Arts Organizations
Americans for the Arts
This organization's goal is to get more money for the arts, arts education
for every child, and community development through the arts. This website
provides information on arts policy, arts education, advocacy initiatives,
and grants information.
ArtsEdge
ArtsEdge: Linking the Arts and Education through Technology ARTSEDGE was established
and continues its development under a cooperative agreement between the John
F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the National Endowment for the
Arts (with additional support from the U.S. Department of Education).
It gives updates on what is happening in arts and education as well as information
on job listings, grants and funding, competitions, and professional development.
Teaching materials include, activities and lesson plans, publishing information,
idea exchanges, and web links to educational resources.
Cincinnati
Arts Association
College Music Society
The College Music Society, a consortium of college, conservatory, university,
and independent musicians and scholars, exists to support its members in their
professional and pedagogical goals. Recognizing the richness of musical diversity
and the challenge of balancing the traditions of the past with the possibilities
of the future, the members of The College Music Society are united by a dedication
to the science of learning and the art of teaching.
Music
Educators' National Conference
Music Teachers National Association
This site provides information about the association as well as certification
information. It also lists publications of the MTNA and its programs and resources
on choosing a music teacher.
NAMM
International Music Products Association
This site offers advocacy, industry, and research information as well as links
to the International Foundation for Music Research.
National Assembly for State Arts Agencies
American Music Therapy Association
Professional organization defines music therapy, offers student
and practitioner memberships, and a practitioner directory. Find a chat forum.
National
Endowment for the Arts
Ohio Music Education Association
Organization
of American Kodaly Educators
The mission of the Organization of American Kodály Educators is to
enrich the quality of life of the people of the U.S.A. through music education
by promoting the philosophy of Zoltán Kodály.
Society for Music Theory
Society
for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America
Barbershop harmony:
It’s easy, it's fun, and you can do it
too.
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Elementary Education
American Music Education Initiative
This organization is a part of the National Music Foundation. It is for
teachers who use "American" music in their lesson plans. This page
is helpful for not only music teachers, but also for any K-12 teacher whose
subject matter
incorporates music. This page provides teachers the opportunity to receive
grants for their lessons and posts information regarding the finalists and
semi-finalists lessons on the website.
American
Orff-Schulwerk Association
The American Orff-Schulwerk Association is a professional organization
of music and movement educators dedicated to the creative teaching approach
developed by Carl Orff and Gunild Keetman. We are joined by our belief
that
learning about music — learning to sing and play, to hear and understand,
to move and create — should be an active and joyful experience.
Arts Education Partnership
Founded by the National Endowment for the Arts and the U.S. Department
of Education and managed by the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies
and the Council of Chief State School Officers. This site represents a coalition
of education, arts, business, philanthropic, and government groups dedicated
to promoting the essential role of arts education in student's success.
Resources
include advocacy pamphlets, videos, speeches, and research reports.
Children's Music Workshop
This site features resources for music teachers, lessons, ideas, recorder
book fun, and a guide to music education, music links and "finding a teacher".
Cultural
Arts Resources for Teachers and Students
This site documents the history of New York City and other urban centers and incorporates
it into the educational environment. It deals mostly with incorporating folk
arts into the curriculum.
Education Week
Education
Week provides articles about general education topics from K-12. This site
also contains information about new books on education and offers links to
other Internet education resources.
Education World
This page contains lessons, sheet music and lyric database as well as links to
sites for lesson plans and activities.
Internet
Resources For Music Teachers
Has links on K-12 Music Resources
Kidzone of the New York Philharmonic
This
is a fun site that introduces kids to orchestral music. It includes
players’
bios, music samples, history of the New York Philharmonic, information on
different instruments and an "invent your own instrument" section.
Music Education Madness
This is an electronic magazine that contains articles on private lessons, elementary
education, software reviews, etc. It also has a directory of music businesses.
Music Teacher's Resource Site
This British site features many resources, tips, and ideas on music education.
National Federation of State High School
Associations
Offers
information on music programs and awards and the NFIMA (National Federation
Interscholastic Music Association) Journal.
The
Nation's Report Card
Provides information on the current assessment of students’ progress
in various subjects, including the arts.
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Instrumental
and Vocal Education
American Choral Directors Association
From the ACDA website: "Founded in 1959,
the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) is a nonprofit
music-education organization whose central purpose is to promote excellence
in choral music through performance, composition, publication, research, and
teaching. In addition, ACDA strives through arts advocacy to elevate choral
music's position in American society."
International
Association of Jazz Educators
The mission of the IAJE is to assure the continued worldwide development and growth
of jazz and jazz education through programs, leadership and festivals.
International Double Reed Society
Access
to selected section is restricted to IDRS On-Line subscribers.
