Children's Sheet Music

Clasics for Kids

Classical Music at the Homework Spot: many links to quality classical music sites.

Music Notes: An Interactive Online Musical Experience: This is an award winning site, created by high school students.THEORY Learn about note reading, intervals, scales,chords, and other useful information.

1. HISTORY Information spanning from the Medieval Era through the 20th century.
2. STYLES Explore various styles of music from Rock to Bach.
3. PROFESSIONS Thinking about a career in music? This section will guide you through different musical careers.
4. INSTRUMENTS What's your favorite instrument? Learn more about it here.
5. GAMES Have fun and test your skills with our interactive challenges.

Gary Ewer's Easy Music Theory: free music theory lessons and printable quizzes.

QUIA.COM: Students can test their music knowledge with quizzes, matches, concentration card games and other activities.

Children's Music Portal - Offers materials and information for those interested in music education for children.

Children's Music Workshop - Extensive & understandable information about musical instruments.

Creative Kids Central- Interactive musical listening activities and games.

Keeping Score - An innovative and very comprehensive music education program developed by the San Francisco Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas. Current materials focus on works by Beethoven, Stravinsky and Copland.

Jazz Kids at PBS - an interactive Improvisation Jazz site for Elementary students.

Creatingmusic.com is a children's online creative music environment for children of all ages. A place to compose music, play with musical performance, music games and music puzzles.

MUSIC EDUCATION

Music Teachers National Association - Information on selecting a music teacher.

Children's Music Workshop - A list of music education advocacy articles.

Music for School Teachers

VIOLIN

Violin Masterclass - kids - Violin Masterclass offers over 170 free on-line violin lessons and performances featuring the Sassmanshaus tradition. Kurt Sassmanshaus is the conductor of the Starling Chamber Orchestra.

PIANO

Grand Piano Action - A description and illustration of how the action of a grant piano works.

Piano Education - The Piano Education Page is a one-stop resource for teachers, students, parents of students, and fans of the piano with over 900 pages of family-friendly information, upgraded monthly.

JazzKids makes learning the piano and improvisation fun! Willie Myette, site creator, has created method books that show beginning improvisers how to improvise at the piano. These books are designed to be used in conjunction with other reading curriculum like Alfred's Piano Course.

PERFORMANCES & COMPETITIONS

Van Cliburn International Piano Competition - The Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition is scheduled for May 22—June 7, 2009 in Fort Worth, Texas. The competitor application will be available in 2007.

From the Top - Talented youngsters perform classical music.