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last month’s debut
issue that featured useful ways to teach art for
FREE? I got some great feedback and hope that this e-Newsletter
will be a great benefit to those of you looking to save
some money while homeschooling. Did you share it with
all your friends? I hope so—REAL friends share!
This month our focus is going to be on music education.
Is it really possible to get music lessons for FREE?
Well, YES YOU CAN! I’ve done a lot of research
on this topic and have come up with a diverse set of
Internet links to help you. If you have other ideas or
links, please let me know. Send an email to FREEHomeschool@TheHomeschoolMagazine.com.
I’m sure we’ll tackle this subject again
in the future!
In addition to some great freebies from the Internet,
I’ve got a free music unit study from Classical
Magic. Author Marjorie Persons has been kind enough
to give us a portion of her curriculum on classical music.
This study delves into the classical piece Winter from
the Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi. The music is available
for listening on the Classical
Magic website throughout the month of February. After
that time, you can probably borrow the CD from your local
library. Check out this interesting section of the website
that highlights the association of music
and the development of the brain.
Have you visited my blog at www.HomeschoolBlogger.com?
You haven’t? Well, hurry up and head on over there! www.HomeschoolBlogger.com/FreeStuffForHomeschoolers is
where I started putting all my freebies. I found that
just “bookmarking” my favorite sites wasn’t
working for me. I needed a way to log a description of
what was included on each website. So I decided to use
that blog for
easier retrieval when I needed it. It turns out that
a lot of HomeschoolBloggers started
using the information. I just love sharing good stuff!
In fact, that’s where Gena “noticed” me
and asked that I do this e-Newsletter. She’s pretty
smart, ya know? No matter what her
little sister says.
Well, other than stuff on the Internet, are there more
creative (and free) options for music education in the
homeschool? I’m SO glad you asked! Keep on reading
... but do me a favor, okay? When you’re done, hit
that forward button up there and share this e-Newsletter
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Julie Nott, Editor
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Where words fail, music speaks.
—Hans Christian Andersen
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By Julie Nott
I'm
a curious gal. I wonder how many of us homeschooling
parents took music lessons as a child? I also speculate
as to how many of us stuck it out until we graduated?
And then my curiosity wanders off to how many of the
people who stuck with their music lessons actually did
something with that education after they left home,
got married, and had a family?
I come from a very musical family. Both my mother
and father took piano lessons and participated in choirs
all through their schooling and up until their senior
years of high school. They went on to major in music
education at college, where they met. I have always
admired their musical talents and the diligence they
have demonstrated to me through the years.
It was pretty much a given that I would have a musical
gift. I started formal piano lessons when I was in
about the first grade, but I had already been banging
around on it and picking out tunes long before then.
How could I not? I was always hearing beautiful music
being played and seeing it appreciated. If I remember
correctly, my mother took me out of lessons because
I kept forgetting to bring my piano books to school.
Me? Forgetful? I think not!
I continued to play around at home through the elementary
years, learned to read music in school and through
church choir, and eventually picked up formal lessons
again in middle school (when I was more mature!). I
had THE best piano teacher—Mrs. Brown. She was
the accompanist at our church and inspired me to do
my best. But you know the one thing she always asked
me to do? Practice. Yep, practice. You know what? I
had better things to do—or so I thought—with
my time. I’m sure there are those of you out
there who enjoyed practicing, but I never liked putting
forth the effort unless there was a pending competition
or I was working on a piece that I really, really enjoyed.
One summer I was visiting my Aunt Lynette. She introduced
me to the song “Fur Elise” by Ludwig van
Beethoven. She told me that she and my cousin Kathy
had played this piece at their piano recitals when
they were younger. Aunt Lynette sat down at the piano
and played the song for me. I was mesmerized. I just
HAD to learn it! I can still recall the memory of her
sitting there at the piano—the way she moved
when she played it, the look in her eyes, the whole
beauty of that song that just oozed out of her very
being. Now THAT was inspiring. I wanted to play music
like THAT.
I spent the next few days at her house painstakingly
learning the first page. I was SO proud of myself!
When I returned home, I found out that both my mom
and dad had played this song when they were younger!
I ended up performing “Fur Elise” at my
recital that year. And guess what? Just last year my
14-year-old daughter performed it at HER piano recital.
Was I the one who introduced her to “Fur Elise”?
You betcha! And I didn’t even have to coax her
to play it—she wanted to.
