Links
Parents
- Parents'
Music Room
Look no further for resources on many topics related to parenting and music, this site has it all. - Helping your child
with his or her music lessons
Suzuki Music has some great tips - musiceducation.com
Tips for parents of young musicians - Advocacy for Music Education
- Directories of Orchestras
- Directory of Youth Orchestra (worldwide)
- Finding lessons
Use this site's link pages to find the provincial association of music teacher that corresponds with your area. - Resources in the National Capital Region
- Ottawa Youth Orchestra Academy
- Conservatoire de Musique de Gatineau
- Ontario Registered
Music Teachers Association-Ottawa Branch
Excellent source for finding private music lessons in the NCR
Teachers
- Computers for Schools
This Government of Canada initiative helps young Canadians gain greater access to computers technology in a learning environment so they can acquire the computer skills to succeed in a technology driven economy and society. - Grant programs to help support school instrument music programs
- Juno Awards
website
Band Aid (Canadian Association of Recording Arts and Sciences) - Culture Canada's overview of government programs related to music
- Canadian Association of Music Educators
- Texas School Music
Project
A great Texas based site to help teachers with specific challenges in teaching music
- Juno Awards
website
- Advocacy for Music Education
- Coalition for music education in Canada
- Support
Music
An American-based site with concrete tools for building a case to support music programs in schools
- Additional resources for the classroom
- Musica Viva
Free sheet music (excellent search engine-see ensemble music finder) - MusicaLiberata
Library of free classical sheet music for many instruments - Recorder
- Musica Viva
- Lesson Plans
- Histori.ca: "Lesson plans, resources, great ideas, and current articles"
- The Kennedy Center: ArtsEdge
- The Educator's Reference Desk
- edHelper.com
- LessonsPlanPage.com
- LessonTutor.com
- TeacherVision.com
- FromtheTop.org
- Music of the Gatineau Valley (french only)
- CanTeach
Focus on Canadian topics - Gold Rush British
Columbia
Grades 5 & 10 lesson plan
- Directory
of Orchestras
A comprehensive directory of orchestras around the world - Directory
of Youth Orchestra (worldwide)
A comprehensive directory of youth orchestras around the world - Other references
- Canadian Federation of Music Teachers' Association
- Canadian Music Centre:
Collecting, distributing and promoting music by Canada's composers.
Visit the Canadian Music Centre's Sound Adventure - "Sound Adventure encourages young learners to explore sound and music fundamentals and to experience how [Canada's] surroundings inspire our cultural expression."
Visit the Canadian Music Centre'sSound Progression - "Sound Progression is designed as an introduction to the compositional trends of 20th century Canadian composers." - National
Library of Canada-Music division
The Music Division comprises a Printed Collection (sheet music, etc.), a Recorded Sound and Video Collection (commercial and non-commercial recordings), and a Manuscript Collection. - Canadian University
Music Society
Listing of Canadian Music Schools, Departments, and Programs - The Canadian Encyclopedia: Encyclopedia
of music in Canada
The Canadian Encyclopedia web site now offers the full text of the prestigious Encyclopedia of Music in Canada, with some 4000 articles on all aspects of music in Canada. - Digital
Library of Music- National Library of Canada
Wonderful resources for learning more about music in Canada - Artful Learning(TM)
"Artful Learning stimulates and deepens academic learning through the arts while preserving and honouring the legacy of Leonard Bernstein." - Naxos
"The World's Leading Classical Label"
Students
- “Music is my business!” - A website that seeks to explain and demystify how the music industry works.
- Is practicing getting you down? Find inspiration at this site! MusicStudents.com
- Want to learn more about music around the world? PlayMusic.org
- Play safe! Avoid injury by reading the information on this site!
- Need more advice about your instrument?
- Artsreformation.com
Advice for young musicians - Want to listen to more classical music but don't know where to start? Check out the reviews on this site.
- Young concert artists, Inc.: The
Future of Music
Learn more about young concert artists your age - Interested in composing your own music? Young composers
Kids
Have more fun exploring music at these neat websites for kids!
- New York Philharmonic
- Baltimore Symphony
- The Philadelphia Orchestra
- Memphis Symphony's Kids' Page
- The Dallas Symphony Orchestra
- San Francisco Symphony
- Minnesota Orchestra
- Monterey Symphony
- Singapore Symphony Orchestra
- BBC Guide to the Orchestra
Young Artists
- Advice for young musicians
- Canada's National Youth Orchestra (English & French)
- From the Top
A great site for young artists to learn more about their peers and get advice from professional musicians. - Play safe! Avoid injury by reading the information on this site!
- Learn more about young artist training through the Conservatory at Mount Royal College
Canadian Youth Orchestras
- National Orchestra
- Alberta
- Atlantic Provinces
- British Columbia
- Manitoba
- Ontario
- Sudbury Youth Orchestra
- Hamilton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra
- Kingston Youth Orchestra
- Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Youth Orchestra
- Mississauga Youth Orchestra
- Ottawa Youth Orchestra
- Académie des Orchestres des jeunes d'Ottawa
- Toronto Chinese Youth Orchestra
- Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra (English & Chinese)
- Saskatchewan
- Quebéc
- Association des Orchestres de Jeunes du Québec (AOJQ) [French]
- Orchestre Symphonique des Jeunes de Joliette (French)
- Orchestre Symphonique des Jeunes de Montréal
- Orchestre Symphonique des Jeunes de Lévis
17 Notre-Dame Rue
Levis, QC
G6V 4A3
(418) 838-6032
- Youth Orchestra worldwide
