Internet Resources for Music Educators

Alphabetical Index of Topics:

K-12 Resources:

Classroom Connect on the Net. Internet services and reviews for music educators. Their latest website is called TeacherConnect.
Education at the Met. This site uses opera as a vehicle for learning.
Education Index. Annotated links to music education resources.
Instrumental Music Resources Page. Links to web sites about different musical instruments from the University of Indiana.
K-12 Resources for Music Educators. Links to K-12 resources, MIDI, and commercial websites.
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators. Links for the Performing Arts: Dance, Music, and Drama.
Mark Corey's Music Stuff!. This page is for band directors, orchestra directors, choir directors, music educators and all musicians, with an emphasis on instrumental music.
Meet The Composer. Meet The Composer's mission is to increase opportunities for composers by fostering the creation, performance, dissemination, and appreciation of their music.
Music Education Online. A directory of K-12 music education resources on the Internet maintained by Larry Newman, executive director of the Childrens Music Workshop in Los Angeles.
Music Education Resource Links (MERL). A great set of resources from CMEA Bay Section member and Winter Conference clinician Carla Piper.
Music Is and the Value of Music in Education. Parent oriented site on the value of music education.
The Music Education Madness Site. "Teaching the Wonders of Music and Surviving It with a Smile On Your Face." A website for music teachers to find and contribute ideas.
New York State Journal: The School Music News. On-line publication of the New York Music Educators Association.
Texas School Music Project. A source for ideas and information concerning pedagogical practices in the music classroom or rehearsal hall provided to all music specialists by the faculty of the Department of Music at Stephen F. Austin State University.
UCLA Music Education Links. Databases from the University of California at Los Angeles for music periodicals, the music industry, music literature and the music and science information computer archive.
Dale Wolford's Web Site. Good materials and links from saxophonist, CMEA Bay Section member, and Winter Conference clinician Dale Wolford about the saxophone and music education.
Yahoo Music Education Links. Many music education links and links to other areas of music.

Music Research Links:

