How Can We Keep From Singing by Joan Oliver Goldsmith

HOW CAN WE KEEP FROM SINGING:
Music and the
Passionate Life

    by Joan Oliver
   Goldsmith
    Pub. by W.W. Norton
    also available through
    Penguin Canada
    Publicity: Elizabeth Garriga
    (212) 790-4295
    egarriga@wwnorton.com

Useful Links

Here are just a few links on topics related to How Can We Keep From Singing: Music and the Passionate Life.

Please Contact Joan to suggest more. We're especially looking for sites that focus on living a creative, passionate life in addition to singing and music sites.

Music News and Ideas
RedLudwig http://www.redludwig.com
RedLudwig bills itself as “the daily newspaper of classical music” and it’s full of intriguing news and opinion columns from the classical music world.

Noise Pollution
Noise Pollution Clearinghouse http://www.nonoise.org
If you have a specific question (e.g., the decibel level of leaf blowers), e-mail the staff. They will helpfully point you to just the right information.

Choral Organizations
ChoralNet http://www.choralnet.org
A good place to start when exploring the choral world.

Chorus America http://www.chorusamerica.org
Represents 500 independent (not academic or church-based) choral organizations.

The American Choral Directors Association
http://www.acdaonline.org
Has 18,000 individual members, of whom 13,500 are choral directors, many with several choirs. Get information here on regional and state chapters.

GALA, The Gay and Lesbian Association of Choruses http://www.galachoruses.org
180 member choruses; 10,000 singer members; individuals, small ensembles, choruses, businesses, and other organizations. Member choruses in N. America, Europe and Australia

CASA, The Contemporary A Cappella Society
http://www.casa.org

Singing Teachers http://www.nats.org
National Association of Teachers of Singing