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Music Education Resources Part 2

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receive information about future ISME World Conferences as this becomes available. If you are looking for a new cause to "beat your drum" for in 1998, this is as good a cause as many, in my opinion.

Music, Mind, Machine is another site that I would consider out of the "norm." There is a fun page with topics covered such as, "What happens within and in between notes?" "Tempo curves considered harmful," "Beat induction or "Foot-tapping" and "Expresso." No, not expresso, as in coffee, but rather this "expresso" term is based on a calculus of expression that was designed to formally describe how different types of expression (onset timing, offset timing, dynamics, asynchrony) are linked to different types of musical structure (phrase, metrical, chord, voice, and surface structure), and how they can be manipulated while maintaining consistency.

There are always new resource sites popping up on the Internet and I would like to conclude by pointing you to a few that you may not have discovered that represent the works of seasoned music teachers.

Stafford's Music Madness — Here's a gal that must have two body engines steaming away at full speed. I simply don't know how she manages to find the energy for the activities she uses with her students at TWO schools. Oh to be young again! She's got it happenin' in her classes and she'll be happy to share her innovative teaching techniques and activities with you, just for the asking.

David Saphra's Midi and Orff resources is, for the most part, original music. David is like a musical version of Willie Wonka's Chocolate factory. He keeps churning those tunes out like they are easy or something. ;-) Drop by and see if there is something at his site that you could use in an upcoming performance or lesson in your classroom.

The Pentatonic Index is an awesome site. This site has grown with incredible speed. I think the author of this web site must not sleep or something. He has some very useful information at his site on many different areas of music education that you should definitely take the time to check out. He also started a very successful music educator's newsletter titled Fun Music Ideas that you can receive in your e-mail once a month for free! If you are interested in getting this newsletter, you can find out how to subscribe at The Fun Music Ideas Newsletter..