ArtsEdge. National arts and education information network sponsored by the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.
Ask ERIC. The world's largest educational database available at no-cost to the public. There are lesson plans for music grades K-12.
British Journal of Music Education. BJME aims to provide clear, stimulating and readable accounts of current issues in music education worldwide, together with a section containing extended and useful book reviews.
CAIRSS for Music. CAIRSS for Music is a bibliographic database of music research literature. The database is a joint venture between faculty and staff at the University of Texas at San Antonio and Southern Methodist University.
Canadian Music Centre. The Canadian Music Centre is the place to find scores, parts and recordings of music by close to 500 Canadian composers. The site has been recently redesigned with more information about Canadian composers and the Canadian new music scene, as well as a new educational component entitled Sound Progressions. There also are sound and score samples for web users to access.
Center for Music Research. Florida State University reasearch site related to the central goal of bringing the best available technology and research to music as an art form, as an educational discipline, as a revealer of the workings of the human mind, and dedicated to the premise that music deserves the finest scientific inquiry that modern technology is able to support.
The Classical Music Pages. This web site provides you almost everything you need concerning classical music - its history, biographical information about composers (with portraits and short sound examples), explanations of the various musical forms and a dictionary of musical terminologies.
College and University Homepages. A complete listing of over 3,000 college and university homepages with links to other sources.
Consortium of National Arts Education Associations. The Statement of Principles for the Value and Quality of Arts Education.
Copyright Resource Center. Guidelines for the use of copyrighted music material.
Courses of Study in Sound and Music. A listing of colleges and universities with sound and music programs.
Eyeneer Music Archives. An educational archival site that includes background information, biographies, discographies, new release reviews, photos, video, and sound samples in the areas of international music, contemporary classical music, American music, and jazz.
Franklin Institute Music Education Hotlist. This site includes links to opera, classical, jazz, reggae, instrumental, teacher resource, and miscellaneous music sites.
Fulbright Teacher and Administrator Exchange. Country specific information and application for the Fulbright Teacher and Administrator Exchange Programs.
Getty Center for the Arts. Online services supporting arts education from the Getty Education Institute for the Arts (ArtsEdNet). Topics covered range from the practical to the philosophical.
Goals 2000 Arts Education Partnership. The Arts Education Partnership (formerly the Goals 2000 Arts Education Partnership) is a private, nonprofit coalition of education,arts, business, philanthropic, and government organizations that demonstrates and promotes the essential role of arts education in enabling all students to succeed in school, life, and work.
Harmony Central. Internet resource for musicians. Departments include Guitar, Bass, Effects, Software, Recording, MIDI, Keyboards and Synths, Drums and Percussion, Computers and Music, and the Bands Page.
Humanities and Arts Pages. Links to Library of Congress and NEH-NEA online collections.
Internet Resources for Music Scholars. Maintained by the Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library, Harvard University. Incredible resource!
MENC Information Resources page has a wide variety of music education topics of interest to teachers, parents, students, researchers, music industry professionals, and others. Another venue is via MENC's program MusicFriends.
Music and Brain Information Database (MBI). Access to research on the cognitive effects of music.
Music Education Resource Base. Canadian searchable database of more than 27,000 resources for music, maintained by the McPherson Library at the University of Victoria.
Music Education Directory. The object of this directory is to allow those considering a career in the music industry a single point of reference for all relevant education. There are also a series of "maps" of the four key sectors of the music industry which have been extensively revised and statistics clarifying employment and turnover.
Music Information Resources. Web links from the Music Publishers Association.
Music Matters. A site about the philosphy of music education taught by Professor David Elliott of New York University.
Music Notes. An interactive online experience. Sections include music theory, history, styles, careers, instruments, and games.
Music Resources Online. This page offers music resources and major research databases recommended by University of Washington music librarians.
Music Resources on the Internet. An extensive collection of free music graphics and annotated links to music information, resources, graphics, newsgroups, discussion lists, organizations, publications, with an emphasis is on classical and jazz genres.
Musical Resources On The WWW. Short selection of web sites that may be of interest to you whether you are casually interested in music or are a working music professional.
Music Search. The Internet's Music Only Search Site. 20,000+ free reviewed links already listed.
The Music Teachers List. A database of music teachers and organizations.
Music Teacher's Resource Site. A web site for music teachers, written by music teachers, some free, some by subscription. Although the material featured here is geared towards U.K. education, many teachers from all parts of the world have found useful material here.
NARAS Grammys In The Schools. Grammy's in the schools website sponsored by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
Nerd World: Music Site Map. Comprehensive links to many styles of popular and serious music throughout the world. Excellent resource for locating musical groups.
The New Grove Dictionaries Website. You can access the New Grove Dictionaries online through a subscription service. This page gives you a free waalk-through demonstration of the site.
New Horizons for Music Education. Website includes information about theTheory of Multiple Intelligences developed by Dr. Howard Gardner, co-director of Project Zero and professor of education at Harvard University.
The New York Public Library Digital Library Collections. Includes the Rogers and Hammerstein Recorded Sound archives which include the Claflin (Avery) Collection, Cowell (Henry) Collection, Finney (Ross Lee) Collection, Ito (Teiji) Collection, Labunski (Felix) Collection, McGuire (Mitch) Collection, Schillinger (Joseph) Collection, Schuman (William) Collection.
Perception & Cognition Special Research Interest Group (SRIG). MENC Perception and Cognition Special Research Interest Group home page.
Questia.com. Questia is the world's largest online academic library. The Questia online library offers reliable books, journals, and articles that you can trust on music education.
Research Studies in Music Education (RSME). Research Studies in Music Education is a fully refereed international journal fostering music education research internationally, from the Callaway Resource Centre for Music Education at the University of Western Australia.
Schools, Communities and the Arts: A Research Compendium. An arts education information tool developed by Morrison Institute for Public Policy, Arizona State University, which contains summaries of 49 pieces of applied and academic research that relate to the many relationships between the arts and education. Now this is available as a downloaded pdf file.
Sibelius Academy Music Resources. Links to Music Catalogues, Church Music, Composing, Computer Music, MIDI, Early Music, Finnish Music, Folk Music and World Music, Instruments, Jazz and Blues, Music Magazines, Music and Arts Education, Music Libraries and Archives, Music Schools and Departments (38 countries), Music Theory and Research, Opera, Orchestras, Rock and Pop, and Other Interesting Links.
Worldwide Internet Music Resources. This music resource list is offered as a service of the William and Gayle Cook Music Library, Indiana University.
Yahoo's Top Music Education Sites. Categories include rock-popular music daily news, reviews, charts, artist and album information, music camps, companies, courses and lessons, ear training, festivals, guitar, journals, organizations, saxophone, schools, Suzuki method, teaching, and web directories.

