Links

The following music links are external links to various sites that are valuable and educational sites previewed by Kaii. You may find some interesting ideas at each site. To come back to this page, just use the "Show the previous page" button from your browser. Have fun and enjoy!

ACDA--American Choral Directors Association

The American Spiritual Ensemble--The American Spiritual Ensemble is composed of some of the finest singers in the United States. The vocalists have thrilled audiences around the world with their dynamic renditions of classic spirituals and Broadway numbers.

Audiotools--The Internet's premier source of dubious information, suspect advise and Uncle Technology on all kinds of hi-fi and audio equipment

Aviary Online Music Tools--Aviary is a free suite of powerful online creation tools.

BMI--Broadcast Music, Inc., a U.S. music performing rights organization

California Department of Education--“Content Standards & Frameworks” for public schools in California

Center Theater Group--Housed at the Music Center in Downtown Los Angeles, Center Theatre Group is recognized as one of the nation’s leading regional theatre companies with ahistory of theatrical excellence.

Cerritos Performing Arts Center--Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts hosts local and touring theatre, music, and other events by performing artists.

Children's Music Web--a non-profit resource for kids, families, and children's performers worldwide.

Choral Public Domain Library--Founded in December 1998, CPDL was ported to ChoralWiki in August 2005.
You will find free choral/vocal scores, texts, translations, and other useful information.

Classical Archives--The ultomate classical music destination on the web, with 14-day free trial.

GRAMMY Foundation--a music foundation to promote performing arts in all schools

Harry Fox--A site about music licensing, copyright protection, and music management.

IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library--The free public domain sheet music library. Online since February 16, 2006, 43,261 works, 109,947 scores, 3,177 recordings, 6,290 composers, and 100 performers

Indiana University School of Music--The William and Gayle Cook Music Library hosts categories in Individual Musicians and Popular Groups, Composers and Composition, Other Groups and Ensembles, Genres and Types of Music, Research and Study, Journals and Magazines, and, The Commercial World of Music.

International Foundation for Music Research--The International Foundation for Music Research (IFMR) was founded in 1997 to support scientific research to explore the relationship between music and physical and emotional wellness, with particular attention to the elderly population, the impact of music making on at-risk youth, and music education and the effect of music and music making.

International Society for Music Education--The International Society for Music Education was formed at a conference convened by UNESCO in 1953 'to stimulate music education as an integral part of general education'.

JamStudio--With over 300,000 members, JamStudio has become the favorite place to create music online.

Jazz at Lincoln Center--Jazz concerts perform at the Lincoln Center

Korg--Since 1963, Korg uses the latest technologies to create the finest electronic musical instruments, and allow musicians to sound their very best.

Los Angeles Master Chorale--The The Los Angeles Master Chorale, led by Music Director Paul Salamunovich, maintains a unique and distinguished position as the largest independent choral organization in the United States.

Los Angeles Philharmonic Association--For school children and teachers, the Los Angeles Philharmonic offers programs that not only help music teachers enrich their offerings, but assist classroom teachers in integrating music into the curriculum.

MENC--Music Educators National Conference's mission is to advance music education by encouraging the study and making of music by all.

Mixcraft--A list of music recording websites, including home recording, sound-proof materials, and other acoustic recording equipment.

MTAC--Music Teachers Association of California serves teachers and students of all musical disciplines.

The Music Publishers Association--The Music Publishers Association was formed to support and advance compliance with the copyright law, combat copyright infringement, and explore the need for further reform.

MusicTech--A site devoted to general education, music advocacy, music education, and music technology.

Music Theory--A free online music theory site with lessons, exercises and tools for music study.

NAMM--The National Association of Music Merchants/The International Music Products Association represents the industry through trade shows, seminars, and lobbying.

National Endowment for the Arts--The National Endowment for the Arts is a public agency dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts, both new and established; bringing the arts to all Americans; and providing leadership in arts education.

Naxos Classical Music on Dvorak--Classical Music under the Naxos label is arranged by composers' names.

Negro Spirituals-- This site is devoted to traditional African American spirituals, and some information is given about the early Gospel songs. The six parts of this site are Songs (the tunes and the lyrics of spirituals at various periods), History (how the spirituals change is linked to the History of African American), Singers at various periods, Composers during and after the slavery period, Search gives the lyrics of over 200 traditional spirituals and
Shop to acquire books and records of spirituals.

NoteFlight--Noteflight® is an online music writing application that lets you create, view, print and hear music notation with professional quality, right in your web browser.

Opera for Everyone--Opera for Everyone enables music educators to access and download FREE digital versions of the "Opera for Everyone" series of CDs and the Teaching Manual.

Pacific Chorale--Based in Orange County, California, Pacific Chorale is recognized internationally as one of America’s premier choral arts organizations.

Pacific Symphony Orchestra--Orange County's Pacific Symphony is the nationally recognized, resident orchestra of Orange County and, as such, provides symphonic performances of the highest quality through innovative programming and ever increasing artistic excellence.

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra-- Established in 1896, with Victor Herbert as the music director from 1898 on, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra continued with directors Fritz Reiner, William Steinberg, Andre Previn, and Lorin Maazel, just to name a few. Their performance was given in the legendary Carnegie Music Hall for almost 80 years until the audience numbers had grown so much that a new hall was built for the orchestra at downtonw Pittsburgh. The new Heinz Hall was dedicated on September 10, 1971 with Henry J. Heinz II, joined the Orchestra during the inaugral concert for Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts.

Popular Songs in American History-- American Folk and Traditional Music with Lyrics, Midi Files, Tune Information and History behind the folksongs and ballads. With folksongs arranged by time period. This website was created on January 20, 1999

Reverso--Free online translation service in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, Portuguese, Chinese, Arabic, Hebrew, and Japanese.

Segerstrom Center for the Arts--The former Orange County Performing Arts Center, located in Costa Mesa, presents a balance of quality international and regional perfromances of symphony and other musical styles, dance, musical theatre, and opera. Home for the Pacific Symphony Orchestra and the Pacific Chorale.

Sesame Street Music Works--A non-profit organization that believes all children deserve a chance to learn and grow, mostly gears toward pre-school age children.

South Coast Repertory--South Coast Repertory, located in Laguna Beach, features classics and works by new playwrights.

TeacherVision--High school, middle school and elementary school lesson plans and classroom management resources.

Technology Institute for Music Educators--The Technology Institute for Music Educators (TI:ME) is a non-profit corporation registered in the State of Pennsylvania whose mission is to assist music educators in applying technology to improve teaching and learning in music.

The U.S. Copyright Office--U.S. Copyright Office is an office of public record for copyright registration and deposit of copyright material, located at 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, D.C. 20559-6000, (202) 707-3000.

U.S. Department of Education Publications and Products--The U.S. Congress established the U.S. Department of Education (ED) on May 4, 1980, in the Department of Education Organization Act (Public Law 96-88 of October 1979)....

Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary-- The Virginia Tech Department of Music website, which offers pages of musical terms, musical elements, translation of foreign language words used in music, samples of sounds and many more.

Voices Across Time-- American History Through Music: a project of the Center for American Music, part of the University of Pittsburgh Library System, in partnership with the Society for American Music. It was created to help teachers harness the power of song as primary source to supplement any secondary American Social Studies, Language Arts, and Music curriculum. The project has three components: Teacher’s Guide, Summer Institute for Teachers, and Lesson Plans/other Teaching Resources.

Zamzar--A British company offers a one stop-solution for all your file conversion.

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