Taravella Web Sites

• JPT Color Guard Website

• JPT Percussion Website

• JPT Flute Section Website

• JPT Football Website

Links for Students

• Brass Fingerings (a site with a listing of brass instrument fingerings)

• Careers in Music (from MENC)

• College Board (how to find the right college for you)

• Drum Corps Planet  (A discussion forum for drum corps members, directors, and fans)

• Ear Training Online  (For a musician, ear training is one of the most important tasks. Good Ear helps you to develop good ears)

• Marching Band Planet  (A discussion forum for high school marching band members, directors, parents, and fans)

• Murphy's Law Applies to Music (A humorous set of laws that govern musicians)

• School Band & Orchestra Magazine (catering to high school bands and orchestras across the country...JPT has been featured in the past)

• Woodwind Fingerings (a site with a comprehensive list of all woodwind instrument fingerings)

Other High School Programs

• Coral Springs High School

• Durant High School

• Flanagan High School

• John I Leonard High School

• Nova High School

• Port Charlotte High School

• Vero Beach High School

• Winter Haven High School

Musical Organizations

• Florida Bandmasters Association (FBA)   (The governing body of bands in Florida, of which Mr. Jenkins is Past-President)

• Florida Orchestra Association (FOA) (The governing body of orchestras in Florida)

• Florida Music Educators Association (FMEA)  (The governing body of all musical ensembles in Florida schools)

• ABA/Ostwald Composition Contest (The ABA/Ostwald Award was the first competition of band music composition in America, and is one of the most prestigious in that field. Because of its continuity, this award has produced more concert band music than any other competition of its kind. The Contest Committee, composed of ABA members, reviews the rules, screens and judges the entries biennially. Entries are unidentified as to composer and are judged totally on merit, thereby insuring complete artistic integrity)

• Alexander Superial Reeds (These reeds are now being played by some of the top jazz and classical players in the world such as Joe Lovano, Greg Osby, Ravi Coltrane, Seamus Blake, Tim Price, and Kenneth Radnofsky).

• All-County Music (Just your friendly neighborhood music store).

• American Music Conference  (AMC, a national non-profit educational association founded in 1947.  AMC is dedicated to promoting music, music making and music education to the general public. AMC currently supports a variety of programs highlighting music's benefits for Americans of all ages)

• Broward Symphonic Band (The Broward Symphonic Band  is a volunteer group based out of Davie, Florida and is made up of approximately 95 members with ages ranging from teens to eighties.  We rehearse once a week on Mondays  evenings for 2 1/2 hours and 4 concerts are performed between October and May.  Neil Jenkins is our dedicated and renowned Musical Director.)

• www.CelloProfessor.com  (a free site devoted to cello technique and cello pedagogy complete with videos and audio. )

• Community Band List  (A list of community bands across the country).

• International Society for Music Education (ISME)  (ISME is a growing music education society formed at a conference convened by UNESCO in 1953 to stimulate music education as an integral part of general education)

• Florida State University School of Music   (This is the home page of the Florida State University's School of Music, one of the top five programs for music in the nation.  If you are a high school senior undecided about where to go for music, consider FSU...you will not regret it.  Florida State University has a lot to offer, not just in music, but in life lessons, and in fun)

• Marching Arts Website ( Has links to hundreds of high school bands across the country.  See how life in the JPT Band stacks up to life in bands across America)

• Marching.com  (Celebrating its fifth season in 2000, MARCHING.COM has seen tremendous growth each year. The site has become an authority for marching band directors, members, parents, show sponsors and fans who are looking for events, scores, links and resources)

• Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic  (The Midwest Clinic exists for educational purposes exclusively; to raise the standards of music education; to improve the methods employed in music education; to develop new teaching techniques; to disseminate to school music teachers, directors, supervisors, and others interested in music education information to assist in their professional work; to examine, analyze and appraise literature dealing with music; to hold clinics, lectures, and demonstrations for the betterment of music education; and in general, to assist teachers and others interested in music education in better pursuing their profession)

• Music Education Center  (Providing music sales, rentals and lessons in South Florida)

• Music Education Council (England)  (The Music Education Council is the umbrella organisation for over 160 United Kingdom music education and industry organisation, affiliated to the International Society for Music Education which advises UNESCO)

• Music Educators National Conference (MENC)  (The Web Site of the National Music Educators' Organization)

• Music Education Research Base  (MERB is a bibliographic database of more than 30,000 resources in music and music education from 32 Canadian and International journals and other sources covering the period 1956 through the present. The journals are fully indexed by title, author, and subject)

• Music Software and Technology Center  (Providing hobbyists, educators, and students with up-to-date information on the world of computers and music)

• Music Technology Books  (Books on music technology and curriculum for teachers and musicians)

• Resources for Wind Band Conductors  (This resource is designed with the public school and collegiate wind band conductor in mind. It provides a listing of wind band compositions, articles relating to analysis of wind band compositions, publications, music publishers, wind band recordings, professional organizations, the ABA/Ostwald Band Competition, and other wind band related resources currently available on the Internet)

• World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (The World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE) is the only international organization of wind band conductors, composers, performers, publishers, teachers, instrument makers and friends of wind music)

• World of Wind Ensembles and Symphonic Bands  (A free service providing serious musicians interested in the wind ensemble and symphonic band, with current information pertinent to the field. Here you will find a forum on which to discuss important issues with others in the field, a resource guide for repertoire, and submitted programs from around the world)

• World Association of Marching Show Bands  (The World Association of Marching Show Bands is an international band association dedicated to promoting global communication and interaction between marching show bands. The Association aims to encourage active participation in marching show bands universally, to strengthen the movement internationally and to stimulate the staging of world class band events.  Membership is open to Directors of marching show bands whose bands participate, or are interested in partaking in high caliber events around the world)

• University of Miami School of Music  (This is the home of the University of Miami's School of Music)

©Copyright 2002
J.P. Taravella Band & Orchestra