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The World Wide Web is a big place, and it can be hard to KNOW what you're looking for, let alone FIND it! Let us help you out with this short list of valuable online resources.

We've assembled a list of web sites that feature services and/or information that will help you with questions or issues that you might have as a music educator. From professional organizations like ACDA and MENC to licensing companies and publishers like Hal Leonard and Harry Fox - let our experience help you find them all in just a few clicks. More are added every day, so check back often to see what's new!

Services or Organizations

MENC: Music Educator's National Conference
MENC provides support to music educators of all kinds in the form of publications, workshops, teaching materials, and an awesome network of other educators. Check out their web site at www.menc.org for more information.

ACDA: American Choral Director's Association
From their web site: Founded in 1959, the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) is a nonprofit music-education organization whose central purpose is to promote excellence in choral music through performance, composition, publication, research, and teaching. In addition, ACDA strives through arts advocacy to elevate choral music's position in American society. Visit them online at www.acdaonline.org

Harry Fox Agency
HFA is the foremost mechanical licensing, collections, and distribution agency for U.S. music publishers. Check out their site at www.harryfox.com for information on how to obtain licensing, IF you need licensing, and other really useful information regarding licensing songs for performance and recording in the US.

Online Discussion Groups

Choralnet: A central portal to online resources and communications for the global choral music community. A great place to ask questions and "pick the brains" of other music educators and choir directors, about repertoire, teaching techniques, materials and more!

A Cappella Newsgroup: Rec.music.a-cappella: Another awesome place to post questions about more modern a cappella, get in touch with a cappella groups in your area, and to discuss all the nuances of a cappella music.

Topic-Specific Information

Copyright Laws and the Music Educator
This is very useful information (available online at the link above) provided by MENC, that talks about what you need to know, as an educator or choir director, about music copyright laws.

ASCAP & BMI
ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers ) & BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) now provide a listing of the repertory of copyrighted music for which each claims to hold assigned performance rights. By identifying which organization holds a copyright to the material, groups can pay a licensing fee to that organization rather than to each individual organization, as was necessary in the past when these listings were not available. With this information, groups can also use music that does not have a copyright (i.e. public domain titles) and therefore eliminate the need to pay licensing fees. These listings are available on the Internet. Go to www.bmi.com for information on the music controlled by BMI and www.ascap.com for that controlled by ASCAP.

www.21stCenturyChorister.com
21stCenturyChorister.com is a new online gathering place that aims to be somewhere people can go online for information, contacts, and resources related to choral singing. There are articles, a forum, and a multimedia section that will soon offer downloadable music resources.

Sheet Music Publishers

Oceanna Music Publications - Oceanna publishes inspiring band, choral, instrumental and piano works by contemporary women composers and collaborative works by women and men. Their aim is to bring exciting, challenging repertoire to schools, conservatories and private studios.

Hal Leonard Corp. - One of the biggest sheet music publishers in the world today, Hal Leonard publishes music for the recital hall, the classroom and the stage.
 
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