Library

Music education is no different than any other form of education and we encourage parents to actively participate in their child’s music education. It is bound to greatly benefit the child and parent-child relationship. We maintain some useful internet links and references to help our parents better understand all aspects of music education and become an integral part of this process.

Links to Audio Archives

• Martha Argerich Project – free recordings of classical music
• Free CD tracks of classical music
• CDs and CD Tracks from MUSICGIANTS.COM
• Online Guitar Archive – OLGA
• The Friendster for musicians at MUSIC.MYSPACE.COM

Sheet Music Stores and Sites

• Petrucci Music Library – Public Domain of Free sheet music
• Great deals on sheet music from Sheet Music Plus
• Sheet music from SHEETMUSICDIRFECT.US
• Sheet music from MUSICTIME.COM
• Sheet Music from the Bristol Chamber Orchestra

Other Useful Music Sites

• Milestone Mediaworks – Music Producer
• San Francisco Symphony’s Kid’s Web Site
• SONGS TO SING IN THE CAR FOR KIDS
• Children Music Web – a non-profit resource for kids, families, and children’s performers worldwide
• Music resources on Amazon.com

Books on Music Education

Happy Fingers Scales. Piano Scales for the early beginner.by Tanya Schwartzman

Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain. Sacks, Oliver. (2007). Knopf. ISBN-10:1400040817.

Music Makes Your Child Smarter: How Music Helps Every Child’s Development. Sheppard, Philip. Omnibus Press, 2007.

Raising Musical Kids. A Guide for Parents. Cutietta, Robert A.  Oxford University Press, 2001. ISBN:0195129229.

How to Get Your Child to Practice … without resorting to violence. Richards, Cynthia V.Provo, UT, Advance Publications, 1985.

The Inner Game of Music. Barry Green with W. Timothy Gallwey. Doubleday, 1986

Performing music in an Age of Recording. Philip,Robert. Yale University Press, 2001

The Book of the Piano. Ed. by Dominic Gill. Cornell University Press, 1981