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 PlayMusic.org-
Developed by the American Symphony Orchestra League, this site is geared for
students in Grades 2 through 8. It investigates all aspects of the symphony
orchestra.
The Music Education
Launch Site- This music education launch site serves as both a
valuable resource site for teachers and an interactive game site for
students. It includes a musical symbol recognition game as well as a musical
version of Hangman.
The New
York Philharmonic Home Page- The New York Philharmonic Home
Page includes a wonderful section for kids. These interactive pages allow
students to explore music, as well as play fun musical games.
The Classical
MIDI Archives- This site is truly extraordinary, and a little
bit scary. It's called the "Classical MIDI Archives" and contains
MIDI files of virtually every major piece of classical music ever written.
It's great when you don't have a recording of a certain piece.
PBS
Arts- PBS has created a wonderful website which can easily be
used in the music classroom. Features change monthly, and often correlate to
what is airing that month. The "Live from Lincoln Center" feature
is wonderful.
Garden
State Pops Youth Orchestra- Education- The Garden State ;pops
Youth Orchestra has put together a site for younger music students. There are
some fun activities for students to complete online.
MusicLand
Theme Park- Classes in grades 5-8 work in teams to create the
different genre lands within the MusicLand Theme Park. Students learn
about musical theater, Early Jazz (Ragtime, Dixieland, and the Blues), New
Jazz (Roaring '20's, Swing, and Be-bop), Rock and Roll, Country & Folk,
and Pop music. The
teams design an area within the park that illustrates not only the music, but
how that music fits within a historical context.
Dismuke's Virtual
Talking Machine- You can listen to the recordings of the early
20th Century. Hear the wonderful sounds of Caruso, Bessie Smith, Ella
Fitzgerald and many more in this truly wonderful collection of online music.
San
Francisco Symphony Kids' Site - SFSKids is an educational Web
site for children and
families from the San Francisco symphony. The fun, interactive site
introduces future virtuosos to instruments of the orchestra, music theory,
and more.
United
States Marine Corps Band Kids' Site
- A musical guided tour of the White House.
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