By now you’re probably asking, Why are you telling
me all of this? What’s your point? Well here
it is: I TRULY believe that music can be taught and
appreciated whether you as the parent/teacher are musically
inclined or not. Yes, I have the advantage of the “music
gene” being built in, but the REAL key to my
music appreciation was seeing and hearing the
music being appreciated. Did you catch that? I saw and heard the
music being appreciated. You can do this! You can inspire
your children to love music by being an example of
a music lover.
I believe that music appreciation is one of the foundational
pieces of a thorough education. Please notice that
I didn’t say that “music education” was
a foundational piece of a thorough education but that “music
appreciation” was. What’s the difference?
Well, not everyone is going to grow up and be a musician
or earn a living from making music. But anyone can
grow up and learn to appreciate music if they’ve
been exposed to it.
How can you do this? Play music in your home—a
lot. Check out all the genres of music from the library
and TALK about it. Listen to it together. Put on a
classical piece and paint together. Do the do-si-do
while listening to some bluegrass. Try to mimic the
soprano while listening to the opera. Watch some musicals
together. Write your own silly songs. The possibilities
really are endless. Just enjoy music and expose them
to it!
That’s one of our many responsibilities as parents
and educators—exposing our kids to good things
and seeing where it takes them (and us!). If you can
change your focus to appreciation in this
area, I believe you will learn to relax with music “education.”
Having said all that, there is research
data supporting the idea that children who have
taken even one year of formal music lessons are able
to concentrate better and/or perform better on tests.
Are you ready to give your child formal music lessons?
Do you wonder how you can teach your child music if
you don’t know music? Or how you can do it if
money is tight? If you want your child to take formal
lessons but money is tight, here are some ideas on
how to do that for FREE:
Bartering
My mother recently told me that she taught piano lessons
to a little girl in exchange for a dining room table
and a bedroom suite for my room. What could you do
for someone in exchange for lessons? Better yet, what
could your child do to earn his own lessons? Maybe
he could mow his music teacher’s lawn every week.
Maybe she could do some babysitting. Put the word out
to your homeschooling support group. Would an older
homeschooler who plays the piano like to teach for
free just for the experience? This would be a great
opportunity for him to get his feet wet.
Borrowing
First of all, I can’t say enough about putting
the word out to your friends. Send an email, ask around,
or pick up the phone! You never know who may have an
instrument or keyboard lying around that isn’t
getting used. Better yet, you never know who wants
to get a piano out of their house. What have you got
to lose? The worst that can happen is either you don’t
get a response or someone says no.
Blessings
We were able to purchase our first piano a few years
ago when I saw one at a church garage sale. Buying
a piano was always a dream of mine, but it was such
a huge expense and never seemed to be a priority in
the budget. We got this upright piano for $75! Yes,
we had to rent a moving van for $50 and my husband
and his friend nearly broke their backs moving it into
our home, but that piano served our family well for
many years.
Now let me just say that I was perfectly content with
this old upright—scratches, dings, and all. None
of the keys were missing, and it wasn’t too horribly
out of tune. I felt immensely blessed to even have
a piano at all. But God decided to bless our family
even more about a year ago.
I had always admired this beautiful baby grand piano
that was behind the stage at our church. Every time
I went back there, that piano was sitting there just
begging to be played. I was sorely distressed when
I saw things being thrown carelessly on it or cups
being set down on the top. It seemed forgotten and
neglected. I finally inquired about it and was told
that the soundboard was warped and that it never stayed
in tune. Our music director told me that as far as
he was concerned it was mine if I wanted it. It had
been donated to the church but hadn’t been used
in years. He checked with the elders, and they approved
my taking it. Well, glory be—I was shocked!
The next dilemma? How to get it to our home. My dad
graciously offered to pay for the piano delivery and
the tuning as a Christmas gift to us. This lovely baby
grand with all its intricately detailed carvings and
gorgeous cherry wood now sits in our living room and
gets played almost every day by my kids—and me,
when I make the time. When we got it tuned, the technician
told us that this piano was over 100 years old and
was a rare commodity because it had the original bench
with it, and that if we ever had about $3,000 to put
into restoration it would be worth up to $15,000. I’m
still speechless with this knowledge.
