Below are some music opportunities and/or websites for you and/or your children to explore.
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The New York Philharmonic Kidzone This site includes lots of fun sites for kids of all ages, including: Game Room, Instrument Storage Room, Dressing Rooms, Instrument Lab, Musicians' Lounge, Composition Workshop, Composers' Gallery, and the Newsstand. Parts of this site require Adobe Shockwave Player. It is a free download. Click the following link to access the download: Adobe Shockwave Download Link |
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Field Museum: Sound from the Vaults This is a very interesting website that gives parents and students an opportunity to explore sounds of instruments from different cultures. Play an hour-glass drum, a bird-shaped flute, Venezuelan maracas, and a set of 14 copper gongs, while learning about the history of each instrument and its journey to the museum. (Shockwave Player is required to play the instruments. Adobe Shockwave Download Link ) |
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From the Top Here parents and students can listen to radio shows, learn about artists, performers and instruments, join a discussion, download activity pages, and read articles and fun facts pages. |
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BBC Parent Music Page This site gives helpful information on supporting your child's musical development at all stages and includes an interactive "Music Essentials" page. Click on the link above to be connected! |
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Ricci Adams' Music Theory This is an interactive music theory learning site, providing lessons for upper elementary and middle school students on pitch and rhythm notation, chords, intervals, key signatures and more. This is especially helpful for students who have not been studying an instrument privately or any student who needs to strengthen his or her note-reading skills. |
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THE MUSIC ROOM for KIDS! - DSO Website This site will be fun for your child/ren, and includes pages to learn about and hear various musical instruments, learn about the orchestra of different musical eras, and gives tips about practice. Check it out with your kids! Click on the link above to be connected! |
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For the younger ones, try PBS KIDS.Music. Kids can play one of three different types of background music while they create their own music by selecting different sounds along with different rhythm patterns for each sound. |
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