NATIONAL
- American Guild of Organists
- Organ Historical Society
- American Choral Directors Association
- Early Music America
- American Theatre Organ Society
LOCAL
- Worcester Hills Recorder Society
- Assabet Valley Mastersingers
- Mastersingers of Worcester
- Salisbury Singers
- Worcester Chorus
- Worcester Chamber Music Society
CONCERT VENUES
- Mechanics Hall (1864 IV/64 Hook)
- Worcester AUDitorium (1933 IV/119 Kimball)
- Hanover Theater (Wurlitzer)
MUSIC RESOURCES FOR CHORAL & ORGAN
Lending Libraries
- Bagaduce Choral Lending Library
- (CHORAL) Worcester Music Project (WPI) choral library holdings (for possibility of borrowing from WPI)
- WorcAGO Organ Library at Holy Cross library.holycross.edu (AGO accessions are prefixed with “AGO-” )
- WorldCat Inter-Library-Loan Network – has books and scores (it can take several variations of keywords to find what you’re looking for, but worth it!)
Free Internet PDF Organ Scores (no warranty for quality, etc. – these are links to explore)
With tons of gratitude to Richard Konzen – see his full PDF report
- Free Organ Score List from IMSLP
- IMSLP – Petrucci Music Library (See interesting NYT article 2/22/2011 and CBC News 4/25/2011)
- Sibley Library
- Sheet Music Fox
- Mutopia
- Bach Transcriptions (hosted by the Icking site)
- Orgaos de Portugal
- Jacques Duphly
- WIMA: Werner Icking Music Archive
- JS BACH Thematic Catalog (find out what the name of a particular fugue theme is! ) Scroll down (within that linked page) to select particular category/group of works
- Bach Organ works – (IMSLP) specific quick links: Part I BWV 525-595 Part II BWV 690-676
- Bach Instrumental Thematic Catalogue (IMSLP) (PDF)
- (free PDF) THE ART OF TRANSCRIBING FOR THE ORGAN, by Herbert Ellingford (1876-1966) This venerable book is subtitled “A complete Textbook for the Organist in Arranging Choral and Instrumental Music,” and it really delivers on this. My restoration is of the original publication, complete with every musical example cleaned and restored for viewing on portable reading devices.
Organ Repertoire Lists
- ORGAN PLUS: A Catalouge of Ensemble Music for Organ with other Instruments – Spelman 1975 PDF
Choral
- NPM Choral Anthem Listings
- (CHORAL) Choral Public Domain Library – extensive free choral music
Hymn
- (HYMN) Hymnary – Hymn text and tune resources (including purchase of “flex” scores (transposable, lead sheets, etc.) (program notes, bios, etc.)
Staff Paper
- All formats of music staff paper (organ, piano, voice, instrumental) – blank
Program Notes
- Free alphabetized listing from Michael’s Music
References for Score Libraries
- Boston AGO Organ Library at BU
- Harvard University – Loeb Music Library
- Digital Bach
- Library of Congress Music Collection
Music Score Vendors with discounts or yearly sales
- Cliff Hill Music (20% off most titles- choral, organ; individualized customer service/recommendations, very knowledgeable) (a WorcAGO Sponsor!) 800-819-8772
Composer Sites Offering Free Scores
Used Score Vendors (Second-hand & estate links)
Out of Print Scores (The Sheet Music Warehouse): Piano Solo, Piano Duet, Advanced Search
Unusual Score Resources
Misc Free Resources
Musical Databases List/Directory (unusual collections of information/resources)
Music Workshops
International Directory of Music Workshops, Conferences, & Festivals