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  Link   Far from Moscow
This portal, designed to showcase new music from Russia, is hosted by the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of California, Los Angeles . It is administered and edited by David MacFadyen.
  Link   American Folk Song Collection Online
The collection contains folk songs representing most of the geographic and cultural populations of the United States. Each song has been selected for its beauty, suitability for teaching and musical versatility. All songs in the collection include
  Link   Black Dog Promotions
The Newsletter Of Featured Artists
  Link   Believe Group
"High profit margin fundraising products for charity, nonprofit, school or group fundraising. We support music programs, marching bands and choral programs. "
  Link   Australian Music Centre
"Australian music, publications, composer biographies and online catalogue. "
  Link   Aural training online : e-learning resources
Web based aural training for music teachers and students. Improve your aural skills at your own pace and in your own time.
  Link   africanOz - African Australian Online Resource
"African Australian Online Resource, with info and links on events, music, news, studies, food, culture and more."
  Link   Accolla Editore-Musicastampata.com
"Comprehensive selection of sheet music, books on music, and educational material; most titles in stock. Specialized in 20th century and contemporary music. Fastest source and lowest prices on all european publishers, including Ricordi direct from It
  Link   ABO
Association of British Orchestras: Health and Well-being for Musicians
  Link   A trip to the Zoo - Song book
Music and movement activities with small children
  Link   3rd Ear Music - Hidden Years, Township Jazz
"3rd Ear Music's,Hidden Years Archive Project - collection of alternative South African music, Township Jazz, City Folk, Zulu Maskandi."
  Link   1001 Lesson Plans for the General Music Classroom
"This site contians a variety of free music lesson plans that are frequently updated. It also has free lessons in music theory, instrument lessons, and more…"
  Link   Baroque violins and bows by Dmitry Badiarov - violin maker
Baroque violins and bows by Dmitry Badiarov - violin maker
  Link   Blaze Audio
"Music Education discussion groups, which include a range of topics such as Music and Technology, Pedagogy and Literature, and General Discussion for Music Educators. "
  Link   Western Music Literature
On-line resource for studying and/or listening to European concert music for music teachers and students around the world. Contains annotated scores and short audio excerpts illustrating particular stylistic characteristics of composers and genres.
  Link   RFKHarris
"Classical music arrangement, composition and transcription service, and music education resource for children and adults. "
  Link   Registry of Guitar Tutors
"Guitar. The Registry of Guitar Tutors was established in 1992 with the aims of improving the status and profile of guitar teachers, and helping to ensure their professional recognition within the mainstream of music education. Guitar exams, books, a
  Link   practicespot - ideas and resources for music lessons
Commercial site with many resources and links
  Link   practice-perfect.com
"Feature and review specially selected products that may help increase the effectiveness of a musician's practice regardless of age, experience level or musical genre. "
  Link   Playing violin left handed
"Information about the option of playing violin left handed, pros and cons"
  Link   Personalised sheet music
"www.rfkharris.com is a unique personalised classical music arrangement, composition and transcription service, and music education resource for children and adults. Users can choose their preferred instrumentation, difficulty level and even key whil
  Link   Period Recording
"New compression methods, which take into account the quality of your recordings, can allow a high return on your interpretations De nouveaux procédés de compression, respectant la qualité de vos enregistrements peuvent vous permettre de rentabili
  Link   Percussive Arts Society
"International artist, educator and student resource guide for news and events in the percussion world. Information on PASIC (Percussive Arts Society International Convention) and online archives. "
  Link   Pedro de Alcantara - Alexander Technique for Musicians
"The Alexander Technique for musicians: books, articles, and seminars. "
  Link   OZartsreview
Australia's online independent specialist music review journal CONTENTS ~ * Live Performance - Music/Music Theatre * CD's * Theatre * Dance * Books * Feature Articles * DVD
  Link   Opera for Everyone - Music Educator Site
"Want to incorporate opera into your curriculum during these days of tight budgets? * Here is a computer downloadable teaching tool available to you, FREE. “OPERA FOR EVERYONE” Excerpts –Music and Libretto with Narration by Ira Ross * Each oper
  Link   on-the-move.org
"Website dedicated to information about professional mobility in the areas of theatre, dance, music and other performing arts disciplines. "
  Link   Online Practice Record
"A free, easy to use Web program that allows students to save their daily practice time, the materials practiced, and notes or questions online. These practice records may be e-mailed to their teachers or printed. The student may also view statistics
  Link   Oakland Music
The 'Pocket Pianist' Piano Accompaniments for Brass and Woodwind Examinations Grades 1 - 5 available on CD from Oakland Music
  Link   NEC Navigates JAPAN's CLASSICAL MUSIC ARTISTS
Your guide to Japan's classical music artists with news on the classical music scene.
