Arts Alive website is from the National Arts Centre in Canada. This is a great site for all the arts including dance, theatre, and art! However; the best resource for this site is the music portion. In the music site portion the tabs are music resources, instrument lab, great composers, and activities. The other two tabs is information on their National Arts Centre Orchestra.
The evaluation sheet was a great tool to fully explore this website. This really helped me figure out if this site would be acceptable for students use. The evaluation had everything on it from who made it to why they made the site. All valuable information one needs to know if a website is creditable.
I like this website because it is vibrant and looks fun to use right from the beginning. The information on the composers are super in depth and students would benefit greatly from this information! There is also a really cool instrument tab that has all the instruments in an orchestra where you can see them virtually and her a recording of it. This can be useful for young children who are trying to decide what instrument they want to play. As well as knowing how they should sound (which is a great help for younger children).
Also the really great characteristic of this website is that is not made in the United States! It is from Canada! This shows children music is music everywhere. I love it! The whole site is funded by different Canadian organizations that support the arts. Sadly, there is one downfall and that is...I do not know if this site has been updated since 2008. The copyright at the bottom of the page does say 2011, but the last tour or concert dates posted was for 2008. So I do not know if this organization is still going strong. Although we can still use the site for its great resources and information!!!
Check it out! You can just check the picture. I promise you will learn something! Have a great day!
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