Links - Music

PRODUCING COMPANIES - groups that create or show art

Greater Vancouver

• A Vancouver Women's Chorus www.avancouverwomenschorus.org
• A Touch of Brass www.touchofbrass.net
• Ache Brasil www.achebrasil.com
• Ambleside Orchestra www.vcn.bc.ca/amble/
• APPLAUSE! Musicals in Concert www.musicalsinconcert.ca
• Arabian Nights www.bcarabiannights.com
• Battery Opera www.batteryopera.com
• BC Boys Choir www.bcboyschoir.org
• BC Chinese Orchestra www.bccma.info
• BC Girls Choir www.bcgirlschoir.org
• Brave Waves www.bravewaves.com
• Burnaby Lyric Opera www.douglas.bc.ca/pf/opera/
• Burnaby Symphony www.burnabysymphony.com
• Burney Ensemble www.burney.ca
• Capilano College Festival Chorus www.capcollege.bc.ca/news-events/performing-arts/choral/index.xhtml
• Caravan World Rhythms www.caravanworld.homestead.com
• CBC Radio Orchestra www.cbc.ca/orchestra
• Cecilia Ensemble Women's Choir www.capcollege.bc.ca/news-events/performing-arts/choral/index.xhtml
• Celesta Women's Choir www.celestachoir.com
• Centro Flamenco www.centroflamenco.com
• Chan Centre for the Performing Arts www.chancentre.com
• Chor Leoni Men's Choir www.chorleoni.org
• Christ Church Cathedral Centre www.cathedral.vancouver.bc.ca
• Coastal Jazz and Blues Society www.coastaljazz.ca
• Deep Cove Community Swing Band - 604-420-4085
• Early Music Vancouver www.earlymusic.bc.ca
• Elektra Women's Choir www.elektra.ca
• Espiritu - 604-922-2513
• Firehall Arts Centre www.firehallartscentre.ca
• Friends of Chamber Music www.friendsofchambermusic.ca
• Full Circle: First Nations Performance www.fullcircle.ca
• Gentlemen of Fortune www.gof.bc.ca/index.asp
• Greater Vancouver Historical Performance Society www.gvhps.org
• High Spirits Choir www.highspiritschoir.ca
• Holy Rosary Cathedral Concert Series http://hrc.rcav.org/other/nd_concert.html
• Just Concerts www.justconcerts.com
• Katari Taiko http://kataritaiko.bc.ca
• Langley Community Chorus www.geocities.com/langleychoir/
• Langley Ukulele Association www.langleyukes.com
• Laudate Singers www.laudatesingers.com
• Les Echoes du Pacifique www.maillardville.com/english/echoes.php
• Lions Gate Chorus www.lionsgatechorus.ca
• Little Chamber Music Series That Could www.littlechamber.org
• Lindsay Kipp Vocals 604-506-1218
• Manding Jata Music and Dance Theatre (West African) www.manding.net
• Maple Leaf Singers of Canada www.maple-leaf-singers.com
• Maple Ridge Choral Society - 604-463-2314
• Maple Ridge Concer Band http://home.istar.ca/~twalker/mrcb.htm
• Maple Ridge Music Society - 604-467-3162
• Maple Ridge Singers - 604-467-7277
• Maple Ridge Symphony Orchestra - 604-467-4147
• Masabo Culture Company www.masabo.com
• Mortal Coil www.mortalcoil.bc.ca
• Music in the Morning www.musicinthemorning.org
• Musica intima www.musicaintima.org
• New Orchestra Workshop www.noworchestra.com
• North Shore Celtic Ensemble www.nscelticensemble.com
• North Shore Chamber Orchestra - 604-925-3834
• North Shore Concert Band http://members.shaw.ca/nscb/
• North Shore Light Opera Society - 604-983-6444
• North Vancouver Community Band - 604-980-6493
• North Vancouver Youth Band - 604-987-9295
• Northwest Pacific Choir - 604-466-5085
• OneWorld Arts Productions
• Opera Breve Vancouver www.operabreve.com
• Pacific Baroque Orchestra www.pacificbaroqueorchestra.com
