Curated Resources
A searchable database of existing music education resources curated by music educators across Canada.
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TeachRock offers dozens of lesson plans and learning resources that use the history of popular music and culture to help teachers engage students. Innovative lesson plans developed by experienced educators and top experts in the field foster genuine learning in areas including social studies, language arts, geography, science, STEAM, general music and more. They also offer resources specifically to help teachers facilitate distance learning.
Date added: May 27, 2021
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Fender is offering 3 months of free interactive guitar, bass, ukulele and mandolin lessons on their online music lesson platform.
Date added: May 27, 2021
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Features several lesson plans that have students explore topics in electronic music production and the history of popular music.
Date added: May 27, 2021
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This tool allows users to connect, collaborate and create music with others who love to sing and play instruments. Mobile app allows you to record, edit, sync up and share original music.
Date added: May 27, 2021
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A collection of lesson plans, student activities and audio files that teach students about music from a variety cultures around the world.
Date added: May 27, 2021
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Rock Hall EDU is a free digital learning platform that is full of resources and activities that use the power of rock & roll to engage students of all ages.
Date added: May 27, 2021
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Incredibox is a music app that lets you create your own music with the help of a merry crew of beatboxers. Choose your musical style among 7 impressive atmospheres and start to lay down, record and share your mix.
Date added: May 27, 2021
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Little Kids Rock features dozens of lessons, videos and guides that engage kids with rock, pop, Latin, and rap music. Includes learning resources that get students making music without instruments (beat-boxing, body percussion, etc).
Date added: May 27, 2021
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Lyric sheets and activities to accompany online performance by children's artist Jeremy Fisher Junior.
Date added: May 27, 2021
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Discusses how different video communication platforms perform in a music education context.
Date added: May 27, 2021
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Article that explores how to sing with others online
Date added: May 27, 2021
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A Facebook Group devoted to exploring how to teach choir online.
Date added: May 27, 2021
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A Facebook Group with thousands of music teachers discussing e-learning.
Date added: May 27, 2021
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A fun and educational podcast that teaches kids about the many apsects music offers. From different styles and genres of music to music from around the world. Some episodes have supplemental PDF resources.
Date added: May 27, 2021
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An easy guide to help turn down the volume on your kid's recorder!
Date added: May 27, 2021
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Lesson plans, teaching videos, and full concert videos for students and teachers in grades K–2 that focus on music from around the world
Date added: May 27, 2021
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A vast collection of music activities, games, and lessons that engage K-6 students with music performance and music theory. Videos include singalongs and recorder lessons.
Date added: May 27, 2021
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Yousician offers thousands of songs, exercises, and teacher-crafted lessons all in one app. Free for teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Date added: May 27, 2021
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Chrome Music Lab is a website that makes learning music more accessible through fun, hands-on experiments. Activities explore music and its connections to science, math and art. Students can also create their own music.
Date added: May 27, 2021
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Various resources that engage students with a musical celebration of Canada's sesquicentennial.
Date added: May 27, 2021
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BandLab for Education empowers teachers and students with everything they need for collaborative, engaging and meaningful learning. Offers a free songwriting and mixing tool, virtual instruments and recording functionality.
Date added: May 27, 2021
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Several interactive, online music theory modules.
Date added: May 27, 2021
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A list of several TED Talks that discuss music-related topics.
Date added: May 27, 2021
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A collection of several music theory, rhythm and ear-training exercises. Free for teachers during COVID-19.
Date added: May 27, 2021
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A collection of interactive lessons that engage students with music theory and composition. Free for teachers during COVID-19.
Date added: May 27, 2021
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High School
Looplabs is a collaborative cloud based music studio that lets anyone, regardless of technical skills or ability, quickly and easily make professional quality music anywhere, anytime and with anyone.
Date added: May 27, 2021
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A musical game that supports the cognitive development of children from 4 to 6 years old through introducing them to classical music.
Date added: May 27, 2021
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Elementary School
OrKidstra’s KiddlyWinks is a popular, fun-filled, value-based music education program for elementary school-age children.
Date added: May 27, 2021
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Several music games for kids that feature characters from popular TV shows such as Arthur and Sesame Street.
Date added: May 27, 2021
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Elementary School
A recorded webinar that introduces teachers to how to adjust their teaching to an online environment.
Date added: May 27, 2021
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NoteBoard is a super-simple online instrument you can play with your computer keyboard or on your mobile device. It's perfect for exploring different keys, working on your next musical idea, or learning to transcribe by ear.
Date added: May 27, 2021
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Challenge yourself or your students by playing the Treble Clef Escape Room Challenge!
Date added: May 27, 2021
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A recorded panel discussion moderated by MusiCounts' Nick Godsoe that features teachers from across Canada. This discussion centres around how COVID-19 has impacted music education as well as the lasting ramifications it will have as we approach the coming school year in September.
Date added: May 27, 2021
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Groove Pizza is a music app that allows you to create and play with grooves using shapes and math!
Date added: May 27, 2021
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aQWERTYon (QWERTY accordion) is designed to simplify the process of improvising, learning, and making music with your computer keyboard. Users can even play along to their favourite songs using the search tool.
