Resources

Band Director.com
Articles, forum, and directory of resources.
http://www.banddirector.com/

Band Music of the Civil War Era-Library of Congress
Library of Congress section includes resources and photographs
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwmhtml/cwmhome.html

Bash the Trash
How to build and play musical instruments built from recycled materials. Includes pictures, sounds and step-by-step instructions.
http://home.earthlink.net/~jbertles/

Boopadoo
Music resources for young children. Contains free downloads, reviews, search engine, articles and awards.
http://www.boopadoo.net

British Journal of Music Education (BJME)
Aims to provide clear, stimulating and readable accounts of current issues in music education worldwide, together with a section containing extended book reviews.
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=BME

Bugle Calls
A variety of bugle call files from the U.S. Army Bands website
http://www.bands.army.mil/music/bugle/default.asp

Bulletin Boards for the Music Classroom
A beneficial music education resource, with photographs and ideas for creative bulletin boards and displays
http://www.musicbulletinboards.net/

Fortissimo
Contains information on various musical topics with pictures and sounds. Music dictionary, composer pictures and biographies, instrument pictures and sounds.
http://library.thinkquest.org/2791/index.html?tqskip1=1

Gordon Institute for Music Learning
Non-profit organization advancing the research in music education.
http://www.giml.org/

The Instrumentalist Magazine
Practical information and innovative ideas for band directors
http://www.instrumentalistmagazine.com/

KidsZone
By the New York Philharmonic. Includes gameroom and a variety of information sources on music for kids.
http://www.nyphilkids.org/main.phtml?

Metronome Online
Virtual metronome.
http://www.metronomeonline.com/

Mr Natural's Electric Classroom
Features a monologue on author's point of view about music and how it should be taught.
http://www.mrnatural.net/SCHOOL/

Music 4 Education
Free resources for music classroom teaching. Includes links and discussion board.
http://www.music4education.com/

Music and Health
Offers articles on piano teaching and information about musicians' health.
http://www.musicandhealth.co.uk/

Music at School
For secondary music instructors. Free PDF versions of worksheets, plus online lessons and interactive quizzes.
http://www.musicatschool.co.uk/

Music Education and Student Self-Concept
A review of literature concerning music education and student self-concept.
http://music.arts.usf.edu/rpme/rpmereyn.htm

Music Education Madness
For educators of all age levels and areas of expertise. Includes monthly articles, a kids section, and teaching aids.
http://www.musiceducationmadness.com/

The Music Education Resource Directory
Listings of businesses, educational institutions, and merchants.
http://www.musiceducationresourcedirectory.com

Music Is..And the Value of Music in Education
Hard data on the benefits of music in education and everyday life
http://www.bluestwins.com/

Music Teacher's Resource Site
Includes lesson ideas, links, reviews, and rounds.
http://www.mtrs.co.uk/

Musicals101.com - The Cyber Encyclopedia of Musicals
The history of musical theatre, film and television
http://www.musicals101.com

Musicards.net
Online music theory flash cards to help students learn note names, key signatures, intervals, triads, and notes on the piano and guitar.
http://www.musicards.net/

Musicians and Injuries
An article about instrumental injuries, useful for musicians and teachers.
http://eeshop.unl.edu/music.html

Musician's Health
Educational site devoted to the understanding and the explanation of musician's injuries.
http://www.musicianshealth.com/

The Musicland
An educational site for music resources at GSCE and A-Level, plus online aural tests and a host of other interactive features.
http://www.themusicland.co.uk/

OnlinePracticeRecord.com
A free program (registration required) that encourages practice by keeping track of daily practice time, the music, and questions or comments for the student and/or teacher.
http://www.onlinepracticerecord.com/

Pay the Piper
Detailed advice for children and parents about taking up a musical instrument: what to play, how to buy it, and how to get lessons.
http://www.paythepiper.co.uk/

Philosophy of Music Education Review
Journal published at the School of Music at the Indiana University. Includes table of contents and subscription information.
http://iupjournals.org/pmer/

The Piano Education Page
Resources for teachers, students, parents of students, and fans of the piano with several hundred pages of free information.
http://pianoeducation.org/

Piano Pedagogy Plus
This site provides resources for piano teachers in the form of articles, analyses, a discussion forum, video clips, free digital sheet music, and audio clips.
http://www.pedaplus.com/

Play Music.org
Provides information about musical instruments playing techniques.Created by American Symphony Orchestra League in partnership with Parsons School of Design, a division of the New School for Social Research.
http://www.playmusic.org/

The Sound Exchange
Philharmonia Orchestra's interactive music education website with information on all types of music, listening clips, downloadable resources, games, activities and opportunities to interact online.
http://thesoundexchange.co.uk

Taps Bugler
History of Taps and other bugle calls
http://www.tapsbugler.com/

Technological Directions in Music Learning
Electronic journal of the Institute for Music Research at the University of Texas. Includes articles and research reports taken from all seven technological directions in conferences.
http://music.utsa.edu/tdml/

The Texas School Music Project
Band, choir, orchestra and elementary tips from the music professionals from Stephen F. Austin State University.
http://www.tsmp.org/

The Vocal Resource at Rutgers University
Targeted to singers and teachers with information related to singing.
http://vocalresource.rutgers.edu/