Go to resource: A National Framework for Professional Standards for Teaching is a document which outlines national goals for teaching standards. Read more…
Go to resource: The ABC Learn Gateway is an online list of music resources hosted by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Go to resource: Online and distance courses are run by ABRSM (The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music) for instrumental teachers through this site. Read more…
Go to resource: ACARA is responsible for the national curriculum developments, a national assessment program, and collecting data about this.
Go to resource: Acid Studio 7 allows students to compose songs, record, mix and upload for distribution. Read more…
Go to resource: Adventures in Music with the Recorder was developed in 1997 by Ubisoft. Read more…
Go to resource: The AMEB is the most widely-used examinations system in Australia for music, speech and drama.
Go to resource: An Integrated Expressive Arts Program: drama, dance, art, music was written by Wendy Schiller and Ann Veale. Published by the Australian Early Childhood Association, 1989.
Go to resource: An investigation into the impact of the NSW creative arts K-6 syllabus and teacher education resources on the teaching of music in NSW government primary schools is a Masters thesis, by Julia Brennan, 2006, Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
Go to resource: Animal Habitats (from ArtsEdge Unit, USA) was written by Diane Ambur. Read more…
Go to resource: arts action, published by the Department of Education and Training (NSW) is a CD-rom created to supplement the NSW K-6 Creative Arts Syllabus. Read more…
Go to resource: Arts in Education is published by the Australia Council 2004. This document outlines arts curricula in each state, and provides links to the bodies who develop and monitor these.
Go to resource: Assessment for Learning has been developed by the Curriculum Corporation, and is a site that provides support for designing assessment tasks. Read more…
Go to resource: Audacity is a free audio editor and recording software program, available for various operating systems. Read more…
Go to resource: Auralia is a comprehensive ear-training software package, published by Sibelius. Read more…
Go to resource: ATRA, established in 2008, is the association for the various school teacher registration authorities in Australia and New Zealand. Read more…
Go to resource: ANZARME was established in 2007 out of previous music education research organisations.
Go to resource: ACSSO is the national peak body representing parents and school communities of 2 million public school students, Australia-wide. ACSSO distributes a regular music bulletin to its members, titled Ensemble. Read more…
Go to resource: The Australian Curriculum Corporation is a one-stop site that provides online links to all Australian curricula. Read more…
Go to resource: The Australian Guild of Music Education (AGME) provides music education through tertiary courses and instrumental exams for beginners through to advanced students.
The Australian Institute of Music (AIM) is a private institution in Sydney offering high school and tertiary music education.
Go to resource: The Australian Music Centre (AMC), located at the Rocks in Sydney, is a comprehensive resource for Australian music. Read more…
Go to resource: ANATS is the professional association for singing teachers in Australia. Read more…
Go to resource: The ANU Music Education Program was developed by Dr Susan West in partnership with the ACT Department of Education and Training, and artsACT.
Go to resource: The Australian Society for Music Education (ASME) is an association for professional music educators including teachers, researchers, and academics.
Go to resource: AUQA is the agency that supports, promotes, and reports on quality assurance in tertiary education. Read more…
Go to resource: BBC Music (UK) provides video performances and information on a range of classical, jazz, world and contemporary music genres. Read more…
Go to resource: Beethoven or Brittany? The great divide in music education by Associate Professor Robert Walker, UNSW, is a discussion on the current music education crisis in Australian schools. Read more…
Go to resource: The Callaway Centre, based in the School of Music at the University of Western Australia, is a centre for music research.
Go to resource: The CSU School of Education offers primary teacher education, including music for the generalist teacher, and an Associate Degree in Music Education.
Go to resource: The Classical Music Library is an online resource that gives subscribers access to most Western classical recorded pieces (over 450000 tracks). Read more…
Go to resource: Creating Meaning Through Literature and the Arts by Claudia Cornett (2006) is a textbook specifically for classroom teachers. Read more…
Go to resource: Creative Resources for Primary Schools. This Dept of Education and Training (NSW) page has links to DET-published resources including Arts Action, Sync or Swing, and Vocal-Ease. Read more…
Go to resource: The Curriculum Framework Learning Statement for the Arts is published by the Curriculum Council of WA, 1998. Read more…
Go to resource: Curriculum Press is run by the Curriculum Corporation and provides suitable resources (books, dvds, websites) for use in schools across a wide range of subject areas, including The Arts. Read more…
Go to resource: Education and the Arts Strategy was published by the Australia Council, following community consulation in 2004. Read more…
Go to resource: The ACO, through its national education program, aims to bring performances and musical experiences to students.
Go to resource: Ensemble is a music bulletin published by ACSSO (the parents and citizens organisations representative). Read more…
Go to resource: EQ Australia (Education Quarterly Australia) is a print/online magazine for teachers, published by the Curriculum Corporation. Read more…
Go to resource: The online Guide to Music Education from the State Library of WA site gives links to resources held at the State Library, as well as online links to music competitions and performance opportunities.
