Music and Audio on the Internet

Month of 2006.07

Contents

1. Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands Musical Events
2. Meta Sites: Places with Lots of Music and Audio Information
3. Genres
4. Magazines/Newspapers
5. Music Stores and Businesses
6. Musical Awards
7. Musical Organizations and Performance Groups
8. Radio
9. Audio Software

Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands Musical Events

A few major Vancouver musical festivals are thrown in for good measure!

Check out the Daily Calendar of Events (victoriabc.com) and Greater Victoria Community Events from the Victoria Telecommunity Network

1. Bandfest: Victoria's International Military Music Festival
2. Cameron Bandshell, Beacon Hill Park, City of Victoria
3. Dancing Man Music Festival , Gabriola Island
4. Eine Kleine Summer Music, Victoria
5. Festival Vancouver
6. Filberg Festival, Comox
7. First Peoples Festival and Walking with Our Ancestors, Royal BC Museum, presented by the Victoria Native Friendship Centre
8. Gabriola Island Calendar of Events: look here for events such as the Dancing Man Music Festival
9. Hornby Island Blues Workshop, presented by the Hornby Island Blues Society
10. ICA FolkFest Inter-Cultural Arts Festival, Victoria
11. Islands Folk Festival, Duncan, presented by the Cowichan Folk Guild
12. JazzFest International, an annual jazz music event by the Victoria Jazz Society
13. Luminara Victoria, St. Ann's Academy and Beacon Hill Park, presented by the Inter-Cultural Association
14. Open Air in the Square, Centennial Square, Victoria
15. Salt Spring Island Festivals via the Salt Spring Island Saturday Market Web site.
16. Symphony Splash, presented by the Victoria Symphony Orchestra
17. TerrifVic Jazz Party, Victoria is an annual jazz festival by The TerrifVic Jazz Party, a non-profit society.
18. University of Victoria, School of Music, Concert Events
19. Vancouver Folk Music Festival, Jericho Beach Park
20. Vancouver Island Blues Bash, Victoria, is produced by the Victoria Jazz Society
21. Vancouver Island MusicFest, Courtenay
22. Victoria Conservatory of Music Events ~ check their Web site for calendar of events at different venues
23. Victoria Latin Caribbean Festival, Market Square, presented by the Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre Society
24. Victoria Ska Festival
25. Victoria Summer Music Festival, various dates in July and August, Phillip T. Young Recital Hall, School of Music, University of Victoria

Meta Sites: Places with Lots of Music and Audio Information

Corporate

• Charts All Over the World is maintained by Atis Kluss on LANET (Latvian Academic Network), Latvia
• CultureNet: Music Sites - select from list
• dotmusic (Miller Freeman Entertainment, San Francisco, CA) contains charts, news, magazines from around the world
• Internet Underground Music Archive
• Galaxy (Tradewave): Arts: Humanities: Performing Arts: Music also contains links to other music-oriented pages on Galaxy
• New Radio Star features a radio and music search engine.
• SibeliusMusic.com claims to offer the largest collection of music scores on the Internet; use the Sibelius Scorch free software to play the score. Some scores are free, others require payment.
• Tunes.com (Rolling Stone magazine)
• Yahoo! Entertainment

Genres

Choral

See Musical Organizations and Performance Groups

Classical

• Andante (Andante Corp.) contains a Web directory thousands of sites devoted to classical music along with free reference resources on the genre.
• Early Music Society of the Islands (Victoria)
• "An Introduction to Classical Music for the Novice and Amateur Enthusiast" by David W. Waters, BC

Country and Western, and Bluegrass

• Country music homepage
• Victoria Bluegrass Association

Folk

• Cowichian Folk Guild
• Folk music homepage
• Internet Folk Music Resources (courtesy of Northern Journey)
• Maple Folk, "providing information about Canadian folk music CDs"
• Northern Journey Online: A Guide to Canadian Folk Music
• Sooke Folk Music Society
• Vancouver Folk Music Festival
• Victoria Folk Music Society ~ Up To Date Info On The Local Folk Music Scene

Jazz

• Victoria Jazz Society
• TerrifVic Jazz Party, Victoria

Rock and Roll

• Rock Around on the Net
• Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame

Magazines/Newspapers

1. CMB Online: Christian Music Bulletin (Canada)
2. DJ Mag
3. Euphony Net-Magazine (Vancouver, BC)
4. Global Link (Music of the World, Chapel Hill, NC, USA)
5. Muse: The Journal of Women in Music
6. POP-i Music Magazine
7. Radio Resistor's Bulletin: news and articles on underground radio broadcasting
8. RootsWorld

Greater Victoria Music Stores and Businesses

• A&B Sound includes a searchable database by Artist/Conductor or Title/Composer
• Channel Eau Communications (Victoria) is an independent CD label
• Chapters.ca markets audio CDs online
• Fairbank Music Publishing (Victoria) publishes "new Canadian works for Piano, Voice, Pipe Organ and Choral ensembles"
• HMV Canada features online shopping
• Larsen Music (Victoria)
• Long & McQuade, includes Ward Music, which Long & McQuade purchased in November 1999

Musical Awards

• Grammy Awards (National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, USA)
• Juno Awards (Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences [CARAS])

