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EXCELLENT source for double-reed supplies, and she's 'local'! has the BIGGEST supply of bocals you'll ever see! wonderful source for all double-reed supplies, tools, etc. sells Moosmann bassoons and bocals excellent source for double-reed supplies good source for double-reed supplies, though can be pricey good source for double-reed supplies good source for double-reed supplies wonderful source, in LA good source for general music accoutrement, not so good on double-reed supplies very good general music store in Naperville
excellent reed cases at a reasonable price - I use his case and love it
Canadian Bocal Maker, also sells reeds an interesting alternative to corking your bocal ... Canadian Bassoon Maker
look at the classifieds section
REEDS/CANE several of the above suppliers are excellent sources (Nielsen, Miller, Charles, Hodge, RDG)
excellent source of GSP cane - I use their cane personally Scott Vigder, bassoon reeds from LA
again, haven't tried them, but thought I'd include don't know them, but thought I'd include it
excellent earplugs for musicians use, and cheap! (model ETY Plugs) HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!! - a 'must-have' for all wind players!
wonderful source for all double-reed related sheet music (he has it ALL, and will get it if not) good source for sheet music
good source for downloadable sheet music good source for downloadable FUN 'Tuba' Sheet Music (we can make it better on bassoon!) good source for downloadable sheet music International Music Score Library Project good source for downloadable sheet music free music files & notes
AMAZING bassoon & contra repairman - HIGHLY, HIGHLY recommend him!!! --my personal repairman excellent repairman in the Chicagoland area 'home' for many of your bassoons home of Heckel bassoons
Michael Dicker Double Reed Services great guy to buy your Fox bassoon from - he has the best prices!
Bassoon Fingering Charts: Bruce Hammel's Fingering Chart Chip Owen's Contrabassoon Fingering Chart Bassoon Resource -- Fingering Charts Fingering Builder -- design fingering charts
HOW TO SHARPEN YOUR REED KNIFE!!!
excellent site with numerous 'skills builders' for all levels of musicians excellent site to help you hear/understand intervals!!! ear-training site good site to help work on rhythm issues
Musipedia: The Open Music Encyclopedia good online musical encyclopedia Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary another good online musical encyclopedia basic info on composers, useful time-line feature The Development of Western Music Nice info site about composers, grouped into eras (with thanks to Carley Cohen)
good site with lots of great 'practice info' Jason Heath - double-bass Blog bass player friend, an EXCELLENT blog!!! though it's a bass-blog, it has a TON of useful general articles!!!
exactly what it says it is! superb staff paper printer ... TONS of control! print your own blank music paper; numerous 'styles' to choose from music notation 'software' ... ONLINE!
International Double Reed Society Chicago Federation of Musicians American Federation of Musicians Illinois Music Educators Association The Performing Arts Medicine Association chamber music society Musical Instrument Insurance
wonderful source for job information
my home-town orchestra my favorite orchestra Chicago's orchestra summer festival in Highland Park Milwaukee's orchestra Chicago's Opera Company
Youth Orchestras
Classical Symphony & Protégé Philharmonic youth symphony in downtown Chicago youth symphony in Joliet area youth symphony in Naperville area youth symphony in north Chicago suburbs Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra Chicago's youth symphony Elgin's youth symphony List of Chicagoland Orchestras alphabetical list of all orchestras in IL
Where I teach Neuqua Valley High School Music Department Metea Valley High School Music Department
CSUSacramento Music Department my alma mater my other alma mater good school in Illinois, a former teacher teaches here now
Summer Festivals
Residential Summer Camps & Residential Camps - MySummerCamps.com info about summer music camps good summer festival in upstate NY; I used to teach here
Aspen
Music Festival
bassoonists Blog about the Milde Studies bassoonists Blog
a very useful website by Terry Ewell; you'll find a LOT of useful info here!!!
Assistant Principal Bassoonist, Cleveland Orchestra well organized site with a LOT of good info bassoonist in California - modern & historical bassoons wonderful jazz bassoonist and LA player also a superb composer & sax player well organized list of bassoon links
fun site about all things 'contra'
yup, music quotes music librarian site; informative
mythology encyclopedia one of my favorite sites - literally 'how stuff works' pretty much what it sounds like - look up words from 'definitions'/concepts literally a reference desk on the web ... TONS of info in one place! gotta' love 'em!
talk about cars (funny that); informative, funny ... amongst the best NPR has to offer they 'answer a question' in each episode; again, amongst NPR's best generally 3 stories on 1 topic; once again, amongst NPR's best ... Chicago's own! funny 'trivia' (sorta') show; you guessed it, among NPR's best ... in Chicago, and FUNNY!
Excellent way to maintain your contact database
Informative, and funny!, my favorite, helps me wake up & actually get going!
Anatoli Panchoshny - Basso/Vocal Coach Russian Bass bass player friend bass player friend, an EXCELLENT blog!!! though it's a bass-blog, it has a TON of useful general articles!!!
my home-town my current home Christian's and Scott's Interactive Top Ten List yup, an interactive top ten list
Summer Liturgical Singing School Diocese of Chicago and Detroit Holy Virgin Protection Cathedral, Des Plaines Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia --Wedding & Christening Journals Orthodox Online Spiritual Calendar
official site of They Might Be Giants Schoolhouse Rock -- The Official Home Page
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