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- Resources: Information / listings / discussion, Organizations, Music on-line, Ticketing services, Concert producers, Repertoire, Publishing, Festivals, Workshops, Education, Body work, Tools, Other geographies, Travel
- Selected vocal ensembles
- College a cappella and choirs
- Around New York
RESOURCES
Information / listings / discussion
-
NYC
Music Spaces, New York City's only Internet database of
available rehearsal and performance spaces for instrumental and
vocal musicians. - Musi-cal, concert listing and search tool
- Yahoo's a cappella section
- Vocal Universe, the public voice for Vocal Music and the Vocal Industry
-
Polyphony.com,
historical performance in New York City - Garden State Sacred Harp
- Brad Leissa's Early Music Site
- Just Intonation Network, all about alternatives to equal temperament
- The Vocal Group Hall of Fame and Museum, dedicated to honor the greatest vocal groups of all time; located in Sharon, PA
- Jazz Singers Network, "leading the way for jazz singers into the 21st century."
- The Vocal Jazz Resource, "a resource for jazz vocalists, educators, and those interested in vocal jazz."
- ChoralNet, "the internet center for choral music; home of Choralist, ChoralTalk, ChoralAcademe"
-
The
Jewish
a cappella home page - Collegiate Christian a cappella
- NYVocals Discussion List (sponsored by Charis)
- Vocalist International, The International Singing Discussion List
- Google Groups search:a cappella, easy access to a cappella newsgroups
-
New
York regional a cappella newsgroup, a regional resource for
a cappella fans and groups - French Cultural Services, listings of French musical events around the US; information on French musicians, composers and conductors
- StonaLink Music Competition Database
- Backstage, "the complete online performing arts resource"
- Gospel Singing.com
- GospelChoirs.com, a resource for gospel choirs
- NewMusicBox, the web magazine from the American Music Center, focused on new music
- Peter Schickele / P.D.Q. Bach
- beatboxing.com, all about beatboxing and urban a cappella
- mymusicindex.com, a quick-reference, informational music resource designed for music educators
- Artsnet, an information clearinghouse of arts management resources on the internet, run by the Center for Arts Management & Technology at Carnegie-Mellon.
- OrganFocus.com, "the source for pipe organ music events, concerts and recitals worldwide"
- The Milken Archive of American Jewish Music, an international undertaking to record, preserve and distribute a vast cross-section of American Jewish music from the past 350 years.
- Vocaland, worldwide vocal arts forum
- BBC Music Magazine, "the world's best-selling classical music magazine"
- Choral Music Magazine, "the premiere eZine for quality articles and reviews about the choral community"
- Singer Network, "the first members-only web community for, by, and about choral singers", a service of Chorus America
- Chant Village, a website and online community for those who love chant
- The Modern Vocalist, a new social network specifically designed for vocalists, voice instructors, scientists, voice health practitioners, and audio production and engineering professionals
- MusiciansWay.com, offering extensive free resources that help musicians succeed
- The Ultimate Resource for Singers, offering useful links for singers
- ChoirPlace, an online center for choirs and vocal music fans
Organizations
- Contemporary A Cappella Society (CASA)
- SPEBSQSA, also known as the Barbershop Harmony Society, the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America,
- Sweet Adelines International, women's barbershop
- Harmony, Inc., women's barbershop
- A Cappella Foundation, educating the public and broadening awareness of the rich cultural history and art of a cappella music
- Chorus America
- American Choral Directors Association
- American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA)
- GALA Choruses, the international association of the lesbian and gay choral movement
- Polish Singers Alliance of America
- Pueri Cantores Federation, federation of young singers
- Classical Singer Community, with worldwide singer directory, magazine and other services
- Cantors Assembly, the largest organization of professional Hazzanim in the world
-
Concert
Artists Guild, dedicated to launching the careers of young
classical musicians - Conductors Club, promoting male choral singing in New York State
- Associated Male Choruses of America, dedicated to the extension of male chorus singing, enjoyment, fellowship and service in North America
-
American
Composers Forum extensive networking
opportunities for composers -
Amateur
Chamber Music Players, facilitates informal playing and singing
by people of all ages and nationalities, beginners to professionals - Fine Arts Funding, a fundraising company dedicated to the support of arts organizations.
