| Agents' Association Great Britain
54 Keyes House
Dolphin Square
London
SW1V 3NA
Tel: 020 7834 0515
Fax: 020 7821 0261
Email: association@agents-uk.com
The Official Association for Entertainment Agents and Bookers.
Search for registered agents in the UK
providing every style and genre of music plus an Artist Search
facility at the Directory of British Entertainment.
AOTOS
Association of Teachers of Singing
Coral Gould
Weir House
108 Newton Road
Burton-on-Trent
Staffs
DE15 0TT
Tel: +44 (0) 1283 542198
Email: enquiries@aotos.co.uk
Arts
Council
14 Great Peter Street
London
SW1P 3NQ
Tel: 020 7333 0100
Fax: 020 7973 6590E-mail: enquiries@artscouncil.org.uk
The Arts Council receives a government grant to develop arts
activities. The Music Department has officers appointed to
specific tasks in connection with opera and music theatre,
music education, amateur and youth music, jazz and non-western
music. Contact them for information about the regional
organisations set up to sponsor, coordinate and encourage
music activities.
Arts
Council of Northern Ireland,
MacNeice House,
77 Malone Road,
Belfast,
BT9 6AQ.
Tel: 028 9038 5200
Arts
Council of Wales
9 Museum Place,
Cardiff,
CF10 3NX.
Tel: 029 2037 6500
Scottish
Arts Council
12 Manor Place,
Edinburgh,
EH3 7DD.
Tel: 0131 226 6051
ASCAP
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
8 Cork Street
London
W1S 3LJ
Tel: 020 7439 0909
Fax: 020 7434 0073
Email: rgreenway@ascap.com
The UK office of this US based but Worldwide organisation
created and controlled by composers, songwriters and music
publishers to protect the rights of its members by licensing
and distributing royalties for the non-dramatic public performances
of their copyrighted works. ASCAP's licensees encompass all
who want to perform copyrighted music publicly by giving and
obtaining permission to perform musical works by ASCAP composer,
lyricist and music publisher members and members of foreign
performing rights organisations. Also has a free Collaborating
Service where you can post or search for collaborative projects
and reply to the poster. Members can use their online works
registration.
AIM
Association of Independent Music
Lamb House
Church Street
London W4 2PD.
Tel: 020 8994 5599 Fax: 020 8994 5222
E-mail: info@musicindie.com
UK non-profit
independent music companies Trade Association that helps companies
of all shapes and sizes that are faced with a variety of problems
on a daily basis. They collect and disseminate information
and tell the world about the British Independents. Independent
record labels, distribution companies and internet rights
aggregators can become members and receive promotion, information,
seminars, education, advice and representation plus free simplyfiying
product registration software. They have also produced the
AIM CD-Rom Guide to Survival & Success in the Music Business
which is free to AIM members and Friends of AIM. (Also have
offices in the USA).
Association of British Bhangra Artistes
6 St Benedict's Close
Sanwell Valley
West Bromwich
West Midlands
B70 6TD
Tel: 0121 5257 696
Fax: 0121 5257 696
Association
of British Jazz Musicians
1st Floor
132 Southwark Street
London
SE1 0SW
Tel: 020 7928 9089
Fax: 020 7401 6870
Email: admin@jazzservices.org.uk
Jazz
Services Limited promotes the development of jazz in the
UK by providing education and other various services also
see the Jazz Organisations Database.
Association
of Professional Recording Services
PO Box 11
Uckfield
Middlesex
TN22 5WQ
Tel: 01803 868 600
Fax: 01803 868 444
Email: info@aprs.co.uk
Working to Promote the interests of those involved in professional
sound recording.
AURA
Association of United Recording Artists
134 Lots Road
London
SW10 0RJ
Tel: 020 7602 5985
Email: info@aurauk.com
Membership association which represents the interests of professional
recording artists.
Band Register
Oxford Music Central
2nd Floor
65 George Street
Oxford
OX1 2BE
Tel: 01865 798 795
Fax: 01865 798 796
Email: nbr@bandreg.com
UK & International search and free registration of band
names. Provides A & R information and puts together a
CD of the best bands tracks which is heard by major and independent
A & R.