• Pandora's Vox Vocal Ensemble www.pandorasvox.ca
• Penrhyn Group www.penrhyn.org
• Phoenix Chamber Choir www.phoenixchamberchoir.bc.ca
• Prima Youth Choir http://www.finearts.uvic.ca/~bmore/prima-homepage1.html
• Pro Nova Ensemble
• Radha Yoga & Eatery www.radha.org/vancouver
• Rainy City Gay Men's Chorus www.raincity.ca
• Realtime A Cappella Quartet www.realtimequartet.com
• Richmond Orchestra & Chorus www.roca.ca
• Shooting Stars Foundation www.shootingstarsfoundation.org
• Sincere Lam Guzheng Ensemble (Chinese zither) - 604-984-4221
• Sinfonia Orchestra of the North Shore www.sinfonia-orchestra.com
• SingSeven.ca www.singseven.ca
• Society for Disability Arts & Culture www.s4dac.org
• Surrey Symphony Society www.surreyyouthorchestra.org
• Sybaritic String Band Contra Dance - 604-734-8170
• SWARM http://swarmweb.com
• Tamburaski Orkestar Kardinal Stepinac (Croatian) www.toks.ca
• The Buddy System www.buddy-system.org
• The Cellar Restaurant / Jazz Club www.cellarjazz.com
• The Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts www.centreinvancouver.com
• The Ironworks Studio www.theironworks.ca
• The Carnival Band www.thecarnivalband.com
• The Universal Gospel Choir www.universalgospelchoir.ca
• The Turning Point Ensemble http://turningpointensemble.ca
• True North Performance Society - 604-730-5029
• Vancouver Adapted Music Society www.reachdisability.org/vams
• Vancouver Afro Rhythms Society www.vancouverafrorhythms.com
• Vancouver Bach Choir www.vancouverbachchoir.com
• Vancouver Cantata Singers www.cantata.org
• Vancouver Chamber Choir www.vancouverchamberchoir.com
• Vancouver Children's Choir www.vancouverchildrenschoir.org
• Vancouver Chinese Choir www.tipsnet.com/vcca/
• Vancouver Chopin Society www.chopinsociety.org
• Vancouver Classic Guitar Society www.vancouverclassicguitarsociety.org
• Vancouver Co-operative Radio CFRO102.7 FM www.coopradio.org
• Vancouver Dixieland Jazz Society www.vcn.bc.ca/vdjs
• Vancouver Fiddle Orchestra - 604-947-2440
• Vancouver Folk www.vancouverfolk.com
• Vancouver Irish Ceili Society http://vcn.bc.ca/ceili/
• Vancouver Lesbian and Gay Choir www.vanlesgaychoir.com
• Vancouver Men's Chorus www.vancouvermenschorus.org
• Vancouver Mandolin Society www.vcn.bc.ca/mandolin
• Vancouver New Music Society www.newmusic.org
• Vancouver Opera www.vanopera.bc.ca
• Vancouver Orpheus Male Voice Choir www.vancouverorpheus.org/index.html
• Vancouver Philharmonic Orchestra www.vcn.bc.ca/vpo/
• Vancouver Piano Ensemble www.vancouverpianoensemble.com
• Vancouver Recital Society www.vanrecital.com
• Vancouver Scottish Fiddle Club www.fiddleclub.com
• Vancouver Symphony Orchestra www.vancouversymphony.ca
• Vancouver Voices http://www.allianceforarts.com/about-us/members/displaymember.php3?member_no=565
• Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra www.vyso-web.com
• Vancouver Welsh Men's Choir http://members.shaw.ca/vwmc
• Vetta Chamber Music www.vettachambermusic.com
• Voxsis - women's a cappella www.voxsis.com
• West Coast Chamber Music www.vcn.bc.ca/wccm
• West Coast Symphony www.vcn.bc.ca/wcsym
• West Vancouver Concert Band - 604-988-3503
• West Vancouver Youth Band www.westvanyouthband.ca
• Westcoast Harmony Chorus www.westcoastsings.com
• Western Front www.front.bc.ca

