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This open source searchable database is intended to provide its users with visual, sonic, and written information about a broad sampling of acoustic musical instruments of both Western and non-Western origins. Its primary audience is envisioned as students in undergraduate general education music courses (Western music history/appreciation classes, introductory ethnomusicology/’world music’ courses). This resource provides its users with supplemental information about many of the musical instruments or combinations of instruments (ensembles) that are mentioned but not illustrated or explicated in depth in the textbooks being used in introductory music courses.

"teoria.com is a web site dedicated to the study and practice of music theory. We are part of the Internet community since January 1997. teoria.com has been developed by José Rodríguez Alvira as a complement for his courses at the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico. In 2006 teoria.com received the MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching) Classic Award in music. Some of our exercises and tutorials are part of the first and second edition of the book From Sound To Symbols by Micheal Houlahan and Philip Tacka published by Oxford University Press. Our website is used by conservatories, universities and music schools in North, South America and Europe".

The Library of Congress presents the National Jukebox, which makes historical sound recordings available to the public free of charge. The Jukebox includes recordings from the extraordinary collections of the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation and other contributing libraries and archives.

A famous composer. His pieces include "Sleep", "Cloudburst" and "the Seal Lullaby".

A famous composer of choral music.

Make every rehearsal a "be happy Friday." Learn your parts for choral music by listening to the MIDI files at Cyber Bass.

Diction lessons from native speakers.

NPR produced a wonderful blog series on the various voice types. This is the entry for sopranos.

NPR produced a wonderful blog series on the various voice types. This is the entry for mezzos and altos.

NPR produced a wonderful blog series on the various voice types. This is the entry for tenors.

NPR produced a wonderful blog series on the various voice types. This is the entry for baritones.

NPR produced a wonderful blog series on the various voice types. This is the entry for basses.

The Oklahoma Bandmaster's Association provides information about the summer convention, job boards, a discussion forum, and much more.

The mission of the Oklahoma Educators Association is to ensure that every student in grades K-12 receives a high-quality, sequential music education, provided by a certified music educator; to provide professional development for pre-service and in-service music teachers; to create a better awareness of the value of music education; and to recognize outstanding student musicians in Oklahoma through OMEA All-State organizations.

OMTA (established in 1929) is affiliated with the Music Teachers National Association, a professional organization comprised of music teachers of piano, voice, string, woodwind, and brass instruments, chamber music, theory, and composition from across the United States.

ACDA membership consists of choral directors who represent more than one million singers across the United States. ACDA members teach choral music in public and private schools - kindergarten through senior high school - and at the college and university levels. They conduct a variety of choral groups, including boychoirs, children's choirs, men's and women's choruses, junior and senior high school choirs, college and university choruses, ethnic choirs, vocal-jazz ensembles, and symphony choruses. They also conduct choirs in their communities and in their places of worship.

The purpose of the American Guild of Organists is to promote the organ in its historic and evolving roles, to encourage excellence in the performance of organ and choral music, and to provide a forum for mutual support, inspiration, education, and certification of Guild members.

This non-profit organization was founded in 1934 "to advance research in the various fields of music as a branch of learning and scholarship" (opens a new tab).

ASCAP, an organization owned and run by its members, is the leading U.S. Performing Rights Organization representing over 435,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers.

The Hymn Society is for those who believe that congregational song is an integral component of worship and that the writing and singing of new texts and tunes needs to be promoted. The Society values learning about the origins of the words and music its members sing.

Founded in 1944, National Association of Teachers of Singing, Inc. (NATS) is the largest professional association of teachers of singing in the world with more than 7,000 members in the United States, Canada, and over twenty-five other countries. Internationally, NATS is represented in Australia, Austria, Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom, with the number of countries growing every year.

Founded in 1975, its purpose is to promote Kodály's concept of "Music for Everyone" through the improvement of music education in schools.