Websites that are useful, people we respect
This page links to sites of interest to Cellobabies, Violababies & Violinbabies players, teachers and parents and to other musicians.
Stringbabies Partners
Surrey Arts Music service for Surrey [tel 01372 832912]
Thornbury Music a well established music school based near Guildford in Surrey [phone 01483 892540]
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - MusicWorks Musicworks currently enables hundreds of young people all over Scotland to discover the joy of making music [tel 0141 270 8386]
Amberley First School excellent primary school in West Sussex [tel 01798 831612]
Music Cornwall Music service for Cornwall [tel 01209 721417]
more about Stringbabies partnerships...
Teachers, courses & resources
Cellobabies Our sister website - teaching 3-6year olds to play the cello
Exeter Young Strings An exciting project led by dedicated and experienced string teachers. Kirsty Hugil, the Director, is establishing two music centres as part of an inclusion programme for children from disadvantaged areas of Exeter and is using ‘Cellobabies’ and ‘Violinbabies’ as the main teaching material!
Cellocourses.com A great resources site, run by Catherine Black, a wonderful cellist and cello teacher in her own right. As the site name suggests, Catherine runs a brilliant series of courses for cello players who really want to move on. Her one day workshops include looking at performance and practise. Catherine also runs one day and a stunning six day summer school for ensemble playing of Renaissance and Baroque music - where else would you find such a happy, challenging experience for players of a wide range of abilities - do have a look!
LittleCellist.com Another great cello resources site, but specifically for children - lots of fun stuff!
Instruments, repairs & other products
Ackerman Music Sussex based woodwind, brass and strings specialists
AR Distribution Professional products for musicians - bows, hair, rosin, bridges, stands etc
Timothy Batchelar Leicestershire area: Timothy is a nice chap who does little cellos/violins and really cares about getting it right
Bromsgrove Strings Bromsgrove Strings [Birmingham] are highly experienced in string instrument restoration, repairs and bow-making. Chris Howell is happy to supply small size violins and cellos and set them up properly.
Music organisations
European String Teachers Association Leading organisation for teachers of stringed instruments
Music of Life not-for-profit organisation that offers opportunities to musically gifted children with disabilities and special needs.
National Association of Youth Orchestras Umbrella organisation for the UK
www.cello.org internet based cello society - international in scope
www.violinandviola.co.uk Good uk based string players and teacher's director
musicians-network.net An exciting organisation for Christians working in the music profession
Publishers and Scores
Lindsay Music specialist publisher
Rondo Publishing Viol teaching specialists, by Jacqui Robertson-Wade
Music Publishing Online all sorts of interesting information about music publishing
Rhinegold Publishing Ltd Classical music magazine Publisher: Choir & Organ, International Piano, Classical Music, Opera Now, Music Teacher, The Singer, Early Music Today, Muso Classroom Music and Teaching Drama.
My Music Scores specialising in digital string scores for teachers at all levels
mainly4strings The home of Mainstream Music, one of the largest collections of downloadable and affordable educational string music on the internet
Exam bodies
Associated Board of the Royal School of Music full of useful information - we have linked to the specific page which has many more links of interest to music teachers.
Trinity Guildhall Kay has selected the cello repertoire for the new Trinity Guildhall syllabus, running from 2007.
Website design
OakenPage [website design] Designed and maintains both my websites - a good chap!