Important May Birthdays!

2– Carleigh Obrochta awesome young flutist

7-Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) German romantic composer

7-Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Russian romantic composer

10– Victoria Carot awesome young flutist

17-Marcel Moyse (1889-1984) Virtuoso French flutist, composer, teacher, father of modern flute playing

17- Erik Satie (1866-1925) French composer

21– Samantha Satzger, awesome young flutist

22-Richard Wagner (1813-1883) German romantic and opera composer

23– Emma Scuglik awesome young flutist

31-Marin Marias (1656-1728) Spanish composer

Music History Recital Links: remember these are starting points only:

Good info & links (use timeline feature here): http://www.stevenestrella.com/composers/index.html

History of Western Music textbook: http://www.wwnorton.com/concise/welcome.htm

Internet Public Library Music History: http://www.ipl.org/div/mushist/#midages

Music History site: http://library.thinkquest.org/15413/history/music-history.htm

Music History Resources: http://www.geocities.com/papandrew/

Best Site Ever!: (also a link to this website is under education)

Connection to over 250 other sites for everything!: http://www.flutes.tk/

For Biography Research (these are starting points only!): Also do a key word search of your composer for more info!

Best Classical music composer Bio. site:    http://www.karadar.net/Dictionary/

Abridged Dictionary of Composers: http://www.stevenestrella.com/composers/index.html

Composer statistics: http://www.classical.net/

Word Translation site (you may need to try a couple sites if the word is unusual):

Word Reference for translating from any language to English: http://www.wordreference.com/

Free translations (choose free translation option): http://www.freetranslation.com/

Babel Fish word translator: http://world.altavista.com/

Flutes, music, accessories, etc, etc:

Flute World (ask me about discounts): www.fluteworld.com

Flute Network (Used flute sales--talk to me first): http://www.flutenet.com/

Music Basics (great for metronomes and tuners): http://www.musicbasics.com/index.html

The Flute Source (list of repertoire): http://www.theflutesource.com/repflalone.html

Flute Organizations:

The National Flute Association: http://www.nfaonline.org/

Chicago Flute Club: http://www.chicagofluteclub.org/

TONS of general and specific flute and music info, articles, and flutist bios:

Larry Krantz Flute Info Pages: http://users.uniserve.com/~lwk/welcome.htm

Music Info and resources: http://library.thinkquest.org/15413/

Flute Piccolo Home (includes fingering charts!): http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/flpicc/myhomepage/

DSO kids: Dallas Symphony site for music exploration: http://www.dsokids.com/2001/rooms/musicroom.asp

Scholarships and Competitions (places to find money for studying): For concerto competitions please see links to orchestras and the listings under those orchestras for details.

From the Top, national radio program for young musical talent:

http://www.fromthetop.org/

Arts Recognition and Talent Search, over $3 million in scholarships available: http://www.nfaa.org/aboutarts.htm

Glenn Miller Society Scholarships for pursuit of music education expense: http://www.glennmiller.org/scholar.htm

WAMSO Young Artist Scholarship open to all under age of 26yrs: http://www.wamso.org/musiceducation/youngartist.html

Talbots Women's Scholarship Fund for Bachelor's Degree: http://www.talbots.com/about/scholar/scholar.asp

Flute and Music History:

Flute History: www.flutehistory.com

Music History: http://www.geocities.com/papandrew/

Symphony History and interactive activities:  http://library.thinkquest.org/22673/index.html?tqskip1=1&tqtime=0217

Norton Concise History of Western Music: http://www.wwnorton.com/concise/welcome.htm

Youth and Professional Orchestras (Go see concerts!):

Midwest Young Artists Orchestras: http://mya.org/

Chicago Symphony Orchestra: http://www.cso.org/

Ravinia Festival (Summer): http://www.ravinia.org/

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra: http://www.milwaukeesymphony.org/

Evanston Symphony Orchestra: http://www.evanstonsymphony.org/

The Classical Symphony and the Protégé Philharmonic: http://www.classicalsymphonyorchestra.org/

Flutists:

Contemporary flutists: http://66.93.249.166/contfl/contfl.html

Trevor Wye: www.trevor-wye.com

Gary Schocker: http://www.academic.marist.edu/julie/default.htm

Amy Porter: http://amyporter.com/Content.asp?CID=19&sid=573754661

Online Ear Training:

Good Ear: http://www.good-ear.com/

Other Flute Magazines:

FluteWise British publication for students: www.flutewise.com

Odd Music Quotes:

http://www.oddmusic.com/resources/quotes.html