Resources
This page will continue to be updated and expanded as the weeks, months, and years move along. Many of these resources are ones that have been shared with us by other musicians or educational institutions. If you see a broken link or notice other issues, please do let us know! We will announce updated and new resources via our Lumiroar Log!
Multi-Level Masterpiece Resources - Click Here
Mariachi Education Resources
You Can Add Mariachi Into Your Program! - Handout from the American String Teachers Association National Conference 2022
Guitar Education Resources
STRENGTHEN YOUR STRING STORM - Inclusion of Guitar within Orchestral and Mariachi Ensembles! - Handout from the American String Teachers Association National Conference 2024
Beginning Strings Resources
The Set-Up Song
Bow Techniques
Legato Bowing Techniques
A Selection of Music Performance Videos
Videos Featuring the Violin
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra - Vivaldi: Concerto for Two Violins
Black Violin - Stereotypes
Jascha Heifetz - Bach: Chaconne
Janine Jansen - Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Jenny Yun - Exo: Monster
Luke Price - Fiddle Tunes
Videos Featuring the Viola
Le Violins du Roy - Telemann: Double Viola Concerto
Jeremy Green - Adele: Hello
David Aaron Carpenter - Brahms and Bridge Selections
Timothy Ridout - Sitt, Rubinstein, and Schumann
Videos Featuring the Cello
Anner Bylsma - J.S. Bach: Suite No. 1
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra - J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Portland Cello Project - Gideon Freudmann: "Denmark"
Break of Reality - "Spectrum of the Sky"
Yo-Yo Ma - C. Saint-Saens: The Swan
Truls Mørk - Dvorak: Cello Concerto
Break of Reality - Helix
Guo/Pejtsik - HAVASI Cello Battle
Tafelmusik - Vivaldi: Concerto for Two Cellos
Tina Guo - Wonder Woman
Videos Featuring the Bass
William Xucla - Eccles: Sonata in G Minor (originally for violin)
Adam Ben Ezra: Can't Stop Running
Matthew McDonald - Koussevitzky: Valse Miniature
Videos Featuring the Guitar
Ana Vidovic - Isaac Albéniz: Asturias
Marcin - Fly Me To The Moon
Pablo Sainz Villegas - Rodrigo: Concerto for Guitar
Videos Featuring Groups of Assorted Strings
Perlman and Zukerman - Handel-Halvorsen: Passacaglia
Fretless - Dirty Harry
Fretless - Lulu
Dolce Ensembles - ‘Kashmir’, ‘Stairway to Heaven’, and ‘Smooth Criminal’
Castle on the Hill - Ed Sheeran | Diamond White, Mario Jose, KHS Cover
Ilumina Festival - Maurice Ravel: String Quartet - Assez vif, très rythmé
Voices of Music - Bach: Air on the G String: Voices of Music
Gergiev with London Symphony Orchestra - Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet
The Academy of Ancient Music - Handel: Concerti Grossi Op. 6 No.1-12
Rhapsody Philharmonic - Avicii: Wake Me Up - Flashmob
Live Streams of Concerts
Wigmore Hall in New York City
What Is Music? What is Good Music?
The Toy Piano Virtuoso
Creation and Care of Musical Instruments
Electric Violins
Gut Strings for Baroque Instruments
6 Ways to Protect Your Instrument from Damaging Winter Chill
The Experience of Playing/Listening to Music
Zurich Chamber Orchestra Rollercoaster
This Toddler Hearing 'Moonlight' Sonata is All of Us Right Now
Practice Strategies for Bowed-Strings
Conquering Coordination Through Broken-Rhythm Patterns
Music and Science
Slow Motion Vibrating String
Online Classes for K-12 Students
Front Range Community College (Westminster, Colorado) - Music Courses
Juilliard Online Music Theory and Ear Training for High School Students
Summer Camps, Institutes, and Festivals
Colorado Youth (and Beyond) Orchestras
Aspen Music Festival and School - Yearlong Programming
West Metro Orchestra
Front Range Youth Symphony
Colorado Youth Symphony Orchestra
Denver Young Artists Orchestra
Colorado Springs Youth Symphony
Greater Boulder Youth Orchestras
Valley Youth Orchestra
Northern Colorado Youth Orchestra
Longmont Youth Symphony
Douglas County Youth Orchestra
Greeley Philharmonic Youth Orchestra
Colorado Youth (and Beyond) Mariachi
Colorado Youth Mariachi Program
In Lak’ech Denver Arts
Colorado Youth (and Beyond) Choir
Ascent Vocals
Boulder Childrens Chorale
Centennial Children's Chorus
Colorado Children's Chorale
Colorado Springs Children's Chorale
Denver Children's Choir
Vocal Coalition
Voices Rock: VR2
Young Voices of Colorado
A variety of online resources for cellists of all levels and all ages.
www.cellobello.com
www.celloonline.com
www.mindfulcellist.wordpress.com
Colorado Music Stores
Mi Vida Strings
3702 W. 72nd Ave., Westminster, CO 80030
mividastrings.com / 303-877-4380
Denver Violins
1601 Arapahoe St. Suite 16, Denver, CO 80202
denverviolins.com / 303-529-6561
Flesher-Hinton Music
5890 W. 44th Ave. Wheat Ridge, CO 80212
flesherhinton.com / 303-433-8891
Music and Arts
7350-b West 88th Ave, Westminster, CO 80021
musicarts.com / 303-427-0601
Golden Music
10395 W. Colfax Ave, Lakewood, CO 80215
goldenmusic.co / 303-279-1111
Some More Music Stores Beyond Colorado (In-Person and Online)
Southwest Strings - Tucson, AZ
Desert Strings - Las Vegas, NV
Please beware of stores such as Amazon, Walmart, Target, Best Buy, and Pawn Shops. While you can often purchase decent or excellent accessories at these locations, do not purchase instruments here! Most of the instruments will not work or might not last long. It’s best to visit your local music store or the stores listed above. Rent-to-own programs are typically the best choice for beginning musicians for the first year or two!
Funding Sources for Music Education Support
Alianza Académica Virtual Festival - Mariachi, Conjunto, and Other Mexican Styles
Bringing Music to Life - Instrument Donations
Safeway Foundation Grants
Free sheet music for beginning and intermediate cello
www.8notes.com/cello
www.celloonline.com
Free sheet music for intermediate to professional level cello
www.imslp.org
Scholarship Opportunities
Choir
Alison N. Roman Memorial Scholarship
Post-Secondary Music
Music Performance Trust Fund
Songwriting
Dolly Parton Songwriters Award
Mariachi Workshops, Conferences, and Summits
Aspen Music Festival and School Mariachi Workshop
National Mariachi Education Workshops
Viva Southwest Mariachi Conference
Tucson International Mariachi Conference
San Diego International Mariachi Summit
University Mariachi Programs
Metropolitan State University - Denver
The University of New Mexico
Celebrating Black Musicians
Florence Price
Abel Selaocoe
Julius Eastman
Music Conferences
Teaching Music History Conference
Paul Rolland String Pedagogy Workshop
Musicology
American Musicology Society
Miking Strategies
Violinists Discuss the Best Ways to Capture a Pure Acoustic Sound in Studio and Onstage
Advocacy
Study finds ensemble music programs positively affect students’ character, competence
Internships
Diversity in the Arts