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The video below is an excellent description of what music eduction really is, and how it has the ability to bind all subjects together. Through the Arts, we as teachers, are able to draw connections that may not have been possible otherwise.
Take a look, it's worth it!

Below is an inspiring video of how music has the ability to inempower people and enrich ones learning experience.

Sites For Band Teachers

  • American Band Masters Association (ABA)
  • American School Band Directors Association (ASBDA)
  • Association of Concert Bands, Inc. For adult bands
  • Banddirector.com Articles by contributing authors
  • Bassoon.org Resources and Information for Bassoonists
  • Band Music of the Civil War Era Library of Congress
  • Band World Magazine Journal for band instructors
  • British Double Reed Society
  • Bugle Calls from the US Army Bands
  • The Clarinet Pages at Woodwind.org
  • Clarinet Study Guide
  • College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA)
  • Concert Band Literature Annotated listing from the Un. of No. Dakota Music - Arts Ed Resources
  • DCI - Drum Corps International
  • Drum Corps Repertoire Database Includes photos & discography list
  • Drum Lessons Database Online lessons from DrumBum
  • Free Music Scores for Clarinets Free ready-to-print trios by Avi Ariav
  • The Horn Players' FAQ
  • Hornplayer.net Huge resource base for horn players
  • HSBands.com News for high school bands
  • The Instrumentalist Magazine Practical information & innovative ideas for band directors
  • International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) Music - Arts Ed Resources
  • International Double Reed Society
  • International Clarinet Association
  • International Horn Society
  • International Trombone Association (ITA)
  • International Trumpet Guild (ITG)
  • International Tuba Euphonium Association (ITEA)
  • Jazz Musicians Protocol by Ken Watters
  • Jazz in America/Thelonius Monk Institute Public school jazz programs
  • KJAZZ on-line radio Tune in right now to KKJZ 88.1 FM from California State University, Long Beach
  • Larry Krantz Flute Page Has resources on Geoffrey Gilbert & James Galway
  • Mallet Wrapping Instructions Interactive guide by Ross Mallets
  • MARCHING.COM The best in high school marching bands. Current events & scores. Music - Arts Ed Resources
  • Marching Arts Directory High school & college bands and drum corps directory
  • Mark Shepard's Flute Page Facts on modern and folk flutes
  • MENC Band Network Literature Lists and Open Forum featuring MENC mentors
  • The Midwest Clinic International Band and Orchestra Conference
  • National Flute Association
  • North American Saxophone Alliance
  • Oboes for Idgetz For the "oboe-challenged". Great site for teachers of oboe students.
  • Oboe:Space Online resource for oboe players
  • Online Practice Record Free service for music students
  • A Passion for Jazz Music commentary, history & education
  • Pay the Piper For children & parents - taking up a musical instrument.
  • Percussive Arts Society Service organization for percussionists
  • Percussion Information Exercises for drums, timpani and mallet percussion
  • Quickly! The Drum Assigner Free concert band percussion assignment software Music - Arts Ed Resources
  • The R. Jones Trumpet Page
  • Robert Strauch's Band Director Resources
  • Sax on the Web
  • SaxTalk Everything saxophone
  • International Saxophone Home Page
  • Saxophone Study Guide
  • On-line Saxophone Lessons by Ryan Fraser For beginner students & teachers of beginners
  • School Band and Orchestra Magazine
  • Smithsonian Jazz Preserves and promotes one of America's greatest art forms ~ Jazz
  • Taps Bugler History of Taps and other bugle calls
  • Tales From Band Camp Fun site for band students (and directors!). Includes weekly cartoons
  • Trager's Trumpet Talk All brass fanatics welcome
  • Transcribed Trumpet Solos Free downloadable jazz solos. Original transcriptions also accepted
  • The Trombone Home Page Music - Arts Ed Resources
  • Online Trombone Journal Internest resource for and by trombonists
  • Trombone Page of the World For Trombonists
  • TrumpetStuff.com Very popular site for trumpet fans
  • TubaNews.com For Tuba players
  • U.S. Army Bands Listening Room Downloadable recordings from the U.S. Army Bands
  • UI Bands | Library Resources University of Illinois
  • Virtual Metronome Downloadable metronome in QuickTime format
  • What is Jazz? A four-lecture series by Dr. Billy Taylor
  • WNUR-FM JazzWeb Jazz search
  • The Woodwind Fingering Guide (Fingering Charts) All woodwind instruments
  • World Association For Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE)
  • World of Jazz Improvisation
  • XtremeBrass.com The Ultimate Webstie for Brass Players!
  • Young Band Repertoire Project Recommended literature for young bands/from UTSA




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    Teach your students about music with these fun colourful plastic tubes. Boomwhackers are easy to use and fun for all! Check out www.boomwhackers.com for more info.

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    Here is a link for a site that gives instructions for making homemade percussion instruments:

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    The following are lesson plans taken from the Canteach website:

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    Rhythmic Patterns: Imitating the Rhythm of Words
    Suggested Grades
    		 K-2
    Objective
    		 Students will examine and repeat the rhythmic patterns that are found in words and develop and understanding and apreciation of rhythm.
    Materials
    • a percussion instrument for each child: sticks, drums, xylophone, bricks, rocks, bells... basically something to bang something with or shake. You can also just clap, but using an percussion is more fun!