What did we do with our upright? I was talking to
a friend one day and telling her the story of the piano
and the pending delivery of it, and she stepped out
on a limb and asked what we were going to do with our
other piano. I hadn’t even thought about it up
to that point. I was so excited to get the new one
that I didn’t even think about how we were going
to get that monstrosity out of our house! We decided
to give the piano to them. I didn’t even know
they were looking for one. Now THAT was fun! We even
arranged to have the same piano moving company deliver
it to their house at a discount! They dropped ours
off and took the upright all in the same day! It’s
so fun to bless others!
Maybe God has a musical blessing to shower on your
family. Begin by praying boldly and specifically. He
will hear your prayer.
Benefits
Something I have been taking advantage of for the
past year is the benefits I receive through a position
I have. I teach voice classes with a ministry called
Christian Youth Theater. In addition to getting paid
for teaching, I receive the benefit of free tuition
for one of my children for each semester’s classes.
In addition to voice lessons, classes are offered for
dancing, auditioning, improvisation, beginning acting,
and writing plays. My children have been learning all
kinds of things that I might not have been able to
teach them on my own.
Is something like this available in your community?
Are other benefits out there for your family?
I hope these ideas have helped you to start thinking
creatively in this area. Have fun with it, and may you
always “Make a joyful noise unto the Lord!
Julie Nott is the wife of Daniel and
the homeschooling mom to four precious kids. She and
her family live in Illinois. Julie is also the editor
of two e-Newsletters with The Old Schoolhouse
Magazine and a freelance writer. In her spare
time she likes to sleep. Visit Julie at www.HomeschoolBlogger.com/Julie.
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My heart, which is so full
to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by
music when sick and weary.
—Martin Luther
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By Marjorie Kiel Persons, Classical Magic, Inc.
Celebrations are not complete without music. Vivaldi’s
music for The Four Seasons is especially beautiful
and is made accessible to children with lyrics by Marjorie
Persons of Classical Magic, Inc.
Themes to Remember, Volume
2, has music and lyrics for all of The
Four Seasons. Winter can be found on
pages 14-15 and CD tracks 7 and 8.
Books with CDs are available at www.classicalmagic.net/materialsproducts.html.
Music for Vivaldi's Winter can
also be found on many CDs. This lesson uses Movement
2, Largo. Music, lyrics, and illustration for Winter will
be available on the Classical Magic website through February. http://www.classicalmagic.net/index.htm
A portrait and biography of Vivaldi can be found on
page 6 of Themes to Remember, Volume
2, or in Portraits of the Music
Masters,
page 10. Both can be ordered on the above website. You
can also find composer portraits on the Internet by doing
a search of the composer’s name.
Antonio Vivaldi (vi-VALL-dee) had red
hair and was known as “the Red Priest.” He
was born in Venice, Italy. On the day he was born, an
earthquake struck the city. There is a theory that his
mother, in her terror, vowed that her son would become
a priest if they did not suffer damage. Also, studying
for the priesthood was often the only way a poor child
could obtain free schooling.
Vivaldi’s education had included violin instruction.
After being ordained as a priest, he was named as the
violin teacher at an orphanage for girls in Venice. The
girls that Vivaldi taught became very accomplished musicians.
He wrote volumes of music for them and organized concerts
that drew audiences from all over Europe.
Of Historical and Cultural Interest
Show a portrait of Vivaldi and ask children to repeat
his name. Note that Vivaldi wore a big wig, as did
all composers and other “important” people
in the Baroque Period (1600-1750).
We call all Baroque composers “Big Wigs”!
Sometimes they put powder on their wigs. I've heard
that some also used plaster of Paris. (Maybe that was
the first hair spray!) Plaster of Paris is sometimes
used to make casts for broken bones. Even now we sometimes
call important people “Big Wigs.”
So children can develop a historical framework for the
information they gather, I teach them one important date
in American history for each century as a reference point.
Baroque Period—The Pilgrims’ landing
at Plymouth Rock in 1620.
(To see Piano (a kitty) and Forte (a
dog) in the clothes of each music period, along with
key date for each century, see www.classicalmagic.net/materialsperiodsinthearts.html.)
Notice the cartoon style of the illustrations. How does
the artist make Forte look stern? How does he change
Forte’s face to make him look happy? What does
his expression convey in the Modern Period? Notice the
George Washington tricorn hat in the Classical Period
and the Lincoln top hat in the Romantic Period.
The Classical Period was the Age of Reason, the Enlightenment.
Forte has a stern expression because there are many rules
to follow. Reason is more important than emotion, and
clothing is simple. In the Romantic Period, emotion was
more important than reason and clothing was more ornate.
In the Modern Period, rules are relaxed in music, art,
and life.
