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Cypress Quartet Two-Week Ensemble Residency Program
Links to Chamber Music Web Resources
Of General Interest
www.ArtsAlive.ca
Developed by the National Arts Centre in Canada, this web site features extensive teacher and student resource kits for a number of major classical composers. There are also games and activities for children and practical advice for parents whose children are studying or considering studying a musical instrument.
www.essentialsofmusic.com
Created by Sony Music and W.W. Norton & Co., this site offers concise information about the six major eras of music history, capsule biographies of 70 classical composers, a glossary of 200 musical terms and links to audio excerpts.
www.classical.net
This comprehensive web site contains sections on composers and their music, information on books about music, scores and CD’s, downloadable audio clips and an extensive list of further online resources.
www.childrensmusic.org
This general music site offers material for children, parents, teachers and performers.
For Teachers and Parents
www.aeideas.com
The Arts Education IDEAS website offers resources for parents and educators, including articles about integrating arts into academic curricula, workshops for teachers and administrators, and early childhood home-schooling packages that help parents teach their pre-school age children through the arts.
www.menc.org
The web site of the National Association for Music Education, the professional organization for music educators, recently published a book-and-CD set entitled “Benchmarks in Action: A Guide to Standards-Based Assessment in Music.”
www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org
The Kennedy Center compiled a comprehensive site for arts educators at all grade levels for a variety of arts disciplines, with hundreds of sample lesson plans.
www.vh1.com/insidevh1/savethemus/
The VH1 Save the Music Foundation helps school districts throughout the U.S. restore music education programs to eligible schools by supplying musical instruments and complete band, string, and keyboard programs. The program has helped several Detroit area schools.
For Elementary and Middle School Students
Several symphony orchestra web sites feature extensive education sections with valuable information for students and teachers. Presented in a colorful, child-friendly style, the sites include sections about musical instruments and composers, lesson plans linked to academic curricula and entertaining interactive games that allow children to compose melodies, create their own virtual musical instruments and test their knowledge.
www.dsokids.com
The Dallas Symphony’s animated kid’s website has sections for teachers and children, including games, information about historical musical periods, instruments, composers and musical terms, tips on practicing and classroom activities.
www.nyphilkids.org
The New York Philharmonic’s lively animated site, “kidzone,” features a backstage tour, instrument gallery, composer information, games, an “instrument lab” and a composition workshop. The New York Philharmonic's general website also includes an education section (www.nyphil.org) that is devoted to teacher resources, lessons, student activities and a useful list of online resource links.
www.BSOkids.com
The Baltimore Symphony has geared its childrens' web pages more towards entertainment for young children than educational content for older elementary grades. It includes printable pages to color and animated interactive learning games.
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