    Method
    • Explain and demonstrate to students that we speak with rhythm. Emphasize the syllables in our words by talking and clapping to the syllables at the same time. Also emphasize the natural pauses that exist when we speak.
    • Hand out percussion instruments to each student, let them play around with them for a little while to get them used to the instruments.
    • After this time, ask students to repeat the rhythm of what you say through their instruments. Start by giving them a one syllable word, move on to multi-syllabic words and sentences, and then songs or poems. For example, if you say "bird" the students should tap or shake their instrument once, because there is only one syllable in "bird". If you say "woodpecker", you should hear tap pause taptap
      Here's a list that you can follow:
    You say:
    1. bird
    2. blue jay
    3. woodpecker
    4. I saw a woodpecker

    		You Hear:
    • tap
    • taptap
    • tap, taptap
    • tap, taptap, tap, taptap

    • Try asking students to think of words and sentences for the class.
    • Work backwards by tapping a rhythm and asking students to think of a word or sentence to match it.

    The Story Behind Music
    Suggested Grades
    		 any
    Objective
    		 Students will develop an appreciation and connection to music by diving into their imaginations and associating a story to a musical piece.
    Materials
    • a songs that is varied in speed and conjures a variety of emotions
    • drawing paper
    • crayons, pencil crayons, markers, or paint

    Method
    • Explain to students that when people write music it is usually based on some sort of story. The story behind music with words are usually easier to figure out because the story is explained through the words. The story behind music without words is explained through the music itself.
    • Play a piece of music and ask students to close their eyes and imagine what they think the story behind the music is.
    • Stop the music, and ask students to open their eyes. Hand out the drawing paper and materials.
    • Play the music again while students draw what they imagined the story behind the music is.
    • Have students present their work and the story behind them to the class.
    • Variation: Instead of, or in addition to, have students write out the story that they think is behind the music.


    Pass the Melody
    Suggested Grades
    		 K-4
    Objective
    		 Students will gain an apreciation and knowledge of melodies by creating and practicing melodies as a class.
    Method
    • Gather the class in a circle.
    • Start off by singing a few words to to a song that the class knows.
    • After a few words, pass the melody off to the person beside you by pointing to them. Emphasize to the students to try to keep the transitions as smooth as possible.
    • The next person is responsible for singing the next few words of the song and then passing the melody to the person next to them. On and on it goes until the song is finished, or repeat the song so that everyone gets a turn.
    • After doing this strategy with this known song, try to create a class song the same way.
    • Extension: Use a tape recorder to tape the song as the class creates it. After they finish, listen to the song. What would make it better? Are the transitions smooth? Is the tempo right?... Try maiking another song, keeping these observations in mind.


    Secret Song
    Suggested Grades
    		 K-4
    Objective
    		 Students will examine the rhythms of songs that they know.
    Method
    • Start of by tapping out a song that the class knows. Tap your fingers on a desk, shake bells, etc...
    • Ask students to listen carefully to the taps and try to figure out what song you are tapping.
    • After you are finished tapping out the song, ask for guesses.
    • Ask students to come up and tap out a song and repeat the process.
    • Variation: Instead of taps think of some pictoral representations, eg: actual musical notes (see Notes and Rests), and draw them on the chalk board. Ask students to figure out the song by examining the pictures


    Song Map
    Suggested Grades
    		 2-7
    Objective
    		 Students will learn to examine and appreciate the flow of music (speed, energy, and/or emotion).
    Materials
    • music that contains various speeds, tones, and emotion
    • pencils or black markers
    • large drawing paper

    Method
    • Play the song for the students. Ask students to listen to the various speeds and energy of the music and think about how these changes in the music affect their emotions.
    • When the song is finished, pass out the paper and the drawing utensils. Explain to students that you would like them to present a visual representation of the music by drawing out a continuous line. They can draw squiggly lines, zig zag lines, whatever, just as long as it represents the music's speed, energy, and/or emotion and the pencil or marker is never lifted off the paper. You can focus on one aspect at time if you'd like. Try to keep the representations open by not giving examples of what different lines could mean (eg: squiggly lines could mean happy). Each student can decide for themselves how to represent the different aspects.
    • Play the music and allow students to freely "draw" out the music.
    • When finished display the maps and have a class discussions about the different lines students used throughout the song.
    • Variation: To focus on just the emotional aspects of a song, provide different coloured mediums for students to use. Ask students to concentrate on the different colours that can represent different feelings.


    Making a Rain Stick
    Suggested Grades
    		 2+
    Objective
    		 Students will make a rain stick which will allow them to recreate and betterh understand the sound of rain in a rainfrest.
    Materials
    		 Per Rain Stick:
    • 1 cardboard tube
    • 30 stickpins
    • cellophane tape
    • 1 cup of rice
    • wrapping paper and/or paints to decorate it

    Method
    • Stick in the pins pins through the cardboard tube in 5 rows with 6 pins in each row.
    • Put a strip of tape around each row to hold pins in place.
    • Tape one end of the tube shut.
    • Pour in the rice.
    • Tape the other end of the tube shut.
    • Decorate the rain stick by covering it with wrapping paper or paint it.
    • To recreate the sound of ran, tip the rain stick slowly.

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