Music Technology Links:

Association for Technology in Music Instruction. ATMI serves as a forum for the scholarly presentation of technical information by and for specialists in the field of computer-assisted instruction in music and disseminates information to an audience of nonspecialists who are users of music CAI.
Computer Music Journal. Computer Music Journal is a quarterly Journal that covers a wide range of topics related to digital audio signal processing and electroacoustic music. It is published (in hard copy and on-line) by MIT Press.
Computers & Music (Retail). Computers & Music, a retail store based in San Francisco, has been on the cutting edge of computer music since before the inception of MIDI in 1982. The site has information and support about MIDI and digital audio systems for home and professional use and software and hardware.
Ray Dretske's Site. Features include Test Your Musical Knowledge Quiz, Music Technology Quiz, Tunes, Song Tracks, Music Technology Terms, Information for Teachers, and Mediastreet CD-ROM.
Electronic Music Foundation. EMF's mission is one of outreach and support, to communicate knowledge of electronic music and its history to the public; to foster the development of new ideas and exploration within the global community of electronic musicians; and to empower individual creativity in music throughout the world.
Electronic Musician. On-line version of the magazine. EM is an excellent resource for musicians interested in personal music production. (Note: Music educators can receive a free subscription.)
Harmony Central. Internet resource for musicians. Departments include Guitar, Bass, Effects, Software, Recording, MIDI, Keyboards and Synths, Drums and Percussion, Computers and Music, and the Bands Page.
Kelly's Music & Computers. Canadian website with information about music technology use for educators and software and hardware sales.
Keyboard Magazine Home Page. On-line version of the magazine. Besides articles on areas of keyboard performance, there are reviews of hardware and software products.
Macintosh Educators Website. There are many Apple education sites, which you can link to from this page.
Michigan Music Tech. Online magazine devoted to music technology operated by the Technology Committee of the Michigan School Band & Orchestra Association,
MIDI Farm. Contains MIDI files that you can download if you are a registered user.
MIDI Home Page. The MIDI Manufacturers Association is the original source for information on Musical Instrument Digital Interface technology. MMA publications include the Official MIDI Specification (which includes General MIDI, Standard MIDI Files, and more), and the Downloadable Sounds Level 1 Specification for better control of MIDI music reproduction.
MIDIWeb - User Supported MIDI Web Site. The MidiWeb™ contains a huge resource of information on MIDI related subjects. You will also find many interesting do it yourself projects and some demo-, share- and freeware programs.
Don Muro Homepage. This site has information on the Don Muro Summer Institute, articles, and other publications about music technology.
Music software companies. See our software reviews and links on the Bay Section technology page.
Shareware Music Machine. Shareware Music Machine is the world's biggest music software site with over 2,200 music software titles currently available to download.
Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education. Website for the information network of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (InSITE). The network is dedicated to exploring ways in which the Internet can benefit teacher education programs around the world.
Standard MIDI Files on the Net. Huge list of sites with MIDI files containing over 20,000 unique links.
Technology Institute for Music Educators. Excellent resource for music technology in education, and the site includes standards for teaching with technology.
WholeArts Internet Music Conservatory. Online courses in music theory, composition, and appreciation.
Yahoo's list of MIDI files sources.

Music Theory Links:

