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Classical Music Resources
Young Musicians Website (American Symphony Orchestra League)
http://www.playmusic.org/
Excellent classical music resource:
http://www.andante.com/
Today in Music History:
http://www.npr.org/programs/pt/
Minneapolis Star Tribune - classical music coverage:
http://www.startribune.com/stories/1646/

Minnesota Music Organizations
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra:
http://www.thespco.org/
Minnesota Orchestra:
http://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/
Dale Warland Singers:
http://www.dalewarlandsingers.org/


Summer Music Programs

Stringwood - Lanesboro, Minnesota
http://www.stringwood.com/
A premier chamber music program led by the distinguished Artaria String Quartet at the Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center in Lanesboro.The Program will take place from June 15- June 29, 2008 and will include in-depth coachings, masterclasses, open rehearsals, private lessons, and concerts.

Madeline Island Music Camp - In Lake Superior near Bayfield, WI
http://www.music-camp.org/
The Madeline Island Music Camp began in 1986 as a 1-week chamber music program for 20 students from Minnesota and took place on scattered sites on Madeline Island. Today the Music Camp conducts a 4-week program for 48 talented string players and pianists who come from across the country to study chamber music with a distinguished faculty and resident string quartets.

Birch Creek Music Performance Center - Egg Harbor,
Wisconsin
http://www.birchcreek.org/
A unique summer music school and concert venue located on Wisconsin's beautiful Door County peninsula. For more than a quarter of a century, Birch Creek has been summer home to outstanding young musicians and some of the country's top performers and music educators, who teach by day and perform by night in the rural campus 500-seat concert hall.

Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp - Michigan
http://www.bluelake.org/
Each summer Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, nestled in the beautiful Manistee National Forest in Michigan, welcomes talented young musicians, artists, dancers and actors to experience a time of fun and learning.

Interlochen Arts Camp - Michigan
http://www.interlochen.org/camp/index.htm
Since 1928, Interlochen has been a magical world for music students. Today, it also means magic to young dancers, actors, writers and visual artists. Ages 8-18.

International Music Camp - North Dakota
http://www.internationalmusiccamp.com/
This school of Fine Arts offers a wide array of cultural study for children and adults alike. In weekly sessions, students gain concentrated knowledge in their particular area of interest. And, while the camp's name speaks of its foundation in music, it really includes much, much more. Dance, creative writing, painting, and drawing are only a few of the unique subject offerings you'll discover at IMC.

Performing Arts Institute of Wyoming Seminary - Wyoming
http://www.wyomingseminary.org/pai/home.htm
An international, 6-week summer program for serious students of music, theater and dance who are between the ages of 12-18.

Honors Choirs of SE Minnesota
Grades 3 through 12
(507) 252-0505
www.honorschoirs.org

Riverside Live!
Rochester Civic Music’s main-stage, ticketed series that will take place indoors every three weeks or so between the months of September and May of each year. Check out performances of the Rochester Civic Music Concert Band & Choir as well as a variety of other family-friendly music groups. 

Art Education Sites
ArtsNetMinnesota This Web site contains more than 50 artworks from the Walker Art Center, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, and the Minnesota Museum of American Art. Each group of artworks was thematically selected to encourage student understanding of each piece of artwork.

Art Education and ArtEdventures from Sanford Create art, study art, play art games, teach art. Explore the world of art and artists through our interactive timeline and glossary. Learn about the color wheel, the elements and principles of art, and much more!

KinderArt Art education for kids of ALL ages! Over 650 lessons!

Homeschool Arts Learn Pen & Ink, Pencil/Graphite, Color Pencil, Pastel, Watercolor and more!

Crayola Creativity Central Search lesson plans for K-12. Colorful, creative curriculum ideas for young children.

Pen & Ink Drawings A step-by-step tutorial for producing pen and ink drawings by hand, in the likeness of a photograph portrait which you have available.

The Art Room is designed around the idea of "activity" centers that encourage kids to create, to learn and to explore new ideas, places and things on their own. The primary author of the site is Dr. Craig Roland, Associate Professor of Art Education, at the University of Florida.

Arts Workshop Learn how to make art at home. Build a Blockosaur, Twisty Dinowire, Funky Cubey, or a Story in a box.

A Case of Grandpa's Painting Choose an adventure and solve the art history case learning about style & techniques of 6 famous painters

The Impressionists Biographies of Degas, Monet, Renoir, Morisot, Pissarro, Bazille, Cassat, Manet, and Sisley detail the lives of these great artists. Students can take an interactive tour of a painting from each artist, or make their own in the Make A Masterpiece section.

Creating a Line Masterpiece Students of all grades will recreate works of art by analyzing their lines.