Performing Artists Resources at Coral Bay Art

Operatic Resource Center
A series of databases covering such things as opera performances, productions, artist schedules, artist casting, opera houses and festivals, houses' technical data,opera city guides, and opera magazines Operabase
The Aria Database a diverse collection of information on over 1000 operatic arias. Designed for singers and non-singers alike, the Database includes translations and aria texts of most arias as well as a collection of MIDI files of operatic arias and ensembles. Opera~Opera is Australia's independent monthly newspaper of the musical theatre, established in 1978 OPERA AMERICA offers informational, technical, and administrative resources for the greater opera community. OPERA America’s Career Guide for Singers is published every two years
A place for classical singers, students and opera enthusiasts who are interested in understanding operatic tradition through its recorded legacy The Legacy of the Diva

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OPERA ~ MUSIC IN ART
PRINTS, POSTERS, GICLEES
Music Art: Opera

Placido Domingo The official, authorized site with biography, discography, upcoming dates, soundclips, photo album, and press service

Placido Domingo: Biography

57 Brainy Quotes of Placido Domingo! [I am never wrong when it comes to my possibilities.]

JAZZ

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All About Jazz
A Comprehensive Jazz Resource Site

JAZZ ~ MUSIC IN ART
PRINTS, POSTERS, GICLEES
Music Art: JAZZ

Tech Tips, Interviews, Articles and Columns
Musicians Friend

~ sheet music ~
songbooks ~ guitartabs
Sheet Music Plus.
Over a quarter million titles to choose from, &
you can order online.

CLASSICAL

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Essentials of Music : Whether you're a casual listener or a serious music student, here's the site for basic information about classical music. Created in cooperation with W.W. Norton & Company, it's built around Essential Classics, the series specially designed to introduce you to the best music of every period. All through the site you'll find almost 200 excerpts from Essential Classics. You'll also find: Overviews of the six main periods in music history ; Brief biographies of nearly 70 composers, which will bring to life the artists and their works; Glossary with over 200 definitions with numerous musical examples

MISC

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Gateway to Scotland Music

The Gregorian Chant Home Page

STRING

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A string instrument (or stringed instrument) is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. In the Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification, used in organology, they are called chordophones. The most common string instruments in Western music are those in the violin, piano and guitar families. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)


Jack Peters Harpsichords Source and Resource for Harpsichords, Clavichords and Virginals	How to Buy a Violin an article by Roger Stearns

The hurdy-gurdy is a stringed instrument in which the strings are rubbed by a rosined wheel instead of a bow. The wheel is turned by the player's right hand, while the left hand plays the tune on the keys in the keybox

Olympic Musical Instruments has been building top quality hurdy-gurdies since 1988. They are the only workshop in North America dedicated exclusively to this unique instrument.

PianoTeachers.com:
A fast growing community of piano teachers, pianists and music educators. It is a site for everyone... for teachers, for parents and for music admirers.

Piano on the Net - a commercial site offering some basic jazz-oriented lessons in learnng to play the piano.

The Piano Technicians Guild ~ information about everything related to pianos including information for technicians, teachers and pianists. information and illustrations on piano care and maintenance as well as piano competitions around the world. Also piano history and research and educational resources for piano technicians.

Pulse Patterning for Pianists - Integrating the Natural Laws of Motion, Physical Movement and Musical Rhythm of Pulse Patterning and Applications of Pulse Patterning.
Learn to move the lower torso in a musically appropriate and biomechanically correct way to maintain freedom in the body, and to engage and enhance the metric and phrase rhythm of the music.

THE VIRTUAL PIANO: learn about the major parts of a piano and how they work together to produce sound.

Choosing A Piano: a consumers guide

How Pianos Function

WIND INSTRUMENTS

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A wind instrument is a musical instrument that contains some type of resonator (usually a tube), in which a column of air is set into vibration by the player blowing into (or over) a mouthpiece set at the end of the resonator. The pitch of the vibration is determined by the length of the tube and by manual modifications of the effective length of the vibrating column of air. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Harmonica Help & Advice: This brief guide explains the different types of harmonica, and attempts to answer some common questions. Feel free to call us if you need any further advice!

which keys of harmonicas they should start out with.

What's the best readily-available harmonica?

Recorder Home Page: Compiled by Nicholas S. Lander
Links to articles, lists, catalogues and databases concerning all aspects of the recorder worldwide. An ideal springboard for players, students, teachers, makers and researchers alike.

Want to purchase a used clarinet? Sources you may not have thought of.
an article by Meri Dolevski

PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS

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A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound by being hit with an implement, shaken, rubbed, scraped, or by any other action which sets the object into vibration. The term usually applies to an object used in a rhythmic context and/or with musical intent. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Drums-And-Drum-Sets.com: Here You'll Find Drum Lessons, Tips, Shopping Guides, and More. Whether you're looking to learn how to play the drum set, improve your playing, buy a drum set, or find some general information on drum sets,

Drum Wright has an "advice" section, based on the most commonly asked questions regarding drums that they encounter.

Tiger Bill's Drum Beat Home Page: This is the Drum and Percussion resource used by more beginning and pro drummers than any drum site. Enjoy free drum lessons written by Drum Pro Tiger Bill, join their free educational Forums, Win valuable drum gear in monthly giveaways and more.

Percussion Care and Repair an article by Brian Stotz
"Having serviced over one thousand percussion instruments in my 10 years of business, I've seen it all as far as the variety and severity of damage to this group of instruments. Marimbas dropped from stages, chimes knocked down a flight of stairs,a set of vibes that fell out of the back of a moving vehicle, even a glockenspiel case that was stepped on by a horse!" [Go to Article]

FAKE BOOKS

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About Hal Leonard Fake Books
A "fake book" contains songs written in a concise format that includes only the melody and chords, letting you interpret the song's performance as you feel is appropriate. This is great for quickly learning songs by yourself or with an ensemble. Each song in a fake book only has a single melody actually written out in notes, which is usually the vocal or lead melody. This melody will have the lyrics written beneath the notes, with each word aligned to its corresponding note. Above the notes of the melody will appear the names of the appropriate chords to play - for example, a "C minor" chord would be written as "Cmin" or Cm", rather than writing out all of the notes in those chords as they appeared in the original version of the song.

This format is very compact, which is why you will often see fakebooks containing 500 or more songs.

Fake Books Sheet Music

Your First Fake Book Arranged by Alexander Citron. Fakebook for voice and C instrument. With vocal melody, lyrics, leadsheet notation and chord names. Series: Hal Leonard Fake Books. 158 pages. Published by Hal Leonard. (HL.240112)
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How To Play From A Fake Book Written by Michael Esterowitz. Instructional book for piano. With standard notation, chord names, instructional text and glossary of terms. 166 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing. (AP.50-PF0480)
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HARDWARE & ACCESSORIES

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Recording & Recording Equip

Buying Equipment: frequently asked question concerns buying equipment.

The Aaron Copland Fund for Music Recording Program
Proposals may be submitted by non-profit professional performance ensembles, presenting institutions and non-profit or commercial recording companies. Performance ensembles and presenting institutions must include a letter of intent from a recording company.