Resources for Online Teaching
Program Health Professional Development Yamaha Staff March 24, 2020
Updated 4/17/2020 at 1:48 p.m. PST
During this trying and uncertain time, we want to do our part to help music educators as you explore options and search for resources to facilitate online teaching.
Since teaching face-to-face is not possible during this COVID-19 pandemic, our educational partners and other companies are offering resources and solutions, including free lesson plans and subscriptions, to help you navigate these unchartered waters to teach music in new and creative ways.
As always, the music education community is showing its strength and supportive nature — this time by tackling online teaching and online learning together.
To address this immediate need, the NAMM Foundation presented a webinar on March 18 on Bridging the Gap: Teaching and Learning Music Online. The NAMM Foundation has also presented Making Music Online: How-Tos for Private and Group Lessons and Making Music Online: How-Tos for Ensembles.
AmazingEducationalResources.com lists hundreds of sites that cover all subjects, including students’ social-emotional well-being. This list is updated regularly. Please be prudent and thoroughly research each company before signing up.
Below is a list of music-specific sites and sources. As more artists and educators post and create resources, we will update this list. Email us at educators@yamaha.com with questions or to submit a site to be included.
NAMM, GRAMMY® Music Education Coalition and Save the Music have similar lists of online resources for teachers.
To See the Latest Updates to these Resources please view
Resources from Our Partners
- Disney’s Imagineering in a Box
- Music for All Educational Resources
- National Association for Music Educators (NAfME)
- Music Teacher Resources for School Closures
- COVID-19 Resources and News
- Free NAfME Academy Webinars
- NAfME Teaching with Primary Sources Curriculum Units for High School Music Theory/Composition, Chorus, General Music, Orchestra and Band
- National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM)
- American String Teachers Association (ASTA)
- Jazz Education Network (JEN)
- Percussive Arts Society (PAS)
- PAS Resource Library
- 40 Percussive Arts Society International Drum Rudiments
- Essential Listening for Drum Set
- Percussion Compendiums
- PAS Educators’ Companion
- Rhythm Scene – The Official Blog of the Percussive Arts Society
Music Theory, Music Lessons, Games
- Artusi
- Beginning Band Bootcamp
- Chrome Music Lab
- Classics for Kids
- Cornerstone Confessions: The Ultimate List of Online Music Education Games
- The Domestic Musician: How to Teach Elementary Music Remotely: Ultimate Resource Round-Up
- Education & Bass‘ Ultimate Beginners Course (membership required)
- Little Kids Rock: Live Lessons
- Music First
- Music Theory
- Music Workshop
- PBS Kids Music Games
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Free Online Learning
- San Francisco Symphony’s Keeping Score
- The Shed: Remote Learning Resources
- Sight Reading Factory
- SmartMusic
- Solfeg.io
- SoundSlice
- Teaching with Orff: Distance Learning Resources for Music Educators
- Teoria: Music Theory Web
- Tone Savvy
- WURRLYedu
Music Library: Books, Apps, Virtual Tours and Notation Software
- Acapella: Record, edit and share music videos
- Dorico (notation)
- Flat (notation)
- Museum of Making Music
- Musical Instrument Museum galleries
- Noteflight (notation)
- Oxford University Press: “Teaching Music Appreciation Online”
- Steinberg #StayHome Elements Collection
Percussion
- 4 Mallet Exercises without a Marimba – Justin Douté
- C. Alan Percussion Home Study Packet
- Matthew Black — What a Metronome Can’t Teach
- James Campbell: Cowbell 101
- DrumEd Podcast with Joe Mengis and Mark Powers
- Vic Firth Snare Drum Rudiments
- Gary France Video Series (Snare Drum, Cymbals, Gongs, Keyboard)
- Steve Graves Beginning Percussion Videos
- Cory Hills’ Percussive Storytelling and live-stream videos
- Ox and Lamb Percussion Publications — Free Resources
- Percussion Education Video Playlist – 28 Snare Drum Videos
- Percussion Lounge with Pablo Rieppi
- NYU Percussion Program Virtual Masterclass Series — Spring 2020
- Rhythm Randomizer
- Shilo Stroman Percussion Videos
Strings
- Tina Guo: Videos, Tutorials and Live-Stream Concerts via Patreon (subscription fees)
- Christian Howes’ Creative Strings
- Andy Reiner Fiddle/Violin Method
- Andy Reiner: Music, Podcasts and Lessons via Patreon (subscription fees)