BigEars Ear Training Software. A cross-platform application including intervals, triads, 24 scales, 7th chords, 9th chords, and altered chords.
Ear Training. Online free ear training has audio programs in intervals, chords, cadences, scales, jazz chords, note location, and perfect pitch.
Emozi Music Corporation is a music education software company that makes exciting educational games to help people play and learn music.
MuSICA - The Music and Science Information Computer Archive. MuSICA Research Notes is a newsletter issued Winter, Spring and Fall, that provides reports and critical analysis of research on music and behavior, including education, child development, psychology, cognitive sciences, neuroscience, clinical medicine, music therapy and allied fields.
Music Theory & Education Resources. About 100 links sponsored by zZounds.com and SynthZone.
Music Theory Links. Links to general western music theory and contemporary music theory sites and articles.
Music Theory Online. MTO is the electronic journal of the Society for Music Theory. MTO is published six times a year. Each issue includes a target article, book reviews, and reports from a distinguished panel of international correspondents.
Music Theory Reference. An online version of the music theory help that is built in to the MiBAC MUSIC LESSONS software program. The software provides extensive and flexible study of note reading, the circle of fifths, key signatures, major/minor scales, modes, jazz scales, scale degrees, intervals, and note/rest durations.
Music theory software. See our software reviews and links on the Bay Section technology page.
194 Documents About Music Theory. Annotated links by Kelley Underwood, published 1997.
Practical Music Theory. In English and Spanish. Promotes teoria -- music theory and ear-training software. Also contains books and articles about music theory, interactive music theory exercises, and music theory questions to test your music theory skills.
Resources for Music Theory Instruction. Links categories include miscellaneous Internet resources, software, journals, and organizations.
Society for Music Theory. An on-line resource for the non-profit educational organization devoted to the study of music theory.
Solomon's Music Theory & Composition Resources. Contains many personal contributions by Larry Solomon, plus articles and links on John Cage, sound files, music theory, research, composers, compositional resources, music instruction and education.
The Soundry. Site about the physics of sound: how we hear it, how we record it, and more. The site includes an Applications of Sound section and an Interactive Sound Lab.
The Tonal Centre. The Tonal Centre is an interactive site for music composers and theorists which explains and demonstrates some of the key concepts of tonality; including chords, scales, cadences, and modulation. Most of the musicalexamples are illustrated with a MIDI file.

Links for Conductors:

Carnegie Hall. Take a virtual tour of the hall, check out the concert schedule, learn about its history, or visit the gift shop.
The Center for the Promotion of Contemporary Composers. The Internet's largest informational resource for composers and performers of contemporary art music.
The Conductors Guild. A music service organization devoted exclusively to the advancement of the art of conducting and to serving the artistic and professional needs of conductors. The Guild is international in scope, with a membership of over 1,800 individual and institutional members.
Ensemble. Band, Choir, and Orchestral Directors/Leaders page.
Andrew Levin's Conductors Home Page. Web page of the conductor of the Clemson University Orchestra. Includes links to conducting resources, bloopers from student papers, jokes, etc.
Performing Arts Library. Archives and files of the University of Maryland collection.
The World of Wind Ensembles & Symphonic Bands. Contains current information pertinent to the field. Includes a chat area, a resource guide for repertoire, and submitted programs from around the world.

Brass Instrument Links:

Bibliography of Writings about Brass. This listing cumulates the bibliographies published by David Lasocki of Indiana University in the Brass Society Journal since 1990. It covers writings about Western brass instruments and their makers, making, original performance situations, performers, performance practices, repertory, and depiction in works of art through the nineteenth century.
Brass Methods. Brass website maintained by David J. Brinkman, Associate Professor, Department of Music, University of Wyoming, Laramie.
French Horn Links. Website with links and other information for horn lovers from Karen Martin.
Horn Players FAQS. A collection of commonly-asked questions about the French Horn maintained by Ron Boerger.
HornPlayer.net. A site run by horn player Robin Moffatt of York, UK containing French horn classifieds, over 520 horn section listings, a horn teachers database, a 300 page french horn information archive, a tribute to the Mark Veneklasen horn by Walter Hecht, and links.
International Horn Society. The official website for this international organization for horn players and enthusiasts, with an on-line publication of their newletter, The Horn Call.
International Trombone Association. Official site of the ITA, dedicated to the advancement of trombone teaching, performance and literature.
International Trumpet Guild. A non-profit organization, founded in 1974 to promote communications among trumpet players around the world and to improve the artistic level of performance, teaching, and literature associated with the trumpet.
I.T.E.A. Online. Founded as Tubists Universal Brotherhood Association in 1973, the International Tuba and Euphonium Association is dedicated to promoting and advancing tuba and euphonium playing of all types.
The Trombone Page. Contains addresses of music and instrument companies, employment information, ensembles with trombones, equipment specifications, trombone related links, professional trombonists
with web pages, a trombone bibliography, trombone news and a photo gallery.
Trumpet Links. Links to trumpet organizations, instrument manufacturers, and other websites of interest to trumpet players.
Trumpet Player's International Network. The TPIN is a virtual meeting place for trumpet players of all ages and experience levels from all over the world housed at Dana College, a small liberal arts college near Omaha, Nebraska. Members participate using email.
TubaNews.com is free online publication for tuba and euphonium players that has an extensive listing of Web Links, in categories including Ensembles, Music Stores, and Music Education.

