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Affiliates
More Music Organizations
It's a big world of music out there. Explore some!
Updated: 4/30/2004 3:38:00 PM
More Music Education Organizations
• Adult Music Student Forum, Inc. - nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to promote the educational and performance interests of active adult non-professional/non-collegiate instrumental and vocal students, regardless of their level of expertise.
• American Music Education Foundation - nonprofit public charity supporting music education, appreciation, and performance in underserved communities.
• Associated Board of the Royal School of Music - the ABRSM is a nonprofit organisation dedicated to teaching music to people all around the world.
• Association Européenne des Conservatoires (AEC) - professional organization working to develop relationships between schools of higher education in music, to exchange information, and to foster research.
• Kentucky Music Educators Association - professional organization for music educators in Kentucky. Complete information about conferences, officers and programs.
• Keys To Achievement Foundation - devoted to the establishment of music keyboard instruction programs in public schools.
• Mockingbird Foundation - comprised of Phish fans, donating for charity.
• Music in Schools Today (MUST) - nonprofit community-based organization offering support and resources to children, youth, and educators.
• Nottingham Foundation for Music and Media - provide business support, facilities and training for the music and media industries in the East Midlands.
• Reading, Writing & Rhythm - The Chely Wright Foundation - nonprofit foundation that supports music education in public school systems.
• Support Music - helps concerned citizens revitalize their community's commitment to music education in public schools.
• Yehudi Menuhin Foundation - focus is on children and the arts, and cultural identities.
More Choral and Vocal Music Organizations
• Association of Canadian Choral Conductors - offers information on membership, publications, awards, conferences, and more.
• Federation of Cathedral Old Choristers' Associations - consists of old chorister associations from cathedrals throughout the British Isles and New Zealand.
• FestCorps, Inc. - produces the International Church Music Festival, a four-day event held alternatively each year in England and Switzerland.
• GALA Choruses - international association serving the gay and lesbian choral movement.
• Gospel Music Workshop of America (GMWA)
• Greater Boston Choral Consortium
• International Federation for Choral Music
• Kitchener Waterloo Philharmonic Choirs - provides information for the associated choirs.
• Masterworks Chorale - dedicated to presenting the world’s great choral literature. Masterworks draws its ensemble of singers, instrumentalists, and soloists from the cities and towns of New England.
• Pueri Cantores International - offers information on the federation of young singers.
• San Francisco Choral Society - nonprofit organization dedicated to learning and presenting major choral works with professional soloists and orchestras.
• Shrewsbury Chorale, The - mixed chorus which performs sacred and secular music.
• Sydney Philharmonia Choirs - choral organisation managing choirs nationwide and performing with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
• Vocal Area Network - NYC - devoted to the encouragement of vocal ensemble music in the metro area.
• Youth Choirs, Inc. - nonprofit organization dedicated to building church youth choirs across denominational lines. Features sample of Youth Cue, the monthly newsletter.
• Afrocentric Voices - focuses on African American performers and composers and on the vocal music forms they influenced, especially opera, art songs, and spiritual arrangements.
• Brief History of Singing - tracing the evolution of Western solo singing from antiquity to the present.
• Cflat - for choral conductors and singers: new choral score of Mahler's 2nd symphony, songs by Joseph Jongen and Tom Cunningham including Merry Christmas Jazz for SATB and piano, and more.
• Classical Singer Community - offers career information and more.
• Diotallevi's Choral Composers - offers links to choral composers from the 16th century to the present.
• Finding the Singing Voice - basic start for finding the singing voice.
• Got Spit? Percussion - offers vocal percussion instruction, links, articles and other features.
• International Federation for Choral Music
• Island of the Lost Divas - A site to honor the unsung heroines of popular music from the U.K. and U.S.
• Marilyn Horne Foundation - founded to support, encourage, and preserve the art of the vocal recital through the presentation of vocal recitals and related educational activities across the U.S.
• Silvis Woodshed, The - provides MIDI files of choral works organized by composer.
• Singing Voice, The - provides information and links about the human voice.
• Singing: The New Grove - the history of singing and voice throughout the centuries.