British Columbia

• Crimson Coast Dance Society (Nanaimo) www.crimsoncoastdance.org
• Island Thyme Morris Dancers (Victoria) www.islandnet.com/~jcarver/is_thyme.html
• Linden Singers of Victoria http://victoria.tc.ca/Community/Linden/
• Rotary Centre for the Arts (Kelowna) www.rotarycentreforthearts.com
• Summerland Singers and Players www.theatrebc.org/ssp/
• Sunshine Coast Music Society (Sechelt) www.suncoastarts.com/scmusicsociety.html
• The Station Strings (Fernie) http://virtualfernie.com/arts/activities.htm
• University of Victoria Chamber Singers http://www.finearts.uvic.ca/~bmore/cs-homepage1.html
• Vancouver Island Symphony www.viso.bc.ca
• Victoria Children's Choir www.victoriachildrenschoir.ca
• Victoria Choral Society www.island.net/~vcs
• Victoria Mandolin Orchestra  http://www.members.shaw.ca/cmvarcoe/
• Victoria Nautical Song Circle http://victoria.tc.ca/Culture/Vnsc/
• Victoria Symphony www.victoriasymphony.bc.ca
• Viva Choirs (Victoria) http://kafka.uvic.ca/~bmore/VivaMain.html

Canada

• The Opera Project www.theoperaproject.org

FESTIVALS - groups that celebrate art in the community

Greater Vancouver

• Arts in the City Festival www.artsinthecity.com
• BC Highland Games www.bchighlandgames.com
• Better World Handbook Festival www.betterworldhandbookfestival.org
• Burnaby Blues Festival www.burnabybluesfestival.com
• Catch the Spirit Art & Music Festival (Delta) www.catch-the-spirit.com
• Chilliwack Blues Festival www.chilliwackartscouncil.com
• Chutzpah! The Lisa Nemetz Showcase of Jewish Performing Arts www.chutzpahfestival.com
• Edgemont Harvest Festival - 604-987-7529
• Festival Vancouver www.festivalvancouver.bc.ca
• Global Discoveries www.caravanbc.org
• In Harmony Music Festival (Surrey) www.inharmonymusicfest.ca
• Instant Improvisation Festival www.instanttheatre.com/festival.html
• In The House Festival www.inthehousefestival.com
• It Never Happens Here Arts & Music Festival (Fort Langley) www.neverhappenshere.ca
• Maple Ridge Jazz and Blues Festival www.jazzblues.ca
• Mission Folk Music Festival www.missionfolkmusicfestival.ca
• New Forms Festival www.newformsfestival.com
• New Music West www.newmusicwest.com
• Sacred Music Festival www.sacredmusicvancouver.org
• Signal & Noise - festival of video and sound www.videoinstudios.com
• Summer in the City (North Vancouver) - 604-987-7529
• TD Canada Trust Vancouver International Jazz Festival www.coastaljazz.ca
• Unleashed and Unashamed: Youth Week Festival at VECC www.vecc.bc.ca
• Vancouver Chamber Music Festival www.vanrecital.com/chamber/index.html
• Vancouver Early Music Festival www.earlymusic.bc.ca
• Vancouver Folk Music Festival www.thefestival.bc.ca
• Vancouver Francophone Coup de Coeur Festival www.ccfv.bc.ca/e/e_coupcoeur.htm (English)
• Vancouver Internataional Jazz Festival www.coastaljazz.ca
• Vancouver Kiwanis Music Festival www.musicfestivals.kiwanisbc.com
• Vancouver New Music Festival www.newmusic.org
• Vancouver Sweet Basil Jazz Festival www.sweetbasiljazz.com
• West Vancouver Community Day & Parade - 604-925-7288

