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America Sings!
Choral Performance and Community Service -
Music Express Magazine
John Jacobson's site - choreography and much more!
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CCPS Arts and Sciences Festival Honors Choir 2011
Website that has the songs, choreography, and community service information for the Elementary Honors Choir of 2011
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The Boston Ballet
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The Nutcracker at The Boston Ballet
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New York City Ballet Company
Pages about the ballet for kids and families. -
Anaheim Ballet
Youtube and podcasts of ballet dancers in the Anaheim Ballet Co. -
Ballet Books from the NYC Ballet
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Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
Awesome children's ballet site! -
Boston Ballet's Nutcracker kids' page
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Great Nutcracker photos
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Nutcracker story and much more for families.
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Peter and the Wolf
Aired recently on PBS -
About Metronomes
with an online metronome, too -
Classical music and games
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Instruments
Virtually handle the instruments of the orchestra -
Orchestra Instruments
Families and seating chart of an orchestra -
Match instrument sounds to their pictures
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Instruments and their sounds
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Classical music and composers
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Classical Music for Children
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My Music Class
Lessons to learn about reading music -
Sphinx Kids
Wonderful site full of games about music -
Children's Music
Neat kids' site about composing and much more -
Va. Tech. Multimedia Music Dictionary
Want to know? Look it up here! -
Global Groovin
learn about different instruments with PBS characters Maya and Miguel -
Music games plus!!
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Carnegie Hall Children's Site
Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra" and other fun -
British Music Education site
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Vienna Online
Background on lots of classical music for kids. -
Classical fun for Parents and Kids!
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Composers for Younger students
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Music Tech Teacher
Neat site for parents and kids to test their music knowledge.
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Everything Dulcimer
All you ever wanted to know about all kinds of dulcimers! -
McSpadden Dulcimers site
The McSpadden brothers made Mrs. Newton's dulcimer! -
Dulcimer Lessons on the Internet!
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Everything Dulcimer site
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Cedar Creek Dulcimers
Lots of pictures of dulcimers with different sound hole shapes. Also, cardboard dulcimers kits to order. -
History of the Dulcimer
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History of the Appalachian Dulcimer
An easy to read history. -
Folk of the Wood dulcimer lessons.
Good beginner lessons from a different source. -
Cardboard Dulcimer kits just like at school - from the Amazon site
A site to order your own cardboard dulcimer to make at home! -
YouTube Electric Dulcimer maker.
Quinton Stevens describes how he came up with the design of his newest dulcimer. -
Stephen Seifert plays Mountain Dulcimer.
Expert dulcimer player plays a famous folk song called Wlidwood Flower. -
Bing Futch, expert Dulcimer player.
Bing is playing a Double Dulcimer! -
Unusual shaped mountain dulcimer playing a famous folk song called Fisher's Hornpipe.
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Rocky Top played on a dulcimer
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Soldier's Joy played on dulcimer.
Really neat folk song and excellent dulcimer player, Bing Futch. -
Blues played on a Double Dulcimer .
Bing Futch playing blues and then a scale lesson. -
Electric dulcimer playing "Flags."
Bucko Futreal playing a song at home on his electric dulcimer. -
Robert Force Show - original dulcimer song called Wellyn.
Professional dulcimer and other folk instruments player. -
Baritone Bowed Dulcimer.
A gentleman playing a folk song called Down at the Sally Gardens. -
Beautiful Bass Bowed Dulcimer.
A woman is playing a beautiful teardrop bass dulcimer with a bow.
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Classical Compossers Archive
Info on many composers -
Musical Resources on the Internet
Composers -
Classical Composer Index
Super list with links to biographies -
Renaissance Composers
Composer biographies -
20th Century Composers
Many links and info -
Famous Composers of African Descent
Many little-known composers -
Famous Composers from the Middle Ages
Composers from long ago! -
Kids Listen by Composer site
Dallas Symphony Orchestra playing music from many famous composers -
Composer Pictures
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20 Famous Composers
Composer biographies -
About.com Index of Composers and links to their biographies
Super list with links to biographies -
Making Music Fun Music Library
Composer biographies
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Silent Night
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Silent Night
with links to children's holiday activities -
Silent Night
with good pictures of people and places -
Silent Night
good pictures and also sound -
Silent Night
wikipedia site -
Silent Night
Great history - and in 4 more languages! -
Silent Night
excellent historic site -
Silent Night
easy to read version -
Silent Night
Silent Night and other stories of Christmas -
Silent Night
What's true? -
Silent Night
Christmas story, customs, cultures, and FUN
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Nutcracker
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Boston Ballet's Nutcracker
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Virtual Chanukah
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Holidays Around the World
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Kwanzaa
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The North Pole
Get weather reports from the North Pole; see Christmas traditions from around the world. -
Christmas traditions from France and Canada.
