Below are some useful links to help you and your child to be successful in band!
Great for practicing at home, especially if you do not own your own metronome.
Free Blank Printable Staff Paper
Print your own staff paper. You choose the size, clef, and layout.
NYPhil Kids Zone
New York Philharmonic Kids Zone website which includes daily polls, composer information and a handful of fun games to play and puzzles to do!
Music Cards Online
Great game for reviewing your note names, key signatures and more!
DSO Kids
Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids website which includes games, news and other fun activities.
SFS Kids
San Francisco Symphony Kids website which includes postcards to send, a lab where you can compose your own melodies and other fun activities.
VicFirth Drum Rudiments
Practice your rudiments with notated examples, recordings and videos to help you learn!
JWPepper Co.
The website for the largest music retailer in the world. Make purchases, listen to recordings and more.
Lincoln Center Jazz for Kids
Explore Jazz through videos, recordings, photos and other fun activities.
Drum Rudiments Online
Practice your rudiments with notated examples and videos to help you learn!
Gatelot Avenue School
Explore our school!
Sachem District Office for Music and the Arts
Find out NYSSMA information, contact information, district concert dates, curriculum information and more.
Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts
Information about a fantastic summer camp for music, chess, dance, drama, art and creative writing. Scholarships are available.
Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of New York
Information about an organization that allows students from the Metropolitan Area wonderful performing opportunities. The organization has 13
performing groups, including several that rehearse in Suffolk County. Members are from ages 8 to 18. Membership is by audition.
Rhythmtech
Learn all about percussion instruments-and the names for the ones you’ve never ever seen before!
- Note Trainer - www.childrensmusicworkshop.com/musictheory/trainers/html/id82_en.html
- Band Instrument Care - www.musiccenters.com/care.html
- Online Metronome - www.metronomeonline.com/
- Woodwind Fingering Charts - www.wfg.woodwind.org/
- Brass Fingering Charts - www.bandworld.org/pdfs/BWBrassChart.pdf
- MORE Fingering Charts - www.fingering-charts.com/
- Music Theory practice and lessons - www.musictheory.net/
- Percussion Rudiments - www.vicfirth.com/education/rudiments.php
- WAY MORE percussion stuff - www.vicfirth.com/education/
- Music Racer - www.musicracer.com/
- SpeedNote for Keyboard - www.vicfirth.com/education/keyboard/speednotereading.html
- Theta Music Trainer - trainer.thetamusic.com/
- Breathing Gym - www.jwpepper.com/9542666.item
- Instrument Care and Maintenance - www.hornsmasher.com/maintenancevideos.html
- SmartMusic practice system (the very best) - www.smartmusic.com/
- SmartMusic Videos for help - www.youtube.com/user/SmartMusicOfficial
Great for practicing at home, especially if you do not own your own metronome.
Free Blank Printable Staff Paper
Print your own staff paper. You choose the size, clef, and layout.
NYPhil Kids Zone
New York Philharmonic Kids Zone website which includes daily polls, composer information and a handful of fun games to play and puzzles to do!
Music Cards Online
Great game for reviewing your note names, key signatures and more!
DSO Kids
Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids website which includes games, news and other fun activities.
SFS Kids
San Francisco Symphony Kids website which includes postcards to send, a lab where you can compose your own melodies and other fun activities.
VicFirth Drum Rudiments
Practice your rudiments with notated examples, recordings and videos to help you learn!
JWPepper Co.
The website for the largest music retailer in the world. Make purchases, listen to recordings and more.
Lincoln Center Jazz for Kids
Explore Jazz through videos, recordings, photos and other fun activities.
Drum Rudiments Online
Practice your rudiments with notated examples and videos to help you learn!
Gatelot Avenue School
Explore our school!
Sachem District Office for Music and the Arts
Find out NYSSMA information, contact information, district concert dates, curriculum information and more.
Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts
Information about a fantastic summer camp for music, chess, dance, drama, art and creative writing. Scholarships are available.
Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of New York
Information about an organization that allows students from the Metropolitan Area wonderful performing opportunities. The organization has 13
performing groups, including several that rehearse in Suffolk County. Members are from ages 8 to 18. Membership is by audition.
Rhythmtech
Learn all about percussion instruments-and the names for the ones you’ve never ever seen before!