- Manhattan Sacred Harp Singing, all about Sacred Harp singing in New York City
- The Renaissance Chorus Association, collecting, cataloguing and circulating the music of the Renaissance period and of Harold Brown
- Continuo Arts Foundation, serving central New Jersey, offers an intergenerational choral program for children, teens, adults, seniors and a summer musical theater conservatory
- New Jersey Choral Consortium
Music on-line (buying, listening)
- a-cappella.com, vocal ensemble recordings and sheet music
- Primarily A Cappella / Singers.com vocal ensemble recordings, sheet music and more
- Virtual Voices, on-line product fulfillment service serving the a cappella community
- cdstreet, selling music goods online through their own superstore and/or by e-commerce enabling your own website
- FindUsedCDs.com, a used CD comparison shopping site.
- Town Crier Recordings, home for The Real Group and Vox P
- earBuzz.com, read reviews, download samples and buy CDs of music by independent artists
- A Cappella Always, all a cappella Internet radio station.
- Hear the Choirs Sing, a web directory of sites that play choral music clips in Real Audio format
- Global Music Network, "the best of classical music, jazz and opera on the internet"
- Cantolopera, "The Virtual Opera House"
-
Music
Memorabilia, records, sheet music, photographs, books, magazines,
posters from the 1800s to the 1980s - Tara Publications, Jewish recordings, music books, books, software
- Vox Novus, "the new voice in contemporary music", sponsoring and encouraging new music
- Vendini, provider of online ticketing solutions for small to medium sized organizations
- HandyTix, provider of online box office ticketing systems for performing arts organizations
- Athena Tix, a new open-source ticketing application being developed by Fractured Atlas for the national performing arts community
- SmartTix, "the new alternative in advance sales ticketing"
Concert producers
-
Music
Before 1800 Productions, based at Corpus Christi Church,
529 West 121st Street -
MidAmerica
Productions, producer of Carnegie Hall concerts featuring
choirs from around the world - StARS (St. Adalbert Recital Series), based at St. Adalbert's Church in Elizabeth, NJ
-
Haystack
Needle, run by Townsend Belisle -
Manhattan
Concert Productions, offers distinctive workshop and performance
opportunities in New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington
DC, Hawaii, Italy, Germany and Scotland to deserving musicians worldwide.
Distinguished Concerts International, New York
Repertoire
- Choral Public Domain Library, an archive of free choral music
- Handlo Music, 4,500 choral scores, delivered via e-mail
- New Amsterdam Singers music rental catalogue, 550 pieces, 35-65 copies of each
- Bagaduce Music Lending Library, over 100,000 titles, all available for loan
- SongFile, home to over two million songs
- Morton Music, choral music from Australia
- Schubertline, instant online printing in any key of hundreds of songs and lieder from the 18th to the 20th century
- Repertoire Online, vocal and choral music, digital music files and printable sheet music, along with career support for singers, vocal teachers and vocal students.
- Bach Cantatas Website,a comprehensive site covering all aspects of J.S. Bach's cantatas and his other vocal works.
- Gerald Cohen, composer
- ThatNewMusicLibary.com, a database of unpublished choral scores, hand-picked by Harold Rosenbaum and viewable in their entirety
- Choral Music Download Directory at zZounds
Publishing
- Sheet Music Plus, offering online purchase of sheet music, songbooks and musicians' gear (tuners, metronomes, microphones). VAN receives a referral fee based on your purchases here.
- musicnotes.com, digital sheet music, traditional music books, single sheets and more
- ChoralWeb Music Publishing, "the first choral music publisher in the world to offer, sell and deliver choral music on the Internet."
