Online Learning Resources

Members' online learning resources

This section features our members' publicly accessible online learning resources, with the resources listed according to the languages they use:

General online learning resources

Here, you can find a wide variety of publicly accessible online learning and teaching materials from external sources.

• The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music's (UK) apps and practice tools
  (with training apps for singing, playing, sight-reading & theory)
• The Beat Goes On's free body percussion and samba resources
  (with guides and rhythm grids)
• The Benedetti Foundation's Learn with Nicky subsite
  (with online tutorials and scores)
• BBC Bitesize's music learning section
  (some material is only accessible in the UK)
• The BBC's Ten Pieces classical music learning activities
  (content only accesible in the UK)
• The Carnegie Hall's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
  (with an interactive educational game)
• The Chrome Music Lab's learning applications
  (with hands-on, fun learning experiments)
• The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra's education resources page
  (with diverse teacher and musician resource packs)
• Classics for Kids website
  (with quizzes, games and activities)
• Friday Afternoons's resources page
  (featuring warm ups, leader tutorials, case studies, lesson plans & worksheets)
• The Josiah Quincy Orchestra Programme's online learning portals
  (with a wide range of learning apps & activities)
• The London Philharmonic Orchestra's Creative Classrooms Connect page
  (with music-making resources for teachers of children aged 7-11)
• The London Symphony Orchestra's Resources for Teachers page
  (with resources for teachers of children aged 7-11)
• The Lost Words' resources page
  (with activities and sheet music)
• Music Tech Teacher website
  (with quizzes, games, worksheets & theory assistance)
• Musictheory.net's online lessons
  (with a focus on theory & reading music)
• New York University's musedlab
  (with online activities & learning games)
• Music Mark's home learning resources
  (an extensive external resources list)
• The National (US) Association for Music Education's online resources list
  (an extensive external resources list)
• The New York Philharmonic's digital archives
  (with free scores, programmes and interesting musical documents)
• Out of the Ark Music's learning at home page
  (with numerous singing activities)
• The Philharmonia's online instrument guides
  (with extensive sections on a wide range of instruments)
• The Royal Opera House's (UK) create and sing programme
  (a creative, operatic learning programme for primary school children)
• The Royal Opera House's (UK) create and play programme
  (with many creative learning activities)
• RULER resources list from Yale University
  (an e-learning tools list - opens a .pdf file, which may automatically download!)
• The Save the Music Foundation's online resources list
  (a large list of useful e-learning tools)
• Sing Up's home learning page
  (singing activities for 4-16 year olds)
• The Times Educational Supplement's primary school level music resources
  (a wide range of diverse teaching resources)
• Teaching with Orff distance learning resources
  (a distance learning resources list for teachers)
• Team Tutti's interactive music learning initiative
  (interactive online lessons for 7-11 year olds)

Non-member video tutorials and webinars

This section lists direct and indirect links to non-member providers of free video tutorials and/or webinars for musicians and learners.

• The Benedetti Foundation's Learn with Tutors videos
• Global Leaders Programme webinars
• Learn Play Repeat's online learning videos
• The National (US) Association for Music Education's webinars
• Nicola Benedetti's Play Along with Us videos
• The Voices Foundation's Virtual Singing Assembly
  (every weekday at 13:00 GMT)

Opportunities for music educators to exchange ideas

Here, teachers in Sistema or Sistema-influenced programmes can find links to support networks in which they can discuss their teaching approaches.

• E-Learning in Music Education Facebook group for educators
• Sistema teaching artists' WhatsApp group sign-up

We thank The World Ensemble and Sistema in Norwich for their own resources lists, which both formed a large part of the basis for this page