Hot Orchestra Links
Professional Orchestras and Performance Centers:
Elgin Symphony Orchestra www.elginsymphony.org
Chicago Symphony Orchestra www.chicagosymphony.org
Rockford Symphony Orchestra www.rockfordsymphony.com
The Paramount Arts Center www.paramountarts.com
The Norris Cultural Arts Center www.norristheatre.com
Fermilab Arts Series www.fnal.gov/culture/arts_tickets.shtml
Online Highways - Music and Theatre www.ilohwy.com/m/musicthe.htm
Suffolk County Music Educator's Association Links www.scmea.org www.llinks.htm
Classical Music on the Net www.musdoc.com/classical/
ASTA
Illinois Arts Council www.state.il.us/agency/iac
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra
Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra.
NIU Community School for the Arts
Suburban Youth Symphony Orchestra
Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra
Yahoo's Youth Orchestra Links
www.dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Music/Artists/By-Genre/Classical/Orchestras/Youth_Orchestra/
www.barrage.org The coolest group of fiddle players that are like the group "STOMP!" but of the string world. They also have a cool music camp in the summer for advanced violinists.
www.metronomeonline.com or http://www.thecellosite.com/online_metronome.html
www.codamusic.com to download finale notepad for composing
www.music123.com - If you go to the below site, there is information about violin and viola fingerboard tapes. It's really cool! The item is called "Don't Fret". www.music123.com/Item/?itemno=74912
The Tuning CD - It's a CD you can order to help your tuning. www.thetuningcd.com
Music Theory Website - At www.musictheory.net , you can get help understanding music theory!
Turtle Island String Quartet www.tisq.com
Tri-M Music Honor Society is an honorary/service group focused on middle & high school students.
www.TheViolinTutor.com It's like having a teacher help you with your practice, everyday! Most concepts for viola, cello, and bass students.
www.MonaLisaSound.com Website for rock string quartet made famous by Grammy nominated Hampton String Quartet
www.peppermusic.com Order any piece of music for strings!
Virtual Sheet Music - Classical Sheet Music Downloads
Classical Music recording source.
Classical Sheet Music Downloads
www.reedviolins.com
Music Scholarships
Music Colleges
Strings Magazine www.stringsmagazine.com
Yahoo's Classical Music Guide www.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Music/Genres/Classical/
Mimi Zweig www.StringPedagogy.com
Sight Reading Program www.SightReadThis.com
Mel Bay Publications, INC. www.melbay.com
Latham Music, Ltd. www.latham-music.com
Bass
Gary Karr's Page!
Bass Collective.com
Bass History by Paul Brun
History of the Double Bass by Lawrence Hurst
Double Bassist Magazine
Basslinks.com
Double Bass Pedagogy
American School of Double Bass
Cello
A Portrait of Pablo Casals
Pablo Casals Scrapbook
Yo-Yo Ma www.yo-yoma.com
Viola
Viola.com
Viola
Chicago Viola Society
Violin
Joshua Bell
Maxim Vengerov
Itzhak Perlman
Violin World
Violin Land
Musicians Page-Violin Sheet Music
Jazz Violin
Maxim Vengerov www.maximvengerov.net
Midori www.midoriviolin.com
Music Advocacy Links
Music Educator's National Conference (MENC)
International Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE)
Music and Academic Achievement
SAT Scores for Arts Education Students vs Non-Arts Education Students.
Strings Encourage Dreams www.astaweb.com
Music Colleges - contact for music scholarship information
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
AUGUSTANA COLLEGE
CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
(989)774-3281
DEPAUL UNIVERSITY
DEPAUW UNIVERSITY
(765)658-4380
ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY
(309)438-8959
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY
(785)532-3804
LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY
(920)832-6614
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
(614)292-1331
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
(734)764-2516
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-DULUTH
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY
(816)235-2742
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE
(414)229-4610
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
(304)293-2140
WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
(309)298-1347