British
Academy of Composers and Songwriters
British Music House
26 Berners Street
London
W1T 3LR
Tel: 020 7636 2929
Fax: 020 7629 0993
Email: info@britishacademy.com
The recognises association for UK music writers. Offers specialist
workshops and seminars, legal and business help lines including
advice on copyright, royalties and commissioning fees plus
free entry and webpage in the Academy's register of members.
Also provides information on their annual songwriting competition
Song for Europe the winning song is automatically entered
into the Eurovision
Song Contest
British
Association of Barbershop Singers
Site provides information on their services plus links to
their clubs which are located nationwide, links to choruses
and quartets own sites, sheet music, colleges, chorus directors
etc., plus their own radio station playing barbershop music
24/7 which you can submit material for broadcast.
British
Association of Record Dealers
1st Floor
Colonnade House
2 Westover Road
Bournemouth
Dorset
BH1 2BY
Tel: 01202 292 063
Fax: 01202 292 067
Email: admin@bardltd.org
UK trade organisation
formed specifically to act as a forum for the retail and wholesale
sectors of the music, video, DVD and Multimedia products industry.
It exists to communicate and negotiate with government departments
and local authorities.
British
Council - Music
11 Portland Place
London
W1N 4EJ
Tel: 020 7389 3005/3010
Fax: 020 7389 3057
The site provides a weekly radio show featuring the best UK
music plus sections on world, roots, traditional music features
and resources, educational and collaborative work, news, events
and a unique database of ensembles and practitioners.
British Country Music Association
PO Box 240
Harrow
Middlesex
HA3 7PH
Tel: 01273 559 750
Fax: 01273 559 750
British Federation of Audio
19 Charing Cross Road
London
WC2H 0ES
Tel: 020 7930 3206
Fax: 020 7839 4613
British
Federation of Young Choirs (BFYC)
37 Frederick Street
Loughborough
Leics
LE11 3BH
Tel: 01509 211664.
Email: bfyc@foobar.co.uk
Arranges singing events and training for young people on a
regional and national basis.
British Interactive
MulitMedia Association
5-6 Clipstone Street
London
W1P 7EB
Tel: 020 7436 8250
Fax: 020 7436 8251
Email: info@bima.co.uk
British Music
Rights Ltd
British Music House
26 Berners Street
London
W1T 3LR
Tel: 020 7306 4446
Fax: 020 7306 4449
Email: britishmusic@bmr.org
British Phonographic
Industry
25 Saville Row
London
W1S 2ES
Tel: 020 7851 4000
Fax: 020 7851 4010
Email: general@bpi.co.uk
Trade association for British record companies.
British Society for Music Therapy
25 Rosslyn Avenue
East Barnet
EN4 8DH
Email: denize@bsmt.demon.co.uk
Tel: 020 8368 8879
BVA - British Voice
Association (The)
The Royal College of Surgeons
35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London WC2A 3PN
Tel (+44)171 831 1060
Created to promote and encourage research into the early detection
and treatment of malignant and non-malignant diseases of the
vocal tract presenting as voice disorder, dissemination of
information and development of technology internationally.
Broadcast Music
Incorporated
BMI London
84 Harley House
Marylebone Road
London
NW1 5HN
Tel: 020 7486 2036
Fax: 020 7224 1046
American performing rights association.
Chard
Festival of Women in Music
3 Howards Row
Fore Street
Chard
Somerset
TA20 1PH
Email: chardfest@cs.com
Tel: 01460 66115
Fax: 01460 66048
Chard annual festival of women in music is held every year
in Somerset. It promotes music written by women;
commissions new works; instigates international visits; organises
workshops; and encourages new musicians. Projects include
an Archive of Music for young people and amateurs and a support
programme for young women's bands
Chart Information Network (CIN)
3rd Floor
Century House
100-102 Oxford Street
London
W1N 9FB
Tel: 020 7436 3000
Fax: 020 7436 8000
Email: pclifford@ecinuk.com
COMA
Contemporary Music Making for Amateurs
Toynbee Studios
28 Commercial Street
London E1 6LS
Tel: 020 7247 7736 Fax: 020 7247 7732
E-mail: coma@coma.org
Promotes performance of contemporary music by amateur musicians.