  Link   Rhythm Masters
Rhythm Masters Rhythm Curriculum For At Risk Students
  Link   RITMìA -Musica fra Suoni, Gesti e Segni
"RITMìA is an innovative form of music education conceptualised by Sonia Simonazzi, an Italian bassoon player. Its aim is to provide children from the ages of three to ten with notions in music appreciation, theory and practice that go beyond tradit
  Link   View Video
"View Video is a producer and publisher of Performing Arts, Music, Children's Cultural and Educational, and other special interest video and DVD. Extensive catalog of award-winning music related programs for adults and children. "
  Link   UNSW School of Music & Music Education
On-line resource for studying and/or listening to European concert music.
  Link   Tunecaster® The ONLINE Interactive Pop And Rock Music Encyclopedia™
"Tunetimeline® is the interactive pop and rock music encyclopedia™ with song charts, artist discographies, and music information, including song samples for educational purposes. Tunetimeline® features unique chronological song and artist history
  Link   The Whistler
  Link   The Music Teachers Secretary
"Music teachers use the Music Teacher's Secretary to organize and run their businesses. All student details, progress reports, attendance, lesson and payment details are stored in a database. Income can be calculated between any two dates making tax
  Link   The Magic Touch
For Pianists and Teachers - A Workable Practical Guide to Piano Playing.
  Link   The Complete Musician
"An Integrated Approach to Tonal Theory, Analysis, and Listening. by Steven G Laitz. 3-Vol. Pack. ISBN 0-19-517062-8, Publisher: Oxford University Press. "
  Link   Texas School Music Project
"a website providing ideas, information, and ""tricks of the trade"" for many common pedagogical problems faced by music specialists. TSMP is a service provided by the faculty of the Department of Music at Stephen F. Austin State University. "
  Link   Superscope Technologies
"Superscope Technology's products are rapidly becoming favorite rehearsal and performance tools for music educators, musicians, dancers, and others in the performing arts. That's because Superscope products feature innovative technology for manipulat
  Link   Sunhawk.com
Sheet Music On-line
  Link   Starshine Music
"Children's musicals, nativities and songs for schools, choirs and youth theatre groups. "
  Link   Stage Stars Records
Broadway karaoke CD+G's recorded in the original show key and show tempo. Albums play in any CD player and are a great rehearsal tool.
  Link   SCHUBERTLINE
"Schubertline is a website using technology developed by Sibelius Software. We offer a large online library of over 1200 scores of songs and arias by classical composers which may be played, viewed and printed in any key. CD ROMs are also available b
  Link   RowyNet Free classical sheet music
Free classical sheet music. Instant downloads. No membership requierd. Instrumental and vocal music.
  Link   rjlmusic.com
"RJL Music is committed to providing quality music teacher resources online. We carry music examinations, teaching repetoire, sheet music, and books for music teachers, ensembles, directors, conductors. "
  Link   Music-Tech.Net
A resource for digital recording products. elearnmusic@aol.com
  Link   Musical Advantage
"Where Music Teachers and Students connect. Find a Music Teacher. Find a Musician. Search for Music Lessons and Musicians in your country, state, city, area code, or zip code. Search by instrument, genre, teaching level, and more "
  Link   Music Therapy, and Using Music in Therapy: Freudian Slip
"Use music therapy, and music in therapy as a way to reach children and adolescents in therapy. Matthew J. Bush, MSW, LSW, shows how music therapy, or music in therapy can be used to help people express their emotions "
  Link   Formastery
Directory of professional Music Teachers and Schools.
  Link   Exhibition Emile Jaques-Dalcroze
Music in Motion
  Link   EMU
EMU-project description: Some good advise for making successful European Youth Music Festivals (EYMF) in the Future
  Link   Emozi Music
Music education software games.
  Link   Early Childhood Music Education - Boopadoo
"Free kids music web site, including kids music articles, kids music downloads, kids music activities, kids music software, kids music reviews and more. "
  Link   DOWANI
We offer classical play-along-editons (even Urtext editions) for many instruments.