• Society of Singers - nonprofit charity that provides emergency financial aid and case management services to professional singers who are in crisis.
• Soprano Central - a collection of biographies, pictures, and schedules of sopranos around the world.
• Use of Vibrato in Baroque Vocal Music - to what degree it is used, how it is used, and the width and speed of the vibrato used encompasses the main part of the controversy regarding historically informed performances.
• Yubibue Site - instructions on how to use your forefinger and tongue to play a "finger flute". Technique created by Tamura Daizo of Japan in 1937.
• Boychoir Past, Present and Future - includes historic choirs and performances, history, and links.
• Choir and Organ - offering news, reviews, and events.
• ChoralNet - portal to online resources and communications for the global choral music community.
• World Of Treble Voices - dedicated to boy choirs.
• Addison Group of Singers - comprises different classes and choirs for singers of all ages, abilities, and from all walks of life.
• Albany Pro Musica - volunteer chorus performing an a cappella and accompanied choral repertoire.
• Amadeus - The Chamber Choir - chamber choir available for performance of church music, madrigals, contemporary works, and Broadway songs.
• Amadeus Choral Society - Singapore outfit founded in 1994 and conducted by Nelson Kwei.
• Arundel Vocal Arts Society - formed to support the art of choral singing through the study and performance of a wide range of musical styles.
• Barry Choral Society - offers background details, concert details, and photos.
• Canto Spiritus - a Denver-based vocal group dedicated to performing a mix of classical, contemporary, jazz, and newly-commissioned works.
• Cantorion Creigiau - offers details of this mixed group who perform in English and Welsh.
• Capitol Hill Chorale, The - repertoire includes everything from Renaissance to 20th Century, Rachmaninoff to jazz.
• Catskill Choral Society - community chorus founded in 1970 and dedicated to bringing quality vocal music concerts to the upstate New York area.
• Celebr8! Singers - double quartet of mixed voices performing both sacred and secular music.
• Celebration Singers and Children's Chorus - a choral group of mixed-voice singers giving concerts at nursing homes, hospitals, and senior citizens centers.
• Choral Singers of Marin - association of choruses that was founded to serve the community.
• Colorado Chorale - keeps choral music alive in Denver.
• Connecticut Lyric Quartet - vocal chamber quartet performing Renaissance, classical, opera, Broadway, and folk in original languages.
• Cor Cardi-gan Choir - offers information on this four part choir, including photos and background. Also in Welsh.
• Coral Cantigas - specializes in performing the music of Spain, Latin America and the Caribbean.
• Coral Polifonica Gijonesa - Spanish choir, founded in 1947 at Gijon, Asturias, Spain.
• Covington/Conyers Choral Guild - community chorus performing Christmas and Spring concerts from Newton and Rockdale county in Georgia.
• Côr Eifionydd - includes history, photos, news, and forthcoming events for the mixed choir from the Porthmadog area of North Wales. Also in Welsh.
• Evening Song: A Choir of Mixed Voices - an auditioned choir singing primarily high church music.
• Faversham Parish Church Choir - features details of the choir at St. Mary of Charity's Church, Faversham, which includes around 30 boy and girl trebles and adult choristers.
• Fort Wayne Indiana Männerchor/Damenchor - German music culture club.
• Fort Worth Civic Chorus - volunteer, auditioned choral group provides unusual programming and encourages audience participation.
• Gerry Traxler's Choral Dynamics - community choir whose purpose is to sing for the entertainment of themselves and others.
• Gildenburgh Choir - mixed-voice choir singing mixed repertoire from classical to shows. Performing in various venues including Peterborough Cathedral.
• Greenwich Village Singers - 80 voice SATB community chorus founded in 1976, attracting singers from throughout the metropolitan area.
• Hexham Orpheus Choir - forthcoming performances, concert reviews, and membership information for the Northumberland choir with a 'no auditions' policy.
• Korinnya Ukrainian Folk Choir - performs traditional Ukrainian music with the accompaniment of traditional instruments.
• Lachan Jewish Chamber Choir - chamber choir dedicated to the performance of a wide variety of Jewish choral music.
