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Links

General Interest

• From The Top - Kids doing great things with classical music.

• Children's Music Workshop - Teaching resources, with helpful articles for parents and students.

• Dallas Symphony Orchestra's kids page.

• Instrument Encyclopedia

• Play Music

• The Classical Music Pages

• New York Philharmonic Kidszone

• Children's Music Web

• Music Education for Young Children

• Music Education Madness Kids' Korner

• San Francisco Symphony Kids' Site

• Music Theory Net.

• Music Theory.

• Yamaha Advantage - learning games for notes and rhythms (will need to sign up with parent's email to create an account).

• Finale - may download free music notation software, called Notepad.

• Composers Datebook

• Enchanted Learning - has lots of music learning worksheets and games.

• MENC information for parents.

• TI:ME.  Technology Institute for Music Educators.

Individual Instruments

• Flute

• Oboe

• Clarinet

• Trumpet

• Saxophone

• French Horn

• Trombone & Baritone

• Percussion

Help With Practicing

• Smart Music - fabulous practicing resource.

• Practice Suggestions

• Online Metronome

• Suggestions for Practice

• Practice Suggestions

• How Parents Can Help

• Online Practice Record - free service.

• Tuning Page - mp3 files to help with playing in tune.

Listen to Great Music Online

• WQED - Pittsburgh's Classical Music station.

• WDUQ - Jazz and News.

• The Classical Archives - hundreds of midi files.

• U.S. Army Band.

Local Performing Ensembles

• Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

• River City Brass Band

• The Keystone Winds

• The Pittsburgh Philharmonic

• The Musicians Concert Band

• Allegheny Brass Band

• East Winds Symphonic Band

• Edgewood Symphonic Orchestra

• North Suburban Symphonic Band

Music Education Articles

• MENC and the National Stanards in Music Education.

• Why Play a musical instrument?

• March is Music In Our Schools Month!

• Current legislative memo from MENC.

• "Notes From the Clef" podcast.

• "When Music is Core:  Transforming a Nevada School".

Jazz Links

• International Association for Jazz Education.

• World of Jazz Improvisation.

• "What is Jazz?" ~ lectures by Dr. Billy Taylor.

• Smithosonian Jazz.

• Jazz Trumpet Solos.

• Jazz in America.

• A Passion for Jazz.

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