South Carolina Band Link

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Bands in South Carolina

Music Education Organizations

In Other States
National
International

Composers, Educators and Performers

Instruments

Commercial Band Services & Companies

Other Pages of Links

Festivals and Events

246 Army National Guard Band (Columbia, SC)
Band Nerds' World a page dedicated to High School Music
Bands of America - Summer Symposium, Marching Championships, Concert Festivals, Newsletter, and Leadership Workshops.
Band Parenting in the 90's
Band World Graphics Musical and Band graphics for use on the web
Boosters World Wide
Canadian Brass
Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corp. (Charlotte, NC)
Classical Net provides a point-of-entry into a wide array of informational files about classical music - over 2500 files at Classical Net and over 2200 links to other classical music web sites
DCI - Drum Corp International is a non-profit youth organization servicing the world's junior drum and bugle corps and related activities.
Ensemble -- The site for band, choir, orchestra directors/educators
Instrumental Music Links
The Marching Emporium
Mark Corey's Music Stuff for music educators
Music is... (and the Value of Music in Education)
Orchestra News
SCIway - the South Carolina Informaton Highway
Sebelius Academy - Music Education and Arts Education - great links for the arts advocates
The John Philip Sousa Foundation - a non-profit foundation dedicated to the promotion of international understanding through the medium of band music.
WASBE - The World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles - an international organization of wind band conductors, composers, performers, publishers, teachers, instrument makers and friends of wind music.
World Clarinet Alliance - the WKA was organized to integrate music organizations to work together as Alliance Partners to announce Festival Programs, support each other’s programs, and make for diverse communications and truly Internationalizing the Music and Clarinet fields.
The World of Wind Ensembles and Symphonic Bands - A free service providing serious musicians interested in the wind ensemble and symphonic band, with current information pertinent to the field. Here you will find a forum on which to discuss important issues with others in the field, a resource guide for repertoire, and submitted programs from around the world.
Worldwide Internet Music Resources   - Great links to all types of music info
Yahoo's list of high school band pages

Music Education Organizations in Other States

Alabama Bandmaster's Association
Arkansas School Band and Orchestra Association
Arizona Music Educators Association
California Music Educators Association

Delaware Music Educators Association
Florida Music Educators Association
Georgia Music Educators Association
Idaho Music Educators Association
Illinois Music Educators Association
Indiana Music Educators Association
Iowa Bandmasters Association

Iowa Music Educators Association
Kansas Music Educators Association
Kentucky Music Educators Association
Maryland Music Educators Association
Massachusetts Music Educators Association

National Music Education Organizations

ASBDA - American School Band Directors Association
MENC - Music Educators National Conference
Bands of America
Music Education Resource Base
National Band Association
IAJE - International Association of Jazz Educators
American Orff-Schulwerk Association

Music Education Organizations International and in Other Countries

Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
Australian Society for Music Education, (Inc.)
Canadian Music Educators Association
Hong Kong Band Directors Association

Composers, Educators and Performers

TeachList.com - Large international database of music teachers. For all instruments, locations, ages, styles and skill levels, a free service for teachers and students.
Robert Childs - World Class Euphonium Virtuoso - great articles, euphonium links and other info for all music lovers
Karl King - Composer of great marches
John Philip Sousa - A great page on the March King

Instruments

Doublereed-l - a discussion list for topics of interest to bassoon, contra-bassoon, English horn, and oboe performers, teachers, and students.
The Trombone Home Page
TUBA Tubists Universal Brotherhood Association

