How to Find a Music Teacher
For your child, start with asking your child's school music teacher for recommendations; also your local music store often also offers lessons, as well as instrument rentals. ($)
SHARPS AND FLATS MUSIC CLUB
becbea50@gmail.com
North Carolina Federation of Music Clubs
Gaston School of the Arts offers lessons and summer camps ($);
for information, contact information@gastonschoolarts.org.
Get Involved!
Gaston Choral Society www.gastonchoralsociety.org
Gaston Symphonic Band https://gsbinfo.org/home
Little Theater of Gastonia https://littletheaterofgastonia.org/
Charlotte Folk Society Meets on the second Friday of each month.
Making music through movement?
Gaston Dance Theater offers classes from age 3 to adult. Non-profit. Some scholarships available.
Take It Home and Practice!
Local Radio Stations
- WNSC 88.9 FMNPR variety: News, Jazz, Classical, Latino USA, Prairie Home Companion, and more.
- Classical 89.9 WDAV FMStream classical music on your device. Local performances. Also read interesting articles at http://blogs.wdav.org/.
- WFAE 90.7 FMCharlotte's NPR News Source. Stream programs to your device. Prairie Home Companion, jazz, and more.
- Kiss 95.1 FMCharlotte: Top 40
- 95.7 The Ride FMHickory/Charlotte: Classic Hits
- WPEG 98 FMConcord, NC: Hip Hop
- WBAV 101.9 FMGastonia: Urban Contemporary.
- WSOC The New 103.7 FMCharlotte: Country.
Technique & Instruction
Search Library catalog for ...
- [instrument such as saxophone or violin -- methods] -- for technique books
- music technique / music instruction / music theory will pull up a variety of instruction books
Teach Yourself to Play Guitar Chords by Call Number: 787.87 GORISBN: 9781495016912Publication Date: 2015-07-01
Basic Guide to How to Read Music by Call Number: 781.633 COOISBN: 9780399511226Publication Date: 1985-05-13
Set your voice free : how to get the singing or speaking voice you want by Call Number: 783.04 LOVISBN: 9780316311267Publication Date: 2016-12-27
Essential Ear Training for the Contemporary Musician by Call Number: 781.424 PROISBN: 0634006401Publication Date: 2000-08-01
The Mind's Ear: Exercises for Improving the Musical Imagination for Performers, Composers, and Listeners by Call Number: 781.4 ADOISBN: 9780199937042Publication Date: 2013-10-08
The Music Business
Music Scores, Anthologies, & Lead Sheets
Search Library catalog for ...
- Musical Scores, Songbooks & Scripts by title
- includes Broadway, Hollywood movie musicals piano/vocal books, as well as collections of songs by composer or era.
- Performer or group name
- Hymnals
100 Best Songs of the 20s and 30s by Call Number: 784.5 OISBN: 0517245159Publication Date: 1995-07-22
American Musicals, 1950-1969: The Complete Books & Lyrics of Eight Broadway Classics by Call Number: 782.14 AMEISBN: 9781598532593Publication Date: 2014-09-25
African American Heritage Hymnal by Call Number: 782.254 AFRISBN: 9781579991241Publication Date: 2001-09-01
Lead sheets may or may not include the melody line above the lyrics as in Fakebooks.
The Best Fake Book Ever by Call Number: 781.63 BES OVERISBN: 9780634034244Publication Date: 1990-11-01
Little Black Songbook of Folk Songs by Call Number: 782.42 FOLISBN: 9780825635762Publication Date: 2006-04-01
Music Theory & Science
Barron's AP Music Theory with MP3 CD, 2nd Edition by Call Number: 781 SCOISBN: 9781438073897Publication Date: 2014-02-01
This Is Your Brain on Music by Call Number: 781.1 LEVISBN: 9780452288522Publication Date: 2007-08-28
Why you love music : from Mozart to Metallica--the emotional power of beautiful sounds by Call Number: 781.1 POWISBN: 9780316260657Publication Date: 2016-06-14
- "The Benefits of Playing Music Help Your Brain More Than Any Other Activity" by John RamptonArticle from Inc. regarding cognitive development benefits of learning a musical instrument at any age. Published on: Aug 21, 2017
- The Music LabNHS Ethnography contains nearly 5,000 descriptions of songs and song performances from 60 human societies. Homepage of Natural History of Song project website.