The Canny Link Directory

Altrincham Choral Society - details of the society, the music we sing and some of our people.

Amadeus Choir

Apollo Chorus - the voice of Chicago for 125 years.

Arundel Vocal Arts Society - formed to support the art of choral singing through the study and performance of a wide range of musical styles.

Bach Choir of Bethlehem

Bach Choir of Pittsburgh

Baltimore Choral Arts Society

Cambridge Singers, The

Camerata Chorale - includes a schedule and audition information.

Canterbury Choral Society - community chorus.

Celebr8! Singers - double quartet of mixed voices performing both sacred and secular music.

Chiswick Choir

Choral Arts Ensemble of Portland - get this season's schedule online and buy season tickets.

Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia

Choral Arts Society of Washington, D.C. - directed by Norman Scribner, the society performs regularly at the Kennedy Center.

Chorale Bel Canto - community based masterworks chorale based in Whittier, CA.

Colorado Chorale - kept choral music alive in Denver.

Columbia Boys Choir and Girls Choir - Seattle area, children's music organization of choirs for boys and girls aged kindergarten through college.

Connecticut Lyric Quartet - vocal chamber quartet performing Renaissance, classical, opera, broadway, and folk in original languages.

Convivium Musicum - concert schedule, program information, news and history for Boston-based early music ensemble.

Coral Cantigas - specializes in performing the music of Spain, Latin America and the Caribbean.

Coral Polifonica Gijonesa- Spanish choir, founded in 1947 at Gijon, Asturias, Spain.

Dedham Choral Society - Performs classical choral works in Dedham and Boston, Massachusetts. In the summer a small pops chorus provides community outreach.

Dulwich Choral Society - repertoire spans the 17th to 20th centuries.

Festival Singers of Wellington - community choir singing classical, baroque and traditional music as well as modern hymns by New Zealand composers.

Gainesville Civic Chorus

Glen Rock Carolers Assocation - bringing the musical message of Christmas to the area since 1848.

Grainger Singers, The - a chamber group whose repertoire ranges from madrigals to 20th century classical. Named for pianist and composer Percy Aldrige Grainger.

Greenwich Village Singers - 80 voice SATB community chorus founded in 1976, attracting singers from throughout the metropolitan area.

Hallé Choir - information about Manchester's Hallé Choir, based in the new Bridgewater Hall. There's also some stuff about books and other things.

Houston Choral Site - choral music resources, including reviews and training.

Houston Symphony Chorus - 200 member choral arm of the Houston Symphony Orchestra with Dr. Charles Hausmann James D. Hollingsworth's Chosen Generation - touring vocal ensemble.

Jauna Muzika - Lithuanian choir.

Lancaster Priory Choir - traditional English Cathedral style.

Little Dickens Carolers

London Philharmonic Choir - details about the current season, forthcoming concerts, reviews, membership information and more.

London Symphony Chorus

London Welsh Male Voice Choir

Manchester Choral Society

Maria Vokal Ensemble - an ensemble with a repertoire that focuses on baroque and contemporary music.

Masterworks Choral Ensemble - a community choral ensemble serving the South Puget Sound region of Washington State.

Masterworks Chorale of Boston, Massachusetts

Masterworks Chorale of San Mateo - presents an annual series of concerts featuring full symphonic chorus and orchestra.

Midland-Odessa Symphony & Chorale

Moses Hogan Chorale

Naperville Chorus

Nashoba Valley Chorale

New York Choral Society - features information about 150-voice symphonic choir, the subscription series in for metro concert halls and links to other music sites.

Notre Dame des Bananes Choir

Nova Singers - classical community choir made up of 125 men and women, entertaining South Florida for over 20 years.

Ohlone Chamber Singers - a 46 voice choir performing a wide range of music repertiore, from Rennaisance through significant 20th Century works.

Oregon Repertory Singers - internationally acclaimed choral music with information on concerts and CD's

Polyphony - choir and orchestra, led by Stephen Layton.

Princeton Singers

Raritan Valley Chorus - community based ensemble located in central New Jersey performing a wide range of choral repertoire.

Reading Phoenix Choir - mixed voice choir of approximately 50 singers with a wide repertoire and many successes in international competitions.

