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Mo-Yr = New Listing added
This quick guide section includes only the sites most likely to have music sought by workshop participants. Other sites to explore are listed at the linked categories.
.PDF files which can be downloaded, viewed or printed
Free downloads
IMSLP - International Music Score Library Project 12-06
Editions in the public domain in Canada
("copyright persists for the composer or other author (if any) for 50 years after his/her death.")
They are starting to offer recordings as well.
Clarinet Institute Sheet Music Archives 1-10
Music which includes clarinet
ScorSer 6-10
Searches several sites for free pdfs, midis, etc
Fee or Paid Membership Required
but more likely to have chamber music parts
Virtual Sheet Music 2-08
EveryNote.com 2-08
Library Music Source 6-10
individual parts and pieces from CD Sheet Music and Orchestral Musician
http://www.load.cd/ 11-11
fee and free. Many uploaders, so some pieces duplicated.
San Francisco Public Library
Music Center: 415-557-4525
Oakland Public Library
Information Desk: 510-238-3134
OPL's Chamber Music Collection - Lists
Stanford Music Library (SULAIR)
Reference: 650-723-1212
Berkeley Public Library
510-981-6100
Shar - string sheet music dealer
YouTube 12-09
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum - free MP3's
ClassicalConnect - free classical music online 5-10
Extensive list of measure numbers (pdf) from VMAC 3-10
Total number of measures for each movement of many chamber works
String Identifier - based on winding colors -- Quinn
String Colour Charts - pdf - The Sound Post 5-08
String Identifier - table, sound description below 4-07
Violinist.com Guide to Choosing Violin Strings
GoStrings - strings, cases, accessories 8-10
Ifshin - supplies, makers, repairs - El Cerrito, CA
Shar - strings and sheet music dealer
Southwest Srings - supplies, instruments 3-08
String Visions | Ovation Press - News, Articles, Videos, Resources 1-12
Strings Magazine - All Things Strings - includes articles 9-06
Strad - News, Blogs, Directories - also articles and issues for subscribers 3-11
Viola.com - includes signup for viola email list
Southern California Viola Society
Alto Clef and Other Music Drills
Alto Clef for Violinists (pdf)
The Viola Chin Pressure Monitor 2-08
Absolute Zero Viola Quartet 2-09
Cello Mini-Lessons Free Online - David Finckel 9-11
Dvorák Cello Tenor Clef Conversion Kit
available again 2-09
Van Cott Wind Instrument Sheet Music, Books, CD's, etc 6-07
FSW - Flute Society of Washington
Flute Summer Programs - much more - John Ranck 2-07
IDRS - International Double Reed Society
Oboe Reed Makers - Customer Reviews
Woodwind.Org (mainly Clarinet)
Bibliography of Music for Double Wind Quintet 11-08
Piano Technicians Guild (PTG) 1-08
Find a piano tuner, much more
Clavier Companion 3-09
Golandsky Institute (Taubman Approach) 12-10
Musicians' Health, Piano Teaching, Anatomy/Biomechanics 9-06
Musical Fossils: Adult Piano Students 10-06
of interest to most instrumentalists
Peter Feuchtwanger 4-07
ACMP - the Chamber Music Network
(formerly Amateur Chamber Music Players)
Music Workshop Guide
maintains national and international directories of members so you can find fellow players;
promotes chamber music in many ways
ACMP's Self Rating Guide
Chamber Music Intensive: A (summer) Workshop for Teens & Adults at Crowden School 5-09
Adult Chamber Music Class at Crowden School, Berkeley
CMNC recommends these classes for people who want more instruction and experience before, or in addition to, attending a CMNC workshop.
Ashland
2012: Week 1: July 15-20 Week 2: July 22-27
Dates changed to keep the Week 3 of the Humboldt Workshop the same date as Ashland's Week I.
