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Kididdles Musical Mouseum star star
Find the lyrics to over 2000 kids songs! From Found a Peanut to Baby Bumble Bee, you'll find all your favorites and learn some great new tunes! You will even find audio files of some tunes and the hand movements to make while you are singing them.
Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary School Teacher Section: No Searchable: Yes

The International Database of Choral Repertoire star
Looking for a perfect choral piece for your group? This site lets you search for choral works by period, keyword, type of group, number of voices, language, level of difficulty, composer, and genre.
Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High School Teacher Section: No Searchable: Yes

The Choral Public Domain Library
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This site has over 5,000 scores in the public domain. You will have to register to use the site, but it is free.
Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High School Teacher Section: No Searchable: Yes

Choral Net star
You'll find loads of resources for choral music including news, advices, tips, links, and forums at this site.
Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High School Teacher Section: No Searchable: Yes

The Lied and Song Texts Page star
This site has texts to Kunstlieder and other art songs in Czech, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish with English translations.
Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High School Teacher Section: No Searchable: Yes

The Aria Database
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This searchable database of arias includes synopses, translations, and sound files.
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I Hear America Singing star
This companion site to the PBS series profiles the composers, poets, writers, artists, ideas, and events that shaped American concert song. You'll find biographies of key figures from Leonard Bernstein and Edward MacDowell to Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman, overviews of key movements like the Harlem Renaissance and The Hudson River School, and audio files of nine songs.
Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No

The Center for Voice Disorders
Learn about some of the potential vocal problems for singers and learn how to preserve the voice. Just for fun see who was selected as having the best in worst voices in America.
Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No

National Center for Voice and Speech
L earn more about the voice by browsing this sites tutorials and learning aids.
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Opera of America
This guide to operas by American composers includes information on the operas and composers, a timeline of American opera, as well as scores and excerpts from selected operas.
Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No

Laura's Midi Heaven
Here is where you'll find MIDI files and lyrics for state songs, patriotic songs, holiday songs, and more.
Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No

National Association of Teachers Singing
Membership and organization information in addition to some links.
Intended Audience: Teachers Reading Level: Middle/High School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No

A Brief History of Singing
Trace the history of Western vocal performance at this site from John Koopman, Professor Emeritus of the Conservatory of Music at Lawrence University, in Appleton, Wisconsin.
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Lesson Plans

Grades K-4

Jazz Dance and Music
In this lesson, students will be introduced to jazz dance and jazz music. They will explore basic jazz dance movements, and will create a cinquain poem inspired by jazz music. Source: ArtsEdge

Ballet and Classical Music
Students are introduced to the conceptual and practical elements of classical ballet as they learn ballet history, vocabulary, and steps. Source: ArtsEdge

Grades 5-8

 

Grades 9-12