Here are some links that you might find useful and/or interesting:
- Oxford Music Online. For researching any musical topic, especially classical music. If you go to the site and it asks for a password, see Dr. B.
- Music Acoustics. From the University New South Wales in Australia, this site explains how and why instruments make their own unique sounds.
- IMSLP.You can look at the scores to hundreds of classical pieces that are in public domain at the International Music Score Library Project.
- All-Music Guide. Another good research site for classical, jazz, rock and world music.
- Down Beat. For great info on jazz artists.
- Musictheory.net. A very cool site for learning about theory.
- The National Association for Music Education.
- ILMEA. The Illinois Music Educators Association, for info on all-district and all-state music
groups.
- Careers in music from Berklee School of Music.
- Afropop Worldwide. Listen to audio streams of great African music.
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Here are some links to useful software downloads:
- Noteflight. A great site for writing, notating, and playing back your own music. See Dr. Brame for a free DHS log-in.
- Audacity. An excellent (and free) sound recording and editing program.
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Here are links to our nation's military bands. These are the finest professional bands in the country.
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