Woodwind Instrument Links:

ASU Bassoon Studio. Activities and resources at Arizona State University.
Bassoon.org. Resources and links for bassoonists.
Clarinet Music. Clarinet music in the public domain.
The Flute Emporium. A commercial site dedicated to flute gifts or accessories, including apparel, paper goods, jewelry, sheet music, and CDs.
The Flute Lover's Network. The Flute Network is a non-profit educational corporation which is now in its 15th year of serving flutists, flute teachers, and the people who love them. This web site is designed to augment the print publication of The Flute Network.
Flute World. The largest supplier of flute music, flutes and piccolos for both professional and student use.
Hickey's Bassoon Sheet Music & Accessories for Bassoon Catalog. Online bassoon music catalog for solo and ensembles.
Huub's Oboe Page. Information and links about the oboe.
International Double Reed Society. A world-wide organization of oboe and bassoon players, instrument
manufacturers and enthusiasts.Their website contains areas with information about double reed publications, MIDI, conference and membership information and directory, the IDRS Archives, links, OnLine email services, Gillet-Fox competitions, and fingerings.
International Sax Home Page. Saxophonists web site contains reviews of what other saxophonists are doing, articles about the saxophone, news from the saxophone world and beyond, interviews, general information, history and statistics, links, and access to the saxophone.org FTP site to download pictures, sounds and MIDI files.
International Clarinet Association. A site about the artistry, technique, teaching and physics of the clarinet and the activities of the ICA.
Saxophone on the Web. Commercial site is dedicated to Adolphe Sax and his marvelous invention, the saxophone.

Stringed Instrument Links:

