ABC Bandgeek Central

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ABC-Related Sites

American Band College Max McKee's source for all the official ABC, Bandworld, and WIBC info
Find ABC on Facebook ABC's offical Facebook Page; also look for various student and alumni groups
American Band College group on Yahoo! Groups, founded by Marvin Milner (class of 2006), with occasional assistance by yours truly as moderator, doesn't get used much anymore, but is still available. Membership is open to all ABC students and clinicians past and present. You must be a member to access the site, which includes a discussion mailing list, polls, photo albums, links, etc., so join today!

Clinician/Sponsor Sites and Recommendations

Jupiter Official ABC sponsor.
Selmer former ABC sponsor.
Percussive Arts Society Recommended by Ben Miller, Bob Breithaupt, and Lalo Davila.
Walking Frog Records specializing in band music recordings. Recommended by several clinicians.
MakeMusic, Inc. makers of Finale Music Notation Software, SmartMusic, and PrintMusic. Sponsor of clinician Dave Hawley.
Brian Bowman recommmends these low brass resources (2006):
- Tuba-Euph.com
- Euphonium Asylum (Nikk recommends The Wind Repertory Project™)
- Adam Frey
- Steven Mead Euphonium Net
- Tube Net
- TubaNews.com
- Tuba-Euphonium Press
- Euphonium Music Guide
- International Tuba Euphonium Association
- Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Festival yearly competition
- TAP Music Sales
- Crystal Records Inc.
- Cimarron Music Press Euphonium Recordings
- TubaNews Music Library
- Hickey's Music Center Euphonium Recordings
The Capitol Quartet recommmends these saxophone resources (2007):
- Adolphe Sax Association
- www.classicsax.com
- Discount Reed Company reeds
- Dorn Publications, Inc. music, CDs, accessories
- Eble Music music, accessories
- International Musical Suppliers, Inc. instruments, accessories
- Jeanne, Inc.
- Luyben Music music, accessories
- Mouthpiece Heaven
- Muncy Winds
- North American Saxophone Alliance (NASA)
- The Saxophone Shop
- Saxquest, Inc.
- www.saxophone.org
- Shattinger Music
- Sheet Music Service
- Vandoren, Inc.
- Frederic H. Weiner Inc. instruments, accessories
- The Woodwind and Brasswind instruments, accessories
- Yesterday Service, Inc.
- Van Cott Information Services, Inc.
- Hickey's Music Center
- Pro Winds, Inc.
- Sam Ash Music
- Giardinelli
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- sitename woodwind fingerings
Jim Catalano recommmends these percussion resources (2006):
- Percussive Arts Society
- Bands of America
- Drum Corps International
- Percussion Marketing Council
- Ludwig/Musser Percussion
Dallas Brass official homepage
Lalo Davila recommmends these rudimental websites:
- The Drum Club
- Row Loff Productions
- Tap Space Publications
- drop6 media, Inc.
- Go Fish Music
- The Marching Percussion Website
- Percussion-World.com
- Drumcorps Etc.
- Drum Corps International
Johan de Meij recommmends these resources(2006):
- Hal Leonard Corporation
- Amstel Music
- Johan de Meij
Dixie Detgen recommmends these oboe resources (2006):
- Roger Miller ROM Double Reeds
- Carlos Coelho
- The McFarland Double Reed Shop
- Mark Chudnow Woodwinds
- Cygnet Studios, Inc.
- Forrests Music
- Jeanné, Inc.
- The Double Reed Shop
- David E. Smith Publications, LLC
Mike Gantenbein recommmends these tips on buying digital camcorders.
Patricia George has her x-ray video online at Larry Krantz Flute Pages.
Bruce Heim recommmends these horn resources (2007):
- Orchestral Horn Excerpts
- Bruce Heim iDisk see "UofL Horn Study Documents" and "DBH Horn Articles, Exercises"
- Robert King Music Sales, Inc., publishes Brass Players' Guide annually.
- Sheet Music Service of Portland (formerly known as Barker-Lins)
- Eble Music Company
- Shattinger Music Co.
- Southern Ohio Music Co.
- Edwin F. Kalmus and Co., Inc.
- Osmun Music has horns, cases, accessories, David Thompson's horn part book, etc.
- Windsong Press Limited sells books, breathing devices, and other interesting brass accessories.
- The Brasswind
- Giardinelli
- Schilke Music Products, Inc.
- Moosewood Hornists Requisites
- Stanton's Sheet Music
- TrevCo Music
- Frey Scientific - see "biology" section for interesting respiration devices.
- Ferree's Tools, Inc. carries "J88 Corrosion Cracker Penetrating Oil."
- The Brass Bow
- TuneUp Systems, Inc.
- Morgan Bumper Company
- Miles Ahead
