Music Education Links

Music Educators of Berks County

Music Education Links

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ADVOCACY / COALITION

American Music Conference (AMC)
  http://www.amc-music.com
Start here for resources, statistics, files, “Advocacy Toolkit,” etc.

MENC Advocacy Page
  http://www.musicfriends.org
Information for Press and Public

Articles and Quotes from <<wh*********@ve*****.net>>
http://www.berksmusic.com/whymusic/whymusiclinks.html
If you’re doing advocacy research, check out this list of links!
Great articles and quotes for newsletters, concert programs, advocacy research, etc.
Also includes instructions for subscribing to have releases emailed to you weekly

“Gaining The Arts Advantage: Lessons From School Districts That Value Arts Education”
http://www.pcah.gov/gaa/study_findings.html
A study published by the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities Education Partnership (1997)

NAMM National Association of Music Merchants
http://www.namm.com/namm

NARAS National Association of Recording Artists
  http://grammy.com

Pennsylvania Coalition for Music Education (PCME)
  http://www.amc-music.com/states/pa.htm
Pennsylvania information from the National Coalition
PA Coalition email info group: email for information to zl***@sc***.us

PCAE Pennsylvania Council on Arts Education
  http://wwwcciu.k12.pa.us/PCAE/PCAEHome.html

PCNTV
http://www.pcntv.com
http://www.pde.psu.edu     PA Senate and House floor schedules and text of pending legislation

PDE Pennsylvania Department of Education
http://www.pde.psu.edu

Reading Musical Foundation
http://www.readingmusicalfoundation.org

Scholarship opportunities, Grants, Advocacy Support

 

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

NAfME
http://www.nafme.org/

National Association for Music Education

PMEA
http://www.pmea.net
Pennsylvania Music Educators Association

DISTRICT 10 PMEA
http://www.pmeadistrict10.org/files/main.htm
District 10 PMEA Information

(RMTA) Reading Music Teachers Association
http://www.readingmusicteachers.org
Site includes referral list for Reading area private music teachers

 

BERKS CO. PUBLIC SCHOOL MUSIC LINKS

Brandywine Heights Music Department
  http://bhmusichome.wikispaces.com/

Conrad Weiser Music Department Website
  http://www.cwmusic.org

Daniel Boone Band Website
  http://www.dboone.k12.pa.us/band

Governor Mifflin School District Music Department
http://www.gmmusic.org

Hamburg Area School District Music Department Web Site
http://www.hasdhawks.org/community.cfm?subpage=786854

Schuylkill Valley School District
  http://www.schuylkillvalley.org

Twin Valley School District
  http://www.tvsd.org/Pages/default.aspx

Wilson High School – Music Department
http://www.wilsonsd.org/770240920121525/site/default.asp

Wyomissing Area Music Department
http://www.wamamusic.com

 

TEACHING MUSIC

All About Jazz
http://www.allaboutjazz.com
Jazz magazine and resource

BMG: Classics World
  http://www.classicalmus.com
    Good source for classical recording information

ChoralNet Repertoire Site
http://www.choralnet.org/music/index.shtml
Program notes, translations, web pages, MIDI files, recordings, books, and so on.

Classical is Cool! cool
  http://www.classicaliscool.com

Classical Music Navigator
http://www.wku.edu/~smithch/music/
Structure facilitates the identification and linking of composers and their works, styles, and influences;
Created by Charles H. Smith, Ph.D., Western Kentucky University

MIDI Resources for Teachers
  http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/staffpages/shirk/midi.html
Lots of MIDI info

Music Reference Database
http://www.classiccd.co.uk/reference/reference.html
Terrific database for information on specific pieces, composers, etc.
 Check this one out.

OperaPak
  http://www.nycopera.com/education/opakmenu.html
Brought to you by the New York City Opera

Oz’s Teacher Page: Music
http://members.aol.com/Tchrfromoz/Music.html
Fantastic page of categorized links! Try this one FIRST, it has just about everything.

schoolmusic.com Message Board
http://www.schoolmusic.com/resources/message_board/forum.asp?id=3
The “Music Educators’ Forum” at schoolmusic.com

Texas School Music Project (TSMP)
http://www.tsmp.org
This site includes informative articles about band, orchestra, choir, elementary, keyboard, and musicianship.

 

COMPOSERS

Classical Music Navigator
http://www.wku.edu/~smithch/music/
Structure facilitates the identification and linking of composers and their works, styles, and influences;
Created by Charles H. Smith, Ph.D., Western Kentucky University

Mozart: The Mozart Homepage
http://www.vt.edu:10021/A/anyoung/mozart.html
Excellent Mozart site

Mozart: The W. A. Mozart Page
http://www.mhrcc.org/mozart
Miscellaneous Mozart site

Music Reference Database
http://www.classiccd.co.uk/reference/reference.html
Terrific database for information on specific pieces, composers, etc.
 Check this one out.

 

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS / SCHOLARSHIPS

Reading Musical Foundation
http://www.readingmusicalfoundation.org

Scholarship opportunities, Grants, Advocacy Support

TI:ME
http://www.ti-me.org
The Technology Institute for Music Educators

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MANUFACTURERS / SUPPLIERS / PUBLISHERS
(Links provided for convenience only; no endorsement is implied.)

Hear the Music Play
https://hearthemusicplay.com/

Music Notes, Inc.
http://www.musicnotes.net
Publishes “Music You Can Read” a supplemental curriculum for teaching the
Language of Music in grades k-5/6

Pepper Music Network
  http://www.jwpepper.com
J.W. Pepper

schoolmusic.com
http://www.schoolmusic.com
The Internet Catalog for Music Educators

 

LOCAL MUSICAL ORGANIZATIONS

Berks Classical Children’s Chorus (BCCC)
http://www.bcccsings.org

Reading Musical Foundation
http://www.readingmusicalfoundation.org

Reading Pops Orchestra
http://www.readingpops.com

Reading Symphony Orchestra
http://readingsymphony.org

Reading Symphony Youth Orchestra (RSYO)
  http://readingsymphonyyouth.org

Reading Symphony Junior Strings Orchestra (RSJSO)
http://readingsymphonyyouth.org/rsjso

(RMTA) Reading Music Teachers Association
http://www.readingmusicteachers.org

Ringgold Band of Reading, Pennsylvania
http://www.ringgoldband.com