Go to resource: Instrumental Music Teaching Resource was written by Amanda R Watson and published by the Australian Society for Music Education.
Go to resource: The IJME is a peer-reviewed academic journal about music education practice and research, published by ISME (International Society for Music Education). Read more…
Go to resource: Issues in expressive arts curriculum for early childhood: an Australian perspective. Published in 1996, guest editor Wendy Schiller. Read more…
Go to resource: The Kodaly Music Institute of Australia is a professional not-for-profit association that espouses the pedagogical philosophies of the composer Zoltan Kodaly. Read more…
Go to resource: The Louise Hanson-Dyer Music Library, held at the University of Melbourne, provides resources on music, music education, musicology, composition, performance, ethnomusicology, and music therapy.
Go to resource: Mind Matters is a national health initiative for secondary schools funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. Read more…
Go to resource: Music – Educational Cyberplayground (USA) was founded by Karen Ellis. Read more…
Go to resource: The Music Council of Australia (MCA) is a 50-member Australian music peak body. Its purpose is to bring together all members of the music community to provide a diverse and active musical life in Australia (including music education). Read more…
Go to resource: The Music Education Advocacy Kit has been published by the Music Council of Australia and Music. Play for Life. Read more…
Go to resource: The Music Education Advocacy Resources kit, as published by the Music Council of Australia and Music. Play for Life, gives further links to research into the importance of music in a child’s education. Read more…
Go to resource: Music Education in Primary Schools, written by Graeme Askew, published by Education Australia (1993), this resource is for students and teachers, and incorporates Kodaly and Orff methods. Read more…
Go to resource: The Childrens Music Workshop provides instrumental education programs to schools in the Los Angeles area using CMW curricula.
Go to resource: Music in childhood: from preschool through the elementary grades, written by Patricia Shehan Campbell and Carol Scott-Kassner. Read more…
Go to resource: ‘Music Makes the Difference’ is an advocacy kit for parents who are considering music lessons for their children. Read more…
Go to resource: The Music Outback Foundation provides music education experiences to remote Indigenous schools.
Go to resource: The Music Teachers Resource Site (UK) is a combination of free and subscription-only resources for music teachers. Read more…
Go to resource: Musica Viva provides around 2500 professional music concerts to venues across Australia.
Go to resource: The National Awards for Excellence in School Music Education are run by the Australian Society for Music Education.
Go to resource: The National Council of Tertiary Music Schools (NACTMUS) is an organisation that represents non-profit music tertiary institutions. Read more…
Go to resource: The National Review of School Music Education, published 2005, is a 279-page report on the issues facing music education in Australian schools. Read more…
Go to resource: The Naxos Music Library is an online library of over 550000 tracks of music including classical, jazz, world, nostalgia, Chinese music, rock and pop, and other genres of music. Read more…
Go to resource: Our home, our land was devised by Stephen Lalor, available from the Australian Music Centre. This is a teachers resource kit for secondary school students.
Go to resource: Oxford Music Online holds the Grove Music Online site, the well-known, comprehensive music and musicians dictionary, as well as the Oxford Companion to Music, the Encyclopaedia of Popular Music, and the Oxford Dictionary of Music.
Go to resource: Pop focus in music education panned, written by Justine Ferrari and published in The Australian April 13 2009, the article outlines criticism of the inclusion of pop music in school music education programs.
Go to resource: Popcorn and other sweets is a percussion music teaching resource, published by the NSW Department of Education, 1981. Read more…
Go to resource: The Primary School Music Education Package is designed to offer school students a concert experience, supported by education resources that tie in with the curriculum.
Go to resource: Musica Viva offers one-day professional learning courses to teachers in schools.
Go to resource: Regional Arts Australia represents artists in regional, rural, and remote Australia. Read more…
Go to resource: Roll over Beethoven was written by Donald Robertson and Gail Cork, 1987. Read more…
Go to resource: Musica Viva provides live concert experiences to secondary school students across Australia.
Go to resource: Sync or swing is published by the NSW Department of Education and Training and provides support for teaching music K-6. Read more…
Go to resource: The Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO), led by Richard Tognetti (Artistic Director), is one of Australia’s leading ensembles.
Go to resource: The Music Education Network is run by Arts NSW, and provides professional links between regional conservatoriums in NSW, music educators, touring performers, and organisations.
Go to resource: The National Association for Music Education (MENC) is a US organisation dedicated to supporting music education in schools. Read more…
Go to resource: The Elder Conservatorium, located in Adelaide SA, is the oldest music tertiary institution in Australia. Read more…
Go to resource: The UNSW School of English, Media, and Performing Arts, in Kensington, Sydney, offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in music and music education.
Go to resource: Vocal-ease is published by the NSW Department of Education and Training and comes in 4 volumes. It provides a sequential plan for singing activities. Read more…
Go to resource: The Wollongong Conservatorium, located 1 hour south of Sydney, is one of the NSW Regional Conservatoriums.
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