Teaching Rock or Jazz?
Streaming Resources
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Music & ConcertsA collection of streaming resources in various music genres (jazz, opera, world music, etc.).
Online Resources
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Keeping Score The Keeping Score Education program was developed in conjunction with other Keeping Score media in order to extend the benefits of the project into today’s classrooms. The program offered teachers at all levels opportunities to learn about classical music and its connections to the core curriculum, and resources and lesson plans to help teachers integrate music into their classrooms.
Online Reference Resources
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Encyclopedia of Music in Canada This database is based on and will update the Second Edition of The Encyclopedia of Music in Canada (1992).
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Garland Encyclopedia of World Music This link opens in a new window The |Garland Encyclopedia of World Music| covers the music of all the world's peoples. The first release of the online version includes the complete contents of the the 10 volume print set. Future releases will contain more indexing as well as links to the associated audio examples for each volume.
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Oxford Music Online (formerly Grove Music Online) Encyclopedic coverage of music and musicians. Comprises Grove Music Online, the Oxford Dictionary of Music and the Oxford Companion to Music.
Identifying Instruments of the Orchestra
Elementary Learner Expectation: Listening (Grades 3, 4, 5, and 6). Courtesy of:
Benjamin Britten
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Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Recording ML 3928 G36 1996b Contents of sound disc: The young person's guide to the orchestra : op. 34 : variations and fugue on a theme by Purcell / Benjamin Britten (18:48) -- The sorcerer's apprentice : [scherzo] / Paul Dukas (10:27).