American Federation of Violin & Bow Makers. Website for a federation of over one hundred of the finest makers, dealers, and restorers in the United States Canada, and France.
American String Teachers Association. The American String Teachers Association with the National School Orchestra Association promotes excellence in string and orchestra teaching and playing.
American String Teachers Association of California. Website for the California branch of the ASTA and NSOA.
Bow and Bowed String Instruments Resources. Seattle violin maker David Van Zandt provides and excellent set of links related to the violin, bows, and/or bowed stringed instruments on his website.
Bowed Electricity. Site about the electric violin and what non-classical violinists are doing.
Catgut Acoustical Society. The CAS brings together researchers in musical acoustics, violin makers, composers, string players, and lovers of the music they make to promote the application of scientific principles to the construction of instruments in the violin family.
Crossroads A site about learning how to play guitar using steaming videos, sound clips, tablature, live on-line lessons and other teaching tools.
Dansm's Acoustic Guitar Page. This site contains an acoustic guitar song page, links to other acoustic guitar sites, and lessons for acoustic guitarists. It encompasses all types of music from rock to folk in all eras of modern music. Lots of guitar information, links and tablature.
The Electric Guitar. From an exhibit shown at the National Museum of American History, 1996 -1997.
Guitar Base. The only online community for vintage guitar enthusiasts.
Guitar Net. A commercial site, featuring the chord of the week, guitar theory and technique, and links.
The CMEA Bay Section Guitar Page. Interviews of San Francisco Bay Area guitarists and instructional pages about playing the guitar.
The Harp Page. Large comprehensive set of links for and about harp players.
International Society of Bassists. Official website has features on Bass Clubs, Bass Events, Summer Workshops and Festivals, Double Bass Literature, Moderated Forums, and Double Bass Related Links.
Internet Cello Society. An international cyber-community of cellists seeking to advance the knowledge and joy of cello playing around the world.
Internet Resources for Double Bass Pedagogy. A resource primarily for the classroom string teacher whose primary instrument is not the double bass, but has young bassists in the classroom.
Jazz Guitar Online. Internet publication for the jazz guitarist.
Jazzstrings Homepage. Website about jazz string players past and present, with an emphasis on violinists. Contains player lists, ensembles, and discographies.
Maestronet Home Page. Includes an Instrument Showroom with a database about instruments and bows, and a Conservatory with graded sheet music for students and teachers of piano, violin, viola and cello with matching MIDI files, and a discussion area.
New Directions in Cello Playing. Website for a book about natural, tension-free ways of playing and presents anatomically-improved techniques that prevent performance-related injury.
Orchestralist. An international forum for conductors, composers, players, and their colleagues in the orchestra business.
Pedro de Alcantra. This website contains book excerpts, original articles and essays, news of seminars and workshops, and links to pages of interest to musicians, fellow Alexander teachers, and laypeople.
Scandinavian Old Time Fiddle Society. Non-profit organization devoted to Scandanavian fiddle and folk music that also provides students with stringed instruments.
The South Bay Guitar Society. Promoting classical guitar in the Bay Area. Read the interview of SBGS president Daniel Roest on the CMEA Bay Section Guitar Page.
Stickwire. Webpage about the Chapman Stick, an electric fretted stringed musical instrument that is played with a tapping technique.
String Pedagogy Notebook. Contains a searchable index of graded orchestral literature, techniques for the right hand and the left hand, ear training, chamber music, books and information about strings and the teaching process, and QuickTime movies.
Henry Strobel, Violin Maker & Publisher. Henry Strobel's professional manuals on violins, violin making, and repair are used in violin shops and schools worldwide.
Suzuki Institute of Seattle. The Institute offers Suzuki Method instruction in violin, cello, and piano, as well a "Sing & Play" introductory music class for pre-school-aged children. Their website includes a wide variety of resources for parents seeking information about music instruction for children.
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. Website about the Suzuki method for strings.
The Viola da Gamba Society of America. Website for the society of players, builders, publishers, distributors, restorers and others sharing a serious interest in music for viols and other early bowed string instruments.
The Viola Web Site. Links to various viola sites and a forum for violists to discuss, work together and inform each other of their viola-related activities, such as upcoming events, plans for the next viola congress, and the development of new chapters.
Violink - The World of Violins. Contains links to more than 3,300 searchable resources related to stringed instruments all over the world.
Violinmaking by Dmitry Badiarov. A website for historically informed violin making and playing with lots of good information. his companion site is Violin Acoustics - an historical approach.
Violin Making and Care. Site for violin maker Hans Johannsson includes samples of sound and pictures of his instruments, a sequential description of the construction of a violin from A-Z, entries on wood, varnish, glue, tools, design/proportion and instrument care.
The Way String Instruments Went. Site about the history of string instrument making.

Percussion Instruments and Piano Links:

The Drum and Percussion Page. Older site that hasn't been updated for a long time.
Lemmon Percussion. San Jose percussion store.
Percussion Music by Murray Houllif. Listing of percussion music with descriptions and publisher links.
Percussion World!. Site with a focus on drum and bugle corps percusiion. Features include chat, community, education, events, discussion, jobs, links, music, pictures, reviews, scores, and slang.
Percussive Arts Society. Educational organization promoting drums and percussion through a viable network of performers, teachers, students, enthusiasts and sustaining members. PAS accomplishes its goals through publications, a worldwide network of chapters, the World Percussion Network, the PAS Museum and annual conventions.
The Piano Education Page. A resource for teachers, students, parents of students, and fans of the piano with over 500 pages of free information, including tips on learning to play the piano, choosing a piano teacher, reviews of music software and other learning materials, 600 links to other piano or music-related areas of the Internet, upcoming competitions, interviews with noteworthy artists and educators, a special page for kids about famous composers, audio files of over 500 pieces of solo piano music, a special page of tips and ideas for piano teachers, and a searchable database of information.
The Piano Page. Website sponsored by the Piano Technicians Guild includes Guild information, technical information, information about the piano industry and buying a piano, piano images, a virtual piano museum, mailing lists and news groups, music resources, and Internet links.
PianoNet. Piano website sponsored by the National Piano Foundation and the Piano Manufacturers Association International features all kinds of information and publications about the piano.
Playing the Piano, Playing...With Fire?: A Study of the Occupational Hazards of Piano Playing. This is a study of injuries and other occupational disorders related to piano playing. The symptoms of these ailments will be described and the causes investigated.

