Loyola Music Education

Loyola Music Ed
Resources

Loyola University

Loyola Music Ed

Links

Useful Links
Classroom Tools

Interactive church music player. This site is an interactive music player with a large collection of children's songs.
Guide to musicians' health.
Pay the piper. A guide to helping a child pick a musical instrument.
Music Tech Teacher. Explanation of various music programs and innovations

Certification

PRAXIS site.
American Orff-Schulwerk Association. Has Off cerfication suggestions.
International Kodaly Society.
Suzuki Method.

Music Theory and Ear Training

Big Ears. An excellent ear-training site for intervals.
Ear Trainer. More ear training, going far more in depth and even touching on perfect pitch training.

Music History

Midieval and Renaissance Instruments. Descriptions, pictures, and often sound clips of antiquated instruments.
Gregorian Chant Homepage.
Midieval Music Library. Texts of hundreds of midieval chants.
Music History Bibliography. A fantastic compilation of Music History links.

Choral/Vocal Literature

Hear the choirs sing. Choral literature audio clips. They have a very impressive collection.
The lied and art songs text page.
Choral Net. The internet center for choral music.
CPDL. Thousands of public domain choral works in sheet music form.

Where to go if you need knowledge fast

The Grove Dictionary of Music.
Classical and opera music used in movies. It's a fairly complete list. Use it when someone comes up asking "Miss Stefanie, what was that song in Donnie Darko?"
I Breathe Music. Music forums, articles, and information.
The Instrument Encyclopedia

More later.