USEFUL LINKS
Upcoming chamber music events:
- Continuo - for all upcoming Chamber Music events in Victoria
- Flinders Quartet - Our enduring relationship with Zoe Knighton and the Flinders Quartet gives VACMS some great opportunities to learn from and enjoy this wonderful group. Zoe has been a much loved and appreciated regular tutor and presenter at VACMS Play-ins.
Other chamber music organisations:
- https://www.acmp.net -- while this organisation is based overseas, the website includes valuable resources for chamber musicians
- http://www.acms-australia.org -- a large society of chamber musicians, based in New South Wales, Australia
- http://www.chambermusicsa.org -- a chamber music society based in South Australia
- http://cmss.org.au -- well-organised and highly regarded chamber music summer school at Buller in Victoria, Australia
Print music:
- https://imslp.org -- The go-to site for free chamber music. A huge collection of downloadable sheet music; most are public domain. The website can be confusing to navigate, and to find a specific work it can be easier to do so through a Google search for the work prefixed by "imslp".
- http://icking-music-archive.org/index.php -- large site of downloadable files, mainly of baroque music
- thttp://www.lysator.liu.se/~tuben/scores -- another large collection of baroque music
Articles by VACMS members:
- "Digital Sheet Music - how technology can help chamber musicians"
- "Naxos Music Library - an IMSLP Bargain Or Not?"
- "The traditional World of Violin Glue"
Instruments:
- http://www.violinist.com
- https://cellofun.eu
- https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php
- https://www.thestrad.com
Listen to music:
- https://www.gardnermuseum.org/experience/music?filter=composer
- http://www.classiccat.net/ -- an effective search engine for free and legal audio downloads
- https://www.classicalarchives.com/newca/#!/ -- enables you to listen to a huge collection of music for a fee
- https://open.spotify.com -- download an app that allows you to search and listen to music; the free version has some ads played between pieces. A wide range of musical genres (both popular and classical) available to listen to.
Community orchestras:
- Heidelberg Symphony -- whttps://ww.heidelbergsymphony.com.au
- Preston Symphony -- https://prestonsymphony.org.au
- Stonnington Symphony -- https://stonningtonsymphony.org.au
- Whitehorse Orchestra - https://www.whitehorseorchestra.org.au/dbpage.php?pg=home
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