Rhode Island Civic Chorale and Orchestra - an 80-voice community chorus performing choral masterworks for the greater Providence, RI area.

Rich-Tones - captivating performers who enthusiastically embrace barbershop harmony and transfuse it with their own sassy brand of pizazz.

Riverside Choral Society - 90-member choruse whose recent concerts have included Brahm's Ein deutsche Requiem and Mozart's Mass in C Minor.

Runnymede Singers - group of about 20 men and women rehearses and sings for fun and charitable events.

Sacramento Choral Society - an auditioned self-governing chorus (non-profit) drawn from the community dedicated to performing the large choral orchestral repertoire.

Sacramento Master Singers

San Francisco Bach Choir - founded in 1936, the choir presents high-quality concerts from an early music perspective, drawing its membership from the Bay Area's large community of musicians.

San Francisco Bay Area Chamber Choir - founded in 1978. Specializes in a cappella works of masters of the past and significant modern composers.

San Francisco Choral Artists - a twenty-voice chamber chorus that mainly performs music by 20th Century composers.

San Francisco Concert Chorale

Scandinavian Choir of Melbourne - performs regularly at the Swedish Church in Melbourne, Australia and membership is open to anyone with an interest in Scandinavian music.

Schola Cantorum - 120-voice chorus under Music Director Gregory Wait, providing choral performances and participation for the southern San Francisco Bay Area.

Seattle Choral Company - Pacific Northwest's choral ensemble, presenting both symphonic masterworks and exciting new music.

Sheffield Oratorio Chorus - mixed-voice choir who perform in Sheffield Cathedral, with professional soloists and musicians.

Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus

Sheffield Socialist Choir - learning and singing songs which reflect the fight for freedom, human rights and jusitice around the world.

Sonoma County Bach Choir - specializes in the performance of Baroque, Rennaissance, and Classical music in an authentic performance style using baroque instrumentalists.

South Bend Chamber Singers - a semi-professional choral ensemble specializing in music of the 20th century.

Spectrum Singers - classical choral ensemble.

St. Cecilia Chorus

St. Charles Choir

Stairwell Carollers - Small chamber a cappella choir whose repertoire includes seasonal carols, as well as music of the Renaissance.

Terre Haute Choral Society - community choir singing since 1974.

Thomas Circle Singers - chamber choral ensemble.

Toronto Mendelssohn Choir - Canada's world-renowned large vocal ensemble, directed by Noel Edison.

Tudor Choir

Vocal Choice Singers - performance choir made up of youths from the Inland Empire.

Voices: Bay Area Lesbian Choral Ensemble - primarily a cappella group whose dual purpose is to combine musical excellence with lesbian visibility.

Washington County Chorale - auditioned fifty-voice symphonic choir under the direction of Bernd R. Kuehn.

Waterbury Chorale - brings choral music to western Connecticut while providing amateur and semi-professional singers an outlet for performance.

Waterford City Choir - adult mixed-voice choir meeting in Waterford on Mondays, with several concerts each year.

World Festival Choir - Norway

Zamir Chorale of Boston - specializing in the full spectrum of music arising our of the various Jewish traditions.

Usenet - rec.music.makers.choral            


Barbershop Quartets

Boulder Timberliners - barbershop chorus; includes performance and membership information.

Bryn Mawr Mainliners - a men's barbershop chorus performing all over the greater Philadelphia area.

Checkmate

Garden City Chorus

Happiness Emporium - contains biography, engagement calendar, and discography of these 1975 International Barbershop Quartet Champions.

Harmonious Rex - New York and New Jersey area barbershop quartet.

Hega Rakbalsam - barbershop quartet from Goteborg, Sweden.

Hourglass Quartet

Oklahoma City Chorus - this Sweet Adeline chorus and her quartets sing 4-part harmony, barbershop style. CD's and tapes available.

Phabulous Phoenicians Chorus

Reckless Abandon - performing barbershop quartet.

Singing Buckeyes - points of interest for barbershop quartet enthusiasts.

Sound Delivery - barbershop quartet.

Tulsa Tradition, The - a cappella quartet; CD and booking info available.

Young Urban Barbershoppers            


College and University

Brown University Chorus

Copenhagen University Choir - oldest choir in Denmark.