British Columbia

• Bandfest - Victoria's International Military Music Festival www.bandfestvictoria.ca
• Bluegrass Festival (Sorrento) www.musicworkshops.ca/index.htm
• Cathedral Festival Days (Victoria) www.cathedralfestival.net
• Chemainus Fiddle Fest www.chemainus.com
• Coombs Country Bluegrass Festival www.chrco.org/bluegrass.htm
• Discovery Coast Music Festival (Bella Coola) www.bellacoolamusic.org
• Edge of the World Music Festival (Queen Charlotte Islands) www.edgefestival.com
• Festival of Freedom (Grand Forks) www.f3u.com
• Gibsons Landing Jazz Festival www.coastjazz.com
• ICA FolkFest - Victoria's Mulitcultural Arts Festival www.icafolkfest.com
• International Choral Kathaumixw World Music Festival (Powell River) www.kathaumixw.org
• Islands Folk Festival www.folkfest.bc.ca
• Kaslo Jazz Etc. Summer Music Festival www.kaslojazzfest.com
• Kelowna Blues Fest www.parksalive.com/bluesfest.htm
• Kimberly International Music & Dance Fest - 250-427-3326
• Kimberly International Old Time Accordian Festival www.kiotac.ca
• Kiospiox Valley Music Festival (Hazelton) www.kispiox.com/kvmf/index.html
• Latin & Caribbean Music Festival (Victoria) www.vircs.bc.ca/latinfest.html
• Merrit Mountain Music Festival www.mountainfest.com
• Midsummer Festival (Smithers) www.bvfms.org
• Nakusp Music Fest www.nakuspmusicfest.com
• Nelson Summer Songfest www.nelsonsongfest.com
• North Island Jazz Festival (Courtenay) www.island.net/~swebers/
• Okanagan Mozart Festival www.okanaganmozartfestival.com
• Okanagan Vocal Arts Festival www.ovaf.ca
• Pender Harbour Jazz Festival www.phjazz.ca
• Penticton Kiwanis Music Festival www.pkmf.org/festival/
• Pentastic Hot Jazz - The Sixth Annual Pentastic Jazz Festival www.pentasticjazz.com
• Penticton Pacific Northwest Elvis Festival www.pentictonelvisfestival.com
• Penticton Highland Games www.pentictonhighlandgames.com
• Penticton Peach Festival www.peachfest.com
• Port Alberni ForestFest www.forestfest.ca
• Prince George Folkfest www.pgfolkfest.com
• Revelstoke Mountain Beats and Blues Festival www.mountainbeats.com
• Salmon Arm Roots & Blues Fest www.rootsandblues.ca
• Salt Spring Island Celtic Festival http://saltspring.com/annraoi/celtic.html
• Slocan Lake Sacred Music Festival - 250-358-2125
• Sooke Bluegrass Festival http://sooke.org/bluegrass/
• Sunshine Coast Performing Arts Festival www.coastfestival.com
• Sunshine Music Festival (Powell River) www.sunshinemusicfest.com
• Telus World Ski & Snowboard Festival (Whistler) www.whistler2005.com
• Touch the Earth Arts Festival www.geocities.com/iaso_2/10.html
• Vancouver Island Blues Bash (Victoria) www.vicjazz.bc.ca/bluesbash/
• Vancouver Island Music Fest www.islandmusicfest.com
• Victoria Jazzfest International www.vicjazz.bc.ca
• Victoria Ska Festival www.victoriaskafest.ca
• Whistler Jazz & Blues Festival - 604-932-2394

RECORDING COMPANIES & STUDIOS - groups that publish, record, or distribute

Greater Vancouver

• Baker Street Studio - 604-987-7383
• Camobear Records www.camobear.ca
• Copperspine Records www.copperspine.com
• Creativ Music Centre www.creativ.ca
• Nettwerk www.nettwerk.com
• Peanuts and Corn Records www.peanutsandcorn.com
• Spin Digital Media Corp. www.spindigitalmedia.com

SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS - groups that serve the arts

Greater Vancouver

• ArtStarts in Schools www.artstarts.com
• Coastal Jazz & Blues Society www.coastaljazz.ca
• Maple Ridge Jazz & Blues Society www.jazzblues.ca
• Musicians Association of Vancouver, Local 145 www.vma145.ca
• PAL Vancouver (Performing Arts Lodges of Canada) www.palvancouver.org
• Pacific Bluegrass & Heritage Society www.pacificbluegrass.bc.ca
• Rogue Folk Club www.roguefolk.bc.ca
• Safety and Health in Arts Production and Entertainment (SHAPE) www.shape.bc.ca
• Turner Music and Events www.turnermusic.com
• Vancouver Folk Song Society www.geocities.com/vfss.geo/
• Vancouver Musicians Association www.vma145.ca
• Vancouver Opera Guild www.vanopera.bc.ca
• Vancouver Public Library Fine Art & Music Division www.vpl.ca/branches/LibrarySquare/art/home.html
• Vancouver Rockspace www.vancouverrockspace.com
• West Coast Amateur Musicians' Society www.wcams.com