Date added: May 27, 2021
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A fun and interactive game to teach kids how to identify and read musical notes! Whackanote can be played simply by using the number pad on your computer keyboard.
Date added: May 27, 2021
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Meet Song Maker, an app developed by Chrome Music Lab which kids to create and share their own songs, add beats, melodies and harmonies.
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A fun online game which enables students to identify Treble Clef Notes via flashcards. A great resource for those looking to engage their students in music theory.
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Lesson plan for an activity for elementary and middle school students that introduces a pentatonic scale often used in the music of east Asia.
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Check out the cool jazz tunes and stories about jazz musicians we have here for you! Visit "Jazz Classes" to hear the elegant Duke Ellington, the scat singer extraordinaire Ella Fitzgerald, Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, and swingin' Benny Carter. There is also a cool Duke Ellington Interactive lesson. For those of you who want to find out more about jazz, click on "What is Jazz" to answer your questions. Teachers: Groovin’ to Jazz includes thirty-one original recordings with lesson plans designed for intermediate level (ages 8-13) and middle level (ages 13-15) students. Some lessons have worksheets to go with them.
Date added: May 27, 2021
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Teachers can download free, printable, teacher resource kits directly relating to provincial curricula. These materials are usable as is or customizable for use in the classroom.
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February is Black History Month. Explore the many contributions of African Americans with several cross-curricular lessons, printables, quizzes, and activities below! Utilize these resources for grades K-12.
Date added: May 27, 2021
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Soundslice is an interactive website which allows you to play along with "live" sheet music. This website offers a variety of pay to play as well as free resources. Slow down, speed up and loop your sheet music to make sure you're playing every note correctly and on-time. Additional resources on how to use this tool can be found at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS2wFslbGwri2XNqKtDwBnw.
Date added: May 27, 2021
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The National Arts Centre presents ArtsAlive.ca Music, a place for students to learn about orchestral music, great composers, as well as other music resources. Students can engage with acitivities, games, and an instrument lab.
Date added: May 27, 2021
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Backyard Beats has a collection of DIY craft-struments students can build themselves at home. Then students can follow along by watching live online at TVOkids.com at 6:05 pm. Don't miss this fun opportunity to get acquainted with DIY instruments.
Date added: May 27, 2021
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This website explores the African Canadian music scene with its rich mixture of diasporic flavours from such places as the West Indies, Africa, the United States, South America, and the Maritimes. On the music section of the site you'll find information about many kinds of music and the artists who are producing that music - from Hip Hop to Reggae, Calypso to Classical and more.
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Test your knowledge of musical instrument families and have fun with a 'Space Invaders' style bonus upon answering each question correctly. Do not type a 'space' before or after the answer to avoid missing the questions. There are 20 questions.
Date added: May 27, 2021
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Using sounds to identify instruments, Orchestra Game is a fun and fantastic to enhance the ear training capacities of elementary students.
Date added: May 27, 2021
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Elementary School
A website that provides helpful classical music resources to plan your online music curriculum. A fantastic resource for students, parents and teachers. This website has music history, music games, as well as activity sheets.
Date added: May 27, 2021
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A series of elementary and middle school level quizzes, puzzles and games about music notes, rhythms, instruments, composers, and more. FOr those without Flash, Ms. Garrett recommends using the Puffin browser.
Date added: May 27, 2021
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Decolonizing the Music Room is a non-profit organization that seeks to help music educators develop critical practices and to build a more equitable future through research, training and discourse. This website contains a myriad of podcasts, songs, stories, repertoire and resources dealing with the intersection of social justice and music education.
Date added: May 27, 2021
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A lesson plan which guides students through the formation and mission of the Black Lives Matter organization and movement, the significance of an anthem to a group of people, and how modern music such as Kendrick Lamar's "Alright" and Beyoncé's "Formation" celebrate Black culture. This guide contains several activities for students and can be conducted offline.
Date added: May 27, 2021
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In this podcast, Eric Jimenez and Justin McLean discuss the current status of culture and how racial lines play a major role in the lives of us as people and educators. The Score is an Urban Music Education Podcast that seeks to provide tips and strategies through honest discussions on teaching music in an Urban setting. The goal is to provide a positive and solution-based narrative to create more effective, compassionate and culturally relevant music educators.
Date added: May 27, 2021
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This lesson plan was created by the New York Times. It is a guide for educators looking for ways to incorporate protest music into their lessons. This guide provides a brief summary of protest music and its integral role in social justice movements. It also provides questions and topics that teachers can use to engage students in this topic. This includes the civil rights movement, Anti-apartheid movement, Hip-Hop, and #BlackLivesMatter.
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A database of free music lessons and learnings plans for educators with an emphasis on social justice topics. These resources are sorted by age group and contain supplementary materials designed to make lesson plans more inclusive.
Date added: May 27, 2021
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Play Name That Note, an online note-reading workout for music students! Players select either the treble of bass clef, then pick their level of difficulty.
Date added: May 27, 2021
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