Flinders University Choral Society

Notre Dame Folk Choir - provide music for campus liturgies with a repertoire of contemporary and traditional compositions.

Phonolites of Aristotle University - mixed, four-voice choir with pre-clasical, clasical and Greek repertoire. Formed by members of the School of Geology.

Queensland University Musical Society - non-auditioning choir, open to all interested members of the community. A member of the Australian Intervarsity Choral Society.

Southampton University Chamber Choir

Stanford Chamber Chorale

University of Cincinnati Men's & Women's Choruses - a performing choral ensemble and an active social organization.

University of Notre Dame Chorale

University of Notre Dame Liturgical Choir

Harvard University

Naperville Men's Glee Club - forty member men's glee club directed by Bonnie Klee; appears throughout the Chicago area.

Princeton University Glee Club

University Glee Club of New York City, The - traditional, male, NYC group singing a wide range of music in a collegial atmosphere at rehearsals, meetings, and concerts.

University of Michigan Men's Glee Club

University of Notre Dame Glee Club

University of Pennsylvania Glee Club

Virginia Glee Club - oldest musical organization at the University of Virginia

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Glee Club            


Gospel

Black Voices - gospel choir at the University of Virginia.

Mississippi Mass Choir

Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir - a multiracial, interfaith group bringing their message of hope, joy, unity and justice.

Stanford Gospel Choir - Bible-based Christian ministry dedicated to spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ through song in and around the Stanford University community.

Voices of Joy

Voices of Testimony Gospel Choir - student organization at Kent State whose sole purpose is to preach and minister the word to a sick and dying world, Mark 16:15.      


Gregorian Chant Choirs

Gregorian Schola of St. Joseph Parish

Boston Gay Men's Chorus

Capital City Men's Chorus

Chicago Gay Men's Chorus

Columbus Gay Men's Chorus

GALA Choruses - international association serving the gay and lesbian choral movement.

Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles

Gay Men's Chorus of San Diego - information and concert schedule for the chorus.

Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, DC - Award-winning chorus of 140 members, founded in 1981. Directed by James Holloway. Performs a variety of music from pops to classical to spirituals to song-and-dance revues.

Golden Gate Men's Chorus - founded in 1982 with the aim of presenting high quality performances of serious men's choral music to the Bay Area.

Heartland Men's Chorus

Lesbian and Gay Chorus of Washington, DC

Melbourne Gay & Lesbian Chorus - comprising 60 singers under the direction of Tuck Wah Leong. Sings a wide range of musical styles mixed with inventive choreography.

New York City Gay Men's Chorus

Positive Voices - all HIV+ chorus making music of hope, strength, courage, and faith for everyone living with HIV/AIDS, whether infected or affected.

Providence Gay Men's Chorus - info on their concerts, friends, music & sponsors. Links to other GLB chorus sites.

San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus - includes discography, history, performance schedule and audition information.

Schola Cantorosa - gay mens chorus; concerts, photos, contacts and CD information.

Seattle Men's Chorus

Turtle Creek Chorale - gay male chorus.

Twin Cities Gay Mens Chorus - information about the chorus as well as links to other GALA chorus sites included.

Voices: Bay Area Lesbian Choral Ensemble - primarily a cappella group whose dual purpose is to combine musical excellence with lesbian visibility.

Women's Chorus of Dallas            


Men's Choirs

Alexandria Harmonizers

Chanticleer

Concord Singers - a german-language male chorus that performs throughout the US, Canada, and Europe.

Dowlais Male Choir - Welsh male choir, available for concerts, charity or otherwise, at home or abroad.

Helsinki University Male Voice Choir.

Honley Male Voice Choir - 80-strong choir from Honley. Extensive repertoire spanning 400 years of music. Available for concerts. New members welcome.

Hoosli Ukrainian Folk Ensemble - all-male performing chorus. .

Lay Clerks' Mailbase, The - a mailing list for the gentlemen of the cathedral choirs of the UK.

Mendelssohn Club Male Chorus - 75-member male chorus performing contemporary, classical, folk, show tunes, hymns and spiritual music.

Newcastle Male Voice Choir

Orphei Drängar - well known Swedish male choir from Uppsala that has toured extensively in Europe, USA, Canada, Mexico and the Far East.