International Federation for Choral Music
The International Trumpet Guild
The
International Trumpet Guild's purpose is "To promote communications
among trumpet players around the world and to improve the artistic level
of performance,
teaching, and literature associated with the trumpet."
National Flute Association
The
Percussive Arts Society
The
Percussive Arts Society is a not-for-profit organization. Its purpose is educational,
promoting drums and percussion through a viable network of performers, teachers,
students, enthusiasts and Sustaining Members.
String Pedagogy Notebook
A
Resource for Teachers and Performers compiled by Michael Hopkins
Tubists
Universal Brotherhood Association
Tubists Universal Brotherhood Association's purpose is "...to maintain
a liaison among those who take a significant interest in the instruments
of
the tuba
and euphonium
family -- their development, literature, pedagogy, and performance."
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Music
Technology
Soundtree
Soundtree is a corporation which specializes
in supplying technology to academic environments, from software to technology lab design and installation.
ATMI WWW Site
ATMI
serves as a forum for the scholarly presentation of technical information
by and for specialists in the field of computer-assisted instruction (CAI)
in music. In addition, another of ATMI's goals is to deliver such information
to an audience of non-specialists who are users of music CAI.
Music Instruction Software
This
page contains pointers to educational software of interest to music teachers
and students. The main focus is freely available software on the net that
will help students master the basics of music--note reading, music theory,
ear training, and music history. The page also has a list of instructional
material available on the Internet (text files and hypertext), a list of online
sheet music and a selection of web sites related to music education.
Music Technology Learning Center
This
site gives updates on the use of music and computers. It is geared mainly
toward electronic technology.
MuSICA
The
Music and Science Information Computer Archive
Pathways Through Music
Pathways
Through Music is a digital media, self-guided study course. The software
based guitar lessons are designed to be flexible and to dynamically meet the
student's needs. The site contains information on the beginner course contents
as well as finding a guitar. Other features include a guided tour and free
software.
Technology in Music Education (TIME)
TIME
is a collection of information about music instructional software. Software
products including computer programs, hypertext stacks, CD-ROMs, videotapes,
videodiscs, and music classroom systems are eligible for listing in TIME.
TIME includes publisher's descriptions and independent reviews of all types
of music instructional software as well as availability information.
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Libraries
and Indexes
Awesome Library
Is an extensive database for lessons, events, multimedia, paper, presentations,
etc.
Cambridge University Press
The
search under "music education" presented 1000 items from
Cambridge's retinue of published books and journals.
Note:
This site is geared more toward selling books rather than research.
Center for the History of Music Theory
and Literature
This
site combines electronic access to several databases of interest to libraries.
These databases include Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology - Online,
Musical Borrowing: An Annotated Bibliography, Thesaurus Musicarum Latinarum,
and Saggi musicali italiani.
Institute for
Music Research
University
of Texas San Antonio
International Index to Music Periodicals
Full
text Edition
Music
Education Resource Base (MERB)
Includes
the Canadian Music Index
Music
Research Information Service
The Music Research Information Service (MRIS) is a gateway to research information
in the fields of Music Education, music psychology, music therapy, and music
medicine. MRIS is a project of the Institute for Music Research.
New Grove Dictionary of
Music
University of Cincinnati Library Catalog
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Additional
Music Resource Links
Cincinnati Arts
Find
information about the local art scene.
College and University
Home Pages
College
and University Home Pages - Alphabetical Listing (over 3000 listings)
Education Index: Music Resources
Provides
links to music education sites and resources.
Internet Resources
for Music Scholars
Maintained
by the Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library, Harvard University This website is a MUST
when conducting research.
Online
Arts Journals
Pepper National Music Network
Your
complete internet music service specializing in printed music of all publishers.
Schools and Departments
of Music
This
list includes schools in foreign countries as well.
WNUR-FM JazzWeb
Please
keep in mind that the JazzWeb is a user-built volunteer project. The
end goal of the JazzWeb is to contribute to the fantasy of finding
all answers
to all
questions on demand. Now that we've admitted that we're engaged in
fantasy, we can relax a little. The Internet doesn't need formality,
it needs energy
and creativity — if you want to contribute any of that we'll keep
growing. If you don't, it'll be catch as catch can.
Worldwide
Internet Music Resources
This
music resource list is offered as a service of the William and Gayle Cook
Music Library, Indiana University.
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Job Placement
The
Chronicle of Higher Education Career Network
Indiana University
School of Music Job Placement
College-Conservatory
of Music Career Services
Music
Educator's National Conference
Ohio
Music Education Association
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Local
Performing Groups/Performance Opportunities
Cincinnati
Symphony Orchestra
Evansville
Philharmonic
Kentucky
Symphony Orchestra
Lexington
Philharmonic
Owensboro Symphony Orchestra
Richmond
Symphony Orchestra
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