- Jacob Szekely’s Improvisor’s Guide to the Cello
- Tuning Your Instrument
- Violinist.com
Winds
- Tom Bough Music — Tuba
- Jeff Coffin — Saxophone, Jazz
- Sean Jones — Q&A on Mastering Your Practice in the Shed
- Cally Laughlin — Clarinet
- Jay Metcalf — Better Sax
- Nathan Nabb ‘s Saxophone Studio Class Online
- Daniel Pardo – Flute for middle and high school students
- Christopher Still’s Honesty Pill — online courses for musicians
- Trombone 101
Piano
- Group Piano in the time of COVID-19 (Facebook group)
- Piano and Instrumental Teachers with Coronavirus Concerns (Facebook group)
- Piano Magazine: Teaching Piano in the Time of COVID-19
- Teach Piano Online
- WikiHow: How to Practice the Piano without a Piano
Guitar
- GuitarChordsDictionary.com
- Music Prodigy with Bill Swick (3-month subscription for $40)
- School Guitar Teachers (Facebook group)
Various
- Mariachi Resources from Music Education Consultants
- Snarky Puppy webinars (fees)
- Rodolfo Gonzalez, a Texas music educator, is offering free sheet music for beginner ukulele, bajo sexto, first studies for mariachi, elementary mariachi, guitar solos, basic music theory and basic arranging for mariachi, beginner melody books for strings and classical guitar as well as free audio previes and sheet music samples.
Choral
- American Choral Directors Association (ACDA): Resources for Choral Professionals During the Pandemic
- Chorus Connection: Taking Your Choir Rehearsals Online
- Midnight Music: Please Stop Asking How To Create A Virtual Choir Video
Performances
- 92nd Street Y Live Streams and Past Performances
- Mindi Abair live-stream performances every Tuesday
- Berlin Philharmonic Virtual Concerts
- Boston Brass Happy Hour “Live” (April 12)
- Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Performances
- Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s Past Performances and Educational Concert Series
- Steven Feifke and Alexa Tarantino (fees for each performance; 25% of ticket prices will be donated to various arts organizations)
- The Kennedy Center Digital Stage
- Lincoln Center at Home
- Live from Our Living Rooms — online music festival and fundraiser
- London Symphony Orchestra Performances and Playlists
- The Metropolitan Opera
- North Carolina Symphony — education concert and lessons (password is 1932)
- The Philadelphia Orchestra
- The U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own”
- Vancouver Symphony’s Final Performance from BeethovenFest
- Allen Vizutti Mini Concert and Clinic (April 18, fee required)
- Wigmore Hall’s Past Live Streams
- Live streams of concerts from around the world hosted by WKAR, a radio station in Michigan
- NPR Music: A List of Live Virtual Concerts to Watch During the Coronavirus Shutdown
- NPR Music: A List of Tiny Desk Concerts (intimate video performances)
Student Musicians with Special Needs
- If your program works with United Sound, check out these distance learning resources
Select TED talks for music educators
- How Brass Instruments Work
- How to Practice Effectively … For Just About Anything
- The Physics of Playing Guitar
- Music and Math: The Genius of Beethoven
Professional Development
- AMRO Music’s After Hours: Conversations to Help Directors Thrive in the COVID-19 Era (webinar series every Tuesday at 5 p.m. CT)
- April 21: Recruiting Beginners Without a Classrom
- April 28: Bridging the Gap — Retention Techniques for the Spring and Summer
- May 5: STEAM, not just STEM — Advocating for the Arts in Our Schools
- May 12: Preparing for the Marching Band Season
- Be Part of the Music: Recruitment and Retention in the COVID World
- Black Violin Masterclass Series (every Tuesday and Friday at 2 p.m. ET, April 3 to May 15)
- Earspasm Music: Music Lesson Tips for Remote Learning
- Keeping the Beat hosted by TNMEA web series/interactive discussions (7-8 p.m. CT)
- April 20: Todd Shipley
- April 21: Jeff Coffin and Victor Wooten
- April 22: John Wittmann
- April 23: Glenn Kotche
- Leadership University’s COVID Curricula: 45-Day Flexible Leadership Program for Secondary Music Educators
- Music Habit: Online Teaching for the Unexpected Online Music Educator
- VanderCook College of Music: Distance Learning with Google Classroom for Music Educators (fee)
Social Media
- Yamaha Music Educator Community
- Higher Ed Music Lessons in the Time of COVID-19
- Music Educators Creating Online Learning
- Music Teachers
- The Singing Space
Email us at educators@yamaha.com to submit a site to be included.
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