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Christmas in Poland.
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Holidays from around the world.
Choose a country and explore! -
All about Kwanzaa!
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What is Kwanzaa?
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Holiday Online Coloring Book.
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Nutcracker story and much more for families.
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Boston Ballet's Nutcracker kids' page
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Arts Alive Instruments of the Orchestra
Excellent interactive site!! Instrument lab, games, and more. -
Dallas Symphony Orchestra site
More interactive instruments! -
Instruments of the Orchestra
Neat Game -
Instrument Puzzle
Fun puzzles! -
Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Carnegie Hall game about the instruments. -
Carnegie Hall Listening Adventures
A safari of instruments game
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Nicky the Jazz Cat
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PBS Jazz for Kids
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Bobby McFerrin
Jazz performer's website -
Jazz for Young People
Listen to Jazz Greats! -
Scott Joplin - Father of Ragtime
The Scott Joplin House in Missouri, with lots of his music to listen to! -
Jazz for older students.
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The Blues.
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Jazz at Lincoln Center
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Creating Music
fun music game site -
Classics for Kids game site
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Happynote music games
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Playmusic site
find out about being a composer, link to Carnegie Hall's games site -
Music Education games
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Sesame Workshop
Awesome music site for kids of all ages. -
Funbrain
Music and lots of other great stuff for kids. -
Gamequarium
All kinds of music games and links for parents -
Name that Children's Song game.
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Library of Congress
Performing Arts Encyclopedia -
Virginia Tech Music Dictionary
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This Day in Music History
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Follow the Drinking Gourd
music and the Underground Railroad -
Follow the Drinking Gourd
More info and lots of recording clips -
Select a continent & learn about their music
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Star-Spangled Banner
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America the Beautiful
YouTube America the Beautiful pictures -
U.S. Marine Band
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Sign Language for Patriotic Songs
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Song for teaching Math
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Musical Fraction Bars
Cool site with games about music and math, science, sound -
Unifix Cube Drum Machine
Inventing homemade instruments with math and measurement -
Pattern Block Rock
Adding whole numbers to make music -
Fact Monster
Music Timeline -
Music Timelines in graphic form.
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Music History games
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Travel Through Music Space
Treble Clef notes quiz -
Reading treble notes
This is a story to figure out using the note names! When you finish, print it and bring it to music for an extra-credit grade! -
Notes in Space
Reading Rhythms game -
Music Theory Lessons
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Intro to Music Theory
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Learn the Names of Notes
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Understanding Note Length
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More advanced Music Theory
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How Time Signatures Work in Music
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Common Words and Symbols in Music
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Why Learn Music Theory?
Great site for parents nd students! -
Music Theory - Ricci Adams
Great general music theory site -
Good Theory page to read for info
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Treble Clef flash cards
Fun to test yourself! -
Super Fun Music Games!
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Reading music notes
Learn to read sheet music using a piano.
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San Francisco Opera Company
Opera basics. -
Mozart's "The Magic Flute."
One of the coolest websites ever! -
Answers to opera questions in the words of kids.
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http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/Superintendent/Sols/musicartsk-12.pdf
link to Virginia's Music SOL's -
Brain and Music Research
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100 Best Communities for Music
CCPS receives recognition 2nd year in a row -
Schoolhouse Books
Children's books, including musical themes, for sale -
Boopadoo
Children's music to download, buy, listen to, etc. -
Children's Music
A non-profit resource for kids, families, and children's performers worldwide -
Richards Institute of Education and Research
Music education research -
Free Sheet Music & Lessons
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International Society for Music Education
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The Music Rack
free music stuff to download -
Parent resource about Jazz!
