http://www.westorange.k12.nj.us/Schools/WOHS/Default.htm

West Orange High School Board of Education

http://www.westorange.k12.nj.us/District/

Marching Band Sites

Youth Education in the Arts - USSBA Organization
http://www.yea.org

Band of America - Music For All
http://www.musicforall.org/

Music and the Brain Research (Why do music students do better on the SATs?)

http://www.amc-music.com/brain.html
http://www.music-research.org/ 
http://www.music-research.org/Publications/researchnotes/

High School Music Programs

NJ Music Educators Association ( All State Band and Orchestra choir information, this site has links to solo lists, each region page, and lots of music websites)
http://njmea.org/

North Jersey School Music Association ( Region I Band Choir and Orchestra information)
http://www.njsma.com/

New Jersey Youth Symphony
http://www.njys.org/

Essex County Youth Orchestra
http://www.yoec.org/pages/1/index.htm

Greater Newark Youth Orchestra
https://www.njsymphony.org/GNYO.htm

Saturday Preparatory Programs for Grammar and High School Students

The pre-college program at The Juilliard School
http://www.juilliard.edu/precollege/precollege.html

Preparatory program at The Manhattan School of Music
http://www.msmnyc.edu/prep/

Preparatory program at Montclair State
http://www.montclair.edu/music/pages/musicprep/musicprep.html

Summer Camps

Interlochen Camp, MI
The premier camp for music, musical theater and creative writing
http://www.interlochen.org/

Westminster Choir College, voice for middle and high school, NJ
http://www.rider.edu/westminster/conted/index.html

Kinhaven Music Camp, Vt. (webmaster left, site not updated)
http://www.kinhaven.org

French Woods Performing Arts Camp, NY
http://www.frenchwoods.com/pages/about.html

Hartwick College Summer Music Festival, NY
http://www.hartwickmusicfestival.org/

New England Music Camp, Maine
http://www.nemusiccamp.com/

Summer Music for the Serious Young Musician

Interlochen Music Camp
http://www.interlochen.org

Tanglewood Festival, MA ( high school level, there is also an advanced level)
http://www.bu.edu/cfa/music/tanglewood/index.html

Eastern Music Festival, NC
http://www.easternmusicfestival.com/schoolindex.html

Aspen Music Festival, CO
http://www.aspenmusicfestival.com/

College Music Scholarship Information

Apply for financial aid at all schools using the FAFSA (Free Application For Student Aid, a U.S. Department of Education program, (http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/)  If it is a private school, they may ask you to use the CSS Profile. (The CSS Profile is the FAFSA counterpart for many private colleges).

Interested parties are encouraged to visit the College Board site and fill in the EFC (Estimated Financial Contribution) calculator.  For more information, please visit: http://apps.collegeboard.com/fincalc/efc_welcome.jsp

Colleges and Conservatories 

The Curtis Institute 
http://www.curtis.edu

The Juilliard School
http://www.juilliard.edu

Manhattan School of Music
http://www.msmnyc.edu/

The Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY
http://www.rochester.edu/eastman/

The New England Conservatory, Boston
http://www.newenglandconservatory.edu/

Northwestern University, the school of Music, Il
http://music.northwestern.edu/indexf.html

University of Maryland
http://www.music.umd.edu/

Cleveland Institute of Music
http://www.cim.edu/cimsplash.html

William Paterson University
http://www.wpunj.edu/coac/music

Montclair State University
http://www.montclair.edu/music/

West Chester State University, Pennsylvania
http://www.wcupa.edu/_ACADEMICS/sch_mus/

Oberlin College, the Conservatory of Music, Ohio
http://www.oberlin.edu/con/

Rice University, The Shepherd School of Music, Texas
http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~musi/

Rutgers University, The Mason Gross School of The Arts
http://mgsa.rutgers.edu/index_flash.html

Westminster Choir College, now with Rider University
http://www.rider.edu/westminster/index.html

Boston University, College of Fine Arts
http://www.bu.edu/cfa/