Resources
that we use
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Begun
in December 1998, CPDL is one of the world's largest free sheet music
sites.
One can use CPDL to find scores, texts, translations, and information
about
composers. |
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Cipoo.net
provides more than 1000 sheet and choir music files in pdf, midi and
Noteworthy
Composer (nwc) format. |
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Marco
Voli's web site, containing a large collection of choir scores in pdf,
midi and Noteworthy Composer (nwc) format. |
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The
Classical Archives is the largest classical music site on the web:
more than
35000 full length
classical music files by some 2000 composers. |
John's
downloadable
Midi
File
Choral
Music site
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A
large collection of MIDI files specifically created by John Hooper as
training
aids for choirs, with emphasised and unemphasised voices. |
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Downloadable
music software for Windows and Mac OS. Program licenses are sold at a
very
low price, and they are lifetime. Some programs are even free of charge. |
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TiMidity
/ TiMidity++
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TiMidity++
is an open source MIDI to WAVE converter and player. It uses SoundFont
Banks to generate digital audio data from general MIDI files. The audio
data can be played through any sound device or stored on disk. |
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Thousands
of high quality original compositions in midi and mp3 format to listen
to, composed by the contest participants. |
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Freeware
and shareware developers' tools and Delphi components written by Jordan
Russell. |
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Altervista.org
is a large virtual community, aimed at providing free and comprehensive
service to all those people who intend to publish their web site. |
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PHPJunkYard
offers free PHP scripts for download, some PHP resources, a list of
books
about PHP and more. |
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SharpEye
is a music scanning program. One can use SharpEye to convert printed
sheet
music into a MIDI file or music notation file which can then be
imported
into a MIDI sequencer or music notation program. |
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The Choralia
web site is monitored by SiteUpTime (www.siteuptime.com).
SiteUpTime is a website monitoring service that watches a website 24
hours
per day, 7 days per week. By clicking on the SiteUpTime logo here, you
can see the availability statistics of our web site. |
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Robert
Allgeyer is definitely a person having interests in many different
fields.
The synthesized voices used for the Virtual Singer technology are
obtained,
with very minor modifications, from those he developed. |
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Massimo
Capozza invented the CMS technology to distribute choir training aids
via
internet. He produces the training aids available on Choralia,
and
he also manages this web site. |
Other resources
for choirs
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ChoralNet
provides a central portal to online resources and communications for
the
global choral music community |
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Gerontius:
choirs, concerts and choral music resources |
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British
Choirs on the Net: the UK’s largest online choral listing resource |
Choirs
appreciating our effort
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The
Melos Ensemble Musical Association was created in Rome in 2002. It
consists
of a mixed choir, originally formed in 1997, and a symphonic orchestra.
Enter
the reserved area |
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The
Corale Quadriclavio is an amateur mixed choir founded in Bologna in
1995,
specialised in classic sacred and baroque music, with orchestra
accompaniment
and "a cappella". |
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The
"Coro Città di Milano" (Choir of the City of Milan), established
in 1957 with the name “Coro Alpi”, took the current name in 1969. Its
repertory
alternates sacred and secular mixed voice music, and ranges from
Renaissance
to contemporary music. |
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First
Parish of Westwood, United Church, denominationally affiliated with the
United Church of Christ (UCC) and the Unitarian Universalist
Association
(UUA), is a vibrant, contributing and welcoming congregation located in
Westwood, MA. First Parish has an active musical program with Senior
Choir,
Youth Choir and various musical events throughout the year. |
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The
Choir "Fonte Meravigliosa", in Rome, was created in January 1996. The
Choir,
that includes about 35 non-professional elements, has a large
repertoire
ranging from sacred music music (Bach, Mozart, Haendel, Rota), to opera
(Verdi, Rossini, Mascagni, Bellini), to works of contemporary
composers
such as Bernstein and Lloyd Webber. |
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The
Wombourne and District Choral Society is a long-established choir of
some
100+ singers, drawn from South Staffordshire, Shropshire and the West
Midlands,
UK. |
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Established
in 1987, The Octavian Singers have gained a justified reputation for
achieving
high musical standards. The group performs a wide variety of music from
Baroque to 21st Century, madrigals to major choral works. The Octavians
are based in Woking, Surrey, UK. |
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The
choir "Laeti Cantores" was established in Salerno (Italy) in 1990, with
both sacred and secular repertoire. It achieved excellent results in
national
and international reviews and contests. It is proud of cultural
exchanges
and collaborations with choir groups and choir experts such as Pier
Giorgio
Righele, Steve Woodbury, Peter Neuman, Giorgio Mazzucato, R. Paul
Crabb.