- Sunhawk, purveyors of digital sheet music
- DemiQ, choral and instrumental sheet music on the internet
- Musica Russica, the Russian choral music source
- Bärenreiter, books and sheet music
- Edition Peters, publishing music for over 200 years
- Hinshaw Music, Inc., publishers of quality choral music and related music resources
- Carl Fischer, music publishers since 1872
- Concordia Publishing House, hymnals, organ and keyboard resources, worship planning resources
- Augsburg Fortress, publishing house of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
- Gladde Music Publications, the choral music of Bradley Nelson; scores, streaming audio, MIDI files.
- Morton Music's Australian choral publications
- Musica, the international database of choral repertoire
- Walton Music, specialists in choral music of Scandinavia, including arrangements by The Real Group
- Oxford University Press
- Earthsongs, world choral music, books and CDs
- Laurendale Associates, music publisher and distributor
- Jaymar.com, e-commerce music store specializing in choral music
- ASCAP
- BMI
- Music Publishers' Association, general information on copyright and a searchable database of music publishers, their sales agents, and rights holders
- Harry Fox Agency, information on licensing music for recordings
- Breitkopf & Härtel
- Editions Salabert
- Schirmer/AMP
- Shawnee Press, publishers of music for school, church and concert
- Chester Music / Novello & Company
- Music Sales Group, parent of G. Schirmer, Shawnee Press, Chester-Novello
- Boosey & Hawkes
- Hal Leonard
- Music Dispatch, sheet music, songbooks, music instruction and more
- Sheet Music Online
- Sheet Music Direct
- SheetMusicNow.com
- Primrose Music, UK-based a cappella arrangements for choirs
- Paraclete Press, ecumenical publisher of books and sheet music on Christian spirituality
- Musicastampata.com, over 400,000 titles of classical sheet music and books on music; fastest source for Ricordi and Italian publishers.
- Great Scores, browse and choose, buy and download sheet music that has been specifically arranged to suit musicians of all levels
- RM Music, a small music publisher serving the community of choral directors and choral singers
Festivals
- Harmony Sweepstakes, nationwide a cappella competition
- Varsity Vocals, now running the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella
- East Coast Summit, performances, jam sessions, workshops and seminars
- The Dennis Keene Choral Festival
- Berkshire Choral Festival
- North American Jewish Choral Festival
- Finger Lakes Choral Festival, August in Canandaigua, NY
- Hawaii Music Festivals
- Sing! An A Cappella Celebration, workshops, demonstrations and performances in Nashville, TN
- Idaho International Choral Festival, in Pocatello, ID
- Musica Mundi, international competitions and festivals
- Grieg International Choir Festival, in Bergen, Norway
- New York Early Music Celebration
- Adirondack Festival of American Music: Festival Choir, June-July in Saranac Lake, NY
- New York Summer Music Festival, at SUNY Oneonta for students ages 10-25
- Cork International Choral Festival, in Ireland
- Festivals of choirs and orchestras in Italy, Poland, Czech Republic and Germany
- International Festival of Choirs in Lima, Peru
- Atlantic Harmony Brigade, extreme quartet singing for the rugged individualist, Wilmington, DE in August
- Winter Harbor Music Festival, for singers and instrumentalists, in Maine in August
- MRF Music Festivals of Choirs and Orchestras, organizer of nine international festivals in Europe
Workshops
- Western Wind Vocal Ensemble Workshops
- Toast & Jam Vocal Improv Workshops, directed by Susanne Barkan
- The Tuscany Project: Voice and Song, summer opportunity to sing in Italy
- Sarteano Chamber Choral Workshop, August in Tuscany
- Chorworks, early music choral workshops
- Summer camps and programs at colleges in New York State for kids 8-18+
- Florence International Music Campus, summer (and other) programs in Florence, Italy
- Umbrian Serenades, choral and cultural tastings in the green heart of Italy--Spoleto
- International Oratorio Choir, workshops in Italy
Education
-
New
York Opera Forum, "gives classically trained singers the
opportunity to learn and perform standard operatic repertoire in
the original languages." - Vocal Power School
- National Association of Teachers of Singing
- aLesson, where pupils and instructors (in voice and other subjects) can find each other
- Singers Forum, "New York's premiere vocal academy"
- The Art of Body Singing, Breck Alan's complete vocal instruction system for beginners to professionals. teaching singers how the mechanics of "the voice" work
- Tipbook Vocals, "a handy, accessible, thorough and convenient guide to the vocal instrument, written in close collaboration with classical and non-classical singers and teachers, therapists and other experts."
