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- Resources: Information / listings / discussion, Organizations, Music on-line, Ticketing services, Choir management, Booking 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
- Musi-cal, concert listing and search tool
- Vocal Universe, the public voice for Vocal Music and the Vocal Industry
- Polyphony.com, historical performance in New York City
- Just Intonation Primer, by David Doty, 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
- French Cultural Services, listings of French musical events around the US; information on French musicians, composers and conductors
- Backstage, "the complete online performing arts resource"
- Gospel Singing.com
- NewMusicBox, the web magazine from the New Music USA, focused on new music
- Peter Schickele / P.D.Q. Bach
- Artsnet, an information clearinghouse of arts management resources on the internet, run by the Center for Arts Management & Technology at Carnegie-Mellon.
- 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.
- 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
- The Modern Vocalist World, 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
- ChoirPlace, an online center for choirs and vocal music fans
- ConcertTour.org's listing of New York concerts
- VAN Magazine, a subscription-based fanzine covering contemporary, classical and early music (and not affiliated in any way with Vocal Area Network)
- ChoralNation, connecting the world's choral community with organization and event listings
- Stay at Home Choir, offering opportunities to sing together with musicians from around the world
- NYC Choral Freelancers, a Facebook group dedicated to all those who toil in the fine professional choral ensembles of NYC
- OPERA America's National Opera Center, offering rehearsal spaces for choruses, ensembles and individuals
- Vocal Ensemble Laboratory, Westchester-based resource for short-run choirs and workshops
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.
- New York City Sacred Harp, 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
- The Arts Business, fundraising and management services for the performing arts
- OPERA America, supporting the creation, presentation and enjoyment of opera
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
- cdstreet, selling music goods online through their own superstore and/or by e-commerce enabling your own website
- 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
- 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"
- 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
- Sing Human Rights, devoted to settings of the text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Booking services
Ticketing and patron management services
- Vendini, provider of online ticketing solutions for small to medium sized organizations
- HandyTix, provider of online box office ticketing systems for performing arts organizations
- Brown Paper Tickets, "the fair-trade ticketing company"
- EventBrite, with event listings and ticketing services
- Arts People, offering ticketing and fundraising software for the arts
- Patron Manager, ticketing services
- ShowClix, offering online and onsite ticketing services
- Little Green Light, cloud-based donor management software
- Donor Perfect, for fundraising
Choir management
- Chorus Connection, offering easy online tools for managing choirs (company based in New York)
- Choir Genius, choir management tools (company based in Vancouver)
- Conduct, an intelligent scheduling app for professional musicians
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
- 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
- Choral Music Download Directory at zZounds
- Shalshelet, whose mission is to enhance spirituality and build community through the creation and dissemination of Jewish sacred music.
- Schubertline, an online digital database of downloadable and printable art songs by major composers
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; visit verified.codes/MusicNotes for coupon savings
- ChoralWeb Music Publishing, "the first choral music publisher in the world to offer, sell and deliver choral 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
- Harry Fox Agency, information on licensing music for recordings
- Breitkopf & Härtel
- Durand Salabert Eschig
- Schirmer/AMP
- Shawnee Press, publishers of music for school, church and concert
- Wise Music Group (formerly 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
- Paraclete Press, ecumenical publisher of books and sheet music on Christian spirituality
- 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
- Galaxy Music Notes, featuring downloads of piano sheet music
- Music Books Plus, offering music and audio books, videos, CD-ROMs, DVDs, software and sheet music
Festivals
- Harmony Sweepstakes, nationwide a cappella competition
- Varsity Vocals, now running the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella
- The Dennis Keene Choral Festival, last active in 2002
- Berkshire Choral Festival
- North American Jewish Choral Festival
- Finger Lakes Choral Festival, August in Canandaigua, NY
- Hawaii Music Festivals
- Idaho International Choral Festival, in Pocatello, ID
- Grieg International Choir Festival, in Bergen, Norway
- New York Early Music Central
- Cork International Choral Festival, in Ireland
- Festivals of choirs and orchestras in Italy, Poland, Czech Republic and Germany
- 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 twelve international festivals in Europe
- SingStrong, a cappella festival in Reston, VA
- Antalya International Choral Festival, in Antalya, Turkey
- Jewish A Cappella Festival, in New York
- Cape Town Choir Festival, in Cape Town, South Africa, March and October
- Yale International Choral Festival, periodically in New Haven, CT
- Interkultur, "world's leading organizer of international choir competitions and festivals since 1988"
- Fides Cantat, choral festival for chamber and youth choirs up to 40 singers in Wittenberg, Germany
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
- Serenades Choral Travel, choral and cultural tastings in the green heart of Italy--Spoleto
- International Oratorio Choir, workshops in Italy
- The Singing Experience, workshops for aspiring singers conducted by Linda Amiel Burns
- Amherst Early Music, the largest presenter of Early Music workshops in North America
- Le Chant des Oyseaux, offering summer (and other) choral workshops in France
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
- New York Singing Teachers' Association
- 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."
