Member resources
Music Topics/Worksheets
Being a Great Ensemble Player - Link to a great way to look at how to make your best contribution to the group
Playing in a small ensemble - How to set up your chamber ensemble
Transposition Chart - This chart will help you determine what concert pitch means for your instrument.
C Instruments - Flute, Oboe, Bells, Trombone, Euphonium Bass Clef, Tuba, Electric Bass
Bb Instruments - Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, tenor sax, trumpet, Baritone Treble clef
Eb Instruments - Alto Sax
F Instruments - French Horn
Keyed Instruments - Find out why many instruments are in different keys and what is meant by the term 'Concert key'.
Posture, Breathing, and glasses(seeing the music)!!
Major Scales - Learn about Whole Steps, Half Steps and major scales and how to figure out the scales for yourself.
Online Tools - A sample of some useful music websites and apps
Intervals - Learn what the interval of a third, a sixth, a seventh, etc. means and get some ideas how to hear these intervals.
Musical Markings - What does Allegro mean? How about dolce?
Time Signatures - What does 4/4, 6/8, 3/4 really mean?
Listening Links for Spring 2023
Saqqara: A Window to Ancient Egypt
Falcon Fanfare by Brian Balmages
Flash by Brian Beck
Radetzky March by Strauss arr. Andrew Balent
An American Hymntune Robert Sheldon
Tuxedo Junction arr. John Edmondson (click Sample Audio)