Art and Music with PBS

Here’s the monthly PBS newsletter- filled with Art and Music suggestions. It contains several lessons for all grade levels.

Raise the Baton: Music and Arts Lessons for Every Classroom

 

PBS has shared a variety of music resources from 

musicians to conductors.  Please click the link here.

Music in schools month

March is Music in Schools month and TeachersFirst has prepared a special topics page with many resources.  There is something for every grade level.

Opera and Physics

Ok, here’s a change from all the virus emails I’ve been getting.  And it includes one

of my favorite things ( I’ll let you decide which it is). This was an interesting look

at the intersection of science and art!

Music in the classroom

When I was teaching 5th grade, I always played classical music as the students entered the room.  It was calming and they begin to associate it the classroom routines. Here’s another example of an educator using music to help transitions with younger students.

Music Sites

TeachersFirst has dedicated their Favorite Sites page this week to music related

websites.  Please click here to see all they have to offer. From drum, guitar or

piano lessons online, there is a wide range of ideas for all grade levels.

Composing and Conducting (and more!)

Richard Byrne shared a blog post about the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and their site for students.  From the families of instruments to conducting movements, this site has much to offer for K-8 students.

Music and Google

Leave it to Eric Curts to collect an amazing collection of music tools.  I was fascinated with “Seeing Music”!  What would your students like to create?

Using Music to Inspire

In this New York Times article, Natalie Proulx suggests nine ways to help inspire student writing using music.  Please click here for the article.

Chrome Music Lab

Want to explore rhythms? Harmony?chords?  Check out the Chrome Music Lab.  For a complete review, please see TeachersFirst here.

MathScienceMusic

Here’s a site that shows the connection between math, science, and music.  Geared for all ages, there are a variety of activities for all types of learners (and learnings).

For the complete post from TeachersFirst, please click here.

Baseball and Music- perfect together!

From Artsedge, here’s a fun activity that mixes baseball and classical music.  With Perfect Pitch, take the field, select your era and begin to explore.  This would work well whole class (with a projector) or as a station.

For the complete post from TeachersFirst, please click here.

Graphic Music- See the music

This YouTube channel  (Music Animation Machine Channel) offers a graphic representation of the music.  To me, it was if I was watching the score come to life.  There are advertisements on this site.  I included a rather long piece here- but even if you only watch it for a minute, you will get the idea.

For the complete post from TeachersFirst, please click here.

Coding and Music

Here’s a Google Docs add in that will help your inner musician.  VexTab will allow you can write music online.  Here is the complete post from Richard Byrne at Free Technology for Teachers.  Here is a free Vex Tab tutorial.

Write your score online!

Now if I only had musical talent- this site looks really interesting. Flat allows you to select your instruments, time and key.  Now you can create and orchestrate your masterpiece!  You can use your Google id to login and begin. For the complete post from TeachersFirst, please click here.