Friends and Fun Just for Fun Musicians and Musical Organizations Music and Arts Services & Stores Community and Peace-and-Justice Organizations Other Special People Gardening and Nature Sites   Also check out Danielle's myspace page:

Photo by Michael Gold "Here, at least, is a girl to hit the open road with." – Westsider/Chelsea-Clinton News, NYC (Review of R. Vaughan Williams' Songs of Travel)

Just for Fun

		Animusic: Pipe Dream
		or, for the anagrammatically challenged... Anagram Generator Site
		Be sure to ask for a fresh sheet, with speaker volume turned up... Bubble Wrap
		Try this!....thou "gorbellied hell-hated horn-beast!" Shakesperean Insult Generator
		Astronomy Picture of the Day - your daily "fix" of the cosmos Astronomy Picture of the Day
		Optical Illusions & Visual Phenomena
		turn on your speakers and take a scroll through the City of Lovers! Paris by Night
		Record Store Cats
		Viola Jokes – (what, on this site you expected soprano jokes?) Other Musician Jokes – (OK, but you have to look yourself for the soprano ones -- or substitute "soprano" for "tenor"
		Classically Bad Singing Florence Foster Jenkins MP3s  |  Mrs. Miller  |  Wing

Musicians and Musical Organizations

	Daniel Abrams — composer and pianist
	Albany Records — major label for contemporary classical music, and more
	David Alpher & Jennie Litt — dynamic cabaret duo, composer/songwriters and more! (See also CAFOM)
	Alta Classica — devoted to Latin American, Ladino, and zarzuela music, run by singer Susan Razavi
	Robert Baksa — composer
	Baikida Carroll — Jazz musician, composer, producer
	Bronx Arts Ensemble — Provides concerts, vital music education and family activities to schools and neighborhoods in the Bronx
	CAFOM — Chamber Arts Festival of Marbletown
	Deep Listening Institute, Inc — composer Pauline Oliveros' activities and Deep Listening philosphy/training program
	Harry F. Ditzel — French horn player and teacher
	James Fitzwilliam — pianist, composer and proponent of bare feet!
	Flames of Discontent — duo specializing in songs of protest and social justice
	Gamelan Son of Lion — Led by composer-conductor-player Barbara Benary.
	Marcia Gates — flutist and teacher
	Daniel Grundlach — countertenor
	Gail Godwin — novelist and librettist, and fellow gardener!
	Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series
	Eric Halfvarson — bass. Illinois-born bass Eric Halfvarson sings regularly with the world's most prestigious opera companies and symphony orchestras. For information and bookings, contact him through his web site.
	Michael Hanko — baritone and teacher of Alexander Technique for singers
	Homespun Tapes — Teaching methods company for many types of music, run by well-known folk musician Happy Traum and his wife Jane
	Hudson Valley Philharmonic
	Hudson Valley Society for Music — dedicated to the promotion of music at a community level, sponsors annual Hudson Valley BachFest in August.
	Hudson Valley Youth Chorale
	LIEDER-L Listserv — About 250 aficionados on the subject of art song: join us!
	Maverick Concerts — music director, Alexander Platt: Woodstock's premiere summer chamber music concert series, held in the acoustical marvel of a barn built by artist Hervey White
	NYSTA — New York Singing Teachers Association
	Parnassus Records — Parnassus Records: new CD releases, and vintage vinyl
	Scott Petito/NRS Recording Studio — the multi-instrumental musician (and Fug), engineer , producer & songwriter, and his singer-songwriter wife Leslie Ritter
	Barbara Pickhardt — Ars Choralis chamber choir and conductor
	Princes of Serendip — Featuring original songs by T.G. Vanini and Julie Kirby
	Layne Redmond — drumming teacher, workshop leader and author of When the Drummers Were Women
	Redwood Moose — folk music duo with terrific originals
	The Risorgimento Project — music of the Italian salon tradition with Julia Grella and Francesco Izzo
	Harold Rosenbaum — conductor extraordinaire
	Susan Seligman — cellist and teacher
	Peter Schickele — Web home of the composer and his Doppelgaenger, P.D.Q. Bach
	Alan Shulman — Official site of the late composer
	Robert Starer — Official web site of the late composer
	Francesca Tanksley — jazz pianist & composer
	Trail Mix Festival — an October festival which has become a year-round Hausmusik series
	Lennie Tristano — Site devoted to the work of the late, great jazz pianist and teacher.
	Enrique Ubieta — composer
	Shirley Warren — Composer and member of Voices for Peace
	Woodstock Chamber Orchestra — and its conductor, David Leighton
	Woodstock Renaissance — vocal ensemble
	Dennis Yerry & The Hawk Project — Promoting spiritual awareness and creativity through a blend of Native American music, jazz and free improvisation
	Zanana — electro-acoustic chamber music duo featuring Monique Buzzarté, trombone & Kristin Norderval, voice

Music and Arts Services & Stores

	Kathy Anderson's School for Young Artists
	Chronogram — Conscious publishing in the Hudson Valley -- and free every month!
	Disk Makers — quality post-production/reproduction for your CDs and DVDs
	Michael Gold — Photographer
	Golden Notebook, Woodstock
	The Lied and Art Song Text site, edited by Emily Ezust — Texts and Translations to Lieder, Mélodies, Chansons and other Vocal Music
	Music World — #1 source for singing & musical products
	Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck and Millbrook, NY
	Patelson’s Music House — Classical sheet music trove, just behind Carnegie Hall
	Sheet Music Plus — Want to buy sheet music, songbooks or guitar tabs? Try Sheet Music Plus. They have over a quarter million titles to choose from.
	Reservoir Music Center — Friendly folks, instruments, lessons, local CDs, in-store events
	Christina Varga Gallery, Woodstock — outsider art
	Hudson Valley Music — A great site for HV musical activities of all kinds.
	Tuned In Web Design — Contact the Steves, who are "The Men" in website design in the Valley! They are the guys who run HVmusic.com.
	Woodstock - Byrdcliffe Guild — art, crafts, concerts
	Woodstock Chamber Orchestra and its conductor, David Leighton
	Woodstock Music Shop — Meeting the diverse musical needs of the Woodstock community
	Woodstock Piano Company

Community and Peace-and-Justice Organizations

	Arts for Peace
	Clearwater — Pete Seeger's "baby" - Hudson River cleanup and education, children's programs, cruises and an annual music festival
	Discovery Institute
	Doctors Without Borders — civilians laying their lives on the line in the world's hot spots
	Madre — international women's human rights organization
	MHJCA (Mid-Hudson Japanese Cultural Association) — bringing Japanese cultural heritage to the Hudson Valley
	Oxfam International
	Southern Poverty Law Center — teaching tolerance
	United for Peace and Justice

Other Special People

	Kathleen Fowler Anderson — artist, director of the School for Young Artists, and amazing designer
	Mary Frank — visual artist
	"Kitchen Atsuko" — Atsuko is a Japanese chef, and can obtain Japanese cooking supplies for you
	Shandaken Women’s Network — forum for the exchange of ideas and information to enahnce the quality of women's lives in the Catskill Region.
	Tomiko Morimoto West — my sister in peace
	The Wine Steward, Shokan — visit Helen, James (his paintings are on display) and their friendly, knowledgeable staff

Gardening and Nature Sites

	Gustave Le Gray — groundbreaking French photographer of the 19th century
	Hummingbird Nest
	The Japanese Garden — Japanese Garden site at Bowdoin College
	Koi-cam at Bonnie's plants — above and below water cameras