Orchestra

=**Orchestra Project on Famous Composers**=

**Databases**
You will need a password to access these resources.
 * [|Biography Resource Center] - You can search for your composer and get biographical articles about that person's life and career.
 * [|Student Resource Center] - A general resource. Type in your composer's name on the search line and use the Reference tab to find articles.
 * [|World Book Encyclopedia] - An online version of the encyclopedia.

Web Sites
There are loads of web resources about your composers. Here are a couple quick tips to help you as you search:
 * 1) When you are searching the web, try to put " " around your author's name to get better results.
 * 2) Read the snipet, the short blurb about the web site before clicking.
 * 3) Look at the URL, the web address, before clicking.

Here are some websites I found that seem helpful.
 * [|Listen by Composer] - from the Dallas Symphony, provides a brief biography of composers with an audio clip of one of his/her pieces.
 * [|Classical Composer Biographies] - from PBS.
 * [|Hey Kids, Meet the Composer] - very brief biographies about various composers throughout history.
 * [|Biography.com Famous Songwriters and Composers A to Z]- this would be helpful for modern songwriters!