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  • Government announces changes to qualifications and the curriculum


  • Inspire-works - World Music Specialists


  • Youth Music
    Youth Music works alongside the formal and community-based sectors to support music-making and training. The work complements music in the national curriculum by supporting activities held mainly outside of school hours and delivered by non-profit making organisations.


  • Arts Award


  • Trinity Guildhall
    Open University KS2 music CPD programme funded by the DCSF, this KS2 Music CPD programme offers teachers and music leader's individualised professional support through a combination of online learning, workshops and mentoring


  • The Voices Foundation
    A music education charity working closely with the Government, Local Authorities and Schools to deliver sustainable solutions to teaching music at a Primary level


  • Sound Sense
    Sound Sense is the UK development agency for community music. We promote the significance and value of community music, and assist the professional development of people practising and participating in it


  • Federation of Music Services (FMS)
    Federation of Music Services is dedicated to strengthen music education in this country.
  • Kirklees Music School


  • Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (hcmf)


  • The Music Education Council
    The Music Education Council is the umbrella body for all organisations connected with music education in the United Kingdom


  • The National Association of Music Educators
    NAME is the professional association which represents all those involved in music education: advisers, inspectors, consultants, and teachers in schools, instrumental teachers, and heads of instrumental services, lecturers working in teacher education and in conservatoires, community musicians, publishers and other retailers.


  • Music for Youth
    Music for Youth is an educational charity with a worldwide reputation for its work in music education. It provides free access to educational and performance opportunities for all kinds of groups of young musicians and audiences through a nationwide series of festivals and concerts.


  • Sing Up
    Sing Up is the Music Manifesto's National Singing Programme. It aims to make sure that singing is at the heart of every primary school child's life.


  • Music Leader
    A UK-wide Youth Music initiative, that aims to provide access to training and professional development for music leaders at every stage of their career.


    • Sing Up Sing Along
    With a School Trip Singalong, kids learn along the way!


Youtube Video's


For the teacher, try:
  • http://www.ictadvice.org.uk/musicinset
    (Resources from 2003 Online INSET event including key stage 2 and 3 lesson plans using world music and the internet, and information about how to listen to music on the internet, as well as links to free software downloads and other websites of interest.)




For pupils, try:


General
  • www.dbass.org
    dbass is a unique new platform for young people to promote their music, make contact with musicians, collaborate in music making and compete in local and national charts. dbass isn't just about music, it's about learning through activities that really engage and taking the work that young people create seriously. Students can engage in peer to peer learning within a trusted community, get feedback and progress their music making skills.


  • www.radiowaves.co.uk
    Last year's BETT Innovation award winner returns. This unique and creative online learning network for schools is already creating a buzz in education across the UK and Internationally. Young people are actively involved in reporting, recording, editing, photography, interviewing and broadcasting, all within the safety and guidance of the school. The benefits of running your own Radiowaves station include new ways to engage students in speaking & listening, ICT and literacy. Radiowaves is a learning tool proven to motivate students in cross-curricular learning and boost self-confidence.


  • www.artscape.org.uk
    Artscape, the national online directory for arts in education, provides a single service for all arts organisations and individual artists working in education and community settings throughout the UK.

    If you are an artist or arts organisation with experience of working in formal or community education, you would benefit from being registered on artscape. More and more employers in the field are coming to rely on the artscape directory to identify artists to work with on their projects.


  • Creating Music
    http://www.creatingmusic.com/


  • DfES Music and Dance Scheme
    http://www.dfes.gov.uk/mds/


  • Hallé Orchestra
    http://www.orchestranet.co.uk/hallecs.html


  • Opera North
    http://www.operanorth.co.uk


  • Beaumont Street Studios
    http://www.beaumontstreet.co.uk


  • Kirklees Music School
    http://www.kirklees-ednet.org.uk/subjects/music/kms.htm


  • Royal Opera House, London
    http://www.royalopera.org


  • South Asian Arts
    http://www.saa-uk.org.uk/


  • North Stars Steel Orchestra
    http://www.northstars.org.uk/
  • Contemporary Music Festival
    http://www.hcmf.co.uk/index.shtml


  • LMS Music Supplies
    http://www.lmsmusicsupplies.co.uk


  • www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/oakenfold_sequencer/index.htm



    KS2/3) BBC Radio 1 site with an on-line programme enabling students to use and mix Paul Oakenfold's samples. Good for computer room work


  • www.dismusic.com/



    (KS2+) A popular site for downloading MIDI files of 'Disney' themes.


  • www.nyphilkids.org/main.phtml

    (KS2/3) New York Philharmonic for Kids Interactive Musical Games (including one on making a Mozart Minuet), information, video and sound clips on instruments and how they are played, as well as information on the orchestra. Good for Computer Room work.


  • www.computermusic.co.uk/main.asp

    (Teacher/A level Resource) Computer Music Magazine On-line. There is much of interest on this site but look in particular at the section on Tutorials (access this via the 'Tutorial' drop down menu near the top of the page). These can be printed out and cover a wide range of music technology subjects.


  • www.musicwing.com

    (Teacher Resource) Andy Murray's site including music technology and useful BECTa support information etc


  • http://rhythmweb.com/djembe/index.html

    (Teacher resource site) Djembe drum site including beginners' exercises and links to other drum sites


  • www.wholenote.com
    (KS3+) Site for guitarists including lots of good information. Be sure to look at the 'Groove Maker' (one of the brown buttons just below the top banner) for an excellent on-line backing tack composer! There is also a 'Guitar Tablature' finder, a sequencer (called 'Composer') using a guitar fretboard and over 1800 'Lessons' covering many styles. Very good site for guitarists and for producing backing tracks


  • http://library.thinkquest.org/22673/
    (Teacher and student resource) An interactive Guide to the Symphony. This site includes information on the development of the symphony, symphonic forms, instruments of the orchestra, timeline etc. This site is the result of a 'ThinkQuest' project (see also below) Good for homework and computer room work