  Link   digitalcraft.org
"Digitale Sammlung und Archiv von Webdesign und Computerspielen, digital collection and archive of webdesign and games "
  Link   DEELAKORD - The Music Card Game
DEELAKORD is new concept in music education. Designed to be fun and a teaching aid at the same time
  Link   David Raleigh Arnold
"The first decent tech for guitar. Real arpeggios, like those of other instruments, not rehashed nonsense from Giuliani et al.. Your students and teachers and all concert artists need this. Free download. "
  Link   David Arsenault
"The site contains a variety of useful information for music educators, including free instrumental lessons, free classroom lesson plans, a variety of links and resources, as well as offering music a growing directory of music teachers who offer priv
  Link   Creative Clusters
"Enabling Creative Industry development professionals to showcase their work, learn from each other, identify and articulate policy issues and connect to development resources. "
  Link   Corniworld.com
Arrangements for Horn and Brass Ensembles.
  Link   Copyright infringment and piracy watch
"This site is devoted to the protection of copyright works, anti-piracy and promotion of legitimate music sources. "
  Link   Composers of African Descent
"Music in the Western classical tradition by Africans, African Americans and African Europeans of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Contains biographical information and a discography. "
  Link   Carus-Verlag Stuttgart
Carus celebrates 30 years of music publishing
  Link   Free Community Center
Free Support Center - - where Chat Rooms allow a real time exchange of ideas and Bulletin Boards enable users to share their thoughts and begin their own discussion forums.
  Link   Free Sheet Music Downloads
"Free sheet music! Locate free sheet music downloads, free sheet music lessons, free sheet music tips, and free sheet music articles. Free sheet music for many instruments and many musical styles."
  Link   Music Scale Cards
"It's a fun way to learn and practice scales! A regular deck of cards has been turned into a music scale practice aid by adding scale names and notes to each card. The deck, small enough to fit in most instrument cases, can go anywhere: on tour, to t
  Link   Music Posters Archives
Music Posters Archives
  Link   Music in Action (magazine)
"Music in Action is intended to bring practical, interesting information to music educators and includes varied topics including Advocacy articles. "
  Link   Music Fun
Music Fun produces quality resources for music teachers and students which are fun and educational.
  Link   Music Education Resource Base
"MERB/CMI is a bibliographic database of more than 31,000 resources in music and music education from 35 Canadian and International journals and other sources covering the period 1956 through the present. The journals are fully indexed by title, auth
  Link   Music Education Online
"Music Education Online.org is the internet/intranet website of Canadian music education non-profit organizations, The Manitoba Music Educators Association and the Saskatchewan Music Educators Association, and is the home the the Canadian Music Educa
  Link   Music Education Magic- Articles for Band Directors and Music Students - Home
"Music Education articles and web links for high school band directors, middle school band directors, music technology buffs, and many others. "
  Link   Music Education
"Music Education website dedicated to the study of music and music theory online, from your About.Com Guide to Music Education, Espie Estrella. "
  Link   Music Books Plus - Thousands of Music, Audio and Lighting Books, CD-ROMS, DVDs, Videos, Software, Sh
"Music Books Plus your best source for music & audio books, videos, CD-ROMs, DVDs, software and sheetmusic. We offer over 6,000 titles on the areas of: Music Business, Instrument Instruction, Audio & Video Production, Recording, Lighting, Sheet Music
  Link   MC-Input.com
"MC-Input.com is an international online music consulting and coordination service that guides you through each step of the music business. Whether you are an artist, musician, band, producer, engineer or if you are ready to launch your own venture,
  Link   M.U.S.I.C. - Musicians United For Songs in the Classroom, Inc
  Link   Lina Avellaneda Tangos
**Version en EspaÒol al final** Artists from Buenos Aires
  Link   La página del Piano: pianistas y pianos en la Red
"Página dedicada a pianistas, músicos y partituras de piano. Tablaturas y escuelas "
  Link   J. S. Bach Performance Projects
On-line resource for studying and/or listening to European concert music for music teachers and students around the world. Contains annotated scores and short audio excerpts illustrating particular stylistic characteristics of composers and genres.
  Link   International Music Education Links
This website aims at providing a service for music educators and researchers interested in information about music education in various nations.
  Link   Cable in the Classroom
"Multimedia resources to improve teaching and learning for children in schools, at home, and in their communities. "
  Link   1001 Lesson Plans for the General Music Classroom
This site contians a variety of free music lesson plans that are frequently updated. It also has free lessons in music theory, instrument lessons, and more...
 
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