Music and Private Lessons Resources
Check here for forms, calendars, tips, practice ideas and online resources.
Private Lessons Calendar - Spring 2020
Arts+ Welcome Packet - Spring 2020
Merit Scholarship Application 2020-2021
Financial Aid Applications - 2020-2021
Helpful Tips, Articles and Websites
- The Bulletproof Musician Blog - Articles on how psychology can help effective practicing and performance.
- Can Younger Students Be Taught to Engage in Deliberate Practice Too? The Bulletproof Musician
- Practice Strategies The Bulletproof Musician
- Goal Setting The Bulletproof Musician
- Developing Great Rhythm The Bulletproof Musician
- Sight Reading Factory
- MusicTheory.net
Practice Ideas and Games
- Free practice charts your kids can do at home from The Practice Shoppe.
- 100 Things to Do in Summer - Spice up your practice with 100 ways to add something new to your practice routine.
- Practice Games Galore!
Online Resources Recommended by Arts+ Music Staff
Music education resources:
- Technical Tips for Online Lessons Arts+ music staff has compiled a list of tips to help make your online lessons a success.
- Quaver Music Students can create a free account with access to basic music games and activities.
- MTNA Websites for Kids This site lists resources for music games, theory, history and listening sites.
- Arts Instructional Resources A national organization, SEADAE, has collected information from all the states and consolidated them in one easy site for those inquiring about arts education.
- The Shed Remote learning resources including activities and performances. Great lessons for theory, notation, rhythm and improvisation.
- Kandinsky Music Experiment This experiment is inspired by Wassily Kandinsky, an artist who compared painting to making music. It turns anything you draw – lines, circles, triangles, or scribbles – into sound.
Free online concerts and shows
- Digital Concert Hall Berliner Philharmoniker is offering free access for 30 days.
- Metropolitan Opera The Met is offering free streaming to encore performances daily.
- Broadway HD Sign up for a free seven day trial to watch your favorite Broadway shows and plays.
- Vulture Find a list of artists offering free online concerts and performances.
- NPR’s From the Top NPR is streaming audio performances, interviews and some videos of incredible young musicians.
- Virtual Experiences This is a comprehensive list of music and visual art experiences compiled by the ASC and updated weekly.