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

• Winning 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

• Chrome Music Lab Song Maker

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)