Arts and Music Curriculum Resources

From the Kennedy Center: examples of units and lessons integrating music throughout the curriculum.

JumpMusic

This is an online search and warehouse of all kinds of sheet music and collections. Genres include Broadway, Classical, Jazz, Rick, Country, Pop, Kids, and more. Teachers can peruse the contents of each book and then order it over the net.

Music Education

A site from FINLAND which posts titles of literature and research relevant to MusicEd. International listings and quite varied.

Music Educators' National Conference

Music Educators National Conference site. Comprehensive listings of resources, bulletins etc. throughout the U.S.

Music Heritage Network

Music from many different cultures.

Music Instrument Encyclopedia

This site would be great for any instrumental student specially grades 5 and 7 as they work on their instrument history assignment. There are descriptions of all sorts of instruments (Western and non) as well as audio samples of each.

Pokey's Sax Page

A clearinghouse of information regarding the saxophone. Great for any player grades 4-8. This site includes the history of the instrument, famous players with biographies, as well as links to other saxophone sites.

Trumpeter's Fanfare

This is an absolutely awesome site with more information than one could ever want to know about the trumpet. It includes the history, the anatomy, including the workings of the valves, a discussion on the harmonic series, playing tips, etc. Fascinating stuff, especially for teachers and junior high trumpet players.

Virtual Museum of Music Inventions

An original site by Elizabeth Rexford, Longfellow Music Teacher