British Columbia

• BC Chinese Music Association www.bccma.info
• BC Choral Federation www.bcchoralfed.com
• BC Country Music Association www.bccountry.com
• BC Recorder Society www.bcrecordersociety.com
• BC Registered Music Teachers Association www.bcrmta.bc.ca
• Buckley Valley Folk Music Society (Smithers) www.bvfms.org
• British Columbia Folklore Society www.folklore.bc.ca
• British Columbia Music Educators Association (BCMEA) www.bctf.ca/PSAs/BCMEA/
• Coalition for Music Education www.bcmusiccoalition.org
• Cowichan Folk Guild Society www.folkfest.bc.ca
• Fernie Concert Committee http://virtualfernie.com/arts/activities.htm
• Mill Bay Coffeehouse http://members.shaw.ca/millbaycoffeehouse
• MusicBC www.musicbc.org
• Music Therapy Association of BC www.mtabc.com
• North Island Hot Jazz Society www.island.net/~swebers/
• Pacific Bluegrass and Heritage Society www.pacificbluegrass.bc.ca
• Performing Arts BC www.performingartsbc.ca
• Salmon Arm Folk Music Society www.rootsandblues.ca
• Sooke Folk Music Society www.insooke.com/bluegrass
• Victoria Country Dance Society www.islandnet.com/~jcarver/vicdance.html
• Victoria Fiddle Society http://www.bckitchenparty.com/index.htm
• Victoria Folk Music Society http://pacificcoast.net/~vfms
• West Coast Amateur Musicians Society www.wcams.com

Canada

• ACTRA (Academy of Canadian Cinema, TV, and Radio Artists) www.actra.ca
• African-Canadian Dramatic Arts Society (ACDAS) www.cyberus.ca/~acdas/
• Associated Designers of Canada (ADC) www.designers.ca
• Association of Canadian Choral Conductors www.choralcanada.org
• Association of Canadian Librettists, Composers & Lyricists www.geocities.com/canadianmusicaltheatre/aclcl.html
• Association of Canadian Women Composers (ACWC) www.acwc.ca
• Association of Independent Music (AIM) www.musicindie.org
• Audio Visual Licensing Agency (AVLA) (Toronto) - 1-800-668-8820
• Black Music Association of Canada (BMAC) - 416-463-8880
• Bravo! television channel www.bravo.ca
• Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) www.juno-awards.ca
• Canadian Amateur Musicians (CAMMAC) www.cammac.ca
• Canadian Antique Phonograph Society www.capsnews.org
• Canadian Arts Presenting Association (CAPACOA) www.capacoa.ca
• Canadian Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (CAML) www.yorku.ca/caml/
• Canadian Association for Music Therapy (CAMT) www.musictherapy.ca
• Canadian Association for Musical Empowerment and Opportunity www.cameocanada.com
• Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) www.cab-acr.ca
• Canadian Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (CAML) www.yorku.ca/caml/
• Canadian Band Association (CBA) http://cba.usask.ca
• Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) www.cbc.ca
• Canadian Broadcast Standards Council www.cbsc.ca
• Canadian Communications Foundation - History of Canadian Broadcasting www.broadcasting-history.ca
• Canadian Contemporary Music Network (CCMN) http://cec.concordia.ca/archive/CCMN.html
• Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) www.ccma.org
• Canadian Disk Jockey Association (CDJA) www.cdja.org
• Canadian Electroacoustic Community (CEC) http://cec.concordia.ca
• Canadian Gospel Music Association www.cgmaonline.com
• Canadian Independent Record Production Association (CIRPA) www.cirpa.ca
• Canadian League of Composers (CLC) www.composition.org
• Canadian Music Centre www.musiccentre.ca
• Canadian Music Educators Association (CMEA) www.musiceducationonline.org/cmea/
• Canadian Music Publishers Association www.socan.ca
• Canadian Musical Heritage Society www.cmhs.carleton.ca
• Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency (CMRRA) www.cmrra.ca
• Canadian Online Musicians Association (COMA) www.coolname.com/coma/index.html
• Canadian Online Disc Jockey Association (CODJA) www.codja.com
• Canadian Print Music Distributors www.canadianprintmusic.com
• Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) www.crtc.gc.ca
• Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) www.cria.ca
• Canadian Retransmission Collective (CRC) www.crc-scrc.ca
• Canadian Society for Traditional Music (CSTM) www.yorku.ca/cstm/
• Canadian University Music Society (CUMS) www.cums-smuc.ca
• Federation of Canadian Music Festivals (FCMF) www.fcmf.org
• Guild of Canadian Film Composers www.gcfc.ca
• Jeunesses Musicales of Canada www.jeunessesmusicales.com
• Maple Folk www.maplefolk.com
• Music for Young Children (MYC) www.myc.com
• Music Industries Association of Canada www.miac.net
• National Archives of Canada - Film, Video and Sound http://www.archives.ca/02/020114_e.html
• Northern Journey www.northernjourney.com
• Opera.ca www.opera.ca
• Orchestras Canada www.oc.ca
• Organization of Canadian Symphony Musicians www.ocsm-omosc.ca
• PAL Canada (Performing Arts Lodges of Canada) www.palcanada.org
• Rock Records Collectors Association (RRCA) http://rrca.diskery.com
• Society for Reproduction Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers of Canada (SODRAC) www.sodrac.com
• Society for the Preservation of Antique Radio in Canada (SPARC) www3.telus.net/radiomuseum/
• Society of Composers, Authors & Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) www.socan.ca
• Songwriters Association of Canada www.songwriters.ca
• The National Professional Music Teachers Association (NPMTA) www.angelfire.com/bc/npmta/
• Union des artistes www.uniondesartistes.com

