Check out the Resources Page for plenty of At-Home activities for you and your family to experience music!.
Since COVID hit, many arts organizations started providing free access to concerts and other resources online, such as the Detroit Symphony (Fridays at 2pm, Facebook Live), the Philadelphia Orchestra has concerts Thursdays at 8 and other activites for kids here. Playbill.com (Broadway) has compiled a list of resources for families here. Check some out and don't forget you can always make music at home!!
The Lehigh Valley is full of amazing opportunities to see, hear, or take part in amazing music.
Miller Symphony Hall - the Allentown Symphony offers free tickets to students for all of its regular and pops concerts!
Zoellner Arts Center - Check out lots of great shows, but especially the LU Philharmonic! Mrs. Scholz can get free tickets for her students!
Young People's Philharmonic and Junior String Philharmonic
For inspiration:
Check out this great interview with Olympic medalist Elizabeth Beisel!!!
PMEA Conversation with Elizabeth Beisel
RHYTHM PRACTICE:
Check out this website for new fun songs by Bryant Oden.
Music Interactive has several games and activites you can use to practice note reading, rhythm, and recorder notes.
Be sure to check out the Classics for Kids - Cincinatti Public Radio has made a lot of podcasts about different composers, their compositions musical genres, instruments and more. There are also some neat games!https://www.classicsforkids.com/
Here's a fun site to create music from words! Can you make a cool pattern? When you're finished typing, click on the Send button (sideways arrow) to share your composition through email or social media. Typatone
Who doesn't love the CUP game? Check out this and plenty of other cup routine tutorials on YouTube. CUPS Tutorial 1 We'll be doing a lot of rhythm cup activities this year!
Several Major Orchestras have great kids sites:
Kids Page | Boston Symphony Orchestra | bso.org
SFS Kids: Fun & Games With Music!
Here are some great sites to explore our national anthem and the history behind it!
NMAH | The Star-Spangled Banner: The Flag that Inspired the National Anthem
The Banner Yet Waves: 200 Years of Star-Spangled History
Star-Spangled Banner with lyrics
Some more great games and tools for practicing your note reading can be found here:
Music Teacher's Games, Educational games for music students
Some apps I recommend for note reading practice are Staff Wars (also available as a free download to your computer), Speedy Note, Music Tutor, and Note Fighter.
The Royal Conservatory of Music (Canada) also has a bunch of great apps for music learning. (RCM Music Theory)
For some fun, check out Drum Pad Machine!
There's also a great new gadget from Sphero (the guys that made BB8!) called Specdrums. It's a ring that you can enable with an app to play notes or other sounds when you touch it to certain colors. Very cool, check it out. Wish I could get a class set! Specdrums
Resources Used in Class
I usually post videos and other things we do in class on the Google Classrooms, but here are a few more.
Star-Spangled Banner As You've Never Heard It (Note - there are a few errors in this video, but overall it is a great video!) For fact-checkers, see the Smithsonian website listed above.
Peter and the Wolf - Vancouver Symphony
Shakespeare database - 5th grade learning about Shakespeare this month