Shopping  & Websites


Online Music Stores

Young Musicians Online (accessories, Suzuki books, CDs, foam-a-lin)
Southwest Strings  (violins, strings, accessories, cases, sheet music, etc.)
Shar Music (violins, strings, accessories, cases, sheet music, books, etc.)
Johnson Strings (violins, accessories, cases, sheet music, books, etc.)
Amazon.com (books, sheet music, CDs, DVDs, etc. -- need to do keyword search)
Fine Cases    (cases only)
Concord Musical Supplies (they have cheap strings w/ free shipping)
Encore Music
Quinn Violins


Sheet Music Online

Sheet Music Plus  --> *this is the cheapest site for sheet music (this is usually where I buy most of my sheet music, if not at SWStrings, SharMusic). FYI: the discount $2.95 shipping takes a while to get to Hawaii, so I would go with their regular shipping rate.
Southwest Strings
Shar Music
Hickey's Music Center  --> cheap shipping, all instruments
Amazon.com       
stringsheetmusic.com at Metzler Violin Shop, Inc.
Sheet Music Service
Luck's Music Library (orchestral music, etc.)
J.W. Pepper (very well organized, good prices)
Abe Books (rare and out of print books and sheet music)
Sheet Music Archive (download free public domain archives)


Gifts and Collectibles

Roger Gross, Ltd. -- Autographs, rare photographs
Montagnana Books -- Rare Books, autographs, photos
The Violin Case
The Music Stand
Normzart -- music-themed greeting cards, made in Hawaii


Videos:

Dr. Suzuki in Action: Online Archive of Dr. Suzuki's masterclasses and group lessons from his 1976 visit to the U.S. (courtesy of University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point), watch for free. An INCREDIBLE resource for students, parents and teachers.

Violin on YouTube (famous violinists only):

David Oistrakh- Debussy's Claire de Lune
Nathan Milstein- Beethoven's Sonata No. 9 "Kreutzer" (1st Movement only)
Nathan Milstein- Paganini's Caprice No. 5
Jascha Heifetz- Wieniawski's Polonaise Brillante No. 1 in D Major, op. 4
Jascha Heifetz- Dinicu/Heifetz's Hora Staccato
Heifetz being funny
Jascha Heifetz- Brahms's Sonatensatz (Scherzo from F.A.E. Sonata)
Itzhak Perlman- Tchaikovsky's Valse Scherzo
Itzhak Perlman- Masterclass

Chamber Music:
David and Igor Oistrakh- Prokofiev Violin Sonata for Two Violins (1st movement)
[Rubenstein, Heifetz, Piatagorsky] play Mendelssohn Piano Trio in D minor (2nd movement)

Other:
Pachelbel Rant (Comedy)