- 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.
- Lilli Wosk Music, vocal coach for musical theatre
- SingersBabel, offering diction resources for singers
- Everybody Can Sing, offering individual and group lessons with Elissa Weiss
- The Center for Vocal Health, part of the Voice and Swallowing Institute at Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- EarMaster, software for ear training and sight-singing practice for music students and music teachers
- Cooking A Cappella, cooking classes with a musical twist, hosted by tenor-composer-chef Lawrence Rush
- Singing in Theater, a resource page for singers
- American Lung Association
- TakeLessons, offering articles, tips, resources and guides for singing students and teachers
- We Love Singing, offering tutorials and resources about singing
- Musicaroo, Camila Rabin's resource site for beginning singers, violinists and trumpeters
- Tobacco Free Life, offering a page about smoking and singing
- The London Singing Institute, offering singing lessons for those in or near the UK capital
- Singing A Cappella at Home, a HomeAdvisor (!) tutorial with an interesting collection of a cappella resources
- The Vocal Hub, UK-based online coaching with Sofia Maffei
- Cantar Bien, serving the Latin communities in Los Angeles, offering free vocal lessons and choir classes for youth (en español)
- Como Cantar Bien, offering instruction in singing and vocal health (en español)
- Singing and You, Gretchen Greenfield's site devoted to learning how to sing better
- Skillshare, offering online classes in music and other endeavors
- Music Industry How To, helping musicians, music industry professionals and music lovers learn aspects of the music industry
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
- Hammond Music Service, rehearsal CDs and tapes for choirs
- The Silvis "Woodshed", MIDI files of popular choral works
- MakeMusic, makers of Finale and Allegro music notation software and other tools
- Sibelius, music notation software
- Dorico, music notation software from Steinberg, recommended as a successor to Finale
- Forte, 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
- 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
- ChoraLine, rehearsal CDs/MP3s and other resources for choral singers
- Choir-Mart, concert-wear for choirs
- The Diction Police, offering singers tools for improving diction
- Singerhood, offering a platform for mobile devices that guides students and amateurs to develop their choir singing skills through high-quality part recordings of the choral repertoire
- Rehearsal Live Share, offering a platform for remote multi-user rehearsal and recording that works around the issue of internet latency
- PlayScore 2, a sheet music scanning app that plays scores from photos or PDFs
- ScanScore, to scan, play and edit sheet music
Other geographies
- Association of Connecticut Choruses
- 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
- Artist Travel Consultants, New York-focused tour packager
- MusikReisenFaszination, offering choir and orchestra tours
- OPUS Tours, performance tour specialists to more than 40 countries
- Run by Singers, a UK-based outfit arranging singing holiday weeks and weekends since 2003
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
- The Bobs
- 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
- 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
- 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 Groovebarbers, Sean Altman, Charlie Evett, Steve Keyes and Kevin Weist
- The House Jacks, west coast male quintet featuring Deke Sharon and Wes Carroll
- Huelgas Ensemble, one of Europe's premiere vocal ensembles dedicated to the performance of music from the Middle Ages and Renaissance; directed by Paul Van Nevel.
- 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
- Manhattan Holiday Carolers (formerly Definitely Dickens Holiday Carolers), offering premium professional carolers
- McFerrin, Bobby
- Minimum Wage
- 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 Voices
- North/South Consonance, vocal and instrumental ensemble directed by Max Lifschitz
- 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
- Sitson, Gino, vocal virtuoso from Cameroon
- Six13, male Jewish a cappella ensemble
- 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
- 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
- NYU Chorale
- 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....
- Mazel Tones, Jewish a cappella
- The New Group
- 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
- 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
- National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, Zalmen Mlotek and Eleanor Reissa, co-Artistic Directors
- 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
- National Sawdust
- New Jersey Performing Arts Center
- NYC-Arts Online
- New York City Beer Guide
- NYC.gov, the official New York City website
- NYC Insider Guide
- 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
- New York Theatre Guide
- The New York Times
- 92nd Street Y
- OPERA America's National Opera Center, offering rehearsal spaces for choruses, ensembles and individuals
- 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
- Symphony Space
- Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, C.W. Post Campus, Long Island University
- Time Out 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