Useful External Links

The site is primarily designed to provide information on the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra Concert series but resources are available in pdf format under Discovery, in the Teacher resource section. No score excerpts or sound files are included but recordings of the repertoire are readily available. The primary resources are written as teaching activities with worksheets for the students. Suitable for Stages 2 to 4.

Lessons submitted by teachers and academics in the USA according to a given selection criteria. It consists of short lesson ideas, mostly with a cross curriculum perspective, and includes suggested assessment strategies. Has relevance to NSW curriculum but the activities are brief and rarely suggest strategies for further development. Lessons are grouped for different stages.

The Australian Dance Council (Ausdance) provides advocacy and professional support for the Australian dance community. Their website provides a mission statement and brief history, and information about current projects, publications and resources. For dance teachers and students, the listings of Australian dance artists and companies provide succinct summaries which give a good foundation for the study of dance in Australia. Dance company information includes historical overviews, aims and policies.

Bangarra's comprehensive site provides a history of the company, current and past productions, streaming videos and reviews.

Lesson activities developed for the Boston Symphony Orchestra Education program . Contains interdisciplinary lessons that can be used by music and arts specialists as well as classroom teachers. Lessons are listed for American grades K-3, 4-8 and 9-12 but are most suited for Stages 1 to 3 in the NSW curriculum.

Chunky Move's site has information about works previously performed and a series of interactive web-based works inspired by and complementary to Chunky Move performance works.

Australia's gateway to Arts resources and services for education and training.

A free download which provides an easy introduction to computer music notation. A simpler version of the full Finale program, it is available for Windows and Macintosh. Very easy to use, notes are dragged and dropped onto the staff, lyrics can be added, the music can be played back, printed and saved. Suitable for Stages 3 to 6.

A series of lesson plans developed by the American National Association of Music Education (MENC). Based on the American radio program From the top, it provides a series of interviews and musical examples in RealAudio format which are supported with lesson plans and worksheets in pdf format. Suitable for middle school years.

An interactive site which uses Shockwave to create a music video. Three choices of style are available for the user to drag and drop images for the video clip, vocal track and effects. Although it uses preset sounds and images, it encourages the user to make choices about the type of sound and use of effects as well as what is stylistically convincing. Suitable for Stages 3 to 5.

Global Internet curriculum projects for education sponsored by The British Council.

The MGF is the key agency in NSW for the museum and gallery sector, facilitating the work of museums, keeping places, galleries, contemporary art spaces and artist-run galleries throughout NSW, in both regional and metropolitan areas.

Information on this site includes a history of NAISDA and information about courses and performances at the college.

Exhibitions, online tours and educational resources.

The kids zone of the New York Philharmonic web site. An interactive and comprehensive introduction to the instruments of the New York Philharmonic through the instrument storage room and musicians lounge. Also contains composition activities, musical games and quizzes and an online lab for making and learning about making musical instuments. Suitable for Stages 2 to 4.

One Extra's site has information about seminal works previously performed, a schedule of performances and information about Reeldance (dance on screen).

This site provides information about the company and its current program.

This site offers drama students and teachers fundamental information about the building itself and performance spaces. A full calendar of events for 2001 is provided.

Includes current and past online exhibitions and resources for purchase. 

Explore works from the Met's collection by taking the director's tour; viewing some of the Museum's recent acquisitions; or by visiting the Timeline of Art History, the Period Rooms: Virtual Reality Tour, or the Provenance Research Project.

The Web Gallery of Art contains over 11,000 digital reproductions of European paintings and sculptures created between the years 1150 and 1800. A considerable number of the pictures are commented and biographies of the significant artists are given.