Musical Resources

Portland Conservatory of Music

317 Main Community Music Center

Maine Academy of Modern Music

Midcoast School of Music

Main Street Music Lessons

The Drum Shop

Michael Beling Piano

Gorham School of Music

Hasbrouck Piano Study

Buckdancer's Choice Music Co.

Dube's Music

Portland Youth Wind Ensemble / Portland Youth Symphony Orchestra [ Link ]

The Portland Youth Wind Ensemble, conducted by Jackie Townsend

The Portland Youth Wind Ensemble began out of a need in the greater Portland area for a select wind ensemble for talented young wind players. It is dedicated to refining concert techniques through a sophisticated repertoire of wind and band literature. The principal chair musicians are also members of PYSO.

Weekly rehearsals during the academic year are Wednesdays from 7:30 - 9 p.m.

Cumberland Community Band [ Link ]

My name is Debbie Bartlett. I taught elementary and middle school grades at Durham Community School and I am recently retired. I am a board member, and flute player, with the Cumberland Community Band.

We are a group of 40-50 musicians who enjoy playing weekly in the Greely High band room. Led by Michael Perfetti, CCBand began several years ago at a multi-generational concert at Greely, and has continued to grow and flourish since. We continue to welcome high school students from Greely, Yarmouth, North Yarmouth, Falmouth and Freeport and other schools to our practices and performances. Practices happen on Monday nights at Greely High School by the Performing Arts Center from 6:30-8:30.

We perform before audiences each year in the greater Portland area, playing fun and challenging marches, show tunes, and other selections which Michael finds challenging and enjoyable.

It would be our pleasure to extend an invitation to students in your program. Would you be able to forward this to them, along with my invitation?

All questions are welcome. Thank you for your time and feedback.

Portland Community Orchestra [ Link ]

I’m Vinny Fuerst, music director and conductor of the Portland Community Orchestra. We have just begun our 4th season and it’s always at this time that we extend an offer to students in southern Maine to join the PCO, either as possible featured soloists, or as participating members of the orchestra. We have grown over our first four years to over 30 players, with a full contingent of strings (though we always welcome more violins, violas or cellos!) and a small, but growing wind section. We do have openings for clarinetists, French horn players, trumpets, and baritone horns, if you have any talented players in your ensembles who might be interested in an open seat to play symphonic orchestral music. This year we will be exploring music by Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, Handel, Vivaldi, Purcell, and others. We also regularly feature student vocal soloists in both our regular series concerts and our Christmas concert (which usually features, among other things, selections from Handel’s Messiah).

Maine Youth Orchestra [ Link ]

List of Concert Band Resources

Pitch Tendencies

Fingering Charts

Learn to Read Music [Cheat Sheet]

Create a Duet with Artificial Intelligence

Chrome Music Lab

Careers in Music

Music Dictionary

Ethnomusicology - Music From Around the World

Slow down any song (Perfect for Transcribing!)

Music History

Music Timeline

Music Appreciation

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Jazz History & Listening

Music Theory

The Major 7

Free Online Metronome

Blank Sheet Music

Practice Sight Reading

Lessons in Articulation

IMSLP: Catalog of Public Domain Sheet Music

Public Domain Band Music

Dorico

Flat.io

Finale

MuseScore

Noteflight

Sibelius

Bands of America, Inc.

Drum Corps International

Maine Music Educator's Association

Maine Band Director's Association

Maine District III Website

Midwest International Band & Orchestra Clinic

National Association for Music Education

New England Scholastic Band Association

Percussive Arts Society

Winter Guard International

Alfred Music

C.L. Barnhouse

FJH Music Company

Grand Mesa Publications

Hal Leonard

Neil A. Kjos Music Company

JW Pepper

Manhattan Beach Music

Music Notes

Sheet Music Plus

Funtown Music Festival

MDBA Concert Band Festival

MBDA Jazz Band Festival

University of Maine: Maine Summer Youth Music

Portland Conservatory of Music: Summer Camps

New England Music Camp

University of New Hampshire: Summer Youth Music School

University of Southern Maine: Southern Maine Music Academy

Maine Fiddle Camp

Piano Accompanists & Teachers

Voice Teachers

String Players & Teachers

Wind and Percussion Teachers

Guitar Teachers

Music Performance Videos

Massive Youtube Playlists (organized by instrument)

PDF of Recommended Groups & Artists

Listening Library

Jazz Listening Library

Learn Jazz Youtube Channel