Commercial
Radio Companies' Association
The Radiocentre
77 Shaftesbury Avenue
London
W1D 5DU
Tel: 020 7306 2603
Fax: 020 7470 0062
Email: info@crca.co.uk
Community
Media Association
15 Paternoster Row
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S1 2BX
Tel: 0114 279 5219
Fax: 0114 279 8976
Email: cma@commedia.org.uk
Concert Promoters' Associations
6 St Mark's Road
Henley-On-Thames
Oxfordshire
RG 1LJ
Tel: 01491 575 060
Fax: 01491 414 082
Email: carolesmith.cpa@virgin.net
Copyright
Advice and Anti-Piracy Hotline
Unit B
Clivemont House
54 Clivement Road
Maidenhead
Berkshire
SL6 7BZ
Tel: 0845 6034 567
Fax: 01628 760 353
Email: contact@copyright-info.org.uk
Point of contact for guidance and reporting of alleged breaches
of copyright or trade mark in regard to music, film and software.
Country
Music Association
3rd Floor
18 Golden Square
London
W1R 3AG
Tel: 020 7734 3221
Fax: 020 7434 3025
Creators'
Rights Alliance
Coalition of independent organisations collaboration on behalf
of their members to campaign agains the abuses of creators'
rights in all media, particularly in broadcasting.
Equity
UK professional
union/organisation to protect the interests of Actors, Actresses,
Dancers and Performers. Membership requires proof of
professional status via working contracts which must be provided
prior to acceptance.
Federation Against Copyright Theft
7 Victory Business Centre
Worton Road
Isleworth
Middlesex
TW7 6DB
Tel: 020 8568 6646
Fax: 020 8560 6364
Email: investigator@factuk.org.uk
Guild
of International Songwriters and Composers
Sovereign House
12 Trewartha Road
Praa Sands
Penzance
Cornwell
TR20 9ST
Tel: 01736 762 826
Fax: 01736 763 328
GISC publishes the Songwriting and Composing magazine plus
offers advice, guidance, assistance, protection, information
and services to guild members like copyright protection, song
assessments and song promotion to publishers and record compnies.
Hospital Broadcasting Association
Straithe House
Russell Street
Falkirk
FK2 7HP
Tel: 01324 611 996
Incorporated
Society of Musicians
10 Stratford Place
London
W1C 1AA
Tel: 020 7629 4413
Fax: 020 7408 1538
Email: membership@ism.org
Can provide lists of private teachers and information on careers
in music.
Independent Publishers' Association
PO Box 3163
London
NW1 5HJ
Tel: 020 7704 8541
Fax: 020 7704 8540
International
Artists Managers' Association
Tel: 020 7610 4884
Email: info@iamaworld.com
Association for classical music artist managers and concert
agents.
International
Federation of the Phonographic Industry
IFPI Secretariat
54 Regent Street
London
W1R 5PJ
Tel: 020 7878 7900
Fax: 020 7878 7950
Email: info@ifpi.org
Represents copyright interests of sound recordings
IMF (International
Managers Forum)
1 Glenthorpe Mews
115a Genthorpe Road
London
W6 0LJ
Tel: 020 8741 2555
Fax: 020 8741 4856
Email: info@imf-uk.org
International
Songwriters Association
ISA
PO Box 46
Limerick City
Limerick
Ireland
Tel: 00 353 61 228 837
Fax: 00 353 61 229 464
A great resource for all songwriters with members receiving
a magazine with articles on songwriting which includes record
labels currently seeking acts, composers/lyricists wanted/available
and their requirements plus a copyright recording facility.
Also arranges Showcases for new talent
JFMG Limited
issues licences for Radio Mics, Talkback, Sound Links, Vision
Links etc. It manages the radio spectrum used in the UK for programme making and related activities and is an Agent of the
UK's Secretary of State for Trade and Industry.
Making
Music
Tel:0870 872 3300
Email: info@makingmusic.org.uk
Formerly the National Federation of Music Societies.
Manchester
City Music Network
Ground Floor
Fourways House
57 Hilton Street
Manchester
M1 2EJ
Tel: 0116 228 3993
Fax: 0116 228 3773
Email: network@manchester-music.org.uk
MCPS
Mechanical Copyright Protection Society
Copyright House
29-33 Bernes Street
London
W1P 4AA
