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Choral Organisations – Australian
Australian National Choral Association – ANCA is a non-profit organisation set up to encourage and promote choral music in Australia / ANCA es una organización sin fines de lucro creada para fomentar y promover la música coral en Australia
Blackheath Choir Festival – an annual festival of choirs in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney / un festival anual de coros en las Montañas Azules, al oeste de Sydney
Choral Organisations – International
ChoralNet – the global choral community
Latin American Choral Music – a work-in-progress compilation of information about choral music by Latin American composers from 1550 to the present. Includes a searchable database of works
Choirs – Australian
Bel a cappella – a Sydney-based chamber choir of experienced singers who enjoy exploring and performing a diverse range of choral music
Sydney Chamber Choir – founded in 1975, Sydney Chamber Choir has forged a reputation for its interpretations of Renaissance and Baroque works and as a champion of contemporary Australian choral music
Choirs – International
Coro Cervantes – The UK’s only professional choir dedicated to Hispanic and Latin American classical music / El único coro profesional del Reino Unido dedicado a la música clásica hispánica y latinoamericana
Coro Hispano de San Francisco – A community chorus founded in 1975 to celebrate the bicentenary of Mission San Francisco
Musical Groups and Associates
Alturas – inspired by the music of Argentina, Alturas combines influences from classical, latin and tango to create a unique blend of haunting melodies with jazz-inspired solos
Baroque Iluminata – a diverse group of musicians, Baroque Iluminata specialises in the performance of Early Latin American music
Favoured Composers
Javier Busto – (1949 – ), a self-taught composer and choir director from the Basque Country
Ariel Ramírez – (4 September 1921 – 18 February 2010), an Argentine composer and pianist whose work drew on his nation's folk music to create iconic pieces
David Basden – (1957 – ), Australian composer whose works include settings of poems by the emblematic Spanish poet Garcia Lorca, given their world première by Coro Austral in May 2013
Music Resources – Australian
Music Council of Australia (MCA) – The purpose of the MCA is to bring together all sections of the music community in order to advance a diverse and vibrant musical life throughout Australia
Music in Communities Network – An initiative of the grassroots music advocacy campaign, Music: Play for Life, the MiCN is Australia’s only national network for community music practitioners
Music Lending Scheme (MLS) – Canberra Choral Society's online national choral music lending scheme
Music Resources – International
International Federation for Choral Music (IFCM) – founded in 1982 for the purpose of facilitating communication and exchange between choral musicians throughout the world
The Virtual Choral Library – an international project seeking to gather information on all choral music of the world and compile it into a single research tool
Music Retailers & Publishers
Clear Music Australia – a unique set of integrated or independent services for all levels of the music community
Da Capo Music – Sydney’s only secondhand and antiquarian music bookshop, selling worldwide via the internet / Música librería de Sydney, de segunda mano y antigüedades, vender en todo el mundo a través de la Internet
Mapa Mundi – U.K.-based music publishers specialising in 16th century Latin church music. Includes a well-researched and expertly edited collection of Iberian and Latin American scores
Spanish Organisations – Australian
Instituto Cervantes (Sydney) – the Sydney branch of Spain’s official language and culture organisation
NSW SLASA – a community organisation acting on behalf of the various Spanish and Latin-American communities in NSW
Spanish in Sydney – a network for Spanish teachers and language resources in Sydney
The Spanish Herald – contact details for Sydney's Spanish language newspaper, through the Latin Hub
Friends and Affiliates
Colours of Sydney – specialising in graphic and web design, training and communication
The South Sydney Herald – published by South Sydney Uniting Church, the SSH is an independent newspaper celebrating diversity and adding encouragement to possibilities for community in Sydneys inner south-west
South Sydney Uniting Church – an ecumenical and inclusive church, affirming the gifts of people of all ages, cultural backgrounds, sexual orientations and identities. Our former rehearsal space, Coro Austral frequently performs here
St Luke's Anglican Church, Enmore – an unconditional and inclusive parish with a beautiful church, the site of our near-sellout November 2012 performance of Misa Criolla and Navidad Nuestra
