Millard Elementary Orchestra Website
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All Millard Orchestra Festival!
5th through 7th grade students are invited to join the All Millard Orchestra Festival for our big closing piece. Bring your family to see your child play with every 8th through 12th grade orchestra student in Millard! The All Millard Orchestra Festival will be on January 29th, at the Baxter Arena. It starts at 7 p.m. and students need to be there at 6:30 p.m. Students get in free but anyone else will need to buy a ticket ($8 for adults, $5 for students).
Students will be playing Ode to Joy from memory, but the music to practice and memorize, along with the details are linked for each instrument below. Please email your orchestra teacher with any questions.
This former Millard graduate performs her violin on YouTube. She even has her own Spotify channel!
Ways to Play More on Your Own:
IMSLP is a website with thousands of free pieces of sheet music. You either search by your instrument, composer, or piece. If you are interested, click HERE.
StringSkills.com is a website that has a lot of tools to make yourself a more awesome player! If you are interested, click HERE.
Compose your own music on blank staff paper from this website HERE.
Free Folk music can be found by clicking HERE.
8notes.com is a website with some music you can buy and some that is free. Check it out by clicking HERE.
The Traditional Tune Archive is a website with hundreds of traditional tunes from all sorts of places. Check it out HERE.
MusicTheory.net is a great tool for learning notes, key signatures, and other great music theory stuff HERE.
Musescore.com is a website with some free music and some available to purchase HERE.
Musicnotes.com is a website that has sheet music free and for purchase. The link to the free stuff is HERE.
Free-scores.com is a website with free music HERE.
Bass players, check out the DiscoverDoubleBass website with things specifically for you by clicking HERE.
Basses, check out StringBassOnline HERE.
Basses, checkout The Upright Bass website HERE.
Cellos, check out the Cellobello website for you by clicking HERE.
Cellos, Celloonline is another website for you HERE.
Violas, check out Viola Online HERE.
Violas, check out The American Viola Society HERE.
Violas, here are some instructional videos for various viola things from Violaman.com HERE.
Violins, check out Violinist.com HERE.
Violins, Violinschool.com has some free lessons, a library of free music, and some virtual lessons you have to pay for if you are interested. Click HERE.
Violins, Nathan Cole is a violinist who posts instructional videos about different techniques on the violin. Check it out HERE.
Violins, Violin Blog is another website with free lessons and music HERE.
Violins, check out the Violinmasterclass website specifically for you by clicking HERE.
Learn Fun Songs with YouTube!
StringClub is a YouTube channel that does tons of songs for violin, viola, cello, and bass! It will show you what string and finger each note is on. You can learn pop songs, classics, rock, etc. Check out their channel by clicking here!
Fun and Inspiring Videos:
Vala's Pumpkin Patch! (5th Grade students only)
5th grade orchestra students are invited, but not required, to perform a scary story at Vala's Pumpkin Patch in October. Each student performer gets in for free and one adult gets in for free with them. Find out when your school is going by clicking on it's information page above. To learn more about Vala's Pumpkin Patch, click here.