LIB-Organisations
Colleges/Universities
Golden Pages: University Music Departments' and Faculties' Home Pages
Index of Web addresses of all music departments in higher education worldwide. Available in alphabetically ordered files or organised by country.
Music Institutes, Music Schools and Music Departments
An index of international music institutes, schools and university departments, organised by country.
Organisations/Associations
An organization devoted to publishing, recording, distributing, and making available information on all aspects of Indonesian performing arts and their international counterparts.
Created in 1989 by the Arts Council of Great Britain. Since 1991, the AMC has developed as the leading promoter of Asian music in the UK.
British Forum for Ethnomusicology
A UK society devoted to the study of music and dance from all parts of the world. Includes links to other related sites.
China People Promotions (CPP) was formed in 1994 by a group of Chinese musicians. Based in the UK, we promote Chinese arts and culture through organising concerts and festivals, Educational workshops, and music productions within the UK and Europe.
Center for Black Music Research
The Center for Black Music Research (CBMR) is devoted to research, preservation, and dissemination of information about the history of black music on a global scale.
Aims to provide a continually developing collection of politically aware and representative materials, which span all areas of political persuasion and cultural representation. Location, preservation, promotion, and dissemination of ephemera in printed, recorded, visual, and in the oral traditions, is the key aim of the Centre, for the education of popular political expression worldwide.
IAML: United Kingdom & Ireland Branch
Web site for the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres, United Kingdom & Ireland Branch. Includes very useful music internet resources.
Incorporated Society of Musicians
A professional body for musicians in UK.
International Alliance for Women in Music
The International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM) is a global network of women and men working to increase and enhance musical activities, opportunities and promote all aspects of the music of women.
International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives
Established in 1969 to function as a medium for international co-operation between archives that preserve recorded sound and audiovisual documents. Links to other organisations and related subjects.
International Music Council of UNESCO
The International Music Council (IMC) is a global network of expert organisations and individuals working in the field of music. Founded in 1949 by UNESCO, IMC is mandated to promote musical diversity and support cultural rights for all.
International Musicological Society
The International Musicological Society (IMS) was founded in 1927 in Basel, where it has its headquarters. It is a member of the Conseil International de la Philosophie et des Sciences Humaines (CIPSH), a branch organization of the UNESCO. Its purpose is the advancement of musicological research on the basis of international cooperation.
International Council for Traditional Music
World organisation to support the study and practice of all musical traditions, and music research and ethnomusicology. It also edits the Unesco collection, the CD series of recorded traditional music.
Founded in 1931, MLA is the professional organisation in the United States devoted to music librarianship and all aspects of music materials in libraries.
An alliance of (currently) 64 US museums, organisations and individuals to focus in on music museums.
Sahai.org : Pandit Ram Sahai Sangit Vidyalaya
Which aims to promote the performing arts of India. The Trust provides funding for the Institute of Indian Music & Dance (IIMD) and the Sangit College, both in London.
Société Française d’Ethnomusicologie
A French learned society to support and promote ethnomusicology.
Organises conferences and publishes Asian Music: journal of the Society for Asian Music.
Provides access to contents and abstracts of publications from the Journal of Ethnomusicology. Also includes information covering relevant societies, journals, and special projects and conference details.
