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Dear Parents,

Here are a few fun interactive Web sites your student might enjoy visiting with you. I hope you find them useful.

Mrs. Rogers ­­­­­­­­­­_

[] Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra. An interactive game from Carnegie Hall using Benjamin Britten’s music by the same name. Find all the symphonic instruments to help Uncle Ollie get to the stage in the jungle. Learn the names of the families of the orchestra. Create your own secret name and password to start and stop whenever you want.

[] Another interactive site from the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, for learning the names and sounds of the instruments. Other music games also available at this site.

[] Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Several musical games plus links to audio files of each of the instruments of the Orchestra

[] Match the sound to the instrument.

[] Musical games and interactive information about the orchestra and music in general from the National Music Center of Canada

[] Fun interactive musical site from the BBC of Ireland. Nice accents!

[|http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/ﬁnd-the-nutcracker-] This is a page with links to “Where’s Waldo” type pictures, each related to one of the dances in Tchaikovshy’s “The Nutcracker Suite”. You find the tiny images hidden in very intricate pictures.

[] What is music? Is birdsong music? How about the tap-tap-tap of a hammer, or the wail of a creaking door? Is playing a garbage can different than playing a drum?

Explore the science of music, through these [|online exhibits], [|movies], and [|questions]. Along the way, you can compose, mix, dance, drum, experiment, and above all…listen. Fabulous interactive site from San Francisco’s Exploratorium.

[] Music and sound games on this interactive PBS site. Make a virtual electric guitar and more. Much fun.

[] Samples of games created by comtemporary composer, Morton Subotnick, training players in basic listening and music composition skills. Very fun. These are samples of the CD-Rom games which he has available for purchase at this site. We use some of them in our classroom.

Musical Web Sites for the Vacation Interactive Web Sites for learning about the classical instruments of the orchestra A guide to making sound effects. Perfect for making your own movies. Tons of ideas from a professional in the field.

[] An interactive history of African American music with sound links, photos and lots of information. Very kid friendly.

[] Videos from “From theTop”, the NPR program about young classical musicians (under age 20). Very cool video links to interviews and performances by these gifted and delightful young musicians.