South St. Paul Male Chorus - has a 50+ year history and is a member of the Associated Male Choruses of America.

Twin Cities Gay Mens Chorus - information about the chorus as well as links to other GALA chorus sites included.

Washington Men's Camerata - celebrates the power, blend and richness of the men's choral repertoire.

Web Directory: The Male Choir International Index    


Organizations

Associated Male Choruses of America - AMCA is an international (USA/Canada) organization of community based male choruses.

Boychoir Symposium - contains reviews, recordings, tour dates, online discussion, and more.

Esoterics, The - performing 20th-century a cappella choral music, with the goal of unearthing and performing challenging choral works, as well as commissioning new works.

FestCorps, Inc. - produces the International Church Music Festival, a four-day event held alternatively each year in England and Switzerland.

GALA Choruses - international association serving the gay and lesbian choral movement.

Greater Boston Choral Consortium

International Federation for Choral Music

Long Island Choral Society

Polish Singers Alliance of America - list of member choruses, latest events, and contact information.

Pueri Cantores International - offers information on the federation of young singers.

San Francisco Choral Society - non-profit organization dedicated to learning and presenting major choral works with professional soloists and orchestras.

Vocal Area Network - NYC - devoted to the encouragement of vocal ensemble music in the metro area.

Youth Choirs, Inc. - non-profit organization dedicated to building church youth choirs across denominational lines. Features sample of Youth Cue, the monthly newsletter.  


Web Directories

Boychoir Symposium - offers information, links, message boards and more.

Augusta Chamber Singers - non-profit women's vocal ensemble founded to promote classical and semi-classical music for treble voices.

Cambridge Chorale - all women's chorus performing a variety of music written for treble voices.

Cantus - women's choral group performing classical, jazz, contemporary, standards, popular, etc.

Jet Cities Chorus - women's chorus that sings 4-part harmony, barbershop style. Site includes information about rehearsals, performances and special events.

Peninsula Women's Chorus

Savina Women's Folk Choir

Women's Chorus - a treble chorus from the College of William and Mary in Virginia, singing classics of the choral repertoire.

Women's Chorus Links - offers links to women's and girls' choruses on the web.

Women's Chorus of Dallas            


Youth

African Children's Choir

Alaska Children's Choir - pictures, information, and much more.

Archdiocessan Boy Choir of Philadelphia

Australian Boys Choral Institute - home to many performing and training groups, including the Australian Boys Choir, The Vocal Consort, and the Melbourne Boy Singers.

Canticle Choir - choir of young adults from high school and college.

Chattanooga Girls Choir - touring choir from Southeast Tennessee with girls from grades 4-12.

Indianapolis Children's Choir - providing quality music instruction while attaining the highest level of artistic excellence in choral performance.

Kidz 'N' Company - song and dance troupe that performs for a wide variety of audiences.

Maryland State Boychoir - group of 60 boys, ages 7 through 18, who perform in the classical English boychoir tradition.

Matthew Flinders Anglican College Chorale

Minnesota Boychoir

Mustang Singers - Garvey Intermediate School

Northwest Choirs - parent organization for the Northwest Boychoir and Vocalpoint!

Portland Symphonic Girlchoir - audition-based choir for children living in Oregon.  Provides a vocal music education and a singing performance experience.

Santa Barbara High School Madrigal Singers - a group of twenty-two carefully selected, highly motivated and dedicated student musicians.

Song Remi - youth choir singing almost everything from gospels to rock songs.

Victoria Chorale - one of the leading youth choirs in Singapore.

Victorian Boys' Choir

Viennese Boys Choir

Virginia Youth Choir - offers its members a comprehensive musical education focusing on the world's folk songs and great choral music.

Westlake High School Choral Music Department

Women's Chorus Links - offers links to women's and girls' choruses on the web.

Youth Choir Of Central Oregon - two part international choir, debut (training, grades 3-5) and primary (touring, grades 6-12) choirs. Songs vary from secular to sacred to folk.

Youth Choirs, Inc. - non-profit organization dedicated to building church youth choirs across denominational lines. Features sample of Youth Cue, the monthly newsletter.

zPlano East Senior High School Jazz Choirs - member and show info.