Resources           

 Web Sites

 Books for Educators

 Books Paired w/ Music

 Music for Imagery

 Music for Environment

 Music for Mirroring

Web Sites 

Jack Stanfill: http://imet.csus.edu/imet2/stanfillj/

Classical music:http://www.classical.net/

Eric Jensen: http://www.thebrainstore.com and http://www.learningbrain.com

Rome Reborn: The Vatican Library & Renaissance Culture, Music  From Gregorian Chant to Opera's Origins, http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/vatican/music.html

Multimedia Basic: Understanding Sound, http://www.ti-me.org/IWP/multimediabasics/sound.html

Science Entertainment,  http://204.142.196.76/

McGraw-Hill School Division Master Index of Themes, http://www.mhschool.com/teach/music/thmdex.html

Music Advocacy: The Wonders of Its Application, http://www.ufoc.org/music/

Effects of Popular and Classical Background Music on the Math Test, Scores of Undergraduate Students,

      http://www.arts.usf.edu/music/rpme/effects.htm

Music and Kinesthetic Movement, http://www.pencilpointpress.com/professi.htm

Language Arts and Jazz, http://www.louisianamusic.org/NOJCC/musiclang.htm

Math and Jazz, http://www.louisianamusic.org/NOJCC/musicmath.htm

Musical Words, http://www.knownet.net/users/Ackley/miscmusic.html

Science and Music, making instruments, MENC, http://www.menc.org/guides/IHWE/ihwes1.html#instruments

Science of Sound, http://www.ti-me.org/IWP/multimediabasics/sound.html

Holst, The Planets, midi file music download,  http://www.aquarianage.org/lore/holst.html

Waterford Institute, Rusty and Rosy Videos, http://waterford.org/institute/werp.html

Search for songs and lyrics, http://www.mudcat.org/

Project Zero research projects, http://pzweb.harvard.edu/Research/Research.htm

Arts Propel (Harvard), from Teaching and Learning, http://www.teachingandlearning.org/profdvlp/tools/artsprop.html

ArtsEdge - National Arts and Information Network, http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/

 

Books for Educators

Music with the Brain in Mind, Jensen, 2000, http://www.thebrainstore.com 

Teaching with the Brain in Mind, Jensen, ASCD, 1998, http://www.ascd.org 

The Unschooled Mind, How Children Think and How Schools Should Teach, Gardner, 1991, Basic Books

Multiple Intelligences, The Theory in Practice, Gardner, 1993, Basic Books

The Disciplined Mind, Gardner, 2000, Penguin

Elementary Teacher's Guide to Multiple Intelligences, Offutt, 1997, Good Apple

Best Practice, New Standards for Teaching and Learning in America's Schools, Zanelman, Daniels, Hyde, 1998, Heinemann

Weaving in the Arts, Widening the Learning Circle, Blecher, Jaffee, 1998, Heinemann

Aesthetics and Education, Parsons, Blocker, 1993, University of Illinois Press

The Arts and Academic Achievement, What the Evidence Shows, Fall/Winter 2000, University of IllinoisPress

Cognition and Curriculum Reconsidered, Eisner. 1994, Teachers College Press

Now We'll Make the Rafters Ring: Classic and Contemporary Rounds for Everyone, Finckle,ed. 1993, A Cappella

Inside Music: How to Understand, Listen to, and Enjoy Good Music, Haas, 1984, Doubleday

Kids Make Music! Clapping and Tapping From Bach to Rock!, Hart, Avery, and Paul Mantell, 1993, Williamson

The Book of Rhythms, Hughes, 1995, Oxford University Press

Mind Matters: Teaching for Thinking, Kirby, Dan, and Carol Kuykendall, 1991, Boynton/Cook. 

        Anyone interested in developing workshop environments for students must read this book. It helps teachers see how they might create the worlds of the archaeologist, inventor, naturalist, or creative artist within the classroom.

Storytelling with Music, Puppets, and Arts for Libraries and Classrooms, Painter, 1994, The Shoe String Press

 

Books Paired with Music

Ben's Trumpet by Rachel Isadora with music of Miles Davis

books by Byrd Baylor with music by Carlos Nakai

Charlie Parker Played Bebop by Chris Raschka with "Night in Tunisia" performed by Charles Parker

Dawn by Uri Shulevitz with "Sunrise" from Ferde Grofe's Grand Canyon Suite

Dreamkeepers by Langston Hughs with Coltrane Plays the Blues with John Coltrane

Listen to the Rain by Bill Martin, Jr. with "Cloudburst" from Ferde Grofe's Grand Canyon Suite

Mama Don't Allow by Thatcher Hurd with "Hush" with Bobby McFerrin and Yo Yo Ma

Miranda and Brother Wind by Patricia McKissack with "Cakewalk" by Scott Joplin

Rondo in C by Paul Fleischman with "Rondo in C" by Ludwig von Beethoven

Treemonisha by Angela Shelf Medearis with excerpts from the cast recordings of the opera Treemonisha

Water Music by Jane Yolen with "Water Music" by George Frideric Handel

What a Wonderful World by George Weiss with "What a Wonderful World".

Music That Evokes Strong Images (see also Program Music)

These pieces work well for interpretation through drawing, writing, or movement

The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi

In the Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt Suite by Edvard Grieg

A Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky

Toccata and Fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach

Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saens

Shrovetide Fair and Petroushka from Firebird Suite by Igor Stravinsky

Flight of the Bumblebee by Modest Mussorgsky

Music About Environment and Setting

Concert for the Earth and Canyon by Paul Winter

An American in Paris by George Gershwin

Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland

Le Mer by Claude Debussy

Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky

Grand Canyon Suite by Ferde Grofe

Rodeo by Aaron Copeland

Music for Mirroring

Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber

Canon in D by Pachelbel

Adagietto from Symphony No. 110 by Gustav Mahler

Air on a G String by Johann Sebastian Bach