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Welcome to the MERLOT Music Portal, an educational resource for teaching and learning. You are invited to join MERLOT - it's free - and contribute to this growing Music community of instructors. As a MERLOT member, you can contribute learning materials and assignments, submit your own learning materials for evaluation, and get access to great ideas to help you teach online and in the classroom. Browse the MERLOT Music Collection to find the high quality online learning materials for music studies.
Bruce A. Whisler, Editor
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A TED video of Evelyn Glennie presenting her ideas on listening. This video is an excellent point of departure for student discussions on listening and the nature and purpose of music and music making. It is also an excellent model for students preparing outreach programs.
New Materials
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The effects of the study of popular music on music education
In this article we propose that the introduction of popular music into Australian music syllabuses during the 1970s...
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Music Education at the Tipping Point
To comprehend the changes occurring in music and their impact on music education, it is necessary to understand the...
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Auld Lang Syne: A Song and its Culture
In Auld Lang Syne: A Song and its Culture, M. J. Grant explores the history of this iconic song, demonstrating how its...
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Fundamentals, Function, and Form: Theory and Analysis of Tonal Western Art Music
Fundamentals, Function, and Form by Andre Mount—with editorial and pedagogical input from Lee Rothfarb—provides its...
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Fundamentals of Music Theory
This open e-book is the result of a project funded by a University of Edinburgh Student Experience Grant, Open...
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Vocal Techniques for the Instrumentalist 2nd Edition
Vocal Techniques, the course title used at many institutions, is essentially a voice class for instrumentalists, and is...
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Music in World Cultures
This text provides just a small sampling of some of the various musical styles and traditions that might be found, though...
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Sight-Reading for Guitar : The Keep Going Method Book and Video Series
Sight-Reading for Guitar: The Keep Going Method Book and Video Series teaches guitar players from all musical backgrounds...
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Music in World Cultures
"The diversity of musical expressions throughout the world is vast. Music can be found in every corner of the globe in a...
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Music Theory with Modular Open Educational Resources - Mus 2150
The California State University and MERLOT have partnered to showcase how and why faculty have adopted Open Educational...
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Brass Techniques
Textbook for undergraduate brass methods course focusing on brass instrument techniques and pedagogy. Brass Techniques...
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Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom
Music Theory for the 21st–Century Classroom is an openly–licensed online college music theory textbook that is meant to...
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Rethinking Social Action through Music: The Search for Coexistence and Citizenship in Medellín’s Music Schools
How can we better understand the past, present and future of Social Action through Music (SATM)? This ground-breaking...
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Classical Music: Contemporary Perspectives and Challenges
This kaleidoscopic collection reflects on the multifaceted world of classical music as it advances through the...
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Music on the Move
Music is a mobile art. When people move to faraway places, whether by choice or by force, they bring their music along....
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Resonances: Engaging Music in its Cultural Context
Resonances: Engaging Music in Its Cultural Context offers a fresh curriculum for the college-level music appreciation...
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Music Appreciation
Each instructor of music appreciation brings unique expertise in differing genres. I encourage you to utilize this text...
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Music and the Human Experience
The authors of this text have selected music carefully in order to make your experience as positive as possible. First,...
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Acoustemologies in Contact: Sounding Subjects and Modes of Listening in Early Modernity
In this fascinating collection of essays, an international group of scholars explores the sonic consequences of...
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Welcome to the Beatles
Organized, authored, and edited over the course of five months by a class of eighteen Virginia Tech undergraduate...
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Foundations of Hip-Hop
Deejaying, emceeing, graffiti writing, and breakdancing. Together, these artistic expressions combined to form the...
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MUS 101-Elliott Jones | Lumen Learning
Welcome to Music 101. I think you’ve made a smart choice to spend some weeks studying some of the greatest music ever...
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Vocal Literature (online course)
This is a service-learning vocal music course designed mainly for music students who wish to learn and perform the genre...
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Jazz Focus • A podcast on Anchor
A focused look at some specific moments in recorded Jazz history . . Jazz Recording history and how it has both impacted...