Do you think this is a good thing?
Winter from the Four Seasons by Antonio
Vivaldi Concepts
| music: steady beat |
season: winter |
| dynamics: piano, pianissimo, forte (FOR-tay) |
cold/warm |
| direction: up and down |
snow, snowflakes |
| composer: Vivaldi |
slippery ice, icicles |
| violin: string instrument (picture on |
sleigh: runners, not wheels bare
trees |
| page 17 of Themes to Remember,
Vol. 2, or search the Web.) |
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Antonio
VIVALDI (1678-1741)
The Four Seasons, Winter, Mvt.
2 (CD Tracks 7 & 8)
Snow falling softly, it’s winter time.
See horses pulling sleighs
While church bells chime.
Come join Vivaldi,
Sing a song merrily,
Vivaldi, merrily,
Vivaldi, wait for me,
I'll come, too!
I love the snow,
Soft winds that blow,
Pianissimo!
Light snowflakes falling,
Keep falling, falling, falling,
Falling down on me!
Sing the Lyrics with the music on the web. The lyrics
take only about one minute to sing.
Music Activities
You may copy the lyrics above for song sheets or worksheets.
You may copy the illustration for children to color.
- Make copies of the lyrics for song sheets or write
them on a white board. Play the music with lyrics.
(website) Sing more than once. If children read, let
them read the lyrics as they sing the words. Even very
young children can begin to follow left to right movement.
Sing softly (piano). Add “snow-falling” actions
with hands. (Actions are easier if children stand.)
- Instruments: Let children use tone blocks or their
tongues to imitate the “clip-clop” of
the horses feet, and/or soft chime bells to imitate
church bells. Keep the steady beat.
- Second verse: The music goes up at
the end the first three lines. Use hand movements to
show the upward movement. The music goes down in
the last three lines. Use downward movement with hands
and/or whole body. Pianissimo (Pea-an-ISS-i-mo).
What do they think it means? (Very soft.) What word
does it come from? (piano)
Listening and Observing
- Ask children to listen and describe what
they hear. (CD Track 7)
- What instrument do they hear? (violin. See page 17
or 19 of Volume 2.)
- Do they hear the “clip-clop” of the horse’s
hooves?
- Look at the illustration.
- What is the horse doing? Has anyone ever ridden
in a sleigh?
Why does the sleigh have runners instead of wheels?
Why is the horse wearing a “jacket”?
(blanket)
- Can they find the kitty and the dog? Ask who they
think would sing louder—cats or dogs. The kitty’s
name is Piano (soft) and the dog’s name is
Forte (loud). They tell you when to sing softly and
when to sing loudly.
- Why do they think Piano is sitting on the horse?
- Was the music piano or forte? Ask children if they
can be piano.
- Is snow piano or forte? Can they think of other
things as soft (piano) as snow? (feathers, cotton)
- Have they ever played in snow? Was it fun? How
did it feel?
- What happened to Forte? Why are his eyes crossed(X)?
Have you ever walked on ice? Did you fall? Does it
hurt if you hit your head on ice?
- What is an icicle?
Can they find some in the illustration?
- What other
things in the picture help them know it is winter?
(snow, warm clothes, sleigh, horse blanket, no leaves
on trees)
Science
- How are icicles formed?
- Research snowflakes. What kinds of shapes do they
have? How are they formed?
- Why do we have four seasons? What happens with the
earth’s rotation around the sun?
Geography
- Vivaldi lived in Venice, Italy. Find Venice on a
map. On what continent do you find Italy? What does
Italy look like on the map?
- Read about Venice. What kind of streets does it have?
What is a gondola? What is a gondolier? A “barcarolle” is
a song of a gondolier. (Sing Offenbach’s Barcarolle,
p. 59 in Themes To Remember, Volume
2—page 59, CD Track 42.)
Literacy
- When children read lyrics as they sing they:
- learn left to right movement
- learn to read with fluency and the
rhythm of the language
- learn new vocabulary
- learn to recognize rhyming words
- Let children compose their own poems about winter
while listening to Vivaldi’s music. Write ideas
in prose first, then see how many can be made into
a poem.
- Children may wish to add a second verse of lyrics
to Vivaldi’s Winter. Be sure the words
fit the music. (This can be a group project.)
Examples: (“I love to ski, / Please come with
me,” or “I love the snow, / down hills
we go, / We’re really moving.”)
- Underline the rhyming words in the lyrics. Use a
different color for different rhymes.
