Links, Friends and Fun
Photo by Michael Gold
Here, at least, is a girl to hit the open road with. "
Westsider/Chelsea-Clinton News, NYC. (Review of R. Vaughan Williams' Songs of Travel)"
January 2017:
FOR THE LATEST, IN MAINE, SEE THIS PAGE ON THE
SUNRISE COUNTY ARTS INSTITUTE WEBSITE!
(The links below will be updated in the future--some are obsolete.)
- Just for Fun
- Musicians and Musical Organizations
- Music and Arts Services & Stores
- Community and Peace-and-Justice Organizations
- Other Special People
- Gardening and Nature Sites
Music and Arts Services & Stores
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Kathy Anderson's School for Young Artists |
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Chronogram — Conscious publishing in the Hudson Valley -- and free every month! |
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Disk Makers — quality post-production/reproduction for your CDs and DVDs |
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Michael Gold — Photographer |
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Golden Notebook, Woodstock |
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The Lied and Art Song Text site, edited by Emily Ezust — Texts and Translations to Lieder, Mélodies, Chansons and other Vocal Music |
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Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck and Millbrook, NY |
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Patelson’s Music House — Classical sheet music trove, just behind Carnegie Hall |
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Reservoir Music Center — Friendly folks, instruments, lessons, local CDs, in-store events |
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Christina Varga Gallery, Woodstock — outsider art |
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Woodstock - Byrdcliffe Guild — art, crafts, concerts |
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Woodstock Chamber Orchestra and its conductor, David Leighton |
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Woodstock Music Shop — Meeting the diverse musical needs of the Woodstock community |
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Woodstock Piano Company |
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Musicians and Musical Organizations
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Daniel Abrams — composer and pianist |
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Albany Records — major label for contemporary classical music, and more |
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Alta Classica — devoted to Latin American, Ladino, and zarzuela music, run by singer Susan Razavi |
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Robert Baksa — composer |
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Bronx Arts Ensemble — Provides concerts, vital music education and family activities to schools and neighborhoods in the Bronx |
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CAFOM — Chamber Arts Festival of Marbletown |
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Harry F. Ditzel — French horn player and teacher |
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Gamelan Son of Lion — Led by composer-conductor-player Barbara Benary. |
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Marcia Gates — flutist and teacher |
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Daniel Grundlach — countertenor |
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Gail Godwin — novelist and librettist, and fellow gardener! |
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Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series |
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Eric Halfvarson — bass. Illinois-born bass Eric Halfvarson sings regularly with the world's most prestigious opera companies and symphony orchestras. For information and bookings, contact him through his web site. |
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Michael Hanko — baritone and teacher of Alexander Technique for singers |
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Homespun Tapes — Teaching methods company for many types of music, run by well-known folk musician Happy Traum and his wife Jane |
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Hudson Valley Philharmonic |
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Hudson Valley Society for Music — dedicated to the promotion of music at a community level, sponsors annual Hudson Valley BachFest in August. |
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Hudson Valley Youth Chorale |
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LIEDER-L Listserv — About 250 aficionados on the subject of art song: join us! |
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Maverick Concerts — music director, Alexander Platt: Woodstock's premiere summer chamber music concert series, held in the acoustical marvel of a barn built by artist Hervey White |
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NYSTA — New York Singing Teachers Association |
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Parnassus Records — Parnassus Records: new CD releases, and vintage vinyl |
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Scott Petito/NRS Recording Studio — the multi-instrumental musician (and Fug), engineer , producer & songwriter, and his singer-songwriter wife Leslie Ritter |
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Princes of Serendip — Featuring original songs by T.G. Vanini and Julie Kirby |
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Layne Redmond — drumming teacher, workshop leader and author of When the Drummers Were Women |
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The Risorgimento Project — music of the Italian salon tradition with Julia Grella and Francesco Izzo |
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Harold Rosenbaum — conductor extraordinaire |
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Alan Shulman — Official site of the late composer |
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Robert Starer — Official web site of the late composer |
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Francesca Tanksley — jazz pianist & composer |
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Trail Mix Festival — an October festival which has become a year-round Hausmusik series |
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Lennie Tristano — Site devoted to the work of the late, great jazz pianist and teacher. |
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Enrique Ubieta — composer |
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Shirley Warren — Composer and member of Voices for Peace |
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Woodstock Chamber Orchestra |
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Dennis Yerry & The Hawk Project — Promoting spiritual awareness and creativity through a blend of Native American music, jazz and free improvisation |
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Zanana — electro-acoustic chamber music duo featuring Monique Buzzarté, trombone & Kristin Norderval, voice |
Community and Peace-and-Justice Organizations
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Arts for Peace |
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Clearwater — Pete Seeger's "baby" - Hudson River cleanup and education, children's programs, cruises and an annual music festival |
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Discovery Institute |
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Doctors Without Borders — civilians laying their lives on the line in the world's hot spots |
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Madre — international women's human rights organization |
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MHJCA (Mid-Hudson Japanese Cultural Association) — bringing Japanese cultural heritage to the Hudson Valley |
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Oxfam International |
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Southern Poverty Law Center — teaching tolerance |
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United for Peace and Justice |
Other Special People
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Kathleen Fowler Anderson — artist, director of the School for Young Artists, and amazing designer |
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Mary Frank — visual artist |
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"Kitchen Atsuko" — Atsuko is a Japanese chef, and can obtain Japanese cooking supplies for you |
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Shandaken Women’s Network — forum for the exchange of ideas and information to enahnce the quality of women's lives in the Catskill Region. |
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Tomiko Morimoto West — my sister in peace |
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The Wine Steward, Shokan — visit Helen, James (his paintings are on display) and their friendly, knowledgeable staff |
Gardening and Nature Sites
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Gustave Le Gray — groundbreaking French photographer of the 19th century |
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Hummingbird Nest |
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The Japanese Garden — Japanese Garden site at Bowdoin College |
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Koi-cam at Bonnie's plants — above and below water cameras |
Just for Fun
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Animusic: Pipe Dream |
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or, for the anagrammatically challenged... Anagram Generator Site |
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Be sure to ask for a fresh sheet, with speaker volume turned up... Bubble Wrap |
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Try this!....thou "gorbellied hell-hated horn-beast!" Shakesperean Insult Generator |
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Astronomy Picture of the Day - your daily "fix" of the cosmos Astronomy Picture of the Day |
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Optical Illusions & Visual Phenomena |
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turn on your speakers and take a scroll through the City of Lovers! Paris by Night |
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Record Store Cats |
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Viola Jokes – (what, on this site you expected soprano jokes?) Other Musician Jokes – (OK, but you have to look yourself for the soprano ones -- or substitute "soprano" for "tenor" |
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Classically Bad Singing Florence Foster Jenkins MP3s | Mrs. Miller | Wing |