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Association of British Orchestras (ABO)
Organization which supports the collective interests of the orchestral profession in the UK.
www.abo.org.uk
Virginia Organization of Composers and Lyricists (VOCAL)
Non-profit songwriter's organization.
members.aol.com
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
Membership association of composers, songwriters, lyricists and music publishers. ASCAP's function is to protect the rights of its members by licensing and paying royalties for the public performances of their copyrighted works.
www.ascap.com
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Bach Archiv Leipzig
Founded in November 1950 by the musicologist Werner Neumann. Theb Institute's purpose is to collect and examine literary and documentary material about the life, work and history of the artistic creations of Johann Sebastian Bach and his family ...
www.bach-leipzig.de
National Band Register
The site offers bands the unprecedented facility of searching the world's largest database of band names and band information. One can find out if their band name is in use, and if not, register it to help protect from other bands using it.
www.bandreg.com
Percy Grainger Society
Music society dedicated to granting access to and publishing the music of Percy Grainger.
www.bardic-music.com
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI)
Music performing rights organization that collects royalties for songwriters in film, television, musical theatre and classical music composers and music publishers.
www.bmi.com
British Music Information Centre (BMIC)
BMIC is a member of the International Association of Music Information Centres. In addition to large libraries of sheet music and sound archives, centres maintain up-to-date collections of biographical and research material, many issue publicati...
www.bmic.co.uk
Boston Songwriters Workshop
Professional organization of songwriters and composers helping each other develop in the art, craft, and business of songwriting and composition.
www.bostonsongwriters.org
British Phonographic Industry (BPI)
As the industry's trade association, BPI represents the interests of British record companies. BPI is a trade body and an authoritative source of industry information that produces quarterly industry statistics, oversees the certified awards, l...
www.bpi.co.uk
British Academy of Composers and Songwriters
The Academy represents music writers of every genre. The Academy's main aims are: to raise the profile of composers and songwriters with key decision makers and with the public as a whole; to protect and, where possible, increase the value of c...
www.britishacademy.com
Bucks County Folk Song Society (BCFSS)
BCFSS is dedicated to furthering the interest and appreciation of folk music through education, research, and participation; familiarizing the people of southeastern Pennsylvania with authentic folk art; and providing a meeting place for those w...
www.bucksfolk.org
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Carolina Association of Songwriters (CAOS)
CAOS gives their members the opportunity to: network with other songwriters, receive valuable feedback and constructive criticism on their songs and song ideas from other members, collaborate with other songwriters, perform in area clubs and re...
www.caos.org
Center for Computer Music Research and Composition at UCSB
Serves as a productive environment available to students, researchers, and professional media artists for the realization of music and multimedia works involving computers, digital media equipment, and combinations of these with live ensembles.
www.ccmrc.ucsb.edu
Chicago Songwriters Collective
Organization that promotes and encourages songwriting, storytelling, composing and lyric writing.
chicagosongwriters.com
Pittsburgh Songwriters Association (PSA)
Non-profit organization dedicated to helping its members develop and market their songs. The PSA membership includes composers, lyricists, and musicians representing many different styles of music.
trfn.clpgh.org
Contemporary Music Centre
National archive and resource center for new music supporting the work of composers throughout the Republic and Northern Ireland. Member of the International Association of Music Information Centres.
www.cmc.ie
Contemporary Music Making for Amateurs (COMA)
Organization set up to create contemporary music-making opportunities for amateur musicians.
www.coma.org
Central Composers' Alliance
The Alliance was formed to promote the works of members of the Composers' Guild of Great Britain who are resident in, or have close connections with, Central England.
www.composersalliance.com
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Dallas Songwriters Association (DSA)
DSA provides a practical and realistic orientation for songwriters/artists on common standards and expectations of the music industry, sharpens required competencies for excelling in the song writing profession, serves as a forum for networking ...
www.dallassongwriters.org
NorthWest Composers Association
Provides online information and biographies on its many composer members.
www.dws.ndirect.co.uk
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Living Music Foundation
Collects and distributes financial aid in order to assist independent composers and musicians in their efforts to reach the public.
www.e-universe.com
Baltimore Songwriters Association (BSA)
Association was formed for charitable and educational purposes including: developing and promoting songwriting in all genres, providing educational opportunities and serving as a center for the exchange of information between songwriters, publis...
www.electrobus.com
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Gaudeamus Foundation
Center for contemporary music that organizes and promotes contemporary music activities and concerts both in The Netherlands and abroad. Gaudeamus focuses on supporting career development of young composers and musicians through its library fac...
www.gaudeamus.nl
German Society for Musical Performing Rights and Mechanical Reproductions Rights (GEMA)
Collecting society that also stands up nationally, internationally and in the EC for the legal advancement of copyright.
www.gema.de
Serge Prokofiev Archive
Collection of autograph papers and photos provided by the composer's estate, as well as microfilms of music manuscripts, books, scores and audio-visual material.
www.goldsmiths.ac.uk
Songwriters Association of Canada (SAC)
SAC protects and develops the creative and business environments for songwriters in Canada and around the world.