International

• Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA) (USA) www.ada-music.com
• American Federation of Musicians of the US and Canada (AFA) www.afm.org
• Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP) (USA) www.artspresenters.org
• Bureau Export de la Musique Française (French Music Export Office)
• French Music Export Offices www.french-music.org
• Chorus America www.chorusamerica.org
• Classical.com www.classical.com
• FolkLib Index: A Library of Folk Music Links www.folklib.net
• Folkmusic.org www.folkmusic.org
• Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Resources (USA) http://folkindex.mse.jhu.edu
• GALA Choruses: Gay and Lesbian Association of Choruses www.galachoruses.org
• H.E.A.R.: hearing information source for musicians and music lovers www.hearnet.com
• International Artist Managers' Association (music) (IAMA) www.iamaworld.com
• International Association for Jazz Education www.iaje.org
• International Association of Music Information Centres (IAMIC) www.iamic.net
• International Guild of Musicians in Dance www.dancemusician.org
• Music For All Foundation www.music-for-all.org
• Musicians' Clinics of Canada www.musiciansclinics.com
• North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance www.folk.org
• Opera Volunteers International www.operavol.org
• Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) www.riaa.com
• Seattle Folklore Society (USA) www.seafolklore.org
• The Actors' Fund of America www.actorsfund.org
• World Association of Marching Show Bands (WAMSB) www.wamsb.org

WEB RESOURCES - web-based resources

Greater Vancouver

• ClubZone.com www.clubzone.com
• LiveMusicvancouver.com www.livemusicvancouver.com
• Oscillations - Vancouver's New Music Community www.oscillations.ca

British Columbia

• Acoustic Sound Reinforcement and Audio Engineering (Kamloops) www.suite101.com/myhome.cfm/unpluggedsound
• DiePopStar.com www.diepopstar.com
• New Music West www.newmusicwest.com
• Pacific Music Industry Online Directory www.pmia.org
• Scorpion Entertainment - Okanagan musician and entertainment guide www.scorpionentertainment.ca
• Westcoast Performance - your source for BC Music http://vancouver.cbc.ca/wcp/

