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More Music OrganizationsIt'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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