Commercial Band Services & Companies

AdkiSong Publications - Custom Arrangements for Marching Band by Harry R. Adkins
BandLedger.com - BandLedger Software is a complete accounting package to manage your band program finances.
Bandroom.com Publications is a source of site-licensed music for school band programs. The website offers on-line sound files and score samples.
The Band Hall offers fully constructed band uniforms as well as washable styles.
Our highly-acclaimed design team will help you create the perfect band uniform, guard costume and flags. We also offer band accessories including shoes and the world's largest color selection of flag fabrics.”
Bandusa.com is a division of American Band Instrument Service
Beyond Basics - Visual performance consulting, providing an innovative, yet down-to-earth approach to visual performance, leadership skills, and rehearsal techniques.
Boosey & Hawkes major music publisher with a complete online catalogue
Brook Mays Music /McFadyen Music - The largest school band retailer in the U.S., with a fully enabled ecommerce website. Thousands of band/orchestra instruments and accessories online.
Century Resources, Inc.One of the nation's leading providers of school and youth related fundraising programs.
Classics World (BMG) - CDs
Concert Band Music - primarily dedicated to recently composed, arranged, and transcribed music for concert band and related ensembles, some of which you will be able to examine in detail using Acrobat Reader, and hear on your computer using RealAudio. Selected links to other sites dealing with winds and percussion are also provided.
DeMoulin Uniforms - DeMoulin is the leader in quality music apparel since 1892, including marching band, frontline, and dance uniforms.
Directors Resource - a small at-home site started by a young band director using his knowledge of the industry and memories of the hurtle he went through during his first year of teaching.
Everynote.com - Sheet music download from the world's largest digital music library.
Fast Forward Productions - a service-oriented company that provides for the needs of today’s modern music educator, their programs and the needs of our youth through the platform of music education and the arts. (Site requires Flash)
Grobusky Music Services - a retail music store in Rock Hill that specializes in repairs.
Highlander Music Press - one of the first, if not THE first, publishers to offer band arrangements that come with the right to make copies of the parts to suit your instrumentation needs.
Ingram Innovations, inc. - quality digital recordings of live performances.
JP/S Design Group Field Show Design, Winter Guard show design, Uniform design, Equipment / prop design, Specialized Instruction, and Tape Editing
JW Pepper - Printed Music of all publishers
Jarvis Industries - Jarvis Industries makes top-quality, "Engineered to Last" equipment for marching bands.
Kurt Weill Foundation - information about Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya
Leblanc Online - World-class instruments from the world of Leblanc - Noblet, Courtois, Vito, Holton, Yanagisawa, Martin and the Woodwind Company
Mike's Tshirts - We have over 5,000 designs we can put on T-shirts, sweatshirts and hats. We can also do
custom work with images placing them on T-shirts, hats or sweatshirts. We welcome special
requests for companies, ball teams, family reunions, special events, etc.
Music Educators DR - six volumes of standard band literature available on CD through this company
Music Publishers Association information about music publishers throughout the U.S. and an illustrated listing of award-winning scores
Musical Merchandise - an Internet retailer of music merchandise, carrying more than 100,000 competitively priced items, including both nationally advertised and specialty musical accessories and instruments.
Parker Music Company - a supporter of music and the arts in education featuring an assortment of new and used band and orchestral equipment.
Pecknel Music - One of America's top music retailers, supporting musicians and school programs in the Carolinas
Personal Touch Fundraising, Inc. - Offering fundraising products such as Florida Indian River Citrus, Frozen French Bread Pizza,Washington State Apples, Microwavable Cinnamon Rolls & Advertising Aids (Cups, Hats, Pens, any Logo items)
QSP a subsidiary of Reader's Digest Association, inc. helps schools and youth organizations raise funds for their projects. Products include magazine subscriptions, candy and gifts.
The Selmer Co., Inc. the largest manufacturer of band & orchestra instruments in the world under the brand names Selmer, Bach, Ludwig, Musser, etc.
Shoebuy.com - Brand name shoes
SoftwareDP - Molto Contante, band data mangement & accounting program software for schools and colleges.
Southern Music Company publishes music of many well-known composers and is a distributor of music for over 500 publishers from around the world.
Stanton's Sheet Music - retail sheet music store
Superial Reeds - have devoted years of research in design and extensive professional testing to create reeds that offer the highest standards of performance and endurance.
Zildjian Cymbals - Avedis Zildjian Company, the world's leading Cymbal and Drumstick makers.

Other Pages of Links

Kerry's High School Band List - a fairly extensive list of high school marching band web pages.
Links to Marching Bands
The Community Music Mailing List - site for community bands and orchestras
Community Band and Orchestra home pages
The Marching Percussion Home Page University of South Carolina Carolina Summer Music Conservatory

Festivals and Events of Interest

University of South Carolina Carolina Summer Music Conservatory, is an intensive one-week training period focusing on individual performance and chamber music.

All American Music Festival, provides an unforgettable experience for students from around the world
Broadway at the Beach Music Festivals in Myrtle Beach