valuable resources for music educators and students of all areas and educational levels.
Allegro:
The Music Education Search Site
Another search engine for Music Education sites.
Children can listen to sounds of different musical instruments and match them to the correct picture of the instrument.
This is part of the In Harmony With Education site that has specific activities for students to explore.
Piano
Education Page...Just for Kids
This awesome page is only for kids! You can listen to the Taz-man, jump to other cool places, time travel to meet a famous composer or pianist, learn how to have more fun with your piano lessons, get a great tip to help with your lessons, and even ask a piano teacher your own question!
This is a dictionary of musical instruments including pictures and solo excerpts from classical compositions.
Musical
Heritage Network Instrument Encyclopedia
This resource features musical instruments from around the world. Explore the diversity and creativity of musical traditions as you browse the gallery or search for a favorite instrument.
Musical Mouseum is a place where you can find the lyrics to your favorite kids' songs, send out a request for a long lost song, or maybe help somebody else find the one they're looking for.
Great place for children to check out what is happening in the world of music. The site includes contests, interactive games, discussion board, etc.
Music
Education for Young Children
This is page of an extensive site has songs written out for children to sing.
Learn all about the different types of musical instruments. You can even listen to them play.