Ashland Chamber Music Library Listings
CalCap
2012: July 22-27 and July 29-August 3
Chamber Music Society of Santa Barbara Workshop
2012: March 31-April 1
Humboldt
2012: Week One - July 1 - 6;
Week Two - July 8 - 13;
Week Three - July 15 - 20 (Note: the dates for 2012 are a bit later than usual)
San Diego
2012: July 22-28
Claremont Clarinet Festival - Margaret Thornhill
2012: JUNE 10-16
Jana Jae Chamber Music/Fiddling Workshop (Idaho)
Sierra Chamber Ensemble Workshop
Faculty includes Felici Trio
University of San Diego - Chamber Music Festival
Cobbett Association 4-07
The Chamber Music Journal is the only periodical devoted exclusively to non-standard, rare or unknown chamber music of merit. It is now exclusively an online publication. All issues 1990 to present are available to all at no cost (.pdf).
Hal Leonard 6-07
LudwigMasters (formerly Masters Music)
Ourtext - Chamber Music for Strings 3-09
Merton Music Catalog
Burt & Co
has a 40% off section
Hutchins & Rea 2-11
Shar
String sheet music
Looksheetmusic.com 5-07
Sheet music search engine
Spare Parts - Sheet Chamber Music Exchange - Complete Sets 7-07
Virtual Sheet Music 2-08
EveryNote.com 2-08
BravoBisMusic 11-08
Requires their proprietary software to "listen, read and play"
More Sheet Music Download Links - EveryNote.com 2-08
CD Sheet Music
buy cd-roms of printable public domain editions in pdf
Library Music Source 6-10
individual parts and pieces from CD Sheet Music and Orchestral Musician
http://www.load.cd/ 11-11
fee and free. Many uploaders, so some pieces duplicated.
Mostly free downloads
IMSLP - International Music Score Library Project 12-06
available again 7-08
ScorSer 6-10
Searches several sites for free pdfs, midis, etc
Clarinet Institute Sheet Music Archives 1-10
Downloadable music which includes clarinet; also low cost collections on DVDs for other woodwinds, trumpets, string quartets and quintets
Classical MIDI Connection 6-08
Classical Music Sheets Library 7-08
Classical Musical MIDI Page 6-08
Digital Mozart Edition NMA Online 10-07
Free Sheetmusic Library - bh2000.net 12-06
Hybrid Vigor Music - The Quartet Project 12-09
Easier modern pieces for string quartets
Kreusch Sheet Music 7-08
Mutopia Project
includes MIDI files
ESM - Sibley Music Library (Univ. of Rochester)
Large collection including arrangements, lesser-known composers. Suggestion: search for trios, quartets, quintets, etc or by composer
Voyager Catalog - Sibley Music Library 8-10
Request Digitized Copies of Public Domain Scores from Sibley collection 8-10
Violin Sheet Music 7-10
WIMA: Werner Icking Music Archive 6-09
Extensive list of measure numbers (pdf) from VMAC 3-10
Total number of measures for each movement of many chamber works
British list of Download Sites
Amazon - Classical Music
Chamber Music MP3's
ClassicalConnect - free classical music online 5-10
Classical Music Archives
includes MP3 and MIDI files
Classic Cat 4-07
links to free downloadable classical performances
Classics Online 9-07
register, pay, and download mp3's, wma
Karadar 2-07
includes MP3 and MIDI files
Mozart-Archiv im Turm 11-08
free, downloadable mp3's
Piano Accompaniments 12-07
MP3 and CD versions for solo instruments
YouTube 12-09
Andras Schiff Lectures on Beethoven Piano Sonatas (MP3's) 6-07
BBC - Radio 3 5-07
Classical Music Radio Stations 8-10
Podcasts and MP3's from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 12-06
NPR Music Podcasts 2-07
NPR Classical Music Streaming (continuous) 7-11
many NPR stations to choose from
Radio-Locator 2-09
search Classical format for streaming, FM, AM radio
Saint Paul Sunday 12-06
Finale, Allegro, PrintMusic, NotePad
LilyPond - free 10-09
MuseScore - free, cross platform 2-09
Neuratron: Photoscore, Audioscore, Footime 2-11
Noteflight - free, use online 10-09
Transcribe! - software to help transcribe recorded music 7-07
Intonia - Intonation tool and pitch recorder 2-11
