Links

Concert Band:

The Woodwind and Brasswind
http://www.woodwindbrasswind.com/home.jsp
This is a site that has just about everything you need to enhance your band experience. Reeds, valve oil, mouthpieces, and other miscellaneous accessories are offered at greatly discounted prices. Also available are intermediate and professional quality musical instruments at discounted prices. Different payment plans and terms are offered that appear to be very reasonable. Still, it sometimes pays to do business locally because problems can be resolved fairly quickly. Also, local music stores are somewhat reluctant to service or repair instruments that are purchased through mail-order catalogues or on-line. It doesn't hurt to look at what's available!

The Heritage of Military Bands
http://www.worldmilitarybands.com/
This link is an inexhaustible source of information about the history of military and brass bands. There are numerous links to all types of information and examples in this idiom. A very informative and educational site!

The John Philip Sousa Band
http://www.dws.org/sousa/band.htm
The most famous band in history!

Jazz

Jazz: A History of America's Music
http://www.pbs.org/jazz/
This website was created to support the PBS series by Ken Burns. Audio clips of many jazz performers are available, as well as interesting historical and biographical information of the highlights of jazz in the United States.

General Interest:

Music Images
http://www.gymell.com/doc/musicimages.shtml
This link provides some interesting music-themed backgrounds and graphics. Check it out!

K-12 Resources For Music
http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/music/k-12music/
This hotlist is for band, orchestra, choral, and other music teachers and music students. There are some very useful links for students as well as teachers. Some of the links point to very technical information primarily for teachers, and some of the links point to interesting and entertaining material primarily for students and parents. Subcategories include band, orchestra, vocal, and more. The topics covered are almost endless. Have fun!

Essentials of Music
http://www.essentialsofmusic.com/
This site, a collaboration of Sony Music and W. W. Norton and Company Publishers, is like having a music textbook online. Check out the glossary, where you can read the definition for saxophone, then click to hear an example of tenor sax in Ravel's "Bolero." Eras and Composers round out the offerings on this great site. Not all sections have audio files linked, but the variety of information and audio clips offer students of all ages a wonderful resource.

Carolina Classical Connection
http://classicalmusic.hispeed.com/links.html
A great index of classical music sites. Find links to MIDI files, historical music sites, genre and theory based sites.

Thinkquests

The Symphony: An Interactive Guide
http://library.thinkquest.org/22673/index.html?tqskip1=1&tqtime=0427
Enjoy the music and learn from the listener's guide. Users can browse, alphabetically or by country, composer biographies and hear the most famous works of each. Take a "crash course" in symphonic forms, and take quizzes to test yourself. RealAudio is to listen to the music, which was performed by The Queensland Youth Symphony Orchestra, conducted by John Curro.

Energy In The Air: Sounds From The Orchestra
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5116/
"Did you know that a certain kind of energy makes sound?" Learn about how sound is made and what it looks like when it's recorded. Included is information on instruments in an orchestra, sound clips of orchestra music, and an activities section where you can see how to make some instruments. A 1999 ThinkQuest Jr. entry made by Samuel Beckett & Jason Williams.