East Middle School

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Useful Web Links

Winters Mill High School Music Department

J.W. Pepper - is a great place to look for solo and ensemble music, listen to band music we are working on, and other music related needs. (You may need to download real player to listen to some of the music. See below under "downloads")

United States Milatary Bands:
US Air Force
US Army
US Marine
US Navy
US Coast Gaurd

Go to musictheory.net and emusictheory.com for music games and practice

Recomended Private Instructors *
These instructors are recomended by the professional opinion of Mr. D'Orazio, and are in no way an endorcement of CCPS.  They are being supplied due to the frequent requests of Parents.  Parents are free to choose any private instructor that they feel appropriate for their child.

Flute Linda Kirkpatrick - 410.857.2550	Euphonium / Baritone Jeff Hiner - Call Coffey Music Dave Motter - Call Coffey Music
Oboe Mindy Niles	Tuba Andy Spang - Call Stu's Music Jeff Hiner - Call Coffey Music
Bassoon Norma Hooks - 410.876.2171	Percussion Mike Hirsh Jon Seligman - 410.848.8698 Mark Craig Michelle Humphries - 410.435.0145
Clarinet Dave Duree - 410.875.9110	Violin Peggy Ward Peabody Prep - 410.869.8008
Saxophones Dave Duree - 410.875.9110 Glenn Caldwell - 410.715.1197 Steve Swan - Call Coffey Music	Viola Peggy Ward Peabody Prep - 410.869.8008
French Horn Phil Hooks - 410.876.2171 Lynn Hasenei	Cello Adam Gonzolez (email Peggy Ward) Peabody Prep - 410.869.8008
Trumpet Rachel Zephir - 443.622.4755 Nick Reider - Call Coffey Music Brian Drake	String Bass Lynn Flemming Bo Ecker Jeff Hiner - Call Coffey Music Peabody Prep - 410.869.8008
Trombone Dave Motter - Call Coffey Music Andy Spang - Call Stu's Music	Guitar Tim Jenkins - Call Coffey Music Scott Zimmerman - Call Coffey Music Joe Biskit - Call Stu's Music Joe Meerdter - Call Coffey Music Ben Sherman - Call Coffey Music

Downloads / Tools

Smart Music is an Inovative way to practice and improve musicianship. Students never practice alone when they have SmartMusic at home. This interactive, computer-based practice system helps students get better faster, and makes practicing more fun. With amazing accompaniments for more than 30,000 titles, challenging exercises, and the ability to record personal CDs, SmartMusic is the future of music learning.
You can purchase smart music software and a 1 year subscription for only $25 with the following code. On the smart music website enter the the "code" : emsmusic

Free Music Writing Software - Finale NotePad Allows you to write music and print out professional looking scores, hear your music played back, transpose parts and more!

Free Real Player - Allows you play certain music files from the internet that can not be played using Windows media player. Many of the recordings on JW Pepper require this software

Brass Fingering & Slide Position Practice
How well do you know your fingerings or Slide Positions? Here is a great way to check and practice!  I encourage students to use this free site frequently!
Click Here to test your skills and practice!

Note Name Practice
Do you know your notes?
Find out and Practice Here!

Keyboard Percussion Practice
Do you know your notes on the Keyboard Percussion? It's the same as the Piano.
Practice Here!

Go to musictheory.net and emusictheory.com for more games and practice