Links
MENC - The National Association for Music Education
Music For All - Home of Bands of America & Orchestras of America
SmartMusic - "Music learning software for band, orchestra, and choir"
J.W. Pepper - Supplier of sheet music
Classic Cat - Free classical audio downloads
Finale NotePad - Free music notation software
DCI - Drum Corps International, "Marching Music's Major League"
Metronome Online - A metronome. Online!
AAA State of Play - Music Theory Lessons for Kids
Music For All - Home of Bands of America & Orchestras of America
SmartMusic - "Music learning software for band, orchestra, and choir"
J.W. Pepper - Supplier of sheet music
Classic Cat - Free classical audio downloads
Finale NotePad - Free music notation software
DCI - Drum Corps International, "Marching Music's Major League"
Metronome Online - A metronome. Online!
AAA State of Play - Music Theory Lessons for Kids
Music & Arts Advocacy:
Mr. Jow manages a separate website entirely dedicated to music education benefits and advocacy. Check it out!
Videos:
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Sir Ken Robinson: "Do schools kill creativity?"
(TED Talk) "If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original."
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Benjamin Zander: "On music and passion"
(TED Talk) "It's one of the characteristics of a leader that he not doubt for one moment the capacity of the people he's leading to realize whatever he's dreaming."
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Dr. Jack Stamp: "Why Music Matters"
"Music demands perfection. Now, we don't always get there, in fact, seldom do we get there. But it's the one few things in [students'] lives that demands that they be perfect."
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TED-Ed: How playing an instrument benefits your brain
"It turns out that while listening to music engages the brain in some pretty interesting activities, playing an instrument is the brain's equivalent of a full-body workout."
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Redwood-Related:
An archive of trophies received by Redwood's "era" of music groups and directors past and present.
