Elementary Music

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KidZone! New York Philharmonic Orchestra - http://www.nyphilkids.org/main.phtml? 

Kindermusik for Kids - http://www.kindermusik.com/kids/index.html 

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PlayMusic! - www.playmusic.org
Created by the American Symphony Orchestra League.Learn about the different instrument families of the orchestra, meet composers and musicians, 

New York Philharmonic KIDZONE! - www.nyphilkids.org 
Site includes: Musician's Lounge, Composers' Gallery, Instrument Storage Room, Instrument Laboratory, Conductor/Soloist Dressing Rooms, Newsstand, Composer's Workshop

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Creating Music -  www.creatingmusic.com 
Creating Music is a fun, interactive online environment for creating and exploring music.

San Francisco Symphony For Kids- http://www.sfskids.org/templates/home.asp?pageid=1 
This website, in conjunction with our live performances, provide a great way for people of all ages to hear, learn, and have fun with music.

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Creating Music -  www.creatingmusic.com 
Creating Music is a fun, interactive online environment for creating and exploring music.

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Creating Music -  www.creatingmusic.com 
Creating Music is a fun, interactive online environment for creating and exploring music.

The Museum of Musical Instruments - http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2002/r0802-12.shtml 
"The Museum of Musical Instruments (MoMI) gives people a unique opportunity to examine, explore, and experience the finest examples of 19th and 20th Century musical instruments."

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Creating Music -  www.creatingmusic.com 
Creating Music is a fun, interactive online environment for creating and exploring music.

The Museum of Musical Instruments - http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2002/r0802-12.shtml 
"The Museum of Musical Instruments (MoMI) gives people a unique opportunity to examine, explore, and experience the finest examples of 19th and 20th Century musical instruments."

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Music at the Integrated Classroom - http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/atm/ic/Music.htm
Check out this collection of music sites gathered by our own Bill Excell from Athena MS.

The Museum of Musical Instruments - http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2002/r0802-12.shtml 
"The Museum of Musical Instruments (MoMI) gives people a unique opportunity to examine, explore, and experience the finest examples of 19th and 20th Century musical instruments."

Musictheory.net
http://www.musictheory.net/index.html
An interactive website with music theory tutorials for students and teachers. Lesson topics include: staff, clef, and ledger lines; note duration; measure and time signatures; rest duration; dots and ties; simple and compound meter; odd meter; steps and accidentals, and more. A chord calculator, staff paper generator, and matrix generator are available for online use. You can download the stand-alone version of the trainers and utilities. There is also a forum for sharing information and asking questions.

African Instruments
http://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutmusic/features/africa/
Dance music, pop, jazz, rock, rap, blues - there aren't many genres which don't carry an element of African 'DNA' somewhere in their make up. A variety of music has its foundation in a blend of African and European sounds. This interactive site lets you explore various parts of Africa and provides information, examples, photos, or videos of musical instruments. Requires Real Player. (Grade Levels: Early Childhood (K-2), Elementary, Middle School, High School)

J.S. Bach - http://www.jsbach.org/ 
This site includes extensive material on the life and works of J.S. Bach.

The Classical Music Pages - http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/classmus.html
This Web site offers biographical information about composers (with portraits and short sound examples), explanations of the various musical forms, and a dictionary of musical terminologies.

Music Theory.Net - http://www.musictheory.net/ 
This comprehensive site contains interactive lessons and activities on all aspects of music theory: chords, intervals, inversions, and much more.

Take Note! - http://www.symphonyworks.net/takenote/ 
This Web site gives resources for teaching about the orchestra through learning about the New York Philharmonic. Find lesson plans, activity books, video tours of the symphony, and many other resources for the classroom.

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