Resource Links
Audio of our Current Repertoire
- Laura Kramer: Title TBD (our recording will be the first!)
- George Walker: Lyric for Strings
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, Allegretto (starts at 14:42)
General Links
- OnMusic Dictionary (searchable music dictionary)
- Musictheory.net (very helpful trainers for core skills)
- Hearing Loss in Musicians (info from hear-it.org)
- Carnegie Hall Masterclasses (YouTube)
- International Music Score Library Project (Public Domain sheet music, parts, scores, etc.)
Links by Instrument
Strings
- Young Concertmaster’s Guide to the Orchestra (a series of articles by Kenneth Woods on the art of being concertmaster)
- Michael Hopkins String Pedagogy Notebook (Technique, History and Care of instruments, Musicianship hints and bibliography)
- String Excerpts (sheet music of standard orchestral excerpts for strings)
- Southwest Strings (good online source for strings)
- Sharmusic.com (online source for strings and accessories. All string instruments)
- Johnson String Instrument (instruments, bows, accessories, strings)
Violin
- Violin Masterclass (enter as guest, or register for free)
Viola
Cello
- Cellos 2 Go (everything cello, plus sheet music, etc.)
Bass
- Jason Heath's Double Bass Blog
- CSO Bass Blog
- Hans Strum, Double Bass
- The Double Bass Cast
- Joel Quarrington, Double Bass
Flute
- Carnegie Hall Masterclass on Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphosis (YouTube. Follow links to other repertoire)
Oboe
- RDG Woodwinds (supplies)
- TrevCo Music (music for double reeds)
- Carnegie Hall Masterclass on Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 (YouTube. Follow links to other repertoire)
Clarinet
- RDG Woodwinds (supplies)
Bassoon
- RDG Woodwinds (reeds, contra reeds, supplies)
- TrevCo Music (music for double reeds)
Horn
- Sarah-willis.com (Berlin Philharmonic horn player's page)
Trumpet
- International Trumpet Guild (The definitive source for research, pedagogy, repertoire and performance on the instrument.)
- trumpetherald.com (Contributors range from professional to amateur trumpeters, and an excellent source for practical tips on pedagogy and literature.)
- Listening from the Back Row (Blogging from the second-trumpet chair: perspectives on symphonic literature and a theoretical and philosophical approach to playing in an orchestra.)
- Tanglewood Music Center Master Classes (Masterclass for section playing.)
- Brass Instrument Acoustics (An explanation of how brass instruments work.)
- Carnegie Hall Masterclass on Stravinsky's Petrouchka (YouTube)
- Carnegie Hall Masterclass on Respighi's Pines of Rome (YouTube)