Music History and Literature Links:

American Musicological Society. Website that promotes their goal of "research in the various fields of music as a branch of learning and scholarship."
America;s Shrine to Music Museum. Collections of musical instruments at the University of South Dakota.
J.S. Bach Home Page. Includes a biography, portraits and literature, a listing of Bach's complete works by BWV number, category, instrument, key, title, year, and sources, recommended recordings, the Cantatas Project, links to web sites with Bach information and Bach MIDI files.
Blue Flame Café. An interactive biographical encyclopedia with excellent historical information about the great blues singers and singers of the blues, from Charley Patton to Stevie Ray Vaughan.
BMG Classics World. Website for recording labels dedicated to classical, jazz, world, Broadway, soundtracks and crossover music. BMG Classics is dedicated to quality and diversity, recording a broad range of projects from groundbreaking new music to popular hits.
Classical.com. An online classical music subscription service offering a large resource of reference material including listening, downloads, custom CDs, and a huge resource of entertaining information to expand your classical music knowledge
Classical Composer Biographies. Short biographies from Bach to Vivaldi.
Classical Composers Information Archive. Huge database of composers from over 30 nations and from the Renaissance on.
Classical Insights. Website for WQXR, a classical radio station in New York.
Classical Is Cool. Commercial website devoted to Classical recordings.
Classical Music MIDI Page. Standard MIDI Files of standard repertoire.
Classical MIDI Archives Web Site. Sequences of Classical and Romantic Music in MIDI Format from 603 Composers.
The Classical Music Pages. This web site covers the history of classical music, biographical information about composers (with portraits and short sound examples), explanations of the various musical forms and a dictionary of musical terminologies. It is designed to be of use for everyone from "beginners" to the music professional.
Classical Music Ring. The Classical Music Web Ring is a chain of many hundreds of classical music web sites. You can jump from site to site, choose a random site or view a list of all the member sites.
The Classical Music Navigator: This site is directed primarily toward music educators and student and/or novice listeners to classical music, and features a structure facilitating the identification and linking of composers and their works, styles, and influences.
Classical Net. Classical music resources including composer and CD information, a standard repertoire list, reviews of recordings, and links. Classical Net provides a point-of-entry into a wide array of informational files about classical music - over 4200 files at Classical Net and over 2500 links to other classical music web sites.
Eastern New Mexico University - Music History. These pages are posted by Dr. Stephen F. Duncan, Assistant Professor of Music History/World Music at ENMU.
International Committee of Musical Instrument Museums and Collections. Website of an organization dedicated to the promotion of music museums.
An Introduction to Classical Music. A brief history of Classical Music with discussion of forms, genres, musical instruments, and repertoire sponsored by the Naxos Record Company.
Multimedia Beethoven. An online encyclopedia that provides a completeexplanation of Ludwig van Beethoven's greatest works - his nine symphonies.
The Music Depot. Online store for music gifts and accessories.
Music History 102, A Guide to Western Composers and Their Music from the Middle Ages to the Present. As is usual with information on the history of Western music, this site has been organized according to the eras of history and examples are presented as RealAudio files.
Nick & Cyrene's Classical Music Links. Link categories include Vocal Art and Opera, Performers, Composer and their Works, Academic Sites: Education, Research, Libraries, Ensembles, Orchestras, Events Oriented Sites, Subject Specific Sites (includes instruments), Record Companies, and Collectors.
Smithsonian Institute's Folkways Recordings. A valuable resource for ethnic music including blues, bluegrass, world music, Native American and American folk music.
University of Edinburgh. The University of Edinburgh Collection of Historic Musical Instruments is the largest and most comprehensive collection of musical instruments in Scotland.
Viennese and other Austrian Sites. Links to various music event and tourism information websites in Austria.
WWW Sites of Interest to Musicologists. From the AMS website.
WWW Virtual Music Library. The classical music department of the WWW Virtual Library. The library is divided into seven sections, each with its own catalog of links.

Internet Resources for Music Educators

K-12 Resources:

Music Research Links:

Music Technology Links:

Music Theory Links:

Links for Conductors:

Brass Instrument Links:

Woodwind Instrument Links:

Stringed Instrument Links:

Percussion Instruments and Piano Links:

Music History and Literature Links:

Other Internet Links: