Music Performance Teacher Resources

A terrific tool for music teachers and students! Test students' knowledge of key signatures with this online quiz. Click "toggle" to check answers along the way, or click "setting" to customize the quiz.

The Lysikrates Monument is the best preserved example of a choregic monument. Wealthy Athenian citizens financed the training and outfitting of choruses for competitive dramatical and musical performances. The producer (called the...

Play musical Jeopardy! Test your knowledge of sound, instruments of the orchestra, music elements, music notation, and rhythm. Play this interactive game by yourself, or with a friend!

This column explains the importance of knowing your intervals both forwards and backwards. It also provides advice on how to use intervals in your musical performances.

This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Whitney Houston, an American singer and actress who was one of the best-selling musical performers of the 1980s and '90s.

As we all know, practice makes perfect. This clip highlights several children playing musical instruments and challenges the students to write about a time when they felt proud of themselves for working hard at something.

This resource provides information on Charles Ives (1874-1954 CE). This American composer's job, and source of income, was actually running an insurance agency. He would compose and play music at night, after work. Use this site to learn...

This NPR show focuses on young, aspiring classical musicians. Listen to performers, read interviews with kids about music and read fun facts about music.

[Free Registration/Login Required] If you would like to be able to keep track of the amount of time you practice, you will want to visit this site. Students can create a free account and keep an online record of the amount of time they...

Locate information about the organization's goals, history, membership, annual conference, newsletter, and news from individual districts within the association.

Steve Goldman's "Acadian Dance" provided with the full score. Learn how to follow a score or simply enjoy the music from this era as you follow along.

Offering good tips on practicing, this site goes into some detail on how to best use your practice time.

Even though this article is aimed at young guitarists, this is an excellent read for any young musician. This well- written column provides strong legitimate reasons for considering private lessons.

The Rawhide Singers from the Blackfeet Nation of Montana offer a traditional song on drums. [2:40]

Storyteller Dan Keding sings a ballad about the famous folk hero. In the song, efforts to save the hero's life through the practice of "bleeding"-a common medical procedure in medieval times-are unsuccessful.

Through the analysis of his own guitar solo, the writer of this column presents good ideas and advice on how to become a better soloist. Included are sheet music samples to aid the viewer in understanding the concepts being addressed.

A website for learning about this alternative approach to coping with the physical demands that performers face. The site has a wealth of useful information and resources.

The international website of the Alexander Technique, an alternative method of coping with the physical stresses that many performers encounter. Lots of resources, including a list of those who teach the method.

A website which supports an alternative method that musicians can use to cope with the physical demands of their profession. Some of the information is designed for specific instruments and the voice.

The official website of Edwin E. Gordon's theory of music learning. The site has news about certification, workshops, etc., and presents a thorough summary of the Gordon learning theory.

Is your music program facing cuts? This is an advocacy site that takes you step by step through a process of preparing your "Defense."