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Alabama Symphony
All Things Strings - informational site for violin, viola, cello, and bass enthusiasts
Classical Music Guide
Classical Net - basic classical repertoire, CD guide, composers and a reading room
Composers Datebook - Composers Datebook is a daily two-minute program designed to inform, engage, and entertain listeners with timely information about composers of the past and present.
Louisiana Philharmonic
Mobile Chamber Music Society - Mobile, AL
Mobile Opera - Mobile, AL
Mobile Piano Ensemble - Mobile, AL
Mobile Symphony - Mobile, AL
Mississippi Symphony Orchestra - Jackson, MS
Peabody Orchestra Concert Free Downloads - download live concert recordings
Pensacola Opera - Pensacola, FL
Percussion Information (Marc Zoutendijk) - provides current information regarding percussion instruments
PlayMusic.org - Created by the 'The American Symphony Orchestra League'who provides leadership and service to American orchestras while communicating to the American public the value and importance of orchestras and the music they perform.
Pensacola Symphony Orchestra
The Silvis Woodshed
The String Pedagogy Notebook - resource for teachers and performers

Celtic Connections - Public Radio's Weekly Hour of Music From the Celtic Traditions
Ceolas - a one-stop site for info on Celtic Music
Cyber Hymnal - over 2500 hymns and gospel songs with words and sound
Music Force - hard to find Contemporary Christian Music
Musical Traditions - find detailed reviews of the latest folk music releases with sound clips, photos and bios

Jazz Roots - a wealth of info on the Roots of Jazz including pictures, bios, links and more
Jazz Society of Pensacola - Pensacola, FL
Red Hot Jazz - the place to study and enjoy the music of the early New Orleans jazzmen

The Electric Guitar - From the Smithsonian's Lemelson Center, this exhibit features instruments that illustrate how innovative makers and players combined the guitar with a pickup (sensor) and amplifier to create a new instrument and a new sound that profoundly changed popular music
Listen (Kerman, Tomlinson) - review key music concepts through interactive exercises and learning tools
MHN Instrument Encyclopedia - "explore the diversity and creativity of musical traditions as you browse our gallery or search for a favorite instrument"
Music For the Nation: American Sheet Music 1820-1860; 1870-1885 - over 62,500 pieces of historical sheet music
Music Teacher Links - hundred's of links for instruments, composers, computer music and more

Musical Timeline Rock - a timeline of rock music.
Oldies Music - a fun site with music, artists, songs, links and fun stuff
Pandora.com - create your own FREE internet radio stations based on the kinds of music YOU like, not some media conglomerate. Pandora asks for your favorite artist or song and streams continual music to you personally using the Music Genome Project. You can accept and reject songs, create several radio stations and add stations by musical genre so you can listen to what you are in the mood for, or you can just add artists to your station and get a mix. If you don't like the ads you can subscribe to an ad-free version.
The Rolling Stone - the definitive rock and roll magazine

BMI - The Music Performing Rights Organization, search songs, songwriters, etc.
Borders Books and Music
California Albums - Shop for your favorite vinyl online!
CD Banzai - imported CDs from all over the globe, search for hard-to-find titles
CDNow Music Store
Music Central
Musicians' Friend - direct mail gear
Rockaway Records - Online store for music collectibles
RootsWorld - THE online magazine of roots and fork music including articles, reviews, festivals, interviews and a searchable archive
RealGuide - find the best in live music, tv, film and video (Real Players may not be available in the Library)