Explore Abelton's Learning Synths (lesson) and Playground (mixer) (grades 7-12)
Create rhythmic accompaniments on Groove Pizza (see the lesson here!) (grades 2-8)
Compose your own music using one of the music programs found on our Music Tech Resources page here
Read the timeline of the History of Music Recording (grades 9-12)
Explore instruments and composers on the New York Philharmonic's Kidzone, Classics for Kids, or the Dallas Symphony Orchestra (grades 2-6)
Research Unusual Musical Instruments (grades 5-8)
Select songs/pieces on a theme or within certain criteria, using youtube, J.W. Pepper, IMSLP, or CPDL (grades 4-12)
Evaluate an ensemble performance from YouTube (grades 4-12) -- grades 7+ can use a festival rubric
Listen to a YouTube or Spotify playlist of songs (curated by the teacher) (grades K-6)
Compare, contrast, or pick your favorite of the next two songs you hear (grades 3+)
If you have your instrument at home, just practice! (grades 4-12)
Using SDUSD's Flipgrid page, record a 1-2 minute performance of yourself performing to share!
Check out Learn to Play Music.com on youtube, which has instructional videos for instruments ranging from recorder and ukulele to strings and woodwinds to piano.
Play along with Rockin' Recorder songs -- method book and tracks right on the website
Access vocal warm-ups, karaoke, and/or practice tracks on youtube (grades 3-12)
Empowering Yourself for Vocal Independence playlist on youtube
Use practice tracks in Google Classroom or on youtube for choral repertoire and/or solo works (grades 4-12)
Art Song Central has free sheet music for many classical songs in the public domain, and you can easily find practice tracks and accompaniments on youtube. The 24 Italian art songs are a great place to start.
Follow Sing Well, a 10-lesson online singing class available for free on "A Song a Week by Jodie".
See this Chorus e-lesson plan example for suggestions on how to practice (grades 6-12)
View Little Kids Rock video lessons for vocals, rock band instruments, ukulele, and songwriting (grades 3-9)
View lessons and links on Mr. Ethridge Music for ukulele, guitar, bass, piano, and drums
Practice your rudiments with Vic Firth's Rudiments practice site
Research the background of one of your pieces - composer, time period, culture, significance of the piece, translation of lyrics, etc. (grades 5-12)
Participate in free world music video lessons (with study guides) from San Diego's Center for World Music
Watch "Zap! Boom! Pow! Superheroes of Music" (on youtube), featuring 2-3 minute videos about classical composers, based on the book of the same name by Lucy A. Warner, and with music by the San Diego Symphony
Watch up to four performances for FREE in the Berliner Philharmoniker's Digital Concert Hall
The Met Opera is streaming FREE nightly presentations from their Live in HD series on their website (each production begins at 7:30 p.m. EDT and will be available until 3:30 p.m. the following day)
Learn about opera with the "Sing Out Loud" or "Shakespeare Sings" YouTube series from the LA Opera
Got Netflix? Check out "Julie's Greenroom" (elementary), "Amadeus" (HS), "Eroica" (HS), or one of the many available musical theatre productions from "The Sound of Music" to "Les Miserables".
Watch a TED-Ed video lesson on a variety of music topics.
See "A Virtual Choir 2,000 Voices Strong," a 15-minute TEDTalk with Eric Whitacre about the Virtual Choir project.
Check out the show "Broadway or Bust" free from KPBS, which follows 60 musical theatre students to New York to be coached for the National High School Musical Theatre Awards competition.
The competition show "Sing That Thing!" features a cappella choirs in numerous styles. Full episodes of all five seasons are available for free.
LA Opera has lesson plans for all ages, from opera styles and conducting to art songs and tech theatre
PBS's Learning Media for California Educators includes hundreds of free music-related educational videos, documents, and more that can be sorted by by grade level
"The Language of Music," audio recordings of a music appreciation-type course from Missouri State available for free on iTunes (grades 10-12)
"Introduction to World Music," a series of recorded college class lectures from Missouri State (grades 9-12)
"Music Lessons for School Closures," a blog post from Mrs. Miracle's Music Room describing a variety of elementary lesson ideas (grades K-5)