Resources

Bulletin Boards for the Music Classroom - A beneficial music education resource, with photographs and ideas for creative bulletin boards and displays
http://www.musicbulletinboards.net/

Taps Bugler - History of Taps and other bugle calls
http://www.tapsbugler.com/

Philosophy of Music Education Review - Journal published at the School of Music at the Indiana University. Includes table of contents and subscription information.
http://iupjournals.org/pmer/

Music Education Madness - For educators of all age levels and areas of expertise. Includes monthly articles, a kids section, and teaching aids.
http://www.musiceducationmadness.com/

Music Teacher's Resource Site - Includes lesson ideas, links, reviews, and rounds.
http://www.mtrs.co.uk/

Band Director.com - Articles, forum, and directory of resources.
http://www.banddirector.com/

Bash the Trash - How to build and play musical instruments built from recycled materials. Includes pictures, sounds and step-by-step instructions.
http://home.earthlink.net/~jbertles/

Music Is..And the Value of Music in Education - Hard data on the benefits of music in education and everyday life
http://www.bluestwins.com/

Band Music of the Civil War Era-Library of Congress - Library of Congress section includes resources and photographs
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwmhtml/cwmhome.html

Musicians and Injuries - An article about instrumental injuries, useful for musicians and teachers.
http://eeshop.unl.edu/music.html

KidsZone - By the New York Philharmonic. Includes gameroom and a variety of information sources on music for kids.
http://www.nyphilkids.org/main.phtml?

The Sound Exchange - Philharmonia Orchestra's interactive music education website with information on all types of music, listening clips, downloadable resources, games, activities and opportunities to interact online.
http://thesoundexchange.co.uk

Metronome Online - Virtual metronome.
http://www.metronomeonline.com/

Pay the Piper - Detailed advice for children and parents about taking up a musical instrument: what to play, how to buy it, and how to get lessons.
http://www.paythepiper.co.uk/

Musicards.net - Online music theory flash cards to help students learn note names, key signatures, intervals, triads, and notes on the piano and guitar.
http://www.musicards.net/

Musicals101.com - The Cyber Encyclopedia of Musicals - The history of musical theatre, film and television
http://www.musicals101.com

The Texas School Music Project - Band, choir, orchestra and elementary tips from the music professionals from Stephen F. Austin State University.
http://www.tsmp.org/

British Journal of Music Education (BJME) - Aims to provide clear, stimulating and readable accounts of current issues in music education worldwide, together with a section containing extended book reviews.
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=BME

The Piano Education Page - Resources for teachers, students, parents of students, and fans of the piano with several hundred pages of free information.
http://pianoeducation.org/

Bugle Calls - A variety of bugle call files from the U.S. Army Bands website
http://www.bands.army.mil/music/bugle/default.asp

Boopadoo - Music resources for young children. Contains free downloads, reviews, search engine, articles and awards.
http://www.boopadoo.net

Piano Pedagogy Plus - This site provides resources for piano teachers in the form of articles, analyses, a discussion forum, video clips, free digital sheet music, and audio clips.
http://www.pedaplus.com/

The Vocal Resource at Rutgers University - Targeted to singers and teachers with information related to singing.
http://vocalresource.rutgers.edu/

The Music Education Resource Directory - Listings of businesses, educational institutions, and merchants.
http://www.musiceducationresourcedirectory.com

The Instrumentalist Magazine - Practical information and innovative ideas for band directors
http://www.instrumentalistmagazine.com/

Music Education and Student Self-Concept - A review of literature concerning music education and student self-concept.
http://music.arts.usf.edu/rpme/rpmereyn.htm

OnlinePracticeRecord.com - A free program (registration required) that encourages practice by keeping track of daily practice time, the music, and questions or comments for the student and/or teacher.
http://www.onlinepracticerecord.com/

Play Music.org - Provides information about musical instruments playing techniques.Created by American Symphony Orchestra League in partnership with Parsons School of Design, a division of the New School for Social Research.
http://www.playmusic.org/

Musician's Health - Educational site devoted to the understanding and the explanation of musician's injuries.
http://www.musicianshealth.com/

Technological Directions in Music Learning - Electronic journal of the Institute for Music Research at the University of Texas. Includes articles and research reports taken from all seven technological directions in conferences.
http://music.utsa.edu/tdml/

Fortissimo - Contains information on various musical topics with pictures and sounds. Music dictionary, composer pictures and biographies, instrument pictures and sounds.
http://library.thinkquest.org/2791/index.html?tqskip1=1

Mr Natural's Electric Classroom - Features a monologue on author's point of view about music and how it should be taught.
http://www.mrnatural.net/SCHOOL/

The Musicland - An educational site for music resources at GSCE and A-Level, plus online aural tests and a host of other interactive features.
http://www.themusicland.co.uk/

Music 4 Education - Free resources for music classroom teaching. Includes links and discussion board.
http://www.music4education.com/

Music and Health - Offers articles on piano teaching and information about musicians' health.
http://www.musicandhealth.co.uk/

Music at School - For secondary music instructors. Free PDF versions of worksheets, plus online lessons and interactive quizzes.
http://www.musicatschool.co.uk/

Gordon Institute for Music Learning - Non-profit organization advancing the research in music education.
http://www.giml.org/