Music Education Resources

These links are provided as a convenience to students, parents, and music educators.
We cannot be responsible for changed URLs or for the content of other sites.
 
Local (Wilmette, IL) Music Education, K-12
Highcrest Middle School Music Department
Wilmette Junior High School/Marie Murphy Junior High School Orchestra
Wilmette Junior High School/Marie Murphy Junior High School Band
New Trier High School Music Department
New Trier Jazz
 
Music Education Resources for Teachers, Students, and Families
Tune Instrument
A site that provides reference pitches to tune violin, viola, cello, or bass

Recruiting beginning instrumental students

Highcrest Middle School's Brad Butz and Michael Jampole give their "Top Ten Reasons Why Band and Orchestra Should Live Together in Harmony," a proven model for recruiting beginners into school orchestras and bands.
Music Educators National Conference Website
The Internet site of MENC, the professional organization of American music teachers. An excellent site with many links and resources.
Pepper National Music Network
A forum for music teachers and church musicians with many discussion areas; also, sales of music and accessories (great on-line catalog). Operated by J.W. Pepper Co.
PrivateLessons.com
A membership-based network of independent musician.
Bands of America Home Page
Great Day in Harlem
History of early jazz in New York City
ArtsEdNet
Resources for arts education
ARTSEDGE Virtual Conference - Main Page
ChoralNet Home Page
Brayer's WWW Seminar
A clinic for music educators wishing to develop World Wide Web sites
Web Resources for the Fine and Practical Arts
Resource list distributed at the New Trier Township "Institute 2000" (3/24/00)
 
Community Music Organizations
The Community Music Mailing List Home Page
The Northshore Concert Band (Wilmette, IL)
Waukegan (IL) Municipal Band
Richmond Concert Band
 
Internet Music Resources
Directory of Email Lists for Musicians
Richards tunebook, listed by Country and Type
An extensive list of folk music of various nations, including graphic files of songs.
Classical MIDI Archives
A collection of downloadable MIDI files
Catalog of Classical Composers
Brief biographies of significant composers, from medieval through early 20th century. Also includes a dictionary of musical terms.
United States Marine Band
Carnegie Hall
Big Bands on the Internet
Scott Weaver's MusicMusic Home Page
Contains many links to classical music sites on the Internet, including a list of e-mail directories of musicians.
Worldwide Internet Music Resources
South Florida Music Resource Page
A site containing links to many music resources, compiled by W. S. Fatch. Despite the name, the links are not limited to sites in southern Florida.
ChoralNet: Lists of Internet Music Resources
Instrumental Resources (R. Boerger)
A list of links, organized by instrument. Compiled by Ron Boerger, administrator of the community music mailing list.
Instrumental Music Resource Page (D. Traugh)
A list of links to instrumental music resources, compiled by Dan Traugh, a trombonist and teacher in the Pittsburgh area. Includes links relevant to jazz and MIDI.
 
Double Reeds (Oboe/Bassoon)
Doublereed Listserv
International Double Reed Society
British Double Reed Society
Scrape Magazine - For Bassoon Players
Tips for Beginning Bassoonists
Nora Post Doublereeds, Inc.
Brian's Double Reed Page
Bill Roscoe Double Reeds
Charles Double Reed Company
Ann Hodge Double Reed Supplies
MKL Reeds
Oboe, English horn reeds
Andean Cane
Heckelphones/Sarrousaphones
 
Brass Instruments
Bartik's Bombastic Brass Guide
 
Manufacturers, Publishers, and Retailers of Music Products
Alfred Publishing
Publisher of band and orchestra method books (including "Accent on Achievement") and materials
Yamaha
Manufacturer of musical instruments and software
Boosey and Hawkes
Manufacturer of band instruments
FenderWorld
Manufacturer of guitars and amplifiers
Rocky Mountain Music
Coda Music Technology
Publisher of Finale music notation software and other music software and hardware
Gand Music
Dealer of electronic musical instruments, computers, and music software (Northfield, IL)
Meredith Music Publications
Percussion, directors' books. Also, Del Borgo and others.
European American Music
Charles Colin Jazz and Brass Publications
Musical Art Gallery
Sales of artwork on musical themes (T-shirts, pictures, etc.)
Music Publishers Association
Harry Fox Agency
Handles "mechanical rights" to produce recordings of copyrighted music.
 
Schools of Music
Northwestern University School of Music
Northwestern University Marching Band
CAMIL
The computer-assisted music education program at University of Illinois
VanderCook College of Music
 
Beatles Links
Beatles Internet Resources Page
The Toppermost of the Poppermost
Beatles Discography
Beatles CDs
Beatles Lyrics
Sam Choukri's John Lennon Web Page
"Free As a Bird" Complete Video
 
Elvis Presley Links
Elvis Presley's Graceland
Elvis Presley Lyrics
Elvis Discography

General Education Links

Wilmette Public Schools
District 39 Curriculum Resource Home Page
Highcrest Middle School
New Trier Technology Cooperative
How to Cite Internet Resources
U.S. Department of Education
National Education Association
Education Programs Text Search
Education Statistics
Virtual Curriculum Coordinator
Index: The Building File Tree
Kid Link

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