- Search the Web for more information about Vivaldi
or read a biography.
Words combined with music go into “long-term” memory.
Children learn music better with words and words better
with music.
www.classicalmagic.net/teachingliteracy.html
In Volume 2 of Themes To Remember, you can
find lyrics and music for Vivaldi’s Spring,
Summer, and Autumn, in addition to Winter.
Vivaldi wrote a sonnet for each season
describing the scene in Italy. Does winter in Venice
seem like winter in the United States?
Vivaldi’s sonnet of Winter paints the
picture like this:
Op. 8, No. 4, Winter
Movement 1. Allegro |
Everyone is chilled
and shivering.
The powerful winds are bitterly cold.
To keep warm, people run and stamp their feet. |
Movement 2. Largo |
The people are happy
and content to pass the days
in their homes by the fire;
Outside, rain drenches everything. |
Movement 3. Allegro |
The people frolic on
the ice.
They fall, rise again, and run once again.
The ice breaks and drifts away.
The cold winds blow.
Such is winter! |
For older students
Both music and poetry have form. A sonnet is
a poem of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter in
a definite rhyme scheme. (iambic pentameter: five metrical
feet consisting of one short syllable followed by one
stressed syllable.) The main types are Italian (Petrarchan)
sonnet, an octave and a sestet rhyming abbaabba cdecde;
and the Elizabethan (Shakesperian) sonnet, three quatrains
and a couplet rhyming abab cdcd efef gg. The essence
of a sonnet is unity of thought or idea. Read some of
the most famous Shakespearian sonnets. (Notice the allusions
to the seasons.)
“Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?” (18)
“When, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes,” (29)
“How like a winter hath my absence been” (97)
Other Activities
- Draw winter scenes while listening and singing to
the music.
- Fold paper and cut out parts to make snowflakes.
- Make frosties or smoothies. Use fruit juice and ice
cubes or frozen fruits with juice in a blender. Serve
in paper cups with spoons. Are frosties cold like winter?
Do they taste better in the summer or in the winter?
Why?
- If you have a CD of the complete Four Seasons, play
all three movements of Winter as
the children are involved in activities.
- The children’s art books by Mike Venezia are
good. Check the Pieter Bruegel book. Bruegel painted
scenes of the four seasons. Two are included in Venezia’s
book: “The Harvesters” (fall) and “Hunters
in the Snow” (winter). Check other art
books that may include “The Dark Day” (spring),
and “The Return of the Herd” (summer).
Teacher’s Guides are available for both Volume
1 and Volume 2 of Themes to Remember. www.classicalmagic.net/materialsproducts.html or www.classicalmagic.net/orderinginfo.html
For a list of themes in each of the books see www.classicalmagic.net/materialslistofthemes.html
The Classical Magic® program was developed by Marjorie
Kiel Persons, children’s educator, music
education consultant, and clinician. She is a summa cum
laude graduate of Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota.
She later completed postgraduate studies at the University
of Minnesota and Kean College in Union, New Jersey. Marjorie
is certified in elementary education, secondary education,
English literature, and music education. Marjorie and her
husband, Clyde, an engineer, have lived in Venezuela, Aruba,
Egypt, and Mexico in addition to several regions of the
United States. They currently live in the beautiful Blue
Ridge Mountains of northwestern North Carolina. |
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Articles About Music and the Mind, Benefits of Music
Education, Etc.
www.menc.org/publication/articles/academic/dickins.htm
www.menc.org/publication/articles/academic/growing.htm
www.menc.org/publication/articles/academic/yoh.htm
www.classicalmagic.net/teaching.html
Lessons Online
FREE Music Lessons: piano, guitar, bass, and several
other instruments. Some include free printable sheet
music, sound bites, etc.
www.geocities.com/npasupathi/lessons.htm
www.guitarweek.com/lessons/index.php
www.guitarweek.com/piano/index.php
www.pianonanny.com/
www.gopiano.com/
www.ilearnmusic.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=6&Itemid=50
Lesson on sound effects with Power Point presentation
and worksheet to make your own story with sound effects
www.ilearnmusic.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=52&Itemid=28
Lessons on Jazz Music, complete with student handoutwww.jazzinamerica.org/lp_o.asp?LPOrder=1&Grade=5
How to Compose a Simple Melody Worksheet
www.ilearnmusic.com/456/composemelody.doc
Lesson on the Musical Alphabet for K-1 with worksheetwww.ilearnmusic.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11&Itemid=28
Berklee School of Music: FREE Music Lessons Online
www.berkleeshares.com/
Article about how this came to be
www.forrelease.com/D20031110/sfm072.P2.11082003005243.00941.html
Other lists
About.com site for free music education resources. Sign
up for the e-Newsletter!
