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Information for Students & Current Members

Current SEKSO Students/Members

• Rehearsal Schedule
• 2002-2003 Student Handbook & Contract
• 2002-2003 Syllabus
• Southeast Kansas Symphony Orchestra 2003-2004 Concerto/Aria Competition - Audition information and application form (pdf)
• SEKSO Music Library - information on checkout policies, length of loans, etc.

Study Aids:

• Music Theory/Ear Training:
  • Good-Ear.com, "Online, Free Ear Training on the Net". Test your knowledge of chords, scales, intervals, cadences, jazz chords, much more...
  • Ricci Adams' Musictheory.net
  • teoría - Music Theory Web
• Practice Aids:
  • Music Minus One
  • Online Metronome
• Online Music Scores:
  • Online Music Scores (to Download) - links to sites with scores that may be downloaded free of charge
  • VARIATIONS Prototype: Online Musical Scores (Indiana Univ.)
  • Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music, 1870-1885 (Library of Congress Music Division)
  • Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music (Johns Hopkins Univ.)
  • Sheet Music from Canada's Past
• Online Staff Paper:
  • Manuscript Paper Treble, Bass, Piano, Big Band, Symphonic...
  • The Printable Staff Paper Page
  • U. of Virginal Library

• Orchestral Audition Repertoire "This list represents core repertoire that anyone taking an orchestral audition should be prepared to play. It is not meant to be all-inclusive but rather representative of some of the basic expectations that may be required at an orchestral audition."

Why do we practice?

• Interlochen
• Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
• Metropolitan Opera
• Juilliard
• Carnegie Hall

Prospective Students

In addition to receiving stipends for Marching Band and Pep Band, qualified students may apply and audition for Music Department and Orchestra Scholarships. The University administers a major financial aid program that includes other scholarships, grants, and loans.

Audition dates are usually:

• Mid November
• Mid January
• Mid February
• Mid March
• Other dates by arrangement. Please contact Stella Hastings for more information

Available Music Scholarships
Scholarships available through other PSU departments

PSU links:

• PSU Calendars
• Fall 2002 Class Schedule (Music)
• Links for prospective students
• Student Employment - PSU Career Services Online
• PSU information for Current Students
• Transfer Equivalency Guides

Young Students

A number of nice web pages have been written for kids. Some by professional Symphonies like the New York Philharmonic and Dallas Symphony, explaining how an orchestra is put together and what each instrument does. Others web sites help you understand how music works, using pictures or games.

If you are interested in playing in an orchestra, these sites might give you ideas on how to start, what instrument to choose, and show you just how much fun you can have!

If you are a teacher of young musicians, perhaps you will find some of these web sites helpful in your instruction.

For Kids

• Learning Sites for Kids, by the major Symphony Orchestras:
  • Arts Alive (National Arts Center) is a great place to discover the excitement of the performing arts.
  • BSO Kids (Baltimore Symphony)
  • DiscoverESO (Edmonton Symphony)
  • DS Kids (Dallas Symphony) - information for teachers & kids
  • Kids Page (Memphis Symphony) - What to expect at a concert, Maestro Academy, Kids questions
  • Listen Up! Pops for Kids (PBS "Evening at POPS")
  • Kidzone (New York Philharmonic)
  • OSO for Kids (Owensboro, KY Symphony Orchestra)
  • SFS Kids, the San Francisco Symphony Kids' Site
  • VSO Kids, from the Vancouver Symphony
• Children's Music Workshop
• Morton Subotnick's Creating Music - games, puzzles, compose and play.
• Energy in the Air: Sounds from the Orchestra
• From the Top, cool stuff for young Classical musicians.
• The Learning Zone at naxos.com. Glossary, "Introduction to Classical Music", "How to Enjoy a Live Concert", etc.
• Metronimo - Educational Musical Games (Puzzles, Word Searches, Quizes)
• Music Notes: An Interactive Musical Experience
• PlayMusic.org - an introduction to the instruments of the orchestra.
• School Band & Orchestra Magazine (SBO)

For Teachers

• ArtsEdge, from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Atrs ARTSEDGE supports the place of arts education at the center of the curriculum through the creative and appropriate uses of technology. ARTSEDGE helps educators to teach in, through and about the arts
• AskERIC Music Lesson Plans
• Children's Music Web - Musical activities for teachers and kids both.
• Elementary Music Links
• K-12 Resources for Music Educators - Valuable resources for music educators and students of all areas and educational levels.
• Glossary of Musical Terms (Naxos.com)
• The Music page at LessonPlansPage.com Music lesson plans
• M.U.S.I.C., Musicians United for Songs In the Classroom, Inc.
• National Music Foundation Over 120 class lesson plans that educate children in aspects of American music
• Music Hall (Copernicus Education Gateway) - Over 1000 sites on various disciplines, organized by the National Arts Standards to aid music educators
• Music Tech Teacher This site is an extension of the music technology classroom at Central Park School in Birmingham, AL... The site will also be used to provide music technology links, quizzes, resources and information to all music teachers interested in using technology to enhance music instruction.
• Music Teachers National Association
• The Texas School Music Project is a source for ideas and information concerning pedagogical practices in the music classroom or rehearsal hall. The TSMP is a service provided to all music specialists by the faculty of the Department of Music at Stephen F. Austin State University.

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