- American Singers' Opera Project, provides training for the American singer who is ready to embark on a professional career; directed by Nancy Stokes-Milnes
-
The
New York Continuo Collective, concentrates on the study
and performance of music of the late Renaissance and early Baroque
with an emphasis on improvised realization of accompaniment from
figured bass. - Singer Help, dedicated to assisting the young vocalist in investigating and pursuing a potential career in singing.
- Betterfly.com Vocal/Singing page, a resource to connect with vocal coaches
- Lilli Wosk Music, vocal coach for musical theatre
Body work
- Feldenkrais Guild of North America
- Feldenkrais Resources
- The Complete Guide to the Alexander Technique
- Alexander Technique International, worldwide professional organization
- American Society for the Alexander Technique
Tools
- Rehearsal Arts, makers of SingleParts choral music learning CDs
- ChoralPrep Recordings, practice tapes for choirs
- Hammond Music Service, rehearsal CDs and tapes for choirs
- RoDeby Music, training aids to "assist choirs in becoming note perfect"
- The Silvis "Woodshed", MIDI files of popular choral works
- Coda Music, makers of Finale and Allegro music notation software and other tools
- Sibelius, music notation software
- Noteflight, online music notation site
- www.MUSICFOLDER.com, "manufacture and on-line sales of the latest versions of THE BLACK FOLDER, the World's Best Choral Folder"; standard features include pencil holder, name card holder, better strap position, A4 and US paper capability
- Laurendale Associates' Black Folder, folder for choral music
- Chocolate Pitch Pipes.com, offered by ChocoBella World Class Chocolates
- EnsembleTune, software to help you find the best tunes for the vocal ranges in your ensemble
- MusicWare Designs, distinctive music gifts and music-themed apparel for women, men and children.
- Half Cadence, New York web design firm focusing on musicians and artists
- Muzikjakit Productions, providing recording services for the tri-state area's choral organizations
- FlexiMusic Audio Editor, developers of audio editing, recording and composing software for professional and home music makers
Other geographies
- Berkshire-Hudson Singing, a clearinghouse serving choral music in the Capital District (eastern upstate New York) and the Berkshires (western New England)
- Association of Connecticut Choruses
- The Boston A Cappella Scene, web pages managed by Greg Bowne, CASA Ambassador
- Greater Boston Choral Consortium
- Boston Singers Resource
- Vermont Vocal Foundation
- TriangleSings!, focuses on vocal ensemble music in North Carolina's Wake, Durham, Orange and surrounding counties.
- San Francisco Bay Area Choral Archive, listing choruses of Northern California
- Vocal.dk, for Danish choirs, conductors and singers
- Singer Source, a resource for singers in the Washington, DC area
Travel
- Concept Tours, arranges performance tours to Europe, South America and Asia for American performing groups
- Target Travel, specializes in choir tours to Italy and Europe
- Friendship Ambassadors, providers of specialized performance tours
- ZefiroWorld Tours, Italian choir concert tour operator specializing in events, international festivals and custom concert tours
- Artist Travel Consultants
SELECTED VOCAL ENSEMBLES
-
The
Accidentals -
Altman,
Sean - Angelis, Linda, tao musician, inspirational jazz singer and radio presenter from England
- Anonymous 4
-
Antioch,
ten-member professional chamber ensemble in residence at Trinity
Wall Street -
Artek,
early music vocal and instrumental ensemble directed by Gwendolyn
Toth - Ball in the House, from Boston
- Bel Canto Lyric Opera of Philadelphia, an operatic ensemble company in the PA/NJ area
-
Biggs,
Hayes, composer and singer - Bimbetta, a five-woman ensemble that brings aspects of feminism, popular culture and Baroque music into a unified concept expressed through theatrical performance.
