Links


Fun and Games

  • Arts Alive! - Compose your own music, learn about composers, identify instruments, and more.
  • Auditorium - A very cool game that uses harmony.
  • Children's Music Network - For some fun games, click on the "Kid's Music Mania" link on the left side of the page. Your parents may be interested in the rest of this site!
  • Classics for Kids - Visit the Composer Time Machine, become a Rockin' Rhythm Master, play the Note Name Game, or compose your own music.
  • Dallas Symphony Orchestra - kids - Play Beethoven's Baseball, Music Match, paint a picture, or go in the Time Machine.
  • eMusic Theory - music lessons/games to practice basic music concepts
  • Freddie the Frog - (also linked above) A website that correlates directly with the Freddie the Frog stories we use in music class! FUN!!!
  • Midomi - Have a song in your head but can't remember what it is? Hum or sing into this website and it will find the song for you!
  • Musictheory.net - GREAT music lessons from basic to advanced! Also an interactive keyboard function and other musical tools!
  • PlayMusic - A site with interesting information and links to compose your own music.
  • San Fransisco Symphony Kids Site - A great site for students and families to learn about music and play some fun games!
  • Sphinx Kids - Games and information about composers, instruments, and more.
  • The New York Philharmonic Kidzone - The New York Philharmonic Kidzone is a place for kids to come and learn about the New York Philharmonic and about the instruments, music, musicians, composers, and more. There are many fun games here that have kept me entertained for hours!
  • Thumb piano - Sometimes called an Mbira, a thumb piano is a traditional African instrument played with the thumbs. Try playing a digital version here!
  • Whack-A-Note - A fun game to identify notes. Especially great for those in 4th grade, since the first four notes of the game are the first four notes we play on recorder!!!

Music Advocacy and Education

  • MENC - The National Association for Music Education. A great resource for education and music advocacy. I am a member of this professional organization.
  • Advocacy - This links to the Byron choirs site and information from middle school choir and general music teacher, Deb Anderson. She has great resources!

If you find that a link I have listed does not work, please let me know! Sometimes websites change and I am not aware.