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Suzuki method of teaching piano or violin
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America the Beautiful
Beautiful pictures on youtube -
Star Spangled Banner
Smithsonian site -
U.S. Marine Band
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Sign Language for Patriotic Songs
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"Awesome Stories"
audio story of the Star-Spangled Banner -
"Awesome Stories"
Fantastic general history website! -
Francis Scott Key Bio.
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You're a Grand Old Flag
song and lyrics -
You're a Grand Old Flag
Library of Congress history of Grand Old Flag song. -
Library of Congress Patriotic Music site.
Original recording and sheet music to download. What a find! -
National Anthem Project site.
Some great music links... -
Patriotic Name that Tune game.
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Smithsonian Institute
Museum site about the real original banner and its history. -
Star-spangled Banner for kids!
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America - My Country, 'Tis of Thee
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PBS Kids
Great children's site -
Global Groovin'
Sounds from Around the World
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Frequency and Pitch - the Science of Sound
Great quick overview of the Physics of Sound, with good examples at the bottom of the page. -
Sound Waves and the Doppler Effect
Shows how sound moves around its moving source -
How the Doppler Effect Sounds
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The Physics of Music
This is a more adult version of the physics of tempered sound - as on a piano
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The Piano
Wikipedia's history, construction, info -
Bartolomeo Cristofori
Inventor of the piano -
More about Cristofori
Piano Inventor -
Piano history and construction
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All About Pianos!
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Pianos - with video
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Cristofori - Piano Inventor
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John McTammany, Inventor of the Player Piano
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Virtual Piano Museum
Take the Tour!!
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Music K-8 official site
Recorder Karate -
Soprano Recorder
sounds and info about recorders -
My Music Class
Recorder Player pages -
Recorders - Instrument of Torture or Instrument of Music?
Detailed history of the recorder. -
Recorder site with audio
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American Recorder Society site
Brief history of recorders -
All you ever wanted to know about recorders!!
Wikipedia site -
Flight of the Bumblebee played on Sopranino Recorder
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Flight of the Bumblebee on a regular Soprano Recorder.
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Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring played on a Tenor Recorder
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Awesome recorder group (called a recorder consort).
2 regular soprano recorders, 1 alto recorder, 1 tenor recorder, and 1 bass recorder! -
Royal Wind Music played on the 3 largest sizes of recorders.
Tenor, Bass and Contrabass (really big and low sounding) recorders playing in a consort concert! -
Child playing Flight of the Bumblebee on soprano recorder
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San Francisco Symphony Kids' Site
Teaches the instruments of the orchestra, the basics of reading music, and has an online radio to listen to some classical music -
Dallas Symphony Orchestra for Kids
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra's magical doorway to a world of musical fun and learning for students, parents and teachers. Andre -
BSO Kids
Official Baltimore Symphony Orchestra site - has great coloring pages of animals and instruments! -
NSO Kids - Home
Nashville Symphony Orchestra Kids site - has a super "sounds of the instruments" section! -
Memphis Symphony Kids
MSO Kids. Kids Enter Here. Parents and Teachers Enter Here. Memphis Symphony Orchestra. 585 South Mendenhall Rd. Memphis, TN 381 -
Welcome to TSO Kids!
2003-2005 by the Tucson Symphony, all rights reserved. Site design by Michael Fan Initial funding for the Tucson Symphony Orches -
Play Music - Homepage
Provides information about musical instruments playing techniques.Created by American Symphony Orchestra League in partnership w -
New York Philharmonic Orchestra site for kids
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Richmond Symphony
General information about the Richmond Symphony, including upcoming concerts. -
LACO Kids
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra's site for kids -
New York Philharmonic
Activities about composers, instruments, etc.
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Music from around the world.
Select a continent and listen to its music! -
Smithsonian Museum's Global Sound site
Videos and performances from across the globe. -
A resource for World Music studies.
A starting point to many different rhythmic musical traditions. -
Multi-Cultural Music
Minnesota State University's EMuseum of multi-cultural music -
World Music
Great for Younger Students!
