Explore these databases to find ideas for new rep, and information about old favorites
- Daniels' Orchestral Music OnlineYou can browse the classical repertoire from Karl Friedrich Abel to Ellen Taffee Zwilich and find basic information on composers and instrumentation plus inspiration for advanced programming.
- African-American Art Song AllianceFounded in 1997, this is the home of interchange between performers and scholars interested in art song by African-American composers. Here you will find information and links to assist with your discovery of our contribution to song. The mission of this resource is to promote and Uplift the contributions made by African-Americans to art song, be they composers, performers or scholars; serve the needs of scholars, teachers, and performers seeking information about African-American art song; share information and repertoire between teachers, scholars, and performers; and encourage performance and scholarship related to African-American art song.
- Contemporary Music Score Collection, UCLA Music LibraryPublished by the UCLA Music Library in eScholarship, the Contemporary Music Score Collection includes the digital, open access scores from the Contemporary Score Edition series, the first open access edition of new music published by a library, and scores from the Kaleidoscope 2020 Call for Scores, an open access collaboration with the UCLA Music Library.
- Institute for Composer DiversityThe Institute for Composer Diversity, winner of the 2018 ASCAP Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Media/Internet Award and housed at the State University of New York at Fredonia, is dedicated to the celebration, education, and advocacy of music created by composers from historically underrepresented groups through database resources and programming analysis. Their award-winning Composer Diversity Database allows users to discover over 4000 composers of historically underrepresented genders, racial, ethnic, and cultural heritages, and sexual orientations. You can search by composer name, living or deceased, common large and small ensemble genres, racial, ethnic, or cultural demographics, and by location (city, state, and country).
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