Vienna

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Classical music, opera and the symphony.

Vienna is for the long-hair music. Adult beginners, opera explainers and piano teachers rehearse here.

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	The Amateur Cellist by Helen W., 52 · Vienna/Concerthall Taking up the cello at 48: lessons, practice, a community orchestra and the joy of being bad at something.
	Opera for Beginners by Gerald F., retired music teacher · Vienna/Opera What to listen for, ten operas to start with, and how to survive your first night at the opera.
	Carter Piano Studio BUSINESS Vienna/Conservatory Piano lessons for children and adults, with the studio policy, tuition and recital dates.
	The Community String Quartet by Second violin Paul Nakamura · Vienna/Strings Four amateurs, Thursday nights, and the slow conquest of Haydn.
	Ballroom at Sixty by Marion and Frank Castellano · Vienna/Waltz A couple who took up ballroom dancing at sixty: the waltz, the foxtrot and Saturday nights.
	Piano Tuning Explained by Eugene Alves, piano technician · Vienna/Salon What a tuner actually does, why pianos go out of tune and how to take care of yours.
	Suzuki Violin Parent by Anne-Marie Fischer · Vienna/Strings A parent's diary of a six-year-old's Suzuki violin lessons: practice charts, group class and Twinkle.
	The Organ Loft by Church organist Walter Grimm · Vienna/Opera Forty years at the console: the organ, the hymns, weddings, funerals and the pipes' annual tuning.
	Bow Rehair & Violin Repair BUSINESS Vienna/Conservatory Bow rehairing, violin setup and repair for students and professionals, with prices and turnaround.
	Practice Room B JOURNAL by Esther Yoon · Vienna/Waltz A conservatory violinist with an injured hand writes about her parents' sacrifice and her fear of losing music.
	Bosnian Coffee JOURNAL by Amra Hodzic · Vienna/Salon A Bosnian refugee in St. Louis writes about her new life, her lost brother and the coffee she makes every morning.
	A Cellist Introduces Herself by Katarina Horvat · Vienna/Strings A twenty-eight-year-old orchestral cellist writes a careful biography, and then a less careful postscript.
	The Wiley Burkhalter Orchestra, 1952-1995 by Leon Burkhalter · Vienna/Waltz Forty-three years of Saturday night polkas, waltzes and schottisches in Green County, Wisconsin. Dad's band, his accordion, and his gig book.
	Gwendolyn's Champagne Music Page by Gwendolyn Paro · Vienna/Waltz I danced to Lawrence Welk in 1936 and I still watch him every Saturday. My favorites in the Musical Family, then and now.
	Mrs. Shafer's Piano Studio, 1934-1997 by Lori Honea · Vienna/Conservatory Marie Shafer taught piano in her Lincoln living room for sixty-three years. Her studio, her gold stars, our recital programs and your memories.
	Pachelbel's Canon Should Not Play Itself by Carol Hatcher · Vienna/Strings A cellist begs you: don't make Pachelbel play himself. Why autoplay MIDI drives visitors away, and how to share music politely.
	Hearing Puccini Again by Mary Salerno · Vienna/Opera I lost my hearing over twenty years and got a cochlear implant in 1997. The first sounds, the hard work, and hearing La Bohème again.
	Vanessa's Yo-Yo Ma Page (and Cello Notebook) by Vanessa, 17 · Vienna/Strings A youth orchestra cellist on Yo-Yo Ma: his life, the recordings I'd take to a desert island, hearing him at Tanglewood, and my practice notebook.
	Unofficial Youth Symphony Page (by a Violist!) by Alyssa, 15 · Vienna/Strings Saturday mornings with eighty kids and one very patient conductor. Our 1999-2000 season, chair auditions, viola stuff, and why the alto clef isn't scary.
	Bronze & Bells: Our Handbell Choir by Judith Valerio · Vienna/Concerthall Eleven ringers, three octaves of bells and three of chimes, Wednesday nights after choir. Our fall schedule, the Advent concert, and a handbell glossary.
	New Words to Old Tunes: Hymns by Willard Godinez by Willard Godinez · Vienna/Opera New words to old tunes your organist knows: hymns for planting time, a church closing, a baptism and the year 2000. Free to sing.
	A Few Notes by Pauline Safford · Vienna/Concerthall For thirty-eight years I gave the orchestra its A. A few notes about the oboe, the reeds I still make at my kitchen table, my late husband, and the music I would take to an island.
	Second Soprano, Back Row JOURNAL by Jane Yingling · Vienna/Opera By day I type depositions. By night I'm a Parisian street vendor, a cigarette girl, a priestess of Isis. Three seasons in an opera chorus, and the year I finally got a line of my own.
	Squeezebox Saturday: A Polka Accordion Page by Howard Bridgewater · Vienna/Waltz Weddings, church picnics, Friday fish fries and every Oktoberfest within a hundred miles. My accordion, our band, the three kinds of polka, and where we're playing this fall.
	Banta Music - Band Instrument Rentals & Repair BUSINESS Vienna/Conservatory Is your child starting band this fall? Rent-to-own flutes, clarinets, trumpets, trombones, saxophones and percussion kits, with every payment counting toward ownership. Rates, repairs and a parents' guide.

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