Bruce Heim has previously recommmended these addresses for hornists and other brasses:
- The Horn List
  - Subscribe to the mailing list.
  - Unsubscribe from the mailing list.
  - Subscribe to the mailing list's digest form.
  - Address the mailing list group.
- International Horn Society
- The Horn Player's FAQ
- hornplayer.net
- hornplanet.com
Tim Lautzenheiser recommmends the Why Music Ed mailing list.
- Subscribe to the mailing list (send blank message).
- Unsubscribe from the mailing list (send blank message).
Jim Lotz recommmends TrevCo for bassoon music. "If it is written for bassoon, Trevor has it or knows where to get it."
Andrea Mather-Stow recommmends these oboe resources (2005, 2008):
- rdg, inc.
- RKM Double Reeds
- Forrests Music
- Edmund Nielsen Woodwinds
- McFarland Double Reed Shop
- Jeanné, Inc.
- Oboe Works
- Gail Warnaar Double Reed Shop
- Charles Double Reed, Co.
- Mark Chudnow Woodwinds
- The Woodwind & Brasswind
- Northwest Musical Services, Ltd.
- Stuart Dunkel
- Carlos Coelho
- Sharon's Oboe Shoppe
- Midwest Musical Imports
- Hodge Products, Inc.
- Crystal Records
- Boston Records
- Quodlibet, Inc.
- Weber Reeds
- Cygnet Studios, Inc.
- Last Resort Music
- David Schast Reed Service & Supply
- Trevco Music
- Fox Products
- North Texas Oboe Reeds & Cane
Winston Morris recommmends these resources for the following low brass CDs (2006):
- TAP Music Sales "Inner Play" by Jim Self, ensemble recordings (the single largest selection online)
- Walking Frog Records anything with Brian Bowman or Pat Sheridan on it, "Elegance" by Roger Behrend, "Euphonic Sounds" by John Mueller, "The Big Stretch" by Jim Self, "Metamorphosis" by Monarch Quartet, ensemble recordings
- Mark Custom Recording Service "La Morte Dell' Oom" and "Symphonia, a Super Sonic" by Symphonia, ensemble recordings
- Crystal Records anything with Roger Bobo on it, ensemble recordings
- Summit Records "Big Boy" by Gene Pokorny, "Daniel in the Lion's Den" by Dan Perantoni, ensemble recordings
- Euphonium Net anything with Steven Mead on it, British Tuba Quartet recordings
- Euphonium.com "Listen to This!!" by Adam Frey
- Canadian Music Centre "The Legend of Heimdall" by John Griffiths
- Tennessee Tech Tuba Ensemble "Euphoniums Unlimited," "Carnegie VI," "Play That Funky Tuba Right, Boy!" and "Tubalogy 601"
- Modern Jazz Tuba Project "Favorite Things," "Live at the Bottom Line"
- d'Note Records "Basset Hound Blues" by Jim Self, "Tubas From Hell!" by Dave Gannett
- Telarc "Makin' Whoopee" by Sam Pilafian & Travelin' Light
- NOTE: anything you can find with Rich Matteson on it: GET IT!!!
Robert W. Smith official homepage
Jim Swearingen music site
Harry Watters official homepage
Gail Wilson recommmends the International Trombone Association.
Bill Woodworth recommmends these oboe resources (2007):
- Weber Reeds Inc.
- Fred Capps - Reliable Reeds
- Charles Double Reeds
- mkl reeds
- RDG, Inc.
- Forrests
- McFarland Double Reed Shop
- Nora Post Inc.

Grad Student Resources

StudentUniverse offers discount airfares to university students & faculty through both Orbitz and Travelocity Student Center
ScholarshipCoach.com college scholarship resources
gre.org Official GRE site from the Educational Testing Service, with all the latest on the GRE (last paper test date was April 10, 1999: from now on it's only being offered in computer form)
Kaplan: Graduate GRE resources, sample tests, and test prep services
Sallie Mae not just student loans, they also have a scholarship search to help you pay for ABC

Music Ed-Related Sites

SchoolPop Doug Harris uses this site to generate income for his band program when parents, kids, etc. shop online.
FUNBRAIN: Educational, Interactive Kids Games for Learning Their Quiz Lab lets teachers design and post their own multiple choice quizzes for their students to access (no programming experience necessary) and gives you the results. To try out Susan Frey's quizzes go to the "Student" section of the "QuizLab Login" box; for "Secret Word:" type "bulldogms"; and for "Your Name:" be sure you put your first and last names.
GIA Music publisher of Teaching Music through Performance in Band, and the only source of the accompanying CDs. They also publish Tim Lautzenheiser's books.
Music Educator's National Conference

ABC and Ashland in the News

The Heroes Mail Tribune article on Chuck Cassey and the 2000 fireworks concert

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