At the close of the twentieth century, Duke Ellington stands as one of the era' s greatest and most prolific composers.

Click on the links to the right to play the orchestra, visit the music lounge or learn about Mozart's life.

Great interactive site to learn about Mozart!

Straight from Bonn, Germany.

Complete Unit on The Nutcracker

DSO kids info page.

Listening activity sheet.

From Classics for Kids

Classics for Kids

Orchestrated Text

Click make a sheet and you will get a different sheet each time.

Mr. Everybody's Note Teaching World

Great video!

A STOMP lesson.

Layered Rhythms

Drumming Workshops/Circles Performing

Music Graphics Galore is a collection of free icons, clipart, graphics, backgrounds, and images.

Free Music Fonts!

So cool! Scroll down to the bottom and also check out the tombstone generator, street sign generator, etc...

Music bulletin board ideas plus other free goodies!

Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, Are you Smarter than a Fifth Grader?, etc... Just modify the templates to match your curriculum and

Music Powerpoints, Substitue notebook, etc...

Lines and Spaces Battleship, Know your Notes Battleship, and much, much more!

TONS of games, but may require a subscription.

Many different music lessons.

Tons of great stuff!!!

Great! Fun camp games, rhythms games, songs, etc...

Great Resource!

Free Powerpoints, lessons, worksheets, etc...

Powerpoints on tons of different musical subjects.

Music Powerpoints available

A music teacher's site. Check out the Documents tab.

See the Music Tab.

A lot of great lessons!

SoundJunction is the award-winning site for listening to, exploring, discovering and creating music.

Generators to make crossword puzzels, premade crosswords, not necessarily all music.

Many cross-curricular activities.

Great resources, but some parts require a subscription.

Links to music games.

Powerpoints on every subject.

Worksheet/board game maker

Mostly middle grades.

Create your own Jeopardy game.

Theta Music Trainer

Children's Songs with Lyrics

Free Downloads

TONS of free worksheets!

A music video tribute.

Resources for Research & Information Regarding the events of September 11, 2001

Flash/Video presentations and memorial activities.

Explorations on this page provide an intro, timeline, biography, meaning, and even lyrics and definitions!

Read the history of our National Anthem at the Library of Congress

The original Star Spangled Banner that Key wrote about is on display at the Smithsonian! Great quick facts and history!

See the display chamber where the flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the National Anthem is kept.

Visit the house where The Star Spangled Banner was made.

Picture of the original National Anthem.

Get the students involved with a reader's theater!

Can be used to compare/contrast.

Excellent Veterans Day resources or Veteran's resources

Music Education Online provides a wealth of online information for anyone interested in music education.

Great videos!!

Group Music, Drum Circle Facilitation, etc...

Many, many links.

Includes all disciplines, so you have to search. Useful for instrument families.

Favorite songs and activities to go with them.

Lots of links for music teachers.

Presentation notes, templates, etc...

Neat timeline with composers. Click on Musical Eras at the top and then click on launch timeline.

Students can create a Facebook site for a composer. Site is not a real Facebook site.

A visual representation of this poem set to music.

Free recorder music and fingering chart!

Great Site! Password is Salem.

Includes pictures of each instrument and the sound it makes, as well as instrument quizzes.

Interactive resource is a musical activity aimed at young children.

Hear it being played after 9,000 years!

Neat video and sound, as well as music of the composer's.

Games - Requires Shockwave

Great kids and teachers site.

From Trenton Symphony Orchestra

Detailed descriptions of instruments with pictures and games to go along.

Orchestra Seating Chart

Click on Instruments in the top navigation bar and then click on interactive instruments.

Great pictures!

Homemade Instruments

Recording/PIctures

Tons of links to sites and articles on advocacy.

Why is Music Education important? Here are some great reasons!

Ideas, downloads, facts, links, news, and much more on why schoo music is important!

Relationship between participation in music and achievement in other classes.

Very interesting three year study.

Type "music" in the search.

Great site! Visit the practice room, orchestra seating chart, teacher's lounge, etc...

Not necessarily music, but general games that could use music concepts

List of U.S. State Songs

Search for Sheet Music

Piles of games!

GREAT videos!!

Covers theory, history, styles, careers, instruments, and includes games.

Some are on here in other places, but it is nice to have them grouped together here.

Starter activities for various concepts.

Discovery Education Puzzlemaker

Scroll down to music.

Has a lot more than just puzzles!

Download lessons on copyright.

Lessons and activities dealing with copyright awareness.

Basic facts, quiz, and FAQ.

What is a cyber crime? Real cases and examples of how to be safe.

General copyright information.

Ten big myths about copyright explained.

Streaming videos and PDF downloads.

An alternative way to protect your intellectual property.

Questions about i

Great Lessons!

If you're at all interested in folk music, its history, etc... click here.

This one doesn't really fall under this category, but for lack of a better place to put it...

No child left on his or her behind.

Sing songs to go with core subjects, not just math.

Neat fraction game!

Choreographed movement using math concepts and ideas.

Free resources and good tips.

Vocal Health Resources

General Music or Choral Resources

Be positive with students!

A neat helix on this subject.

Probably best used with an IPad...

Helping teachers use the internet effectively. Microsoft Excel Modules.

Find alternate source free software to well-known commercial software.

Free Audio Editor. Does not affect pitch when changing tempo.

Online Visual Thinking Tool: Map out ideas, organize with outlines, etc...

Make a cluttered webpage readable!

View Youtube without Ads

Capture an area of your screen and save it as a photo.

Convert to PDF Format

Many Apps and how they relate to Bloom's Taxonomy

See rubrics at bottom of page.

Useful not for the reason they suggest, but instead, to reinforce key signatures, moveable do, etc...?

Ideas and resources for great music lessons.

Includes practice drills.

Everything from the history of the instrument to how to select the right piano for you.

Great exercises!

Scroll to the bottom for lessons.

Great Teacher Resources

Teacher Resources

Give private lessons? Easy way to track fees.

Interesting Theory Curriculum

Check out the printables and lessons

Check out the printables!

Not necessarily music, but good children's games.

Some parts require a subscription. Not only music activities, but many others!

They do not have the music, but may job your memory so you can play chords with them.

Free Public Domain Classical Music.

First two stories are music.

Might be useful for a bulletinboard. Put your own words in a picture.

Find songs with a certain BPM.

Free applications to use with your IWB.

A Place to share Smartboard lessons.

The Resource for Musicals

Click Teacher Grants at the top.

Could be useful for a lesson on sound waves.

Interactive, Educational website about sound.

Watch the sound waves move through the ooblek!

Fun game.

Click on the link at the bottom right.

What volume is safe for children?

Prevent hearing loss in the music classroom!

Animated Music

Twelve Bar Blues Creating

Various celebreties reading children's books to your class.

Lyrics with chords

Lots of songs with chords

81 - 2 Chord Songs for beginners

60 free downloads for teachers

Free download for teachers!

Lesson plan

Many more dance links available at the bottom.

Seven Jumps Dance - Audio

Large database of Christmas music.

To the tune of TTLS

Goes with Arrangement for TTLS