Church Services and Music Lists ---------------------------------------- British Choirs on the Net Many links to choirs and other musical resources. Cathedral Music Links Site devoted to the choral heritage of the UK. Gives links to the websites of cathedrals, collegiate churches, abbeys, church choirs, concerts, TV/radio and much else besides. Chamberlain Music On-line music shop. Sells sheet music, instruments and accessories. Choral Public Domain Library A vast collection of choral music free to download as PDF files ready for printing. Equity UK trade union representing professional performers. Gerontius.net Site devoted to UK choirs, concerts and choral music resources. The Gregorian Association This site provides an introduction to plainchant, and points those interested towards ways of furthering their interest. It is much quoted on academic web sites around the world, and is one of two chant sites recommended by the Encylopædia Britannica. Gregorian Chant A page containing dozens of links to plainchant-related sites. Handlo Music Archive of choral music scores. Delivers music directly to your computer. Links to other useful sites. Incorporated Society of Musicians Has details of recommended minimum fees for choral singers and organists. Komodo Recordings Komodo Recordings has a long history of recording choirs: "We have recorded many choirs of different types and sizes, from well-practiced multi-part harmony choirs with pipe organs to small amateur church groups. With our mobile recording van, our own studio, duplication and printing facilities we have everything you need to make a professional CD that captures the very best that your choir can produce." Lay Clerks Mailbase E-mail list for the Lay Clerks, Choral Scholars, Lay Vicars, Vicars Choral and other assorted Gentlemen of the Cathedral and Collegiate Choirs of the United Kingdom. Lied and Art Song Texts Archive of more than seventeen thousand texts used in Lieder and other classical Art Songs (Kunstlieder, Mélodies, Canzoni, Romansy, Canciones, Liederen, Canções, Sånger, Laulua, etc) as well as in many choral works and other types of classical vocal pieces (twenty-six thousand settings and growing). Several thousand translations to English, French, German, Spanish and other languages are also offered. Also has powerful search engines linking the songs to online stores where they can be bought as sheet music and/or CDs. An indispensable resource and a highly recommended site. Mezzo Heaven Sheet music and other resources for mezzos. The Music Makers Formed in 1996 by three Catholic composers and musicians, David Hoyland, Michael Gryspeerdt and Jeremy de Satgé, to publish and promote new church music, principally for the Roman Catholic liturgy. Mutopia Provides music scores that are free to download, print out, perform and distribute. Quilisma Record label established to promote young composers and performers. SheetMusicNow.com Does what it says. Vocalist - Singer and Singing Teachers' Resource Resources and links for singers. Vocal Technique The best articles on classical singing technique that I've found on the web. See in particular the article on breath management, which gives a very clear explanation of the appoggio technique. |