New Members
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Taryn williamsonUniversity of Arizona -
Bernhard SperrfechterMusikschule der Stadt Speyer
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Monica DaleUniversity of Maryland System - Baltimore County
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Paola Ruiztiendaalonsport
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Miranda Janesoundcloud to mp3
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Raymond QuattrochiPemberton Township High School
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Terri LaneUniversity of New Haven
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Dylan GriffithLane College
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Karen HenningLane College
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Robert BryantTennessee State University
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Gregory DanielsOpen English
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Richabelle Abriol SantosUniversity of Santo Tomas
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Thomas LuerCalifornia State Polytechnic University, Pomona
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Petar PopadicFilozofski fakultet Niksic
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Patrick DillCentral Methodist University
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José Andreas Curbelo KnutsonUniversidade Federal de Pelotas
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Patricio MolinaRutgers University - Newark
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Angelica BrooksUniversity of Southern California
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Bianca HaroldAmerican InterContinental University
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Indi Nezindonezz
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Jon MagnussenUniversity of Hawaii System - West Oahu
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Diana WilsonNorthern Caribbean University
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Julie BakerNone
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Kelsey CoffeyOnline
Materials by Discipline
- Aural Skill and Ear Training (38)
- Composition (63)
- Music Appreciation (128)
- Music Education (95)
- Music History (103)
- Music Technology (61)
- Performance (115)
- Theory and Analysis (129)
- World Music (22)
Music on the Web
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The Night With... New Antonine Brass Quintet | The Journal of Music
Jan 24, 2022 05:53 PM PST
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Santa Maria accepting band applications for annual Concerts in the Park series - KSBY
Jan 24, 2022 05:10 PM PST
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CHOIR OF MAN SINGS, DRINKS, DELIGHTS AT TENNESSEE WILLIAMS THEATRE ...
Jan 24, 2022 05:01 PM PST
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Green Day Shares Snippet Of New Music From The Studio | KIIS FM
Jan 24, 2022 04:54 PM PST
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'March' Inside a Texas HBCU - YR Media
Jan 24, 2022 04:48 PM PST
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Blood, Sweat & Tears Co-Founder Dick Halligan Dies at 78 - Billboard
Jan 24, 2022 04:16 PM PST
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Music conference in Cleveland features Avon High School musicians
Jan 24, 2022 02:57 PM PST
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The Ventures' mark on NW music history: Today So Far - KUOW
Jan 24, 2022 02:52 PM PST
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Tobias Forge Enlisted Help From Opeth Guitarist on New Ghost Album - Loudwire
Jan 24, 2022 02:48 PM PST
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'Music truly can be a life-long adventure': McKinney resident talks band, family, hobbies ...
Jan 24, 2022 02:40 PM PST
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FCPS announces upcoming student music festivals | WDVM25 & DCW50 | Washington, DC
Jan 24, 2022 02:36 PM PST
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North Carolina A&T Wins 2021 HBCU Sports Band of the Year | News | BET
Jan 24, 2022 02:21 PM PST
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Music students needed to perform with Bemidji Symphony Orchestra
Jan 24, 2022 02:17 PM PST
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Garinger High grad took his marching band talents and got out of NC. Now, he's on TV.
Jan 24, 2022 01:55 PM PST
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Wineke: “Premiere Debut” is good music but weirdly titled - Channel3000.com
Jan 24, 2022 12:47 PM PST
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Co-founder of the guitar group The Ventures, Don Wilson, dies at 88 - NPR
Jan 24, 2022 12:34 PM PST
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Digital Concerts return at the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra - KMOV.com
Jan 24, 2022 12:04 PM PST
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Cy-Fair school notebook: CFISD students selected for all-state honors - Houston Chronicle
Jan 24, 2022 11:57 AM PST
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Music School welcomes new Milford Campus director
Jan 24, 2022 11:46 AM PST
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Elkhart County Symphony collaborates with Goshen High School orchestra for February 6 concert
Jan 24, 2022 11:02 AM PST
Music on Twitter
- Jan. 31 at 8PM ET: Collegiate members, join the Collegiate Chat about the PRAXIS II—Music Content Knowledge with Dr… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…6 hours ago | NAfME
- Read the latest issue of ‘Teaching Music’ magazine online now! Read about: HBCUs and nurturing the next generation… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…11 hours ago | NAfME
- NAfME Societies and Councils provide expert, committed leadership for all key areas of #musiceducation within the a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…16 hours ago | NAfME
- New webinar: on Feb. 2 at 7PM ET, join David Schumacher, Director of Jazz&Bands at Pentucket High School for “The E… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NAfME
- Learn how you can affect change for music education at the local level. Download the NAfME Local Advocacy Action Pl… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NAfME
- “There is a bigger picture that is swirling around us. What do we want our world to look like?” Read about the arts… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NAfME
- In “Studying Voice during a Pandemic – Part 2” by NAfME member Linda McAlister of Schmidt Vocal Arts, three univers… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2 days ago | NAfME
- Today is the first day of #ANHE2021! We are excited to introduce the 2021 NAfME All-National Honor Jazz Ensemble Gu… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2 days ago | NAfME
- Jan. 26, 7PM ET: “Songwriting and Salvage: Demystifying the Process,” with Courtney Kaiser-Sandler and Joshua Davis… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2 days ago | NAfME