Kirklees Ednet - Information and resources developed for schools in the Kirklees area

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.

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.

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 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.

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

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.

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

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.

http://www.ictadvice.org.uk/registration
(To subcribe to Becta email newsletter)

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.)

http://forum.ngfl.gov.uk/WebX/top-music
(Resources from 2002 Online music INSET event, again with lots of lesson activities to try and technical information, web links etc.)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/worldmusic/index.shtml
(Fantastic listening and research resource about music from ust about every Part of the globe. Includes video/sound clips from the WOMAD festival)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/events/cambridge2004/index.shtml
(Lots of information, photos and soundbites from the Cambridge Folk Festival. Instrumentalists can join in with a virtual jam session - treble clef notation provided.)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/leicester/music
(Including 'World on your Street')

http://www.ancient-future.com/links/index.html
(Links to other music sites including gamelan and African music)

http://www.africanmusic.org/home.html
(Detailed information on music and instruments listed by country - many links are no longer active, but there are some real listening gems and photographs)

http://www.taiko.com
(Includes lots of information and our online tutorial with notation and listening clips)

http://www.darsie.net/tuneweb
(Celtic music site)

http://www.radiotango.com
(Latin American radio station)

http://www.ibiblio.org/chinese-music/html/mp3.html
(Chinese music free midi files)

http://www.partnersinrhyme.net/pir.html
(Bhangra music free mp3 files)

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

North Stars Steel Orchestra
http://www.northstars.org.uk/

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

http://webquest.sdsu.edu
(Teacher resource) More information on WebQuests

www.thinkquest.org/library/IC_index.html
(Teacher and student resource) ThinkQuest is another web-based project, designed for students with websites that they have created themselves. For those who are interested to look at more ThinkQuest material, here are tow examples:

http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5116/index/htm
A junior ThinkQuest project on the Orchestra

http://library.thinkquest.org/13395/
A MIDI ThinkQuest activity

www.sfskids.org/templates/splash.asp
(KS2/3) San Fransisco Symphony Orchestra for Kits - Interactive Musical Games, good information on instruments of the orchestra. Be sure to visit the Music Lab! Good for computer room work