• London Oriana Choir - amateur choir performing regularly at major concert venues around London.
• London Welsh Male Voice Choir
• Lothian Gaelic Choir - once described as "the only choir where the women still have all their own teeth".
• Maranatha Choir - One of the premiere college choirs in the United Methodist Church. A ministry of University Methodist, Gainesville, FL.
• Menlo Park Community Chorus - performs a wide variety of choral music.
• Michael O'Neal Singers, The - symphonic chorus of 150 auditioned voices and a professional chamber ensemble of twenty-four voices selected from the larger chorus.
• Moscow Oratorio Society, The - international amateur choir which performs concerts for charity twice yearly.
• Neponset Choral Society - A 70 voice community chorus presenting orchestrated Classical and Pops concerts in Foxboro, MA.
• New York Choral Society - features information about upcoming concerts, ticket order form, and news.
• Northport Chorale - history, artist bios, upcoming events, membership info, requirements for membership, and more.
• Northwest Choral Society - nonprofit, community-auditioned adult chorus performing classical, popular, sacred, and secular music.
• Notre Dame des Bananes Choir
• Oratorio Society of Queens - amateur chorus of diverse membership presenting classic choral works of past and present masters.
• Paisley Philharmonic Choir - amateur choir based in Paisley, Scotland. Repertoire includes everything from folk and pop arrangements to oratorios.
• Philharmonia Chorus, The - includes concert details, history, reviews, training details, and more.
• Plumstead Choral Society - friendly non-audition choir who meet weekly and give concerts. Find out about the current season and contacts.
• Priory Singers - chamber choir with a repertoire of music from Tudor times to the present day.
• Puget Soundsters - providing the Kitsap area with vocal entertainment.
• Quintessence - sings choral music of all types and from all musical periods.
• Reading Phoenix Choir - mixed voice choir of approximately 50 singers with a wide repertoire and many successes in international competitions.
• Rhode Island Civic Chorale and Orchestra - an 80-voice community chorus performing choral masterworks for the greater Providence, RI area.
• Rich-Tones - captivating performers who enthusiastically embrace barbershop harmony and transfuse it with their own sassy brand of pizzazz.
• Santa Ynez Valley Chorale - information about the chamber and youth chorale groups, as well as the orchestra.
• Scandinavian Choir of Melbourne - performs regularly at the Swedish Church in Melbourne, Australia and membership is open to anyone with an interest in Scandinavian music.
• Seattle Labor Chorus - dedicated to economic and social justice, and the fundamental right of all workers to organize as a means of securing a living wage.
• Sheffield Socialist Choir - learn and sing songs which reflect the fight for freedom, human rights, and justice around the world.
• Sine Nomine Singers - features information about this local choir in the town of Ruislip, London.
• Sonoma Valley Chorale - 140-voice community chorus with a large and varied repertoire ranging from Brahms to Broadway.
• Sydney Chamber Choir - offers a discography, concert details, and more.
• Tapestry - features a calendar, special programs, and repertoire.
• Tyndale Choral Society - two concerts per year in southern Gloucestershire.
• Valley Chorale, The - singing all styles of music ranging from classical to country and Broadway to ballads.
• Victoria Chorale - Victoria School's choir performs an extensive repertoire ranging from sacred Latin works to contemporary Asian songs to easy-going jazz pieces.
• Voices: Bay Area Lesbian Choral Ensemble - primarily a cappella group whose dual purpose is to combine musical excellence with lesbian visibility.
• Waltham Singers - mixed choir of 90 voices performing a varied repertoire. New members welcome.
• Waterbury Chorale - brings choral music to western Connecticut while providing amateur and semi-professional singers an outlet for performance.
• Whitton Choral Society - a mixed choral society singing predominantly religious works.
• Wickepin Nightingales Chorale - consisting of members from around the upper Great Southern of Western Australia.
• Wooburn Singers - mixed voice choir performing locally.
• Worcester Cathedral Choir - offers news, pictures, contact information, choir history, and more.
• Yateley Choral Society - features concert programs. Available for weddings and events.
• Zamir Chorale of Boston - specializing in the full spectrum of music arising out of the various Jewish traditions.
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