Northern California American Orff-Schulwerk Association

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Related Sites

American Orff-Schulwerk Association, our National Organization
Mt. Lassen, based in the Chico area.
American River, based in the Sacramento area.
The California Association for Music Education
Northern California Association of Kodály Educators (NCAKE)
Music for Minors
Music K-8 Magazine
Tunes for Tots (Burlingame Orff school)
West Music, online music store
Linden Tree (email for bookstore)
Western Regional Chapter of the American Music Therapy Association
John's Music (specializing in elementary music education)
Clarion Music Center (workshops in San Francisco)
Doug Goodkin's site
San Francisco Movement Studio & Workshops

Resources for Music Teachers

The NEA has a free jazz curriculum: http://neajazzintheschools.org/
Dr. Bill Bauer has a good listing of resources for music teachers

Free Music on the Internet (mp3 or other)
American Folksong Collection: http://kodaly.hnu.edu/
American Memory Project: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/
African-American Sheet Music (L. of Congress/Brown): click here
Max Hunter Folk Song Collection: http://www.missouristate.edu/folksong/maxhunter/
Internet Archive (audio): http://www.archive.org/details/audio
Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/
People Like Us: http://www.peoplelikeus.org

Sources of Public Domain Sheet Music
The Mutopia Project: http://www.mutopiaproject.org/
The Sheet Music Archive: http://www.sheetmusicarchive.net/
The Choral Public Domain Library: http://www.cpdl.org/
Project Gutenberg (sheet music): http://www.gutenberg.org/music/

Free Programs for Mac, Windows, and Linux
Audacity (multi-track audio program): http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Lilypond (notation program): http://www.lilypond.org/web/

Information about Copyright
Stanford Copyright and Fair Use Center: http://fairuse.stanford.edu/
MENC Copyright Center: http://www.menc.org/copyright/
Lawrence Lessig's book Free Culture as a free download: http://www.free-culture.cc/freecontent/
A Four Factor Fair Use Test (questions to help determine if a use you plan can be justified as a fair use, in plain English, from the University of Texas): http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/copypol2.htm#test