Interactive Web Sites - Music

Corridos Sin Fronteras
A bilingual traveling exhibition and educational website celebrates the narrative songs known as corridos.

Keeping Score-Revolutions in Music
Keeping Score is a project of the San Francisco Symphony designed to make classical music more accessible to people of all ages and musical backgrounds.

The New York Philharmonic KidZone
Make your own instruments. Play games. Learn about famous composers. Lots of fun.

The San Francisco Symphony Presents
A music learning Web site for children and families

The Music Edge.com
This site for teens is geared as a launching pad for the ambitions of tomorrows musicians.

Creating Music.com
Creatingmusic.com is a place for children to compose music and play with musical performance, music games and music puzzles.

Arts Alive: Music Games and Activities
Click on this interactive music site from the National Arts Centre in Canada with activities for teachers, parents, students, kids, and young artists.

Jazzy Lessons and Activities
These resources are designed to help teachers use the PBS JAZZ video series and companion Web site in music, social studies, math, and language arts classes

Math and Music from Thinkquest
Look at some of the basic components of music such as rhythm, tone and pitch, and see what math has to do with them

Science of Music: The Exploratorium's Accidental Scientist
Explore the science of music through online exhibits, movies, and questions. You can compose, mix, dance, drum, experiment, and listen.

The Violin Master Class
Violinmasterclass.com was created for violin professionals, teachers, parents, and students at all levels to enhance the study of playing the violin.

Reading, Rhythm & 'Rithmetic'
NPR's Performance Today takes a weeklong look at the state of music education in America's schools.

Continental Harmony
The activities in the Continental Harmony website are designed for informal, at-home use by children and families, and for classroom use. Lesson plans include music and mood; elements of music; music, slavery and the civil war; and more.

The Mississippi River of Song
Visit the Smithsonian series on contemporary music along the Mississippi River.

Lesson Ideas: Don't Laugh at Me
Students create a movie using the words from the song "Don't Laugh at Me" to study the issue of teasing and bullying (from the Apple Learning Exchange).
See also the Operation Respect: Don't Laugh at Me website, http://operationrespect.org/.

Stormy Weather
Listen to selections from famous works inspired by storms! Selections include "Presto" from Vivaldi's "Summer" (Four Seasons), Grofe's "Cloudburst" from his Grand Canyon Suite, and Beethoven's "Storm" from his Symphony Number 6 (Pastoral). Usable by elementary-age students.

First Amendment
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