Links
Websites come and go, and sometimes mutate to things undesirable. I will try my best to keep information up to date, and add more great sites as I encounter them. If you like having important music links all listed in one place, please consider making a donation or, "buy the webmaster a glass of champagne" which is a soprano's fuel for ringing, clear high notes. Use the Paypal button opposite. Thank You!!
Singer:
Singers.com Vocal Instruction resources
iBiblio.org The Art of Singing by Luisa Tetrazzini and Enrico Caruso (ebook) and many other free ebooks
Vocalist.com
A international mailing list for singers and singing teachers. A group of mostly opera and classical singers, but also discuss musical theater and other styles. All topics, from auditions to fach to repertoire to career-building, vocal warmups, singing tips, are welcome here.
Music and Texts of Gary Bachlund
Lauri’s List
Finding gigs, offering gigs, church substitutes, everything. Lauri’s list is a network of professional classical vocalists, voice teachers and coaches, choral conductors, and accompanists, our members are screened for training & experience.
Shirlee Emmons Vocal Techniques
Keep your business of being a singer together
Poems About Singers and Singing
Style Guide for Vocal Recital Programs
Correctly assemble your program list of songs
Vocal Coach/Accompanists:
Paul Floyd
Elegant playing and flawless in musicality.
Twyla Meyer
Mark Robson
Digital Accompaniment MP3’s:
Voice Health and Medicine:
PA Phonetics and Translations:
This page allows you to easily type phonetic transcriptions of English words in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). You can edit your text in the box and then copy it to your document, e-mail message, etc.
Diction Domain
Language, diction, and IPA resources
IPA Source
IPA (International Phoenetics Alphabet) resource. A MUST for every singer.
Associations/Organizations:
National Association of Teachers of Singing
American Guild of Musical Artist
ChorusAmerica.org
Chorus America is the advocacy, research, and leadership development organization that advances the choral field.
National Association for Music Education
American Choral Directors Association
Church Music Organizations, Guilds, etc
Department of Cultural Arts, Los Angeles
Digital Sheet Music:
Downloadable sheet music in different keys
Domain sheet music and more
ClassicalVocalRep.com
Website of Glendower Jones, knowledgeable specialized seller of vocal music
Classicalvocalreprints.com
CVR publication downloads only (PDF)
Bach-Cantatas.com
The Bach Cantatas Website (BCW) is a comprehensive site covering all aspects of J.S. Bach's cantatas and his other vocal works and many of his instrumental works.
IMSLP.org
International Music Score Library Public Domain
VirtualSheetMusic.com
Selling sheet music with accompaniment recordings, including midi orchestral arrangements.
Schubertline.co.uk
Digital Music from the UK
Cpdl.org
Choral Public Domain Library
Musopen.org
We provide recordings, sheet music, and textbooks to the public for free, without copyright restrictions.
Gutenberg.org
Project Gutenberg offers over 42,000 free ebooks: choose among free epub books, free kindle books, download them or read them online.
Pocketcoach.com
Accompaniment and instructional recordings, music books and translations for the classical singer
Opera Resources:
Operapoint.com
National and international info on opera topics
Operailove.blogspot.com
Interesting reading
OperaNews.com
The publication of the Metropolitan Opera Guild
Aria-database.com
Opera and aria database
FachMe.com
Find Your Fach (a fun site – not an exact science!)
NYIOP International opera auditions
Broadway Musical Resources:
StageAgent.com
Find audition songs (Broadway)
Internet Broadway Database
Musical theater information
PianoTracksforMusicals.com
Music Software:
Sibeliusblog.com
Recording and Editing Sound
Learning:
Vocapedia.info
Full of resources that provide information accepted in the scientific (voice) community
TheGreatCourses.com
Wonderful video course offerings
Laits.utexas.edu
French language learning
AlexanderStreet.com
Video collections
College Musts:
Writing tips on taking notes on Research articles
Google Scholar… a must use for students
Teaching Resources:
Writing a teaching philosophy
Research Sites / Journals / Articles:
National Center for Voice and Speech
The NCVS is a multi-site research and teaching organization dedicated to studying the characteristics, limitations and enhancements of human voice and speech
Database of Musical Institutions in Germany
JSTOR.org
Great research site but you need to be a member
Survey Monkey
Create your own online surveys
SAGE Publications
Online publications excellent resource
Music Theory:
www.Norton.com
Music Theory practice, history and other topics
CompositionToday.com
Resources for the composer in your life
Classical MP3 Downloads:
Other Great Sites:
MyBookez
Find sheet music, books, papers, and lots of other stuff.
Pastillesforless.com
Tastes good and keeps the mouth lubed
EntertainersSecretThroatSpray.com
CSGNetwork.com
For any musician that must time their program pieces.
Musical Instrument Christmas Ornaments
Mahalia Jackson singing the Lord's Prayer
A voice that was hard-wired to the soul.
Proficio Technologies
Based in Pasadena, these computer/network pros are the best.