- The Bobs, brought to you by the NetFOBS
-
Boulevard
East, cabaret-focused trio (Christopher Howatt, Dana Merritt
and Beth Covell), formerly known as Eastern Standard Time - Cantus Decorus Singers, vocal ensemble based in Hungary
- Chanticleer, professional men's a cappella ensemble
- Cool & Jazzy, mixed sextet from Russia
- Da Vinci's Notebook, from Washington, DC
-
Definitely
Dickens, featuring quartets of carolers in Dickensian garb -
Douglas
Frank Chorale, professional vocal arts ensemble -
DuoVoce,
two voices together; e-mail
to Mark Johnson -
Duwende,
vocal band: funk, rock, R&B and pop -
Early
Music New York, directed by Frederick Renz; e-mail
info@EarlyMusicNY.org - East Side Story, Boston-based a cappella septet
-
Equal
Voices, vocal sextet;
e-mail -
the
exboyfriends, five male voices - Five O'Clock Shadow, six guys from Boston
-
The
Fonic, five-man vocal band -
Fratres,
vocal trio (Martin Gonzalez, countertenor; Ian Capps, tenor;
James Kimbel, bass), specializes in sacred and secular vocal works
of the 15th through 17th centuries. - The Gas House Gang, wonderful barbershop group from Saint Louis
-
The
Groovebarbers, Sean Altman, Charlie Evett, Steve Keyes and
Kevin Weist - Harmonytryx, six fabulous women, winners of the 1996 Boston Harmony Sweepstakes
- The Hi-Lo's
- The House Jacks, west coast male quintet featuring Deke Sharon and Wes Carroll
- Huelgas Ensemble, one of Europes premiere vocal ensembles dedicated to the performance of music from the Middle Ages and Renaissance; directed by Paul Van Nevel.
-
Hudson
Shad, piano/vocal sextet directed by Wilbur Pauley - Jersey Transit, Princeton-area a cappella
-
The
John Link Vocal Quintet, vocalise arrangements of instrumental
jazz and classical compositions, often featuring improvisation - The King's Singers (from England)
- The Kinsey Sicks, America's favorite dragapella beautyshop quartet
-
Lionheart,
male sextet focusing on early music - M-PACT, from Seattle
- McFerrin, Bobby
-
Minimum
Wage -
Mystery
Date, male quartet -
Naturally
Seven, male septet, 1999 Harmony Sweepstakes champions -
The
New York Continuo Collective, concentrates on the study
and performance of music of the late Renaissance and early Baroque
with an emphasis on improvised realization of accompaniment from
figured bass. -
New
York Metro Vocal Arts Ensemble, concert version and staged
operatic works providing performance opportunities for young singers -
New
York Voices -
North/South
Consonance, vocal and instrumental ensemble directed by Max
Lifschitz - The Nylons
- Petits Chanteurs de St.-Charles (The Young Singers of St. Charles), children's choir based in Versailles, France
- The Real Group (from Sweden)
-
Rockapella -
Sacrum
Convivium, a nine member, conductorless a cappella ensemble
specializing in Renaissance sacred polyphony;
e-mail to James Kimbel. -
Saints
and Sinners, vocal and instrumental ensemble, explores the
sacred and secular dimensions of Baroque and modern music -
The
Salomone Trio -
Sirens,
female septet - Sitson, Gino, vocal virtuoso from Cameroon
-
Starr,
Lynn, cabaret artist and performer -
String
of Pearls, a trio of women who bring a fresh sound to vocal
music from the 30s to the 90s using faithful transcriptions and
original arrangements - Sweet Honey in the Rock
- The Swingle Singers
- Take 6
- Tapestry
- The Tallis Scholars
-
Ten
and Change, male a cappella ensemble -
TENET,
professional vocal ensemble, Jolle Greenleaf, artistic director -
Toby
Twining Music - Tokyo Voices, Tokyo-based vocal ensemble directed by Hiroko Juni
TRYST, a vocal duo "where tradition meets innovation in adventurous vocal music"- Uptown Vocal Jazz Quartet, based in Washington, DC
- Vienna Choir Boys
-
Vox
Bop, an a cappella quartet -
The
Western Wind - Les Yiddishe Mamas et Papas, French cabaret-jazz swing music group with Klezmer touches, rock influences and close harmony vocals
