Links
www.BobbBiehl.com
-Great leadership resources.
www.ccli.com
-Christian Copyright License information and subscription programs.
www.cmpamusic.com
-Church Music Publishing Association–information on copyright compliance, etc.
www.celebrationconcerttours.com
-Phil Barfoot’s choir concert tour facilitating company.
www.christiancopyrightalliance.com
- Phil Barfoot’s turn-key recording company for your choir.
www.jimfaull.com
-Lots of interesting nooks and crannies here to help you have a better choir.
www.musicservices.com
-They’ll help you identify and become copyright-compliant with songs you wish to record.
www.slingshotgroup.net
-A young-thinking organization of top Christian leaders who are set up to help your church trouble-shoot organizational, programmatic and staffing issues.mber.
www.vocalcoach.com
-Chris Beatty’s excellent bundle of resources to help you be a better singer.
www.wengercorp.com
-A good place to find choir risers, mostly the portable kind.
www.welcome2choir.com
-A pretty revolutionary way to introduce new choir members to the choir ‘family.’
Music Supply Houses
These established businesses serve as clearing houses for sales of choir music from all publishers, often at significant discounts over retail. They all sponsor regional gatherings where new music is previewed and premiered, and seminars with leading figures in the industry are offered.
www.christiansupply.com
-The largest.
www.kempke.com
-Kempke’s has a major ‘pro audio’ division, too.
www.pinelakemusic.com
-Not the largest, but perhaps the most innovative.
“Evangelical” Publishers
www.brentwoodbenson.com
-Brentwood-Benson has the industry’s largest song catalogue.
www.integinc.com
-focused primarily on choral applications for Integrity’s music catalogue. Also available through Hal Leonard.com
www.lifeway.com
-The Southern Baptist’s behemoth web site.
www.lillenas.com
- From the Nazarenes.
www.praisegathering.com
-Also available through LifeWay.
“Classic Choir” Publishers (not exhaustive)
www.alfred.com
-The #1 Educational music publisher. Some Alfred titles are being made available by Word Music in their “Jubilate” choral club.
www.fredbock.com
-also available through Hal Leonard.
www.schirmer.com
- Available through Hal Leonard, as well.
www.halleonard.com
-The largest sheet music publisher in the world.
www.shawneepress.com
- Also accessible through the Hal Leonard web site.
Some personal web sites for endorsers of “God’s Singers:”
www.carlcartee.com
www.davidbaroni.com
www.donmoen.com
www.encouragingmusic.com (Rick Muchow)
www.gerondavis.com
www.jeffbennettmusic.com
www.larnelle.com
www.mikespeckministries.com
www.nataliegrant.com
www.prestonwood.org (for Todd Bell)
www.thurlowspurr.com
www.traviscottrell.com
www.waynetate.org