3MBS education program

Saturday morning 8am

Australia/Melbourne 103.5 FM

3MBS FM – Program Highlights 3MBS FM is Australia’s leading Community radio station for Fine Music – Classical, Folk and Jazz.

3MBS FM can be streamed live over the internet, making it easy to tune into their “Classically Kids” program from all over the world: Saturday mornings 8-9am (AEST).

3MBS FM 103.5 if you are in Melbourne!

Enlightenment Assignment – a Secondary school Music assignment for small groups. Lesson structure, assignment work and marking matrix are all included (free).

Sample Units from Australian Music Educators Assoc (Vic) – under the heading “aMuse VELS Support Documents”

Amy Burns blog – a blog of ideas and links from Amy Burns – an American Primary Music teacher

Westlake articles – click on the link to ‘Articles’ to view many free articles/lectures on Nigel Westlake’s film music

The Arts Centre (Vic) Digital Learning Hub – The Arts Centre (Melbourne) Music Education programs

Mrs Brown’s Music Class – a blog for a Primary Music class, along with teacher notes of successful lessons.

David Ahrens blog – this US Music educator maintains a blog with Music teaching ideas and commentary, called “Sound Education”

Ideas for Primary choirs and how to choose music and repertoire.

Go to resource: Conference notes by Katie Wardrobe (Midnight Music) on Music, technology and education. Includes presentations on Sibelius, Groovy, Audacity, Acid and podcasting.

Dismuke - a website dedicated to music of the early 20th century, including early recordings.

Go to resource: Phil Tulga presents a list of interactive activities and lesson plans which combine Music with Science, Language and Maths.

InvolveMeMusic – a blog to assist Music teachers

Part way down the page of Mustech Wiki you’ll find a long list of resources for Interactive Whiteboards in Music education.

Jersey Boys (the musical) has compiled free, high quality lesson plans for teachers. The resource includes lesson content for Drama, Music, English, Art, Dance and History.

Go to resource: Midnight Music and Katie Wardrobe run workshops for teachers who want to integrate computers with Music education.  She also offers workshops to students.

Guided questions for listening to music – a great way to settle students at the start of a Middle School Music lesson. Free list of suggested ‘listening questions’ here.

Mark O’Leary and Young Voices of Melbourne publish high quality choral Music suitable for school choirs.

Go to resource: Music Teacher Resource Site (UK) MTRS is a free website designed for UK Music teachers – lots of free lesson plans and online resources

MuseScoreTips - MuseScore is free software for music notation – this site gives tutorials, shortcuts and tips

MusicEdTech has started up a blog to keep teachers up-to-date with Music technology in education. The website contains many links to help you wander through the internet, musically speaking.

Musiclopedia – an A to Z directory of websites re. Music Genres, Recording Artists, Orchestras etc.

MusicPlay – a website presenting general knowledge of instruments of the orchestra, with online quizzes.

MusicTechTeacher – free lesson plans for Primary Instrumental Music + Technology.

New Millenium Records – a rich resource for free lesson content. Most lessons are paragraphs of typed information embedded with free audio files or video clips to support the text.

lecture on Antarctica by Westlake – a detailed lecture on Westlake’s film music to the movie Antarctica

NY Times article – research led Anthony Tommasini to publish the Top 10 Classical composers of all time in the New York Times (Jan 11, 2011)

New Zealand Curriculum Exemplars – several exemplar lessons for Primary and Secondary School Music (New Zealand)

OddMusic – A free online resource about unusual music instruments. Read about them, view pictures/videos and listen.

Online Guitar chord fingering book

Primary Choral repertoire ideas from AMAF

Pru Borgert blog – blog of Music education ideas by an Australian Music educator

Sistema Australia – A school music education system based on a Venezuelan model. Currently being trialled in Laverton (VIC), the model involves instrumental learning and high-quality performances at school.

Essentials of Music – Sony Music has set up a music resource website which provides free information on 60 Classical composers, including 200+ free samples of their music.

Go to resource: Staring a Primary school choir – advice from Sarah Malburg (UK) for “children’s chorus”. At the bottom of each article page is a link to the next topic (eg. Choir Warm-ups & Song Selection)

Go to resource: Miss Lyons Music Room is a Victorian Primary Music teacher’s blog, for communicating with the school community and setting fun tasks which encourage instrumental practice at home.

TeachersNetwork.org – an excellent website (by US teachers for teachers) with free lesson plans. Most lessons require computers as a resource or tool for quality Music lessons – from Bach to Rap! Some lessons include rubrics for assessment.

Tech Tempo blog – a blog by a Primary Music teacher

Andrew Bird is a one man band and composer. He gives a talk (video clip) for TED conference.

Go to resource: TES Connect collates free teacher-created resources from UK. This link is for Secondary Music resources and links. You will need to sign up to view resources – signing up is free and simple.

ThinkQuest - an interactive guide to the symphony, including information and quizzes.

Twitter – a list of recommended Music Educators to “follow” on Twitter

Go to resource: Practical ideas for using computers in the Primary Music classroom. Resources provided by Katie Wardrobe at Midnight Music.

Go to resource: VOSA (Vic Orff Schulwerk Assoc) Resources, articles, ideas and lesson plans for incorporating the Orff approach to Music education (hands-on percussion and ensembles). Resources are split into two sections: Early Childhood resources (aged 0 – & ages 9+. Also includes ideas for Music and movement.