Musical Organizations and Vancouver Island / Gulf Islands Performance Groups

• Allegra Singers (Victoria)
• ASCAP - American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
• Arion Male Voice Choir
• Aventa (University of Victoria)
• BC Choral Federation
• Canadian Country Music Association (CAMA)
• Canadian Independent Record Production Association (CIRPA)
• Canadian Music Competitions
• Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency (CMRRA)
• Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA)
• CapriCCio Vocal Ensemble (Victoria)
• ChorPodium 2006, University of Victoria, May 18-21, 2006
• Civic Orchestra of Victoria
• Comox Valley Youth Music Centre (Comox) also offers a performance calendar
• Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent on Record (FACTOR)
• The Galiano Ensemble (Victoria)
• Gettin' Higher Choir (Victoria)
• Greater Victoria Youth Orchestra
• Hexaphone (Victoria)
• Hornby Island Blues Society presents the Hornby Island Blues Workshop
• Lafayette String Quartet (University of Victoria)
• Linden Singers of Victoria
• Music BC (Pacific Music Industry Association)
• Music Industry via Yahoo
• MusicPro
• Newcombe Singers (Victoria)
• NewMusicWest is presenting its 15th anniversary festival and conference in Vancouver from April 26 to 30, 2006.
• Pacific Music Industry Association see Music BC
• Pacific Opera Victoria
• Palm Court Orchestra (Victoria)
• Prima Youth Choir (Victoria)
• Royal Canadian College of Organists, Victoria Centre
• Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN)
• Songwriters Association of Canada (SAC)
• Soundings Vocal Ensemble (Victoria)
• University of Victoria Chamber Singers
• University of Victoria, School of Music
• Vancouver Island Symphony Orchestra
• Victoria Children's Choir
• Victoria Choral Society
• Victoria Conservatory of Music
• Victoria Folk Music Society
• Victoria Jazz Society
• Victoria Operatic Society
• Victoria Philharmonic Choir
• Victoria Symphony Orchestra
• Viva Choirs (Victoria)

Radio

Victoria and BC Radio Stations on the Internet

• Boundary Kootenay Radio ("BKRadio", Boundary and West Kootenay regions)
• Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC): Radio & TV
• CFAX ("C-FAX 1070", Victoria)
• CFEX ("Extreme 107.3 FM", Victoria)
• CFJC ("JC55 New Country", Kamloops)
• CFMI ("Rock 101", Vancouver)
• CFOX ("The Fox", Vancouver)
• CFRO ("Vancouver Co-op Radio")
• CFUN ("CFUN 1410", Vancouver) and CHQM ("QM/FM", Vancouver)
• CFUV (University of Victoria)
• CHET (94.5 FM, Chetwynd)
• CHKG ("Fairchild Radio, 96.1 FM", Chinese and English, Vancouver)
• CHMB (Chinese and English, Vancouver)
• CHNV (BKRadio, Nelson)
• CHWK ("Radio MAX", Fraser Valley)
• CICF ("Mix 105", 1050 AM, 98.7 FM, Vernon)
• CIFM (Kamloops)
• CILK ("Silk FM", Kelowna)
• CIOC ("The Ocean", 98.5 FM, Victoria)
• CIRX ("The Max FM", Prince George)
• CISW ("Mountain FM", Whistler)
• CITR (University of British Columbia, Vancouver)
• CJAV ("AV1240, The Source", Port Alberni)
• CJDC ("CJDC Radio 890", Dawson Creek)
• CJJR ("JRfm New Country", Vancouver)
• CJSF (93.9 FM cable, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby)
• CJVB ("Fairchild Radio, AM 1470", Chinese and English, Vancouver)
• CKKN (Prince George)
• CKKQ ("100.3 The Q, the Island's Rock", FM Victoria)
• CKKS ("97 KISS FM", Vancouver)
• CKMO (Camosun College, Victoria)
• CKNW (Vancouver)
• CKPG (Prince George)
• CKST ("AM 1040, CKST, The Good Life", Vancouver)
• CKWX ("CKWX News1130", Vancouver)
• CKXM ("1200 CKXM Country", Victoria)
• CKZZ ("Z95.3 FM", Vancouver)
• Coast Radio (Vancouver Island) includes CFCP (Courtenay), CFWB (Campbell River, AM)/CJGR (Gold River, FM), CHQB (Powell River), CFNI (AM )/CFPA (FM)
• X91.3 FM (Victoria)

Other Radio Stations on the Internet and Audio Netcasts

1. AudioNet: Live Internet Audio Netcasts (Real Audio software required)
2. CKUA Radio Network (Athabasca University, AB)
3. The MIT List of Radio Stations on the Internet
4. MyCityRadio.com (World Internet Broadcasting Corporation, Vancouver, BC)
5. National Public Radio (Washington, D.C.)

Guides, Directories and Search Engines to Radio Stations

6. Galaxy (Tradewave): Leisure and Recreation: Radio
7. Yahoo! Internet Broadcasting Radio Stations
8. PublicRadioFan.com (Edited by Kevin A. Kelly). A database for locating public radio stations around the world.
9. Yahoo! Radio Page

Audio Software

• RealAudio from Progressive Networks, Seattle.
• Nullsoft Winamp is owned Time-Warner/America Online, but the music and service from this free media player are excellent.
• Sibelius Scorch is "free software which lets you view, play, customize and print Sibelius scores on the Internet."
• Windows Media Player comes bundled with current and some past versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system

You can find more free audio software for playing music downloaded from the Internet or from offline sources at these Google Directory pages:

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