Welcome!

Cedarbrook Middle School Instrumental Music Department

300 Longfellow Road
Wyncote, PA  19095
215-881-6467
[email protected]



 

Instrumental Music Director - Mr. Bill Bruns
String Instructor - Mrs. Judy Harvey

Welcome to our website! This site is designed to give information about our instrumental music program at the Cedarbrook Middle School in Wyncote, Pennsylvania. It is also designed to assist current Cedarbrook students and parents in exchanging information with the Instrumental Music Department via the Internet.

About us:
The Cedarbrook Middle School is located just outside of Philadelphia in Wyncote, PA.  It is a seventh and eighth grade middle school of approximately 850 students and is part of the School District of Cheltenham Township.  We currently have 217 students participating in the Instrumental Music Program for the 1999-2000 school year.  The Concert Band has 90 students, the Band I class has 60 students and the String Orchestra has 65 students.  Each ensemble meets twice during a six day cycle as a full ensemble and once a six day cycle in sectionals.  The Cedarbrook Stage Band rehearses on Thursday mornings before school.  The Pitz Players (the select string ensemble) meetes on Friday mornings before school.

The concert schedule for the 1999-2000 school year:

December 8 - Winter Concert - Both Bands, Orchestra, Pitz Players, Stage Band
    Call time - 7:00 PM
    Performance - 7:30 PM
    Concert Attire - Black/White
    FREE

March 15 - Chamber Music Concert - Selected solos and small ensembles
    Call time - 7:00 PM
    Performance - 7:30 PM
    Concert Attire - Black/White
    FREE

May 17 - Spring Concert - Both Bands, Orchestra, Pitz Players, Stage Band
    Call time - 7:00 PM
    Performance - 7:30 PM
    Concert Attire - Black/White
    FREE

June 1 - Cedarbrook Cabaret - Selected solos and small ensembles
    Call time - 6:30 PM (Group 1)
    Performance - 7:00 PM
    Call time - 8:00 PM (Group 2)
    Performance 8:30 PM
    Concert Attire - TBA
    Cafeteria - Tickets required

June (TBA) Cedarbrook Awards Night - Stage Band
    Call time - 7:00 PM
    Ceremony - 7:30 PM
    Concert Attire - Black/White
    FREE

June (TBA) Cedarbrook Commencement - Pitz Players
(held at Cheltenham High School Gymnasium)
    Call time - 6:30 PM
    Prelude Music - 7:10 PM
    Ceremony - 7:30 PM
    Concert Attire - Black/White


Links will be added and updated as regularly as possible.
Last updated on August 12, 1999
 

Flute:

Gemeinhardt Online
Wm. S. Haynes Website
Powell Flutes Home Page

Oboe:

 Oboe Music and English Horn Music from International Opus
 Stellar Oboe Products
 planet oboe!
 Huub's Oboe page
 BDRP - Guide to Buying an Oboe

Clarinet:

Clarinet Fingering Guide
The Clarinet Page
Links to Other Clarinet Sites
Leblanc Entrance
Welcome to Rico

Saxophone:

The International Saxophone Home Page
Saxophone Links on the Web
Vintage Saxophone Information

Trumpet:

Bach Trumpet Museum
Trumpet Player ONLINE!
The International Trumpet Guild
Trumpet Links
Getzen Company manufacturing Getzen Musical Instruments

Trombone:

Online Trombone Journal: Welcome
Trombone FAQ

Baritone:

Euphonium vs. Baritone -- Bowman
 

Tuba:

tuba.com

Percussion:

DRUMMERS WEB - on drums and percussion
 About IDRS

Violin:

Violins | Music Yellow Pages Online
Catgut Acoustical Society Home Page
Violin Making by Hans Johannsson
The Strad

Viola:

Catgut Acoustical Society Home Page
The Viola Web Site
The Violin Society of America (VSA)
 

Cello:

The Internet Cello Society

Double Bass:

The Double Bassist
 

Artists:

The Brecker brothers graduated from Cheltenham High School
The Michael Brecker Page
Randy Brecker

Misc.:

The Canadian Brass - Entrance
Dimension Music
Giardinelli
Layer3 - streaming MPEG Audio
MIDI Music - Home Page
MPEG Layer 3 Sounds: main
Welcome To The World Of Mp3 Netscape 40 Edition
Windplayer
Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments
Yamaha Corporation of America, Yamaha Music, Music, Yamaha
 

 
 
 

Webmaster: Mr. Bruns

 

Parent Advisory:
All Cedarbrook parents and students need to access the Member Area to review the materials listed below:

Letter from Mr. Bruns and Mrs. Harvey
Instrumental Music Student Information Form
Lesson Schedules
List of Private Teachers
Musical Gift Suggestions

Member Area

(password required for access)


Password (See Mr. Bruns)

 
 

If you have comments or suggestions, email us at [email protected]