Anvil Studio MIDI sequencer/player (PC, free and paid versions) 6-08
AP Tuner 2-09
Weird Metronome 2-09
Adobe Reader - to view and print pdf files
Foxit Reader (PC) 3-11
to view and print pdf files - can enlarge or reduce image when you print
Roboform - Web-form filler (PC)
Shortkeys - key sequence produces longer text (PC, free & paid versions)
TextExpander - key sequence produces longer text (Mac, $30) 5-07
A-440 Hz (2 minute sine wave).mp3 7-07
Bb 466.16 Hz (2 minute sine wave). mp3 3-11
created using Audacity Sound Editor
Metronome Online and A-440 1-07
Chords and Scales - Piano Room 9-09
eMusicTheory 9-06
Ricci Adams' Musictheory.net - Lessons, Trainers, Utilities 9-06
Music Learning Community 11-10
games to learn the basics of music
Frequencies for Equal-Tempered Scale 10-08
Names of Keys in French, German, Italian, and Spanish 5-11
Natural Scale - Google Answers
10-08
see also Bay Area Libraries (with large sheet music collections)
Advances in Cognitive Psychology - Music Performance 12-06
Classical Composers Database 4-10
Dolmetsch 12-06
dictionary, composers, music theory, music paper, more
earsense 2-10
chamber music articles/program notes, "chamberbase" of 80+ composers, search by composer or work
Fughetta 10-07
classical music database - search pieces and scoring
Musipedia Melody Search
Enter the up-down contour of the melody
New York Philharmonic Performance History Search 8-09
December 7, 1842 to last night's concert; includes chamber music concerts, performers
Program Notes by Joseph Way 3-09
San Francisco Public Library
Good sheet music collection
Grove's Dictionary online (requires SFPL card)
SJSU - Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies
Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary 9-07
World Cat - Database of Library Catalogs 10-06
Worldwide Internet Music Resources
The Bulletproof Musician 10-10
Learn to overcome stage fright, performance anxiety, how to practice
The Musician's Way: A Guide to Practice, Performance, and Wellness 3-11
companion site to the book; blogs/articles on these topics
SFCV - San Francisco Classical Voice
greater Bay Area: articles, reviews, calendar
NPR Music - Classical 9-11
news, articles, NPR links and classical station streams, podcasts, app, weekly email newsletter
Alf Studios - Articles on Violin Making 12-07
Resuscitating Art Music, by John Steinmetz 3-07
Welcome Address, by Karl Paulnack, to freshmen at the Boston Conservatory 2-09
Medical Problems of Performing Artists 3-11
"the first clinical medical journal devoted to the etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of medical and psychological disorders related to the performing arts"
Musician Wellness, Health, Injury Prevention, Ergonomics, Hearing Conservation, Voice Care 3-11
Extensive list of links to articles on these topics
AAMHL - Association of Adult Musicians with Hearing Loss 3-07
Athletes and the Arts - Integrating Sports Medicine and Music 7-11
Ergocise.com 4-07
reduce computer-related stress and tension, help prevent RSIs (Repetitive Stress Injuries)
John Ranck Health Resources 4-07
Musicians' Health 2-07
Links, articles, including
Stress in Piano Playing
PAMCOSF - Performing Arts Medicine Coalition Of San Francisco 2-10
Playing (less) Hurt - An Injury Prevention Guide For Musicians 9-06
TSA - Transporting Musical Instruments
TSA 2005 policy letter to American Federation of Musicians (pdf) 10-08
United Airlines - Special Items
Clarion Musical Instrument Insurance
see CMA membership benefits for reduced cost
Heritage Musical Instrument Insurance
Merz-Huber Co. Instrument Insurance
11-08
see ASTA (American String Teachers Association) - reduced cost for members
ArtsVote - Candidate Arts Policy Links 1-08
Page/Score Turner 1-08
you supply the Windows, Mac or iPad computer
Flanders and Swann - Ill Wind (lyrics) 5-07
Stringfever Bolero 4-07
Watch Nora The Cat Play The Piano 4-07
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