Below you will find a list of resources for teaching music online or remotely. The resources listed are suitable for primary, secondary and instrumental music teachers.
Want to connect with other teachers? Consider joining ASME WA’s Remote Music Teaching groups on Facebook.
General Ideas
- Film yourself delivering content
- Students record their performances from home (use a device to film a video or record audio only)
- Youtube and online instrument tutorials
- Online music listening sites
- Singing or using piano apps on phones for students without instrument access
- Create inspiration board or collage based on piece of music and justify choices
- Have students use everyday objects at home to create rhythmic compositions (cf. Stomp percussion troupe)
Concerts
- Contemporary music artists
- Andrew Llyod Webber musicals (Limited release)
- Broadway musicals (Free trial)
- Melbourne Symphony Orchestra concerts
- Metropolitan Opera performances
- Classical music concerts and opera performances
- Melbourne Guitar Festival
- Melbourne Digital Concert Hall
- Performing Arts Events
- Cirque du Soleil
- Global Citizen’s One World: Together at Home
- Sydney Opera House
- Montreaux Jazz Festival
Documentaries
- Clickview (Videos include resources and worksheets)
Online Music Games and Quizzes
- Music Tech Teacher
- The Music Interactive
- Kahoot (Create your own or discover quizzes from other teachers)
- Carnegie Hall’s Listening Adventures
Aural and Theory
Online Practice
- Teoria
- Music Theory
- AMEB Online (Grades 1-3) (Free for a limited time)
- Auralia and Musition Cloud (Requires subscription)
- Ear Master Cloud (Requires subscription)
- Deborah Smith Upper Secondary Resources
Worksheets
Teaching Videos
Composition
- MuseScore
- Audacity
- Garageband (For iOS devices only)
- Incredibox
- Chrome Music Lab
- Virtual Drum Machine
- Groove Pizza
- Beepbox (Video game music)
- aQWERTYon (QWERTY accordion)
- BandLab (Windows alternative to GarageBand)
Performance
- Kaboom Percussion
- Visual Musical Minds (Ukulele)
- Music Play Online
- Jazz Academy’s Essentially Ellington
- Smart Music
Choral
- COVID-19 and the Future of Choral Singing Webinar (Gondwana Choirs)
- Summary of above webinar (credit to Rhianna Reynolds and Tiffany Speight)
- Back to Choir: Positive and Practical Next Steps Webinar (Gondwana Choirs)
- Young Choral
- Online Teaching for Band, Orchestra and Choir (Midnight Music)
- Taking Your Choir Rehearsals Online (Chorus Connection)
- How to Make a Virtual Choir Video (J.D. Frizzell)
- Online Choral Resources (Shared document)
Resource Pages
- Midnight Music
- Music Play Online
- Massed Choir Festival
- Musica Viva
- Department of Education WA
- ABC Education
- Save the Music
- Wide Open School
- Amazing Educational Resources
- Bigger Better Brains
- Gettysburg College’s Finding Music Resources
- Billboard Magazine’s Guide to Remote Music Education Resources
- Amani Project @ Home
Teaching Online (Instrumental Music)
- Who Tutors the Tutors (Blog)
- Teach Online: Getting Started (Play Well Perth)
- Teaching Music Online with Ease
- Online Teaching for Studio Instrumental Teachers (Midnight Music)
Webinars
- ATAR Music Bootcamp (UWA Conservatorium of Music)
- Tips and Tools for Teaching Remotely (Midnight Music)
- Online Lesson Ideas for Elementary and Middle School General Music (Midnight Music)
Know of any more resources that we should add to this page? Email us at wa[at]asme.edu.au