LINKS AND FURTHER RESOURCES 

Web-Sites 

More and more suggestions for teachers are being posted on-line. The Young Audiences web-site includes many links to music-related education sites, with suggestions for lesson plans, creative exercises, etc. 

The Connexions project at Rice University is an on-line educational resource that contains numerous musical topics designed for K-12 students. All Connexions materials are available free of charge, may be reproduced and distributed at will, and may be easily printed out from the web-site.
Search: Music 

The New York Philharmonic website has an excellent introduction to orchestral instruments. 

Musical Notation Software 

Finale
Sibelius

Music Education Software 

Jumpstart Music (Windows/Mac)
The Nutcracker Music Game (Windows only)
Mozart’s Magic Flute Music Game (Windows only)  

Music Lessons 

The Shepherd School of Music
Preparatory Division
Contact: Virginia Nance
713-348-5753 

The Moores School of Music
Preparatory and Continuing Studies Division
713-743-3398 

Reference Books 

The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians

Classical and Modern Concert Music for Children 

Bela Bartok: Mikrokosmos (progressive piano studies for young pianists)
Benjamin Britten: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Francis Poulenc: Babar the Elephant
Sergei Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
Camille Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals 

Musical Organizations in Houston 

The Houston Symphony performs regular subscription concerts, as well as youth programs at venues throughout the greater Houston area.

The Houston Grand Opera presents a subscription series of classical and modern operas. 

Both the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University and the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston present almost nightly free performances by students in recital, chamber music, and orchestral performances. 

And Musiqa presents a full schedule of contemporary chamber music in collaboration with Houston dancers, writers, filmmakers and other artists!