Links to Musical Sites

Other Information You Might Find Useful:

Youtube Video for making a simple music stand extender. link

Listing of sources for free digital music scores.  Digital Sheet Music Archive

Directory of Community Musical Ensembles in the Pacific Northwest: including bands, orchestras, choirs, and chamber ensembles in British Columbia, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. Find a music group in your neighborhood here!

To Donate Instruments to Schools https://music4life.org/

Seattle Glee Clubs  lists events and auditions for several ensembles.

Choral Net: a place to find everything you wanted to know about choral music and singing.

8notes.com A website with sections of interest to instumentalists.

Music Center of the Northwest. A community music school in Seattle, WA with classes for adults and children.

Whitman College Info about the school.

Chamber Music Madness Empowering Young People Through Chamber Music.  Also hosts events for Adults.

Icicle Creek Center for the Arts, Leavenworth, WA Dedicated to celebrating excellence in the lively arts and inspiring generations of artists and audiences through exceptional experiences, live performances, and special events - all in the breathtaking, natural setting of the mountain meadows.

Walla Walla Symphony

Opus 7: directed by MMR faculty member Loren Pontén, is a professional vocal ensemble specializing in 19th and 20th-century a cappella choral music.

The Northwest Mahler Festival: a Seattle-based group of musicians dedicated to reading and performing the large orchestral works of composers such as Mahler, Strauss, Bruckner, Berlioz, etc.

The Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival.

British Columbia Band Association

Music Works Northwest: a community music school sharing the joy of music with everyone.

Brass Band Northwest

American Chamber Music Players Association  ACMP has a list of playable chamber music with indications of difficulty level.  LInk

https://www.truepeoplesearch.com/find/content-know-your-composers-famous-people-of-classical-music  A Website with short, insightful notes on composers.

DVORÁK CELLO CONVERSION KIT, systematic help in handling Dvorak treble clef cello passages in chamber music.

Glossary of musical terms

International Music Score Library Project, music scores free of charge to anyone with internet access.

Clarinet Institute of Los Angeles  Hosts a large collection of Chamber Music Scores for Woodwinds and Strings.

Band Music pdf Library, free public domain band scores

https://www.aaastateofplay.com/the-wide-world-of-music-a-guide-to-100-musical-instruments-interactive/   Interactive site with musical  games for children.

http://www.theaterseatstore.com/anatomy-of-a-violin. A great resource on violin anatomy

violinist.com

Violin Online

www.violinlab.com violin technique

http://cellotalks.com cello technique

http://www.makingmusicmag.com