Canada

• CanadianMusic.com www.canadianmusic.com
• Canadian Music Periodical Index www.collectionscanada.ca/cmpi-ipmc/index-e.html
• Canadian On-line Musicians Association (COMA) www.coolname.com/coma/index.html
• Country Music Television www.cmtcanada.com
• Down Side Up Network (underground hip hop) www.dsunetwork.ca
• Encyclopedia of Music in Canada www.collectionscanada.ca/4/17/
• Indiemusic.com www.indiemusic.com
• La Scena Musicale - Canadian classical music calendar www.scena.org
• Music Education Online www.musiceducationonline.org
• MuchMusic www.muchmusic.com
• MusicBeat.ca www.musicbeat.ca
• MusicBusinessCanada. www.musicbusinesscanada.com
• Music Is My Business www.music.gc.ca
• MusicPath http://musicpath.acadiau.ca
• National Artist Directory (musicians) www.nationalartistdirectory.com
• National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) (USA) http://nasm.arts-accredit.org/index.jsp
• NewMusicCanada www.newmusiccanada.com
• Radio306.com www.radio306.com
• ReggaeCanada.com www.reggaecanada.com
• terminus1525 www.terminus1525.ca
• The Virtual Gramophone - Canadian Historical Sound Recordings www.collectionscanada.ca/gramophone/index-e.html

International

• Artistopia - The Ultimate Artist Development Resource www.artistopia.com
• ComposersNet.com www.composersnet.com
• Go Tour: Mapping the Performing Arts (USA) www.gotour.org
• IndieBands.com www.indiebands.com
• International Conference of Symphony and Opera Musicians (ICSOM) www.icsom.org
• IUMA (Internet Underground Music Archive) www.iuma.com
• Music Therapy www.enterthefreudianslip.com
• National Performing Arts Convention (USA) www.performingartsconvention.org
• RadioDirectory.com www.radio-directory.com
• RadioLocator.com (USA) www.radio-locator.com

EDUCATION - groups that teach art

Greater Vancouver

• A Star Performing & Fine Arts Studio www.astarstudio.com
• Academy of Music and Dance (Surrey/White Rock) www.musicanddance.org
• Capilano College Community Music School www.capcollege.bc.ca/continuinged/music/courses.html
• Centro Flamenco www.centroflamenco.com
• Coastal Sound Music Academy www.coastalsoundmusic.com
• Douglas College Community Music School www.douglas.bc.ca/ce/llpace/cms_index.html
• Early Music Vancouver Medieval Programme www.earlymusic.bc.ca/vemp.htm
• EJS School of Fine Arts www.ejsfinearts.com
• Georgia Straight Guitar Workshop http://gsgw.ca
• Latin Music School www.latinmusicschool.com
• Lindsay Kipp Vocal Coach 604-506-1218
• Mount Royal College of Business and Fine Arts www.mountroyalconservatory.com
• Music Friends www.musicfriends.ca
• Opus Academy www.alexind.com/opusacademy/
• Perform Art Studios www.performartstudios.com
• Performing & Fine Arts Studio - 604-266-3053
• StageCraft Theatre School www.stagecraft.ca
• The Art Institute of Vancouver http://aivan.artinstitutes.edu
• The Arts Connection: Visual and Performing Arts Centre www.theartsconnection.ca
• Trebas Institute www.trebas.com
• Vancouver Academy of Music (SK Lee College) www.vam.bc.ca
• Vocalis www.vocalis.ca
• Warren Performing Arts www.warrenperformingarts.com

British Columbia

• Ai Centre for Digitial Imaging and Sound www.artschool.com
• British Columbia Bluegrass & Swing Workshops (Sorrento) www.musicworkshops.ca
• Buckley Valley Guitar Workshop www.bvfms.org/guitar
• Cowichan Vally Music Teachers Association www.cowichanmusicteachers.com
• Eagle Arts Academy (Shawnigan Lake) www.eaglearts.ca
• Kootenay School of the Arts (Nelson) www.ksac.bc.ca
• Island Mountain Arts (Wells) www.imarts.com
• Nelson's Summer of Learning www.nelsonlearning.ca
• Okanagan School of the Arts (Penticton) www.osarts.com
• Stage West School of Performing Arts (Port Alberni) www.stagewestschool.com
• Victoria Conservatory of Music www.vcm.bc.ca
• Yamaha Music Education www.yamaha.ca/musiceducation/index.jsp

SUPPLIERS - groups that sell art or materials

Greater Vancouver

• Biz Books www.bizbooks.net
• Christie Lites www.christielites.net
• Long & McQuade www.long-mcquade.com
• Prussin Music www.prussinmusic.com
• The Magic Flute www.magicflute.com
• Tom Lee Music www.tomleemusic.ca
• Vintage Violins www.vintageviolins.ca