www.goodmedia.com
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Bill Hopkins Society
Organization supporting the work of the British composer Bill Hopkins (1943-1981).
www.hopkinsnet.com
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Guild of International Songwriters and Composers
International organization whose membership comprises songwriters, composers, lyricists, poets, musicians, artistes, publishers, singer-songwriters, managers, record company owners, studio owners, producers. Their aim is to help, advise and ass...
www.icn.co.uk
Irish Music Rights Organization (IMRO)
National body administering the performing rights in copyright music in Ireland on behalf of its members: songwriters, composers, music publishers and the members of affiliated overseas societies.
www.imro.ie
Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique (IRCAM)
Research in the field of music.
www.ircam.fr
Minnesota Association of Songwriters (MAS)
Non-profit, member supported community of songwriters from the Midwest. MAS inspires, educates and promotes the art and craft of songwriting. MAS is a connection between the writer, other music oriented organizations and the music industry.
www.isc.net
International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM)
International network of members from around fifty countries, devoted to the promotion and presentation of contemporary music.
www.iscm.nl
Island Songwriters Showcase (ISS)
Organization comprised of dedicated songwriters, lyricists, producers, engineers, performers, DJ's etc. ISS's goal is to support original music through it's workshops and live showcases.
www.islandsongwriters.org
J
Just Intonation Network
Nonprofit group fostering communication among composers, musicians, instrument designers and theorists working with Just Intonation.
www.justintonation.net
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Kodály Society of Canada
Presents general information about musician and educator Zoltan Kodaly.
www.kodalysocietyofcanada.ca
Kurt Weill Foundation for Music
Not-for-profit, private foundation chartered to preserve and perpetuate the legacies of composer Kurt Weill and actress-singer Lotte Lenya.
www.kwf.org
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Memphis Songwriters Association (MSA)
Nonprofit organization that promotes, advances and helps MSA songwriters in the composition of music.
www.memphissongwriters.com
International Songwriters Guild (ISG) of Orlando
Diversified group of members consisting of publishers, songwriters, musicians, vocalists, lyricists, and others who are in some way affiliated with songwriting.
www.mindspring.com
Canadian Music Centre
National organization that collects, distributes and promotes music by Canada's concert composers.
www.musiccentre.ca
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Society for Producers and Composers of Applied Music (PCAM)
PCAM was founded by members of leading music production companies to monitor practices and conditions for the production of music in commercials, television programs and other audio-visual media between production companies and advertising agen...
www.pcam.co.uk
Phonographic Performance Ltd. (PPL)
Non-profit making organization established by the recording industry to administer public performance and broadcasting rights of their recordings. PPL issues licences to all kinds of venues, radio and TV broadcasters.
www.ppluk.com
Performing Rights Society (PRS)
Association of composers, songwriters and music publishers. It administers the 'performing right' in their music.
www.prs.co.uk
Centro Studi Giacomo Puccini
Non-profit organization whose goals are to to collect and disseminate information about Giacomo Puccini and fin-de-siècle opera in general, and to encourage the study of the composer and his works, as well as their performance, throughout the wo...
www.puccini.it
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Sociedad de Autores y Compositores de Venezuela (SACVEN)
Web site for the Society of Authors and Composers of Venezuela.
www.sacven.org
Songwriters' Association of Washington (SAW)
Non-profit organization established to benefit aspiring and professional songwriters.
www.saw.org
SESAC
Performing rights organization that represents songwriters and publishers and their right to be compensated for having their music performed in public.
www.sesac.com
Society of Italian Authors and Composers (SIAE)
Organization for the protection of intellectual works whose aim has been that of joining together authors, publishers and other copyright owners for the protection of copyright works in Italy and abroad.
www.siae.it
Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies
Institution at San Jose State University devoted solely to the life, works and accomplishments of Ludwig van Beethoven.
www.sjsu.edu
Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN)
Not-for-profit Canadian society that administers the performing right in musical works through an assignment of these rights by the copyright owners.
www.socan.ca
International Songwriters Association (ISA)
Association promoting songs, songwriters and songwriting. ISA songwriters live in more than sixty countries worldwide.
www.songwriter.co.uk
Society for the Promotion of New Music (SPNM)
SPNM promotes and advances the education of the public by encouraging the understanding, appreciation and development of music composed by living musicians born or resident in the UK, and of music generally as expressed in any other medium or fo...
www.spnm.org.uk
Performing Rights Society of Iceland (STEF)
Icelandic Web site.
www.stef.is
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Association of Irish Composers
Representative body of composers of contemporary music in Ireland.
homepage.tinet.ie
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New York Women Composers
Not-for-profit corporation of women composers of concert music and women in musical occupations, all seeking a betterment of conditions for women composers.
metalab.unc.edu
Centre for the Promotion of Contemporary Composers (CPCC)
CPCC is an Internet-based service organization for composers, dedicated to providing a single, comprehensive resource containing opportunities (competitions, faculty openings, grants, etc.), as well as a platform from which members can dissemina...
www.under.org
See Who's Looking 4 Songs
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