Choral Organisations – Australian
Australian National Choral Association – ANCA is a non-profit organisation set up to encourage and promote choral music in Australia / ANCA es una organización sin fines de lucro creada para fomentar y promover la música coral en Australia
Blackheath Choir Festival – an annual festival of choirs in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney / un festival anual de coros en las Montañas Azules, al oeste de Sydney
Choral Organisations – International
ChoralNet – the global choral community
Latin American Choral Music – a work-in-progress compilation of information about choral music by Latin American composers from 1550 to the present. Includes a searchable database of works
Choirs – Australian
Bel a cappella – a Sydney-based chamber choir of experienced singers who enjoy exploring and performing a diverse range of choral music
Sydney Chamber Choir – founded in 1975, Sydney Chamber Choir has forged a reputation for its interpretations of Renaissance and Baroque works and as a champion of contemporary Australian choral music
Choirs – International
Coro Cervantes – The UK’s only professional choir dedicated to Hispanic and Latin American classical music / El único coro profesional del Reino Unido dedicado a la música clásica hispánica y latinoamericana
Coro Hispano de San Francisco – A community chorus founded in 1975 to celebrate the bicentenary of Mission San Francisco
Musical Groups and Associates
Alturas – inspired by the music of Argentina, Alturas combines influences from classical, latin and tango to create a unique blend of haunting melodies with jazz-inspired solos
Baroque Iluminata – a diverse group of musicians, Baroque Iluminata specialises in the performance of Early Latin American music
Favoured Composers
Javier Busto – (1949 – ), a self-taught composer and choir director from the Basque Country
Ariel Ramírez – (4 September 1921 – 18 February 2010), an Argentine composer and pianist whose work drew on his nation's folk music to create iconic pieces
David Basden – (1957 – ), Australian composer whose works include settings of poems by the emblematic Spanish poet Garcia Lorca, given their world première by Coro Austral in May 2013
Music Resources – Australian
Music Council of Australia (MCA) – The purpose of the MCA is to bring together all sections of the music community in order to advance a diverse and vibrant musical life throughout Australia
Music in Communities Network – An initiative of the grassroots music advocacy campaign, Music: Play for Life, the MiCN is Australia’s only national network for community music practitioners
Music Lending Scheme (MLS) – Canberra Choral Society's online national choral music lending scheme
Music Resources – International
International Federation for Choral Music (IFCM) – founded in 1982 for the purpose of facilitating communication and exchange between choral musicians throughout the world
The Virtual Choral Library – an international project seeking to gather information on all choral music of the world and compile it into a single research tool
Music Retailers & Publishers
Clear Music Australia – a unique set of integrated or independent services for all levels of the music community
Da Capo Music – Sydney’s only secondhand and antiquarian music bookshop, selling worldwide via the internet / Música librería de Sydney, de segunda mano y antigüedades, vender en todo el mundo a través de la Internet
Mapa Mundi – U.K.-based music publishers specialising in 16th century Latin church music. Includes a well-researched and expertly edited collection of Iberian and Latin American scores
Spanish Organisations – Australian
Instituto Cervantes (Sydney) – the Sydney branch of Spain’s official language and culture organisation
NSW SLASA – a community organisation acting on behalf of the various Spanish and Latin-American communities in NSW
Spanish in Sydney – a network for Spanish teachers and language resources in Sydney
The Spanish Herald – contact details for Sydney's Spanish language newspaper, through the Latin Hub
Friends and Affiliates
Colours of Sydney – specialising in graphic and web design, training and communication
The South Sydney Herald – published by South Sydney Uniting Church, the SSH is an independent newspaper celebrating diversity and adding encouragement to possibilities for community in Sydneys inner south-west
South Sydney Uniting Church – an ecumenical and inclusive church, affirming the gifts of people of all ages, cultural backgrounds, sexual orientations and identities. Our former rehearsal space, Coro Austral frequently performs here
St Luke's Anglican Church, Enmore – an unconditional and inclusive parish with a beautiful church, the site of our near-sellout November 2012 performance of Misa Criolla and Navidad Nuestra
