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Ambleweb
Game Zone
Ambleside's is still one of the best school websites. Their Games
Zone has a couple of simple musical
offerings. Try Amblephone and The Rodent Choir (Click on the mice to
make them sing!)
ComeXos
Composers' Experimental Online Suite (ComeXos) from University of Salford, is
designed to be used by whoever would like to learn about sound, audio design and create
their audio samples online. Selected modules from the Composers' Desktop Project (CDP) are
provided for users to create audio samples online.
Early Birds Music
Lots of downloadable MP3 tracks with pages demonstrating actions to
go with them. Great for Foundation / KS1.
Encyclopedia of Percussion
Useful. This is just what it says on the packet! An alphabetically
arranged collection of information about percussion and percussion
instruments.
Fox Plays
Foxplays is a commercial site that you may find useful. They say:
"Fox Plays UK has a wide range of plays and musicals, from full one and two act
end-of-term blockbusters down to 5 minute plays and musicals that can be rehearsed and
performed in one lesson. All geared to the needs of students from 7 to 17. Also available
are books (such as "Poetry In Motion") and support material for music and drama
lessons."
Helping Hands
This is a commercial company selling products that may be of interest to musicians and
music teachers. Among their products are midi files of songs and backings, and piano
accompaniments for learner instrumentalists to play along with.
Historic Musical Instruments
An extremely detailed site from Edinburgh University. Everything you could wish to
know about musical instruments, in text, sound and pictures. Useful for primary children
(with help) and secondary/university work.
Hiding Place
A first class classical music site. Classical pieces by a variety of composers can be
downloaded and played on-line using Real Player, which can be downloaded free from the site
if you don't have it.
Lindsay Music
This music company sells a wide range of sheet music and scores suitable for use in
schools.
The Music Land
This is the UK's online community for music education and
has a wide variety of free resources and other interactive features including online aural
tests.
Mother
Goose Rocks
A good fun site - Cartoons of well known nursery rhymes to versions
performed in Rock-style. Great, among other things, for older pupils
with learning difficulties.
Music by Arrangement
David Bellwood is a part time "peri" in Leeds and in his spare time runs a small
company providing original music for use in schools. He will provide scores for your
specified selection of instruments and abilities. There are some free samples available
from his site.
Music for Teachers 
This excellent and comprehensive site has been produced by
Keith Havercroft, Music Adviser for Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin,
UK. There are sections about about teaching music in each of the key
stages, with masses of help and advice about how to plan lessons,
key skills to be focusing on etc. There are also sections about
developing a music policy, assessment, music in small schools,
composing and performing. The resources section contains some useful
downloadables. This is a must visit site for anyone involved in
teaching music, specialist or not.
Music
Teachers UK
A free site aimed at supporting musicians and music teachers. You
can download a variety of manuscript papers and there are resources
and links.
Music Notes
 
An excellent ThinkQuest site. The site has several useful sections: Theory, Music History
from medieval to modern times, instruments (with illustrated descriptions and histories of
all the commonly used musical instruments), Musical Careers and Interactive Games. There
is also a links list.
The
MusicLand
This is a UK-based online community for music education. You need to
join to take part (it's free). It seems to be mainly secondary
focused.
Music Room
Music Room is an online music shop which has a useful school's section.
NAME - The
National Association of Music Educators
Worth a look if you are a music educator. There is a discussion
forum, a "pinboard", where members can share documents, ideas and
announcements, a comprehensive links page.
Sara Jordan's Edu-Mart
Resources. Songs that Teach!
SchoolBand
David Bellwood's pages of help and advice for teachers wanting to start their own
orchestra or band. Includes some free easy music to get you started.
Starpolish
StarPolish are dedicated to educating and empowering artists, with an emphasis on artist
advocacy and artist development. They are also committed to supporting the arts by
rewarding and highlighting the most hard-working and deserving artists. If you are an
artist, a music lover or industry exec looking for new sounds, somebody who wants to break
into "the biz", or just plain curious how this crazy business of music
operates--then StarPolish has something for you.' They are not strictly 'school' music but
are for keen musicians offering help in getting started in the business. It's American and
gives grants (but they don't know if IRS laws will allow trust money to come overseas).
Texas
School Music Project
A site which will be more useful to the music specialist than the
classroom teacher but well worth a look. Their rubric says, This
site is intended to help you make music with children by providing
ideas and information about specific problems common to all
specialists in your discipline. Within these pages you will find
teaching tips and "tricks of the trade" for music educators of all
levels.
Tony's Music Links
The ever-reliable Tony Poulter has produced this page of Music
links. It's full of gems.
Top Teachers' Online music/ICT Conference
This is the record of the conference held in 2002. You can follow
the conversations, download materials and more. Elaine, the TOPs
co-ordinator says,
There are links to download
software, ideas on how to use these programs with pupils - a
complete set of INSET resources in fact. Some colleagues and I
used them on the day and all still keep coming back for more. They
proved very useful and well worth taking a look at!
Using Web-Based Resources in Primary Music
This is an addendum to Tony's Music Links. Here he lists most of the
links mentioned in Becta's Guidance document of the same name.
Virtual Orchestra
See and hear the instruments of an orchestra. A simple idea and a
good one. (From Northumberland Grid for Learning).
Youth
Music
Leading UK music charity for young people. Lots of information and
other useful stuff.
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Types of Music
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Mary
Haley's ragtime and related music home page
For fans of Ragtime, the history of the 'Big Three Fathers of Ragtime' with sound and
numerous links to associated sites.
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Classical Composers
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Classical Net - Composer Master Index
A catalogue of resources, including recordings, books, articles, scores and CD buying
guides, with links to other 'Classical' music sites. Useful for keen musicians and
secondary/university research work.
Classical Composers
MusicWeb
All sorts of stuff about Music and musicians. There is a very useful section about (mainly)
British composers.
Edward Elgar
Benjamin Britten
This page is from MusicWeb
The Ralph Vaughan
Williams Web Page
Biography, list of works, information about his major works, trivia and more.
J.S. Bach Home Page
Johannes Brahms
Edvard Grieg
Museum - Troldhaugen
Handel
Franz Joseph Haydn
Franz Liszt
Gustav Mahler
Biography, books, his music and a collection of images of Mahler and his family.
The Mozart Project
Biography, Bibliography, Catalogue of works and Essays about the man and his music.
The Secrets behind
Franz Schubert
His life, his music, his musical friends and foes, and much more.
Robert Schumann Then Now and Always
Biography, a comprehensive guide to his works and some less well-known facts about the
him.
Richard Wagner Archive
Lots of information about Wagner, his work and his family. |
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