COLLEGE A CAPPELLA GROUPS AND CHOIRS IN THE NORTHEAST
- Amherst College
- The Heightsmen of Boston College
- Boston University TrebleMakers
- Brandeis
- VoiceMale, Brandeis University's only all-male a cappella group
- Brown University
- The Bear Necessities
- Brown'sTones, an all-female a cappella group
- The Brown Derbies
- Higher Keys
- Jabberwocks
- Colgate University The Colgate Thirteen
-
Columbia
University
- Collegium Musicum, early music chamber choir; see listing in the Choir Directory
- Clefhangers
- Pizmon
- Jubilation
- Kingsmen
- Sarum, sings Compline and Vespers on Sunday evenings according to the Sarum rite
- Uptown Vocal (formerly the Cat-A-Tonics)
- Dartmouth
- Delaware, University of Deltones
- Harvard-Radcliffe
- Harvard University
- Haverford College 'Ford S-Chords
- Massachusetts, University of
- MIT
- Chorallaries
- Concert Choir
- Cross Products, a Christian a cappella group
- Logarhythms
- Muses
- MIT/Wellesley Toons
-
New
York University
- All-University Gospel Choir
- Ani V'ata, co-ed a cappella Hebrew/Jewish folk music; call 212-998-4118
- APC Rhythm, all-university co-ed a cappella
- Choral Arts Society and University Singers
- Collegium Musicum
- Mass Transit, all-male a cappella
- Vocal Jazz Choir
- Pennsylvania, University of
- Princeton University
- Skidmore College (upstate New York)
- SUNY Fredonia Premium Blend, co-ed a cappella
- Swarthmore College
- Sixteen Feet
- Psalters, a Christian a cappella group
- Trinity College
- Tufts University
- Vassar College
- Wesleyan University
- The Cardinal Sinners, thirteen college women, thirteen rockin' voices, a touch of sin....
- Mazletones, Jewish a cappella
- The New Group
- Onomatopoeia
- Wesleyan Spirits, Wesleyan's only all-male a cappella group
- Wheaton College The Blend, co-ed a cappella group
- Williams College Ephlats
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute Simple Harmonic Motion
- Yale University
AROUND NEW YORK
- Alliance for the Arts, gathers, analyzes and publishes information about the arts in New York
- The Bitter End
- Brooklyn Academy of Music
- Cafe Los Negroes
- Carnegie Hall
- Central Park Conservancy's Official Central Park website
- Central Park website (unofficial)
- Channel 13 (WNET)
- CitySearch: New York City
- Dia Center for the Arts
- Don't Tell Mama
- ECHO
- Flushing Town Hall
- Folksbiene Yiddish Theatre, Zalmen Mlotek and Eleanor Reissa, co-Artistic Directors
- Harlem Jazz Foundation
- Hudson Valley Network
- Juilliard School
- The KoolOut, vintage urban music online, netcasting from the heart of NYC
- Lincoln Center
- Manhattan School of Music
- Mannes College of Music
- Merkin Concert Hall / Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center at Abraham Goodman House
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Metropolitan Opera
- Metropolitan Transportation Authority
- Miller Theatre, at Columbia University
- Museum of the City of New York
- New Jersey Performing Arts Center
- New Media Guide
- NYC-Arts Online
- New York City Beer Guide
- NYC.gov, the official New York City website
- NYC Insider
- NY1 News
- New York City Opera
- New York City Reference
- New York City Subway Resources
- New York Philharmonic
- New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
- The New York Times
- New York Today
- 92nd Street Y
- PANIX, local ISP and gracious web host of Vocal Area Network
- Paperless Guide to NYC
- St. Thomas Choir School, music-focused boarding school for boys grades 4-8
- Sonicnet
- Symphony Space
- Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, C.W. Post Campus, Long Island University
- Time Out New York
- Total New York
- WNYC, New York's public radio station, at 93.9 FM and 820 AM
- WQXR, classical radio station, at 105.9 FM
- Zagat, restaurant ratings