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Listservs or
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ChoralNet
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This is a listserv where Choral Music
teachers, and others involved with choral music can exchange of information
and ideas.. It is open to anyone, but is specifically oriented towards
providing information to the choral conducting professional. Several different
topics are covered, such as detailed recommendations on repetoire to use,
ways on improving rehearsal techniques, efficient resources for the choral
director, recommendations on choral curriculum, and information on job openings.
This site will surely prove useful to me by providing me with a plethora
of information I can apply to my current teaching practice. I have already
gotten some great ideas on appropriate pieces to sing for our winter concert.
Another person gave me some great ideas on new vocal warm-ups to use with
my group.
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| Piano List |
An excellent listserv for pianists
and piano teachers. All aspects of performance and pedagogy are
discussed, plus.topics such as literature, accompanying, memory and practice
techniques, chamber music, pedagogical techniques, announcements of interest
to pianists, recordings, history and theory; performance anxiety, injury,
composition, and competitions. This site will provide me with a ton of
information to use in my piano class. I am not happy with the book I have
been using in my piano class and I have received several good recommendations
from people on new materials to use Being a proficient piano player, it
will also provide me with information for my own personal benefit. I also
plan on passing the link on to my own piano students, so that they can
benefit from it as well. To subscribe, simply click on the link to
the left, type SUBSCRIBE PIANO-L followed by your first and last
name.
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ChoralAcademe
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ChoralAcademe is focused on choral
music research and the
exchanging of scholarly information among choral professionals.
Unlike the Choralnet listserv, this is specifically oriented towards
research into choral performance, practice and literature. Here, choral
professionals can share technical questions about music and performance,
and intellectually discuss their thoughts. It is primarily for professional
choral directors and singers. There have been several times where I've
had difficult questions, and could not find the answers. It will be useful
for me to have access to the minds of other professionals in my field to
share these questions with, and hopefully find the answers I am looking
for. To subscribe, simply click on the link to the left, type "Subscribe
Choralacademe" followed by you first and last name.
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Search Tools
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HarmonyCentral |
This search engine can be very useful
for all those who teach a guitar class, private guitar lessons, or simply
play guitar for pleasure. It comtains a very large database of guitar
tabulature, as well as song lyrics and chord changes. The search engine
allows the user to search for a song, or for a specific artist. The site
can also be searched alphabetically by artist by clicking on a letter. There
is music available from all type of genres, ranging from classical to alternative.
I find it difficult to keep up with the music many of my students listen
to, and the amount of music we have at our school is limited. This site
is very helpful in finding songs the students wish to learn. For example,
one of my students wanted to learn Blackbird, by the Beatles. I simply typed
it in, and a link to the tabulature came up. The best part about this site
is it is free, and it saves our school money by them not having to pay for
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| 8notes.com |
This site proves very useful for
all those music teachers who teach piano classes or private lessons.
It contains free sheet music for compositions of all
types of genres. It also contains free sheet music for orchestra, vocal,
band and solo instruments as well. Anyone teaching any of these subjects
will benefit from this search engine. I have put this site to use in my
piano class to find the music for "A Thousand Miles" by Vanessa Carlton,
a very popular piece of music which all the students in my class wanted
to learn. Once again, this site saves the money and time of having to purchase
the music. |
| Classical Search |
This search engine is useful for
any music teacher grades K-12, or anyone interested in classical music.
It contains comprehensive information on classical composers, and the
works they created. Simply type in the name of the composer to begin
the search, or if you wish browse classical composer by letter of their
last name. Each time we sing a piece of classical music, I like to give
my students information on the composer of the piece. I will use this site
to get the information, print it out, and give it to my students.
I will also encourage students to use this site to research composers
when they have a project or paper to do. |
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Lesson Plan
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Teach-nology
Music Lesson Plans |
This is an excellent resource for
Music teachers of all grade levels. It contains a wide variety of different
lesson plans on several different music subject areas. Lessons range from
a simple plan on finding the beat in music, to a month long unit on the
blues. Although some of the plans are not exactly related to what I teach,
I will defintely be able to utilize a great deal of them. The site
also contains links to pages that contain other lessons plans, or are just
valuable resources for the music educator.
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| Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame and Museum |
This is a website which is valuable
for all Music Educators, and any English or History teachers who are interested
in integrating music into their curriculum. It contains 78 different lesson
plans dealing with such topics as music from the 50's to the present(yes,
rap music too!), analyzing lyrics and relating them to poetry, relating
music to literature, and In general it is chock full of excellent
resources for stimulating student interest and creativity, developing higher
order thinking skills and promoting interdisciplinary learning |
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Data Sets or
Online Tools
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Classical MIDI Archives |
This is an excellent tool for
all Music teachers, especially for those Choral teachers who use a projector
hooked up to a computer in the classroom. The teacher can choose from a large
selection of MIDI files to download and play for the class. Choral groups
who rehearse difficult four part music will find it especially useful. If
the teacher has a program such as Cakewalk, or Finale, they can actually
download the songs, and pinpoit specific voice parts. |
| Today In Music History |
This site is great for all
music teachers, but especially for those who teach a Music Appreciation
class. Teachers can chose any date within the year, and they will be given
information on important music events that happened on that day in history.
A great tool that teachers can use on a daily basis to share information
about that specific day. |
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Telecollaborative
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Music Inventions |
This site has students creating
original musical instruments of their own. They are to make an instument,
name it, and share a brief desription of how the instrument was made, and
how the sound is produced. They are to take photos of the final product, then
submit them digitally or via mail. Students learn how sound is made through
their own experiments. They are encouraged to test classroom musical instuments.
There are also links to sound files where An excellent activity for students
istudying all areas of music. |
| MUSIC PALS |
The objectives of this project
is to promote communication about music that accompanies world festivals.
Students are to exchange musical information, photographs, and videos of children
describing festivals in their own countries. Students will explore
holidays around the world and exchange information about each others cultures. It
is a great opportunity for children to learn about others cultures to which
they were never exposed. |
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Virtual Field Trips
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