Music Education Resources

Keyboardkraze is owned and operated by Chris Senner, the keyboardist for the major label band Vinyl Theatre. This site provides in-depth, first-hand guides to digital pianos and synthesizers.

Live Out L!ve Foundation is a non-profit 501c3 organization that connects Black and Latinx teens and young adults from marginalized communities to free educational resources, experiences, and job opportunities in the live music industry—beyond the main stage. LOL is committed to uplifting the community, providing access, and setting the stage for the next generation to pursue careers in touring and booking.

The Black Music Action Coalition (BMAC) is an advocacy organization formed to address systemic racism within the music business. The Coalition advocates on behalf of Black artists, songwriters, producers, managers, agents, executives, lawyers, and other passionate industry professionals.

This is a “toolbox” featuring information about online beat makers, DJ apps, podcasting tools, and more! Find tutorials, demonstrations, and lesson plans to enhance your music-making and teaching practices.

The NAMM Foundation has published resources featuring hundreds of careers in music. In addition to the traditional paths of performance and teaching, music can provide life-long, secure, and rewarding careers for a lifetime. Check out the choices!

EarSketch is a free, web-based application based on core topics of computer science, music, and music technology, all in a fun, engaging environment. Users learn to code in Python or JavaScript, two of the most popular programming languages in the world, while manipulating loops, composing beats, and applying effects to a multi-track digital audio workstation (DAW).

Girl in Blue Music is dedicated to teaching music theory as a practice of empathy instead of a list of rules that every musician must learn. This platform features free courses on music theory, from reading sheet music to building chords, as well as a music theory resource library of books, articles, websites, social media accounts, and more.

SoundsWow is a resource blog for aspiring musicians to create home recording studios and learn music-making software. The articles include in-depth looks at music recording equipment, practical how-to tutorials, and common troubleshooting issues. Readers will also learn about different audio production software.

YousicPlay combines the best of pre-recorded celebrity music instruction and real-time AI performance feedback. The app delivers a personalized roadmap of instruction designed around individual goals. Courses are currently designed primarily for intermediate to advanced music learners.

Introduce your students to the fun and joy of opera with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis’ FREE digital education programs! Opera on the GO! brings a fresh, modern abridged production of Mozart’s comic opera The Magic Flute and Trailblazers in Opera provides classroom teachers with lesson plans highlighting groundbreaking past and present Black opera singers and composers.

This YouTube channel for young learners offers original content with educational lessons in multiple subjects like math, reading, and history with music as the common thread. These lessons have been shared in classrooms all around the US & internationally.