British Columbia

• Old Town Strings www.oldtownstrings.com/index.html

FUNDING - groups that provide funding to the arts

British Columbia

• ArtStarts in Schools - Schools in Community Grant www.artstarts.com/funding/sic.html

Canada

• Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund (Bell Fund) www.bell.ca
• Canada Council for the Arts - Music www.canadacouncil.ca/grants/music
• Canada Council for the Arts - Career Development Program for Musicians www.canadacouncil.ca/grants/music
• Canadian Audio-Visual Certification Office (CAVCO) www.pch.gc.ca/cavco/index_e.cfm
• Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/dip
• Canadian Opera Creation Program http://opera.ca/pro.cfm?subsection=cre
• Canada Music Fund - Music Entrepreneur Program (MEP) www.telefilm.gc.ca/03/311.asp?fond_id=4
• Country Music Television www.cmtcanada.com
• Department of Canadian Heritage - Arts Presentation Canada www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/pubs/2002/02_e.htm#apc
• Department of Canadian Heritage - Cultural Spaces Canada www.pch.gc.ca/progs/ecc-csp/index_e.cfm
• Department of Canadian Heritage - Canada Music Fund www.pch.gc.ca/progs/ac-ca/progs/fcmus-cmusf/index_e.cfm
• Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DEFAIT) - Performing Arts www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/arts/perf-en.asp
• FACTOR - Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent on Records www.factor.ca
• Much More Music PromoFACT www.muchmoremusic.com/promofact/
• Much Music VideoFACT www.muchmusic.com/music/videofact/
• Radio Starmaker Fund www.starmaker.ca
• Socan Foundation www.socanfoundation.com
• Telefilm Canada www.telefilm.gc.ca

International

• International Songwriting Competition www.songwritingcompetition.com

AWARDS - groups that give awards to the arts

Greater Vancouver

• Vancouver Arts Awards www.vancouverartsawards.ca

British Columbia

• Alcan Performing Arts Award www.vecc.bc.ca/sponsors/alcan.html
• West Coast Music Awards www.westerncanadianmusicawards.ca

Canada

• Canadian Independent Music Awards www.cmw.net
• Canadian Music Industry Awards www.cmw.net
• Canadian Radio Music Awards www.cmw.net
• Canadian Country Music Awards www.ccma.org/ccmatoday/cmw/awards/awards.htm
• East Coast Music Awards (Halifax) www.ecma.com
• Edward R. Murrow Awards www.rtnda.org/asfi/awards/murrow.shtml
• Juno Awards www.juno-awards.ca
• Radio Marketing Bureau Crystal Awards www.cmw.net

PUBLICATIONS - books, magazines, etc.

• Artists Studio Magazine www.artists-studio.org
• Border Crossings magazine www.bordercrossingsmag.com
• Broadcast Dialogue www.broadcastdialogue.com
• Canadian Music Network www.canadianmusicnetwork.com
• Canadian Music Periodical Index www.collectionscanada.ca/cmpi-ipmc/index-e.html
• Canadian Musician Magazine www.canadianmusician.com
• Canadian Print Music Distributors www.canadianprintmusic.com
• Chamber Music Magazine (USA) www.chamber-music.org/magazine/mag_index.html
• Chart Attack www.chartattack.com
• Cord Magazine www.cordmag.com
• Cosmic Debris (Vancouver Island) www.cvnet.net/cosmic
• Dirty Linen Folk & World Music (USA) www.dirtynelson.com/linen/97
• La Scena Musicale (Canada) www.scena.org
• Mudcat Café - a magazine dedicated to blues and folk music www.mudcat.org
• Music Books Plus www.musicbooksplus.com
• Music Directory Canada www.musicdirectorycanada.com
• Musicworks Magazine www.musicworks.ca
• Opera Canada Magazine www.dvtail.com/opera_rates.html
• Penguin Eggs www.penguineggs.ab.ca
• Performing Arts & Entertainment in Canada - 613-548-8429
• Shift Magazine www.shift.com
• Sing Out Magazine (USA) www.singout.org
• The Essential Contact (Canada) www.essentialcontact.com

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 30, 2008