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Glass Music Links

http://www.chez.com/thomasbloch
Thomas Bloch -- French master of the Glass Armonica and rare instrument soloist who has 40 recordings to his credit (including a new one for Naxos and for Milos Forman's "Amadeus" - new long version movie).
Among his other rare instruments are the Cristal Bachet and the Ondes Martenot. Thomas awards a prize for the best new music for glass instruments and maintains an extensive collection of scores for glass music, both old and new, on behalf of Glass Music International. He will be host, in Paris, for the 2004 glass music festival of GMI. The site is available in both French and English.

http://www.gigmasters.com/armonica
Cecilia Gniewek Brauer -- Pianist, teacher, associate member of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Cecilia played her Armonica for the "Mad Scene" in the Met's historic presentation of Donizetti's "Lucia de Lamormour." She travels extensively in the New York metropolitan region in Colonial costume teaching about colonial American history and Ben Franklin's invention, the Glass Armonica. She has a CD available.

http://www.glassvirtuoso.us
Lynn Drye -- A resident of Arizona, Lynn earned a master's degree in percusion performance from North Texas University and plays a number of glass instruments including the Franklin Armonica, the Glass Harp or Musical Glasses, Musical Bowls and the Glass Xylophone. She does concerts and recitals in and around Arizona and is editor of the quarterly journal, "Glass Music World."

http://www.glassharp.org
Brien Engel -- Brien travels throughout the U.S. and internationally with his set of water-tuned musical glasses doing presentations in schools and libraries on his large collection of strange and interesting instruments. He is, among other things, a passionate student of the Mbira, a kind of thumb piano from Zimbabwe. Brien has recently released a CD of his music. He is past president of Glass Music International.

http://www.finkenbeiner.com
Website of scientific glass blowing firm G.F. Finkenbeiner, Inc., in Waltham, MA. This is one of only two manufacturers in the world of bowls for the Ben Franklin Glass Armonica. The late Gerhard Finkenbeiner is acknowledged as one of the major reasons for theresurgence of interest in glass music. The firm's instruments are made of non lead-bearing quartz glass and have been purchased by musicians around the world. There is an extensive set of links here to other glass music and scientific glass websites.

http://homepage.mac.com/glassmusicintl
Website of Glass Music International maintained by Jonathan Stuart-Moore, a student at Middleburry College in Vermont. It is a work in progress and contains an extensive set of links to other glass music-related pages as well as e-mail addresses for members of GMI, many of whom welcome the opportunity to correspond with newcomers to the art of making glass music.
Join Glass Music International here and enjoy the quarterly journal "Glass Music World" as well as association with other glass music afficianados around the world!

http://www.glasharfe.de
Dr. Clemens Hoffinger -- Following the German tradition of German virtuosity in glass music, Clemens follows the late Bruno Hoffman as one of the world's most able practitioners. Besides his set of perfectly tuned musical glasses he also concertizes with one of the latest of glass instruments, the Verophone invented by Sacha Reckert of Munich. He makes available several CDs of his music. This site provides an extensive history of glass music and is available in both German and English.

http://www.glassmusic.com
Dean Shostak -- Glass Armonica, Hurdy Gurdy and Violin are Dean's main instruments. Since 1979 he has been employed by Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia to demonstrate Ben Franklin's invention, the Glass Armonica, which he does on a kick-tredle Armonica he built using glass bowls made by G.F. Finkenbeiner, Inc. He travels extensively doing glass music programs throughout the east. He makes available five CDs of his glass music.

http://www.glassarmonica.com
William Wilde Zeitler -- Composer and master Armonicist, William has made an extensive study of the history and physics of glass music and posts his findings to his website. He travels in the Pacific Northwest to concertize and teach and has recorded five CDs of glass music, both traditional and of his own compositions.

http://www.crystalmusic.com
Yatri Taussig, on staff at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Lenox, MA, uses her Glass Armonica mostly in meditative settings. While she has a Master's degree in Piano performance from Indiana University and has taught in three universities, her current interest is in the healing aspects of music in general, and the music of crystal bowls in particular. She provides an extensive set of links to other alternative healing and relaxation therapy sites. Her site provides an excellent history of glass music.

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WHISTLING WEBSITES:

http://www.whistling.com
Mike Cooney was named the 2001 International grand champion musical whistler at the International Whistlers' Convention in Louisburg, N.C. He is president of MarTech College of Marketing and Management in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He has recorded a CD of sacred music entitled "Roses for Prayer and Peace."

http://www.thewhistler.com
Website of virtuoso whistler Robert Stemmons. Robert founded and still helps organizes the annual "Puckerama Whistling Festival" in Tulsa, OK. The dates of this year's festival are October 17 thru 20, 2002. His website contains a large educational section on the art of whistling and much more.

http://www.whistlingtom.com
Whistling Tom, a fixture at the Key West, FL, "sunset celebration," for years, is an astonishingly facile whistler who has won awards dating back to the old International Whistleoff in Carson City, Nevada and more recently at the National Whistlers' Convention in Louisburg, North Carolina. Tom makes available several recordings of his whistling of jazz, folk and classical music.

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HURDY GURDY WEBSITES:

http://www.hurdygurdy.com
Pacific Northwest hurdy gurdy players and builders Alden and Cali Hackman live and work in Indianola, Washington. They sponsor an annual hurdy Gurdy Festival, which this year will be September 24 thur 29, 2002.

http://www.midcoast.com/~beechhil/vielle
Matthew Szostak builds and repairs Hurdy Gurdys in Maine.

http://www.musikit.com
Website of Musicmakers, Inc., of Stillwater, Minnesota. Has a large catalog of kits for a wide range of wooden instruments incuding a wonderful Hurdy Gurdy kit just perfect for the beginner.

http://www.larkinam.com/MenComNet/Business/Retail/Larknet/hurdy
The extensive Lark in the Morning catalogue provides access to musical instruments and accessories not often available in local retail stores. This site provides an excellent history of the Hurdy Gurdy.

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BUSKING WEBSITES:

http://www.performers.net
A site for and by street and stage performers from around the world. At last count there were 500 members of the extensive site, which includes "Forums" for wide-ranging discussions among street performers, a "Library" of articles by buskers on the art and business of street and stage entertainment, "Gig Listings," and much more to aid performers (both new and experienced) to stay in touch and to help educate each other. Besides some really useful notes in the Library from other performers on various aspects of street performing they have published a couple of my articles on venues I've enjoyed around the U.S.

http://www.sunsetcelebration.org
One of the oldest continuing venues for street entertainment in the U.S., the Mallory Dock Sunset Celebration in Key West, Florida, hosts an extensive line-up of resident and travelling buskers at its regular evening shows against the spectacular backdrop of the sunset over the Gulf of Mexico. Musical acts, jugglers, escape artists, animal acts, Tarot card readers, crafters and artists all join together to provide daily shows of professional caliber.