For Students:
- “The Music Show” by Music Express Magazine- on YouTube
- Music Theory help: http://www.musictheory.net/
- More Music Theory Help: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/music/music-basics2
- Florida All-State Chorus Prep
- Music Vocabulary Glossary for Kids
Sight Singing & Ear Training
- FREE sight singing exercises by Jussi Doherty
- Big Ears: free online ear trainer
- Good-Ear.com: another free online ear trainer
- Sight Reading Project by Kevin Albright
- Sight Reading Strategies for Success by Matthew Swope
Vocalises / Warm-ups
Movies
- Amadeus
- Bach’s Fight for Freedom
- Beethoven Lives Upstairs
- Finding Nemo
- Handel’s Last Chance
- Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Les Choristes Study Guide
- Les Miserables
- Mr. Holland’s Opus
- My Fair Lady: Music synopsis, study guide, and test
- Pirates of Penzance
- Sister Act
- Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
- Sound of Music: Music synopsis, study guide, and test
- Story Map: A worksheet to use with ANY movie
- West Side Story: study guide
Solfege / Composition
For Parents and Teachers:
Advocacy
- Advocates Resources: A collection of documents that will help you advocate for a complete education that includes music instruction for every child. Provided by the NAMM Foundation’s SupportMusic Advocacy program.
- The Arts and 21st Century Skills
- Dana Foundation Report: Learning, Arts and the Brain
- Essential Music Advocacy: A large collection of advocacy materials from The Selmer Company
- A Hard-Headed Case for Arts Education by Author Dan Pink
- How to be a music and fine arts advocate from FMEA
- Music Advocacy Articles for Parents, Teachers, and Administrators from Children’s Music Workshop
- Music is: An inspirational text that links music into all subject areas.
- Sounds of Learning Research Initiative
- Why Music Matters Video w/ Jack Stamp
- Why the Arts Matter by Dr. Jerome Kagan (Harvard)
- Florida Vocal Association All State Chorus Prep
- Florida Band Association All State Information
- Florida Orchestra Association All State Information
Classroom Aids
- Cheat Sheet: lines and spaces, keyboard, note & rest values
- Choir room seating chart
- First day student information card
- Major scales
- My vocal range chart with Cooksey’s voice classification key
- Kodaly Solfege Hand Sign Illustrations: Diatonic | Chromatic
- Kodaly Solfege Hand Sign Photos: Major | Natural Minor | Harmonic Minor | Melodic Minor | Chromatic Ascending | Chromatic Descending
- Staff paper @ www.blanksheetmusic.net
Miscellaneous
- Teaching Concert etiquette from NAfME
- Encouraging your child to produce a healthy voice fact sheet from the Institute of Child Health
- Hear the Choirs Sing: a web directory of sites that offer choral music clips in various formats
- On song, out of tune: a great article by Nigella Lawson
- Twenty Suggestions for Success at Solo & Ensemble MPA: For participating students
- Vocal Health: An Ultimate Guide
- Health Benefits of Music Therapy
Professional Associations
- ACDA: American Choral Directors Association
- AOSA: American Orff-Schulwerk Association
- FBA: Florida Bandmasters Association
- FEMEA: Florida Elementary Music Educators Association
- FMEA: Florida Music Education Association
- FOA: Florida Orchestra Association
- FSMA: Florida School Music Association
- FVA: Florida Vocal Association
- NAfME: The National Association for Music Education (formerly MENC)