Band/Orchestra
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Listed below are some excellent band and music oriented web sites:This Florida Music Educators Association & Florida School Music Association site provides links with information on Florida Bandmasters Association competition and lots more!SmartMusic is the complete music practice system that provides accompaniment and makes practicing fun so that you want to practice longer and more often. It also makes practicing more productive so you get better, faster. When you practice with accompaniment, you can you work on things like being in tune, keeping good time and learning to listen. A reasonably-priced home subscription service is offered.Jazz portal for Smithsonian Institution. Information on jazz exhibits, events, and concerts. Jazz education and classes on Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Carter, and Louis Armstrong. Jazz history resources from National Museum of American History. Multimedia search for jazz performances, oral histories, jazz artists, jazz videos, jazz portraits and jazz program notes.
www.dci.org
Drum Corps International web site.J.W. Pepper and Sons, as the "World's Largest Sheet Music Retailer". Searchable site for purchasing a variety of sheet music online.School Band and Orchestra online magazine offers playing tips and a "how-to" series on buying and repairing your instrument. Scholarship and contest information is also provided.www.marineband.usmc.mil
A great website for exploring Military Bands, especially the "President's Own".
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