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For kids:
PLAY MUSIC.ORG
Learn about instruments and read musicians' interviews.
http://www.playmusic.org/
Morton Subotnick's Creating Music
Creatingmusic.com is a children's online creative music environment
for children of all ages. It's a place for kids to compose music,
play with musical performance, music games and music puzzles.
http://www.creatingmusic.com
San Francisco Symphony Kids
Excellent interactive site for kids! Meet the notes and
the instruments of the orchestra, and send a postcard!
http://sfskids.org
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
http://www.dsokids.com
The Dallas Symphony's magical doorway to a world of musical fun
and learning for students, parents and teachers.
New York Philharmonic
http://www.nyphilkids.org
Kidzone is a place for kids to come and learn about the New York
Philharmonic and about the instruments, music, musicians, composers
and conductors of symphony music.
PBS Kids
http://pbskids.org
Home of your favorite PBS Kids characters with thousands of pages
of learning and fun to explore. Play over 100 games, hear your favorite
theme songs, read interactive stories.
Kidtastic
The Music Center offers music books, concert listings, contests,
music store listings, CD's and online music to listen to, concert
dates, and the Stage - where you can play instruments online. Check
out the Music Center's Sing-Along! (some activites require the Shockwave
Plug-in)
http://www.kidtastic.com/city/musiccenter/musiccenter.html
National Gallery of Art Kids
Art games and activities.
http://www.nga.gov/kids
For
Grown-ups:
Children’s Music Workshop
Music advocacy, education, find teachers for kids who want music
lessons.
http://childrensmusicworkshop.com
Kinderstart
Links to a wide variety of music resource web sites.
http://www.kinderstart.com/artsandentertainment/
PBS Parents
Useful advice on Reading&Language, Health&Safety,
Work&Family.
http://www.pbs.org/parents/
MENC (National Association for Music Education)
Networking communities, standards and benchmarks, industry information.
http://www.menc.org
Childrensmusic.org
For kids, parents, educators, and musicians.
http://www.childrensmusic.org
Global Music Network
Classical Music, Jazz & Opera - see exclusive live events, buy
CDs, listen to complete pieces of music, watch video interviews
with artists and tune into GMN radio.
http://www.gmn.com
GoCityKids Los Angeles
The City Guide for Parents. Events calendar; search; activity finder;
list of children’s concerts & activities.
http://www.gocitykids.com
Nursery Songs
Classic nursery songs and children's music composed by J.W. Elliott.
http://www.nursery-songs.com
on Music and Art
PreK - Kindergarten
- Max Found Two Sticks by J. Brian
Pinkney
- The Orchestra by Dick Bruna
- The Animal Orchestra by Nick
Sharratt
- Classical Cats by David Chesky
- The Happy Hedgehog Band by Martin
Waddell and Jill Barton
- Meet the Orchestra by Ann Hayes
and Karmen Thompson
- Mr. Putter and Tabby Toot the Horn
by Cynthia Rylant and and Arthur Howard
Grades K – 1
- The Story of the Incredible Orchestra
by Bruce Koscielniak
- Musical Instruments from A to Z
by Bobbie Kalman
- Zin!Zin!Zin! a Violin by Lloyd
Moss and Marjorie Priceman
- The Philharmonic Gets Dressed
by Karla Kuskin and Marc Simont
- Charlotte in Giverny by Joan
Knight
- I Dreamed I Was a Ballerina by
Anna Pavlova
- Suzette and the Puppy by Joan
Sweeney
Grades 1-2
- The Nutcracker by Janet Schulman
- Bravo! Brava! A Night at the Opera
by Anne Siberell and Frederica Von Stade
- The Magic Flute by Ann Gatti
- The Bear Who Loved Puccini by
Arnold Sundgaard and Dominic Catalano
- Berlioz the Bear by Jan Brett
- Beethoven Lives Upstairs by Barbara
Nicholand Scott Cameron
- National Gallery of Art Activity Book,
25 Adventures with Art by Maura Clarkin
for Children
- Music Ace, 1 and 2
Provides a fun and comprehensive introduction to music fundamentals
for beginning music students, of any age. Following the guidance
and directions of 'Maestro Max' animated teacher and his animated
friends, the 'Singing Notes', students participate in over 200
lessons and challenging games, plus compose and perform to their
own original music works using the innovative Music Doodle Pad.
- MiDisaurus
The musical dinosaur uses an edutainment approach to teach music
as fun through colorful animation, fun-filled games and songs
to play and sing along with! The MiDisaurus music education software
series teaches basic musical and keyboard skills. Appropriate
for ages 4 through 10.
- Music Blocks
By fitting colorful blocks into their "baby boom-box,"
kids compose different musical melodies and rhythms. They can
create at random or carefully build familiar tunes by matching
the shapes on the blocks.
- Pixter Plus Creativity System
Now kids can customize their opening screen, choose favorite screen
savers, add awesome sound effects, create their own stamper designs,
“type” messages and stories and even set their own
passcode to keep unwanted guests out.
- Morton Subotnick's Making Music
and Morton Subotnick's Making More Music
Published by Voyager and recommended for ages 3-8, this title
may no longer be available.
- Clifford’s Musical Memory Games
Use your thinking skills to help Clifford the Big Red Dog and
his friends bring music back to Birdwell Island!
- Pianomouse Meets the Great Composers
An introduction to music history for ages 8 and up, published
by pianomouse.com
for Children
- The Classical Child at the Opera,
Metromusic
- Pavarotti’s Opera Made Easy –
My Favorite Opera for Children, Georges Bizet (composer)
et al.
- Story of the Orchestra, Meredith
Hamilton (illustrator), Robert T.Levine
- Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra,
Benjamin Britten
- Carnival of the Animals, Camille
Saint-Saëns
- Peter and the Wolf, Serge Prokofiev
- Vivaldi’s Ring of Mystery,
Douglas Cowling (composer) et al
- Mozart’s Magic Fantasy,
Wolfgang A. Mozart (composer) et al
- Hallelujah Handel, Douglas Cowling
(composer) et al
- Mr. Bach Comes to Call, Karen
Lavut, Martin Lavut (composer)
- Beethoven Lives Upstairs, Classical
Kids Series
- Tchaikovsky Discovers America,
Classical Kids Series
- Classical Music for Children,
Claude Debussy (composer) et al
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