1. A Brief Biography of Mozart
(Teacher Resources/Music History)

...phy of Mozart including his early childhood, travels, and demise in 1791. Born in 1756, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was the second child in the family of Leopold Mozart of Salzburg, Austria. Like...

2. The History of the Electric Guitar
(Teacher Resources/Music History)

...e large brass sections found in most jazz orchestras. In the beginning, electric guitars were primarily made up of hollow archtop acoustic bodies with electromagnetic transducers attached, to convert ...

3. Teaching With Interactive WhiteBoards
(Teacher Resources/Computers)

...e limited to only one or two vendors, today different incarnations of the interactive white board are made by many companies.  Most of the companies offer both full size white board models ...

4. Percussion Musical Instruments
(Teacher Resources/Playing an Instrument)

...those we shake or strike to make a sound.  Since prehistoric times they have been around as people made rhythms by clapping their hands or beating their chests. One of the earliest drums was made...

5. Woodwind Musical Instruments
(Teacher Resources/Playing an Instrument)

Woodwind instruments derive their name from the basic fact that they were once all made of wood, they make a sound, and wind is blown through them. The Woodwind Instruments Saxophones, ma

6. String Instruments Family
(Teacher Resources/Playing an Instrument)

...-A-E on the violin, C-G-D-A on the viola and cello, and E-A-D-G on the double bass. The instruments are made of wood held together with glue and the bow is wood with horsehair or synthetic fiber. The ...

7. Recording Sound On Paper and Stone
(Blogs/Tales From The Podium)

...rding of a woman singing "Au Clair De La Lune" has been discovered in an older, paper format made on a device called a phonautogram.  A recording of this eerie voice from the past can ...

8. The Wind Repertory Project
(Blogs/Tales From The Podium)

...ne wind band music information sites come and go over the years.  When I was a grad student I even made one myself as part of a class project.  Of course, it died as all the rest have as a r...

9. Sibelius 5 Review: Music Notation Software
(Computer Software/Music Notation)

...package.  Sibelius has come a long way in the past few years, and the improvements that the company has made in terms of reliability and usefullness have really begun to pay off.  This article present...

10. DCI World Championships To Be Broadcast on ESPN2
(Blogs/Tales From The Podium)

...o those who attend DCI events throughout the summer, but also to a traditionally non-musical audience made up of the millions of ESPN2 viewers that tune in to see this exciting event.” ...

11. Sibelius 5 Review: Music Notation Software For Everyone
(Teacher Resources/Computers)

...e.  Sibelius has come a long way in the past few years, and the improvements that the company has made in terms of reliability and usefullness have really begun to pay off.  This article p...

12. Music Composer Research Database
(Teacher Resources/Music History)

...of famous composers from medieval times to the current composers of today.  The database is made possible through software developed by students and faculty at the Massachusetts Institute ...

13. Clarinet Reeds: What To Buy
(Teacher Resources/Playing an Instrument)

...n #4 clarinet reeds.   Clarinet Reed Materials   Most clarinet reeds are made of a thick woody breed of grass known as cane. In order for the reed to play properly it...

14. Five Great Online Tools For The New School Year
(Blogs/Tales From The Podium)

...s means that once a search is complete it is forgotten rather than stored for analysis.  Searches made throughCuil should not be able to be traced back to an individual user TeacherTube...

15. Music and Educational Technology Grants
(Blogs/Tales From The Podium)

...unding classroom technology as well as teacher focused grant writing opportunities.  I had already made a small bookmarks list of grantors for the Interactive Whiteboard section of the education...

16. Baroque Orchestra Beginnings
(Teacher Resources/Music History)

...iteur de la Musique Instrumentale he set up his own band, the Petits Violons (La Grand Band).This band, made famous by Lully, was the first to wear a uniform and to use their bows in the same dir...

17. Buying A Musical Instrument On Ebay
(Teacher Resources/Playing an Instrument)

... bid on Ebay for it. Getting The Best Deal On A Musical Instrument If the final decision is made to go ahead and bid on an instrument being listed on Ebay there is always the possibility t...

18. Music Notation and The Birth of Rhythmic Notation
(Teacher Resources/Music History)

...he various rhythms also took on new names and significance. By the middle ages the catholic church had made great advances in music notation and had settled on the following terminology: Common ...

19. Economy Puts DCI In A Bind, Kills Annual TV Broadcast Of National Championship
(Blogs/Tales From The Podium)

It appears that the broader economic downturn has already driven the national DCI organization to make some drastic changes including killing the annual 2008 championship broadcast on ESPN. 

20. Virtual Classrooms Train Teachers About Discipline
(Blogs/Tales From The Podium)

... the risk of "damaging" a student's academic or emotional abilities.  Every teacher has made a mistake in the classroom where they say something they shouldn't have by responding to a...

21. Autism and Vaccines Get Their Day In Court
(Blogs/Tales From The Podium)

...utistic only after being given doses of a preserved vaccine.  Since the first of these claims were made many scientists have studied the idea and in general the theory has been proven false.&nbsp...

22. SmartMusic Master Educators Share Their Secrets
(Teacher Resources/Computers)

... say they have to pass it at 88 beats per minute the system will not allow them to submit a recording made at any other speed! - Mike Doll, Rawlinson Road Middle School, Rock Hill, SC ...

23. John Cage and Experimental Music
(Teacher Resources/Music History)

...   Experimental Music and Music of Chance  One of the many contributions John Cage made to this new form of experimental music is the idea of chance. Cage was a devout buddist an...

24. Band Directors Beware: You Are Being Assimilated
(Blogs/Tales From The Podium)

...tle humanoid robot and I was honestly amazed at everything he could do and how truly lifelike they have made him.  Now Asimo (Advanced Step in Innovative MObility) has teamed up with the Detroit ...

25. Batteries Recharged and Ready To Go
(Blogs/Tales From The Podium)

... conferences always do, the experiences I had there have recharged my enthusiasm for teaching music and made me want to be a better teacher.  In this blog post I will highlight some of the big th...

26. Destination Milwaukee: The 2008 MENC National Conference
(Blogs/Tales From The Podium)

...ril!  I'm excited about it and can't wait to go.  How about you?  For years I have made it an important part of my educational career to go to at least one conference or conventio...

27. Pranks Against Teachers: The Teachers Fight Back
(Blogs/Tales From The Podium)

... others are enough to make a teacher give up on the profession alltogether.  An arguement could be made in some cases that these teachers allowed themselves to get to this stage through poor clas...

28. Teacher Travel Troubles: Leave Your Laptop At Home
(Blogs/Tales From The Podium)

...st.  However today I ran across an article written by Robert X Cringely of InfoWorld.com that made me really stop and take notice.  He writes: U.S. customs sees your laptop as...

29. Music's Place In Our Schools: Schools Districts Work To Bring Back The Fine Arts
(Blogs/Tales From The Podium)

... with financial decisions on a scale that rival those of most small cities.  Recently the district made a commitment to put four arts teachers in each of their 350 elementary schools .  Movi...

30. Video: Drummer, Age 2, Puts Down Some Beats
(Blogs/Tales From The Podium)

...his time I found a video of a young aspiring drummer.  Take a look to see the improvement this kid made from age two to age nine.  He's very good, but somehow I bet that he can't read a note...