Click on the name in red to link to the website. It will open a new page...
String Repair/Supplies
Groth Music (local music store in Bloomington, MN)
House of Note (local music store in St. Louis Park, MN)
Shar Music (on line store based in Michigan)
Free Online Metronome (all you need is your computer - this is just one of many available)
String Educational Organizations
Hastings School District Orchestra Website
MNSOTA (Minnesota association of string teachers website)
ASTA (American String Teachers Association Website)
Local Organizations of Interest
Hastings Prescott Area Arts Council Website
Hastings Art Center and Blessings Academy of Music Locally owned and operated school of music
City of Hastings Website
The Historic Le Duc Estate a local Hastings landmark.
Breakaway Arts Center in Hastings, Minnesota
Black Dirt Theater "Community at its root"
Andy Evansen Art Studio in Hastings, Minnesota
Music Performance Organizations in Minnesota
Our world famous orchestra - the Minnesota Orchestra
The amazing St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
The Chamber Music Society of Minnesota - chamber music performed by professionals in an intimate setting
Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies - this is the organization that I played with in high school as my high school didn't have an orchestra program
Minnesota Youth Symphonies - an opportunity for twin cities youth to perform in another great organization
The Schubert Club's website has a comprehensive listing of local string organizations and orchestras in Minnesota.
The McNally Smith College of Music located in St. Paul Minnesota.
Personal Favorites
My husband and his sister own Emily's Bakery. The business has been owned by their family for over 60 years in the Hastings community.
This is the website for the smart choices committee of which I serve as co-chair. The smart choices committee works to promote a healthier Hastings School District (through physical activity and more nutritious food offering).
If you go on a walk, run or bike ride and want to see how far you went, you can go on this geodistance website and plot it out!