Web Links

Kid-friendly Links for MUSIC

American Symphony Orchestra League – information about instruments and performers plus interactive games.

http://www.playmusic.org/

Classics for Kids - explore the world of classical music online. Includes interactive games, listening to classical music favorites, instruments of the orchestra as well as detailed lesson plans for teachers.

http://www.classicsforkids.com/

Carnegie Hall – Great performances of classical music with interactive listening guides and notes. Also includes an interactive game based on Benjamin Britten’s “Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra.”

http://www.listeningadventures.org/

Creative Kids Central – interactive musical listening activities and games, including a program on Scheherezade.

http://www.kusc.org/kids

Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids – interactive games plus information on instruments, composers and classical music in general.

http://dsokids.com/2001/rooms/DSO_Intro.html

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra – contains activities with music, interviews with musicians and composers and more.

http://laco.org/kids

New York Philharmonic KidZone– interactive games plus information on instruments, composers and classical music in general.

http://www.nyphilkids.org/main.phtml

San Francisco Symphony – interactive games plus information on instruments, composers and classical music in general.

http://sfskids.org/

MUSIC

Teacher Resource Links

Iowa Bandmasters Association

http://www.bandmasters.org/

Iowa Choral Directors Association

http://www.iowachoral.org/

K-12 Resources for Music Educators

http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/staffpages/shirk/k12.music.html

Music Education at Data Dragon – site for information on musical symbols, clefs note reading, time signatures, note values, etc.

http://www.datadragon.com/education/reading

Theme & Variations – Denise Gagne’s website of elementary music resources

http://www.christmasconcert.com/