The first 12 links, plus 'British Choirs on the Net', make up TONSIL (The Ongoing Singing Liaison Group). www.tonsil.org.uk

The RSCM is an ecumenical Christian charity – an international network of affiliated groups and individual members – that aims to encourage and inspire

• good use of music, above all in Christian worship;
• the highest standards appropriate to each individual church and community, taking into account resources and circumstances;
• a culture of learning through practice, experience and reflection, leading to the development of both skills and understanding;
• individuals to engage in education and training in order to serve their church or community

Common to everyone in the RSCM is the belief that music, and specifically music in worship, matters.

The Association of British Choral Directors (ABCD) was founded in 1986. It is a registered charity which provides a unique forum for the conductors of choral music in the United Kingdom. Its purpose is to promote, improve and maintain the education, training and development of choral directors with a view to improving standards in all sectors of choral activity by:

• the organisation of regional and national training courses and conventions;
• commissioning and publishing regular newsletters and other items of information;
• the encouragement of both the composition of choral music and a closer contact between choral composers and conductors;
• co-operation and liaison with other relevant regional, national and international organisations with aims and objectives complementary to those of the Association.

National Association of Choirs

Formed in 1920, the NAC specialises in providing services to choirs and are not strictly a competitive organisation with the likes of Making Music, BFYC, BABS, etc.. This site should help a wide range of users (you) by providing information about us, our members and our services. Its activities have expanded widely to provide British choirs with a range of support services as part of its charitable mandate "to promote and sustain the art and public performance of choral music."

youngchoirs (formally the British Federation of Young Choirs) promotes workshops, Singing Days, courses, animation schemes, long term singing projects and professional development opportunities for teachers and choir leaders. It creates opportunities for young people from all cultures and backgrounds to:

 

• … develop a love of singing both for its own sake and as the foundation of a lifelong interest in music
• … experience a wide range of musical styles and traditions
• … enjoy the excitement and challenge of performance
• … aspire to excellence through discipline and commitment
• … achieve personal growth through teamwork and creativity

RCO - The Royal College of Organists The College of Organists was established in 1864, the result of an idea by Richard Limpus, a former organist of St Michael's, Cornhill in the City of London. His idea to form a body for the purpose of 'elevating and advancing our professional status' was enthusiastically welcomed by his colleagues, who elected Limpus as their first Secretary. A Royal Charter was obtained in 1893 by his successor, Edmund Turpin.

The Membership of the College currently stands at 3,200

BABS - The British Association of Barbershop Singers

LABBS - The Ladies Association of British Barbershop Singers  Born out of a meeting of six ladies' clubs which had formed partly as a result of the men's association. The women were just as excited by the sound of four part harmony. The ladies had been included in the men's event but they wanted to form their own association and after meeting at the 1975 convention they agreed to hold a meeting in London the following February. This was the birth of LABBS. Before long they were joined by other Clubs from all over England and Wales and as a result of this meeting we have today a thriving, fun-loving, educational Association which is constantly evolving.

Mission Statement: To enable all children to realise their full potential through a singing-based music curriculum, and to influence national perception of the vital importance of music in education

The Foundation was set up by its Principal, Susan Digby, in 1994.  It works in primary schools in deprived areas throughout England.  Our team of specially trained Advisory Teachers deliver a 1-year singing-based programme that is aimed at an entire school involving every teacher and every child.   The course is structured to run throughout the academic year with a programme of INSETs, intensive training for music curriculum leaders and class visits (each classroom teacher is visited 6 times during the year).   The methodology is inspired and based on the Kodaly system in Hungary. 

Our aim is to give all classroom teachers in a school the confidence to teach music as they teach all other national curriculum subjects.  Through this training, the children benefit not only musically but also, over a period of time, increases their self esteem and enables them to acquire self-discipline, social and communication skills, awareness and tolerance.   It also has a major impact on numeracy and literacy skills.In addition to our work in primary schools, The Voices Foundation also runs a variety of training courses in partnership with LEAs and music services aimed at both specialist and non-specialist teachers. 

For further information:  The Voices Foundation, 38 Ebury Street, London SW1W 0LU, Tel 020 7730 6677 email: vf@voices.org.uk

Founded in 1982 for the purpose of facilitating communications and exchange between choral musicians throughout the world. IFCM is the official representative of choral music on the International Music Council of UNESCO.

The West Gallery Music Association is an informal group of singers, instrumentalists and scholars. We share an interest in the sacred music, psalmody and hymnody, and the secular music and dance of the men and women who performed from the west galleries of parish churches, in chapels, and around the towns and villages of England during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Although our interests mainly centre on this period and form of music in the United Kingdom, we are also interested in many aspects of the history and popular culture of the English-speaking world which have influenced or been influenced by our musical and singing traditions.  So far, we have active members in Australia, the United States and India.

MALE VOICE CHOIR.NET

A site dedicated to the promotion and support of male voice choirs, developed by some of Wales' leading exponents of the male voice tradition.

Bach Cantatas Website

A comprehensive site covering all aspects of J.S. Bach's cantatas and his other vocal works. Contains discussions and detailed discographies of each cantata and other vocal works, performers and general topics. The site also includes texts and translations, scores, articles and interviews, and short biographies of more than 1200 performers of Bach vocal works

Cornish Federation of Male Voice Choirs

The Federation represents and promotes Cornish male voice choirs. It organises massed choir concerts, raising funds for charities. It supports the musical tradition of male voice singing in Cornwall.

The Federation was formed in 1983, inspired by the first massed concert of Cornish male voice choirs at the Royal Albert Hall performed during this period.

The main objectives of the Federation are:

1. To organise concerts and recitals

2. To encourage composers and arrangers

3. To produce modern arrangements for the furtherance of male voice music

4. To support such charitable institutions as the Federation decides

On-line Sheet Music (mainly A Cappella)

Musica Anglicana - New Anglican Music

This website is intended to be:

* A forum for church music composers - to allow the exchange of information, views and help.

* A public resource for their compositions. The aim is to make available new choral works that are accessible to most church choirs and will enrich worship as well as repertoire

In Quires and Places

A definitive collection of Recordings from British Choirs primarily singing in the English Choral tradition

Welcome to the Vocalist, an international mailing list for singers and singing teachers. We are a group of mostly opera and classical singers, but also discuss musical theatre and other styles. All topics, from auditions to fach to repertoire to career-building, vocal warm-ups, singing tips, are welcome here.
 

An excellent site dealing with boychoirs - it has a discussion forum, too

"The world's best choral folder", its "quality and durability ... without equal". Its UK distributor is Colin Brook, who sings with the Ashton Singers in Winchester, Hants

Hear the Choirs Sing

MP3/Real Audio downloads of choral music