• Hudson Valley Performing Arts Foundation
  Local Organization Founded to support Arts in our area

• Orange County Music Educators Association, OCMEA
  This site contains information regarding All-County Festivals and County Music Events

• New York State School Music Association, NYSSMA

• National Association for Music Education
  formerly MENC

• San Francisco Symphony Website
  This is a fun website for children to explore the instruments and music of a professional symphony.

• New York Philharmonic
  Highly recognized, thoroughly educational, entertaining experience.

• Newburgh Symphony
  A local non-profit community cultural organization

• The West Point Band
  The West Point Band, the U.S. Army’s oldest active band and the oldest unit at the United States Military Academy, traces its roots to the Revolutionary War, They offer many free concerts and events.

• American Symphony Orchestra League
  This is a fantastic interactive site with orchestras, orchestral music, excerpts, interviews and games presented in a media rich form.

• A State of Play – Be careful on this site*
  A musical playground for kids music lessons. Please be careful on this site. It has many downloads and links that encourage downloads and may violate Data Privacy laws enacted in January 2020. Anything that requires students to log in cannot be used.

• Music Careers in Dollars and Cents dated 2012
  Published by Berklee College of Music in 2012, it may help answer the career questions of many a music student. It includes salary ranges for performers, songwriters, audio technology specialists, educators, music therapists, and other music-related positions.

• The Listening Room
  The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s longstanding music program is spotlighted on this website which features music composed and performed by M.I.T. faculty and students.

• Music Theory Web
  How lucky we are to work in an internationally understood language. Here is a site from Puerto Rico, which can be accessed in English and in Spanish that introduces and tutors children in music theory.

• Enchanted Learning – Be careful on this site*
  This educational site covers absolutely every subject area is very useable for music teachers with nursery rhymes for K-2 and music printouts. But best of all, the site offers printable manuscript paper for those times when you forgot to run to the music store. Please be careful on this site. It has many downloads and links that encourage downloads and may violate Data Privacy laws enacted in January 2020. Anything that requires students to log in cannot be used.

* Please be careful on this site. It has many downloads and links that encourage downloads and may violate Data Privacy laws enacted in January 2020. Anything that requires students to log in cannot be used.

Many families have called and requested the name of our local music stores. It is not the practice of this district to recommend a particular store. We are providing the following information as a courtesy. The stores listed below are located within the Monroe-Woodbury Central School District or make weekly visits to our schools. Please look to your yellow pages for additional music stores located in the Orange County area.

Music & Arts
290 Larkin Drive  Suite 103
Monroe, NY 10950
845-395-9390

Van Gelder Music Center
562 Route 17M
Monroe, NY 10950
845-774-4300

The following are piano teachers in our area who have had MW students take lessons from them. Monroe-Woodbury Central School District does not endorse any particular private teacher listed on this website. Students and their families should check references before choosing a private music teacher.

Laura Langford-Schnur
259 Sugarloaf Mt. Rd.
Chester, NY 10918
845-469-2227
JLLS@optonline.net

Nafisa Manapat
OC School of dance
917-474-1967
na_manapat@yahoo.com

Ada Margoshes
225 Hickory Hill Ln
Newburgh, NY 12550
566-7228
adajm@verizon.net

Lynn Niebour
442 Round Lake Park Rd.
Monroe, NY10950
782-4572
lniebour@mw.k12.ny.us

Janice Nimitz
PO Box 90
Harriman, NY 10926
783-1242
jnimetz@emmawillard.org

Fran Perchick
646-369-6643
fpenn2@aol.com

Ruthanne Schempf
26 Tamara Lane
Cornwall, NY 12518
534-2166
schempfr@newpaltz.edu

Terry Schommer
14 Sparrow Street
Monroe, NY 10950
782-7015
tschommer@gmail.com

Janet Wolvek
3 Cleveland St.
Highland Mills, NY 10930
928-2056
Pianotchr13@hotmail.com

If you are interested in having your name included on this list, contact Christopher Taborsky with a list of references.

The following is a list of accompanists that have been used by MW students in the past. Each accompanist has their own fee schedule. Names are listed alphabetically. Monroe-Woodbury Central School District does not endorse any particular accompanist listed on this website. Students and their families should check references before choosing an accompanist.

1. Ask if they are available to accompany your solo on your performance date.

2. Ask what their fees are for rehearsals and the performance itself.

3. Set a rehearsal date to go through the solo with the pianist.

4. Ask how you will meet up with them the day of the performance.

5. We recommend recording the piano part when you have your rehearsal meeting. This recording will allow you to practice with the piano part between your rehearsal and the performance dates.

Kathy Brink
570-296-7280
kbrink@ptd.net

Nicole Cook
460-6700 x6757
ncook@mw.k12.ny.us

David Crone
460-7000 x7659
dcrone@mw.k12.ny.us

Donna Guglielmo
201-370-5038
dmguglielmo702@gmail.com

Janice Nimetz
783-1242
jnimetz@emmawillard.org

Jim Quinlan
845-649-3566
jim.quinlan@gcsny.org

Richard Schacher
914-443-1137
rasmoo357@gmail.com

Gordon Schacklett
649-9402
gshacklett@earthlink.net

Christopher Wynkoop
926-7389
pianoguy159@aol.com

If you are interested in having your name included on this list, contact Christopher Taborsky with a list of references.

Christopher Taborsky
199 Dunderberg Road
Central Valley, NY 10917
845-460-6400 x6457
ctaborsky@mw.k12.ny.us

About

Music Department

Music Teacher Websites

Music Boosters awards scholarships to students in grades 4-12 to recognize outstanding musicianship and dedication to Band, Chorus and Orchestra.

Like on Facebook at Monroe-Woodbury Music Boosters or email: musicboostersmw@gmail.com

Music Boosters was formed in July 1991 to advocate for Music Education in the Monroe-Woodbury Central School District. Among its many accomplishments, Music Boosters has:

• established annual Music Scholarships to encourage further student development in the areas of band, chorus and orchestra;

• provided assistance for instruments, lessons and special projects;

• provided financial assistance for student competition trips and funded or sponsored special music related learning opportunities in the schools, including performances and workshops by such professional ensembles as the New York Philharmonic and Brass Quintet, Faultline Singers and Barrage.

• provided music workshops and master classes for district students.

Music Boosters is here to support the Monroe-Woodbury Music Program – the students and the faculty. Music Boosters has enabled many Monroe-Woodbury music students to follow their musical dreams. Your membership and support will help us repeat that success in the years to come.

Please join Music Boosters

All meetings will be held via Zoom at 7:00 PM .

• September 23

• October 7

• November 4

• January 13

• February 10

• March 10

• March 24 (Scholarship Interviews)

• April 7

• May 19

• June 16

Music Boosters is an all volunteer organization and help is always needed!