Currently, the group is mostly devoted to the study of 1900 and
contemporary
music. |
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The
"Mater Ecclesiae" Polyphonic Choir of Almese (Turin - Italy) was
founded
in 1979 as a development of the local Parish Church Choir. In many
concerts
performed in Italy and abroad the choir offered a repertoire that
gradually
focused on classical polyphony and music of the XVIII-XIX century. |
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"The
Lutheran Chorale" of Milwaukee (U.S.A.), established in 1957. |
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The "Gruppo Polifonico Madrigalisti Senesi" from Siena
(Italy) was established in 1950. The study of Renaissance polyphony, sacred and
secular, is the
speciality of this choir, that, however, is devoted to a varied
repertoire, ranging from Gregorian chant to the laud, from ancient
classical polyphony to the romantic, modern, and contemporary
choralism. Exclusively made by amateurs, the choir carries out an
intense educational and concert activity, both in Italy and abroad. |
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"The Leeds Metropolitan University Choir" (Leeds, UK). |
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The "Cordova High School Choirs" of Cordova,
Tennessee, U.S.A, include 4 choirs open to students of different grade
and experience levels. |
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The "Coro da Universidade Nova de Lisboa" (choir of
the New University of Lisboa, Portugal), established in 1988, has wide
repertoire ranging all periods and styles, and a staff of about 40
singers.
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The "Schola Cantorum de la Cathédrale d’Evry",
France, is a chamber choir with liturgical vocation. Established in
2006, the staff of the Schola Cantorum includes 16 singers.
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The "Forest Grove High School Chorale" of Forest Grove, Oregon (U.S.A.). |
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The choir "Chœur Anne de Bretagne" was established in
1994, and, at that time, it was named "Les Chanteurs du Chœur
Régional des Pays de la Loire". The current name was chosen in
year 2000. The "Chœur Anne de Bretagne" is composed by about 50
singers. It organises multiple concerts per year, with sacred music
repertoire, classical or baroque, often with professional soloists and
orchestra.
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"The Normandale Community College" of Bloomington,
Minnesota (U.S.A). |
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The choir
"Coro Casa della Carità" of Lugo di Romagna (Italy) has a staff
of about 40 elements of all ages, divided into four sections, with the
co-operation of soloists and other musicians.
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"Cantabile
- choeur symphonique neuchâtelois" is a mixed choir currently
including about 150 singers coming from all the regions of the canton
of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. |
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The "Edmonds Woodway High School Music" of Edmonds,
Washington (U.S.A.) has two choirs: the "Bel-Canto Choir", open to all
students interested in vocal music; and the "Mello-Aires", a small
ensemble of 16-20 students selected by audition.
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"The Leeds Methodist Choir" (Leeds, UK) began its life
in 1964. The choir consists mainly of Methodists from churches in the
Leeds District, but membership is open to anyone who wishes to join.
It's a summer-only choir, meeting between June and September.
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The choir "Coro Symphonia" is composed by a dozen
members. It is very active and boasts numerous concerts especially in
Casentino and Arezzo surroundings. Since the first concert in 2004,
many performances have been made: in churches, castles, or outdoors.
Among them, it is worth to remark the participation to different events
such as the "International musical weeks" sponsored by the Pratovecchio
town council, the Christmas concerts, the national review in Arquata
Scrivia (AL). The most significant experiences are those abroad: in
Uffenheim (Germany) in 2004 and 2006, and in Egletons (France) in 2007.
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