Peter's New Zealand High School Music Teachers on the Internet
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Welcome to the place especially designed for all those lonely
music teachers who tend to be isolated from the rest of the school
- not only physically (other classes don't want to hear all the
banging and squealing), but also in terms of small department
size (often one or two classroom teachers) and contact with other
staff (lunchtimes are taken up with rehearsals).
I hope you find something useful here. Please let me know what
you have found useful, or what you would like to see.
MIDI SITES
These are a great source of recorded song accompaniments. MIDI
files can be imported into sequencers such as MicroLogic in order
to remove the melody and change the tempo and instruments, or
into publishing programs such as Encore.
The Arts in the New Zealand Curriculum
This is the national curriculum statement for the essential learning area of The Arts.
The Arts in the New Zealand Curriculum replaces the existing syllabuses for art and music.
NCEA
The National Certificate of Educational Achievement is the senior secondary school national qualification that has been implemented in New Zealand schools since 2002.
The Music & Science Information Computer Archive
FONT SIZE=2>MuSICA Research Notes is a newsletter issued three times a year, that provides reports and critical analysis of research on music and behavior, including education, child development, psychology, cognitive sciences, neuroscience, clinical medicine, music therapy and allied fields.
Music Teacher International
The online face of the magazine for music teachers. Lots of articles avilable to read at this excellent site.
The Choral Public Domain Library
Begun in December 1998, CPDL is one of the world's largest free sheet music sites. You can use CPDL to find scores, texts, translations, and information about composers.
Musical Compositions.Net
Arrangements and original compositions by Carl Hammond, available for preview and immediate download
KBB Music
If you're in a NZ High School Music Department you'll have received lots of paper from KBB, who have the largest range of Brass & Woodwind Instruments and Accessories in New Zealand. Now you can browse their website.
MusicWorks
New Zealand's largest retail musical instrument group with 32 Stores Nationwide
Play That Guitar!
'Play that Guitar!' is a new, easy-to-learn book and CD for the beginner guitar player which will have you playing tunes and strumming chords in minutes. Class sets available.
The Allmusic Academy
New Zealand's Free Guitar Website, featuring free lessons online, daily music news, billboard charts & free guitar song of the week
Music Education New Zealand/Aotearoa
NZSME is the official Subject Organisation
for Music in New Zealand. It covers music education from pre-school to tertiary, and organises a conference every two years. This site has lots of good music links.
SOUNZ - The Centre for New Zealand Music
Looking for a piece of New Zealand music for
your choir, string quartet, piano student etc? The searchable
database at this excellent site will be able to tell you exactly
what's available and how to get it.
On-Line Guitar Archive
An easy way to find the chords to a song. Someone else has already done it for you!
Music Research Information Service (MRIS)
This is the gateway to CAIRSS, a bibliographic database of music
research literature, and TIME, a bibliographic database of music
software reviews and archives, as well as remote music services.
MRIS also posts announcements regarding music research activities
such as conference announcements, calls for papers, requests for
assistance, newsletters, and publication announcements.
The Pepper Network
This is the place to get sheet music. Although it's on
the other side of the world, music teachers who use JW Pepper
& Son swear by their extensive catalogue and quick and friendly
service.
New Zealand Education Gazette
Looking for a new job in New Zealand education? The latest details are online here, as well as information on courses, scholarships etc.
TeachNZ
The Ministry of Education's site all about teaching in New Zealand
Simtel.net
A worldwide distribution network for Shareware, Freeware, and Public Domain software. There are hundreds of Windows music programmes for you to download.
The ORGAN Page
Website of the Christchurch Town Hall
organ. Hear it!
CHORALNET
The Internet Centre for Choral Music. Includes a comprehensive list of publishers.
Please let me know if a link doesn't work, some information is wrong, you have suggestions for things to add to these pages, or you just want to say hello and tell me what you think.
email me.
