Here’s a useful website for yourself, or for your music classroom. Radiotime.com allows you to listen to radio stations nationwide free over the internet - so you can find any style of music at anytime and also many times talk radio shows being replayed at different times. Hear NPR from Boston, while you [...]

My friend Mark was bored - so he made this somewhat pointless Youtube video with some cool original music - Enjoy!

Having trouble getting your administrator or school board to understand the value of music. For this Friday, here are some great quotes by important people about the value of music education:
Music Advocacy’s Top Ten Quotes
1. “During the Gulf War, the few opportunities I had for relaxation I always listened to music, and it brought [...]

Every Sunday, I’m going to try and put a link to some inspirational jazz. Here is young jazz prodigy Eldar Djangirov with his trio playing live in Amsterdam. I’m so on cloud 9 right now as the Red Sox swept the Yankees and this jazz is just sweet. Click here to buy his [...]

Here is an awesome duet I found of two amazing musicians (violin and guitar) performing Vivaldi’s Summer. Very inspirational! There website is found at: duo4by6.com

J.W. Pepper = good company - I made a list of music to order for my students for next fall and found some great pieces at J.W. Pepper’s website. How many of you use Pepper and what are some of your favorite pieces? I have lately been into Gustav Holst for band and [...]

Our hearts here at ilearnmusic.com go out to those affected by the tragedy at Virginia Tech. It is a crime that the campus authorities didn’t warn students after the first two homicides. Certainly, thirty-three people didn’t deserve to lose their life to save face for the university. I agree with this person. [...]

I found a great list of summer music camps - at this website from the Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras. Many of them only continue through 12th grade, however some of the big name festivals on here are also pre-professional and college level camps. One left off the list that you should also definately [...]

It’s drum corps Friday! Well, just this particular Friday, but enjoy this awesome video of the top secret Swiss Drum Corps from Basel, Switzerland. Don’t mess with the Swiss - not only do they have all of the world’s money, but they’ve been preparing for the day where they can’t be neutral anymore. [...]