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Recorded Music | Software | Online Lessons/Tools
Research Resources | Online Articles | Health
Other (air travel, insurance, misc) | Scherzi
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 (copyrights are more than 70 years old)
Clarinet Institute Sheet Music Archives 1-10
Music which includes clarinet
Fee or Paid Membership Required
but more likely to have chamber music parts
Virtual Sheet Music 2-08
EveryNote.com 2-08
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
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum - free MP3's
YouTube 12-09
String Identifier - based on winding colors -- Quinn
String Colour Charts - pdf - The Sound Post 5-08
String Identifier - table, sound description below 4-07
Ifshin - supplies, makers, repairs 3-08
Shar - strings and sheet music dealer
Southwest Srings - supplies, instruments 3-08
Strings Magazine - All Things Strings - includes articles 9-06
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
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
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)
maintains national and international directories of members so you can find fellow players; promotes chamber music in many ways
Music for the Love of It - Ted Rust's extensive Workshop Listings
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
2010: Week One: July 11-16 Week Two: July 18-23
Ashland Chamber Music Library Listings
CalCap
2009: July 19-24 and July 26-31
Chamber Music Society of Santa Barbara Workshop
2010: March 27 and 28
Humboldt
2010: Week I: June 27 - July 2 Week II: July 4 - July 9 Week III: July 11 - July 16
San Diego
2009: July 26 - August 1
Claremont Clarinet Festival - Margaret Thornhill
2009: JUNE 7-14
Jana Jae Chamber Music/Fiddling Workshop (Idaho)
Sierra Chamber Workshops and Instrumental Seminar
Faculty includes Felici Trio
Sutter Creek Summer Music Festival 2-10
2010: Week I, July 11-18 Week II, July 18-25
University of San Diego - Chamber Music Festival
Cobbett Association 4-07
19th century less-known composers and rare works
Hal Leonard 6-07
LudwigMasters (formerly Masters Music)
Ourtext - Chamber Music for Strings 3-09
Merton Music Catalog
Burt & Co
has 40% off section
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
Mostly free downloads
IMSLP - International Music Score Library Project 12-06
available again 7-08
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
WIMA: Werner Icking Music Archive 6-09
British list of Download Sites
Amazon - Classical Music
Chamber Music MP3's
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
Podcasts and MP3's from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 12-06
NPR Music Podcasts 2-07
Radio-Locator 2-09
search Classical format for streaming, FM, AM radio
Saint Paul Sunday 12-06
WKCR 12-06
Finale, Allegro, PrintMusic, NotePad
LilyPond - free 10-09
MuseScore - free, cross platform 2-09
Noteflight - free, use online 10-09
Transcribe! - software to help transcribe recorded music 7-07
Adobe Reader - to view and print pdf files
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
Anvil Studio MIDI sequencer/player (PC, free and paid versions) 6-08
AP Tuner 2-09
Weird Metronome 2-09
A-440 Hz (2 minute sine wave).mp3 7-07
created using Audacity Sound Editor
Metronome. Free Interactive Online 9-09
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
Frequencies for Equal-Tempered Scale 10-08
Natural Scale - Google Answers
10-08
see also Bay Area Libraries (with large sheet music collections)
Advances in Cognitive Psychology - Music Performance 12-06
Dolmetsch 12-06
dictionary, composers, music theory, music paper, more
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
Alf Studios - Articles on Violin Making 12-07
Resuscitating Art Music, by John Steinmetz 3-07
SFCV - San Francisco Classical Voice
Welcome Address, by Karl Paulnack, to freshmen at the Boston Conservatory 2-09
AAMHL - Association of Adult Musicians with Hearing Loss 3-07
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
PAMA - Performing Arts Medicine Association 2-07
Links and
Bibliography
Playing (less) Hurt - An Injury Prevention Guide For Musicians 9-06
TSA - Transporting Musical Instruments 10-08
TSA 2005 policy letter to American Federation of Musicians (pdf) 10-08
United Airlines - Special Items 10-08
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 laptop or desktop 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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