www.musiced.about.com/od/freestuff/
Very extensive lists of music resources on the Internetwww.iwritethemusic.com/index.html
www.musicarrangers.com/instruments/musicalinstruments.html
www.heroweb.org/music.htm
A Critical Review of FREE Music Education Resources
on the Internet
www.faculty-staff.ou.edu/B/Nancy.H.Barry-1/NSMIT.htm
Musical Games and Freeware Downloads
Freeware Downloads – Learn to read sheet music – games
www.downloadspin.com/Education/Other/Aspire-Software/Note-Attack_747.htm
www.freesoft411.com/freeware/music-education.html
Fun online music games
www.creatingmusic.com/
www.musiced.about.com/od/onlinemusicgames/
Free Downloads of Music Composition Software Finale
Notepad
www.finalemusic.com/notepad/
Public Domain Sheet Music 1820-1885 online at the Library
of Congress
www.memory.loc.gov/ammem/mussmhtml/mussmhome.html
Music Collections at the Library of Congress American
Memory
www.memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/ListSome.php?category=Performing%20Arts,%20Music
Public Domain Music
www.pdinfo.com/list.htm
Oral History – American Music
www.yale.edu/oham/frameaccess.html
Miscellaneous
A site all about Beethoven
www.lvbeethoven.com/index_En.html
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org
Kohl for Kids: Sounds Like Learning
www.musicatkohl.org/Kids/learning.html
Recommended by Kelly - a Homeschooling for FREE reader
www.classicsforkids.com/shows/showview.asp?ID=25
Free AWANA Music Stuff - Downloadable Memory Books
www.awana.org/leader_resources/default.aspx?id=124
Downloadable MIDI and PDF sheet music for AWANA theme
songs
www.awana.org/leader_resources/default.aspx?id=112
Music Dictionary
www.geocities.com/npasupathi/a.htm
Basic Information About Classical Music
www.essentialsofmusic.com/
Opera for Everyone music educators
site – free
digital downloads and teacher guide
www.operaforeveryone.com/mesite/
How to Integrate Opera into Your Classroom Curriculum www.teachopera.net/LessonPlans.php?BrowseBy=Content&Content=Integrate
www.teachopera.net/LessonPlans.php
Int’l Society for Music Educators
www.isme.org/calls/6mistec
Music Education
Facts & Figures from MENC
www.menc.org/information/advocate/facts.html
Music with a Sacred Text – I found this highly
interesting
www.menc.org/publication/books/relig0.html
Lots of info on pianos, etc. great links
www.piano.com/welcome/index.cfm
Learning Links
www.piano.com/learn/index.cfm
Other Links I Find Interesting
Americans for the Arts
ww3.artsusa.org
Arts Education Partnership
www.aep-arts.org
Grammy in the Schools
www.grammyintheschools.com
Mr.Holland’s Opus Foundation
www.mhopus.org
US Army Band Master Classes
www.bands.army.mil/masterclass
Chamber Music America
www.chamber-music.org
International Foundation for Music Research
www.music-research.org
Music for All
www.music-for-all.org
Support Music.com
www.supportmusic.com
Illinois Music Educators Association Lending Library
(I wonder if every state has one of these?)
www.ilmea.org/MusicLibrary.shtml
The National Anthem Project:
Restoring America’s Voice
... Through Music Education!
www.thenationalanthemproject.org/
Tour Dates by State
www.tnap.org/roadshow.html#tour
About The Song
www.tnap.org/aboutthesong.html
Teacher Material – FREE Music
www.tnap.org/teachermaterial/naptm_START.html
Suggested Activities
www.tnap.org/teachermaterial/naptm_activities.html
March - Music In Our Schools Month (MIOSM®)
began as a single statewide celebration in 1973, and
has grown over the decades to encompass a day, then a
week, and then in 1985 to become a month long celebration
of music in our schools. March has been officially designated
by MENC: The National Association for Music Education
for the observance of MIOSM, the time of year when music
education becomes the focus of schools across the nation.
Ideas/Resources
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Music expresses that which
cannot be put into words
and that which cannot remain silent.
—Victor Hugo
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