These are sites I've found in the Vienna neighborhood to share with readers of Vienna Online, where I occasionally write a column called "Visiting Vienna." The sites listed here are a notch above the usual. *NOTE: If a site comes up "unavailable," please try the link again.
The PinWiz Page: A pinball wizard's sojourn in the world of music. Many original classical MIDI transcriptions, band-organ, more.
Guide to Opera Recordings and Videos is a guide to recordings and videos of 85 operas, designed to help the beginner or the more advanced opera recordings collector decide which recordings to buy and which recordings to avoid. There is also a guide to books on opera.
Delta Youth Orchestra: Delta Youth Orchestra performs and rehearses in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada
Philip Webb - Lyric Tenor: Home page for Webb's opera career.
The Guide to Classical Stations on the Internet: Directory of classical music stations with live Internet broadcasts.
Jose van Dam: Biography, discography, photo gallery, articles and reviews, and upcoming events about Jose van Dam, "one of the greatest bass-baritones who ever drew breath."
Poetry of Daisy Tennant: Compilation of poems by noted author Daisy Elmore Tennant.
Capital Area Youth Symphony Association On-Line: Comprised of nearly 500 young musicians, this South Puget Sound area of Washington State group contains seven orchestras and a chamber ensemble program.
Bandabrembio: A Spanish language site detailing the activities and history of the ensemble.
Cinematic Sound is the homepage of the film and television soundtrack radio show Cinematic Sound.
The Canby Singers is a 26-voice, a cappella, all-volunteer singing group that performs a variety of music in and around New York. Directed by Sheila Schonbrun, they rehearse in Greenwich Village in the heart of New York City each Tuesday evening from September to May.
Nancy's Musical Meanderings: Nancy's favorite music and some unique musical instruments, including her square piano and its ancestors, gourd instruments, and more. Great backgrounds, unusual music, interesting information about instruments, both old and new.
Classical Midis Incorporated: The name sounds like a business, but it's not. Contains lots and lots of midis of hundreds of composers, not to mention well-done biographies.
Kór Snælandsskóla, the Choir of Snælands School maintains its web presence here, with photos and concert information—all in Icelandic, but there is an English summary. The photos are worth the trip.
Young Pianists Online: RealAudio recordings of talented teenage amateur pianists.
Classical Guitar Tablature Homepage: A page for the classical guitarist, beginner or advanced, featuring classical songs in tablature format, a type of music notation designed for the guitar.
Fryderyk's Chinese/Western Orchestra Site: Learn about Chinese musical instruments in particular, and orchestra makeup in general.
Panting Hart Music: This site presents the sacred music ministry of American composer John Keith Davis.
Goethe Institute Choral Society: This Dublin, Ireland, society was founded in 1966 and has been active ever since in promoting choral music in German, Irish, and other European languages.
salat2: Beautifully designed English and French site on the Society for Lyrical Arts in the Quebec, Canada, area.
Geoffrey Bell is a Canadian composer who posts his biographical information here, as well as providing links to Canadian music sites and a look at Canadian culture.
Markus Santin's Musikkappelle Site: A German-speaking Italian policeman's site detailing his Austrian brass band's exploits in a little town called Gufidaun. Great WAV files.
Vladimir Moiseyev's Russian Ballet Site: Find out all you want about Russian ballet and opera here.
Carmen's Site: This site features links to Carmen's grandniece, whose birth was heralded on the Internet barely four hours after it happened with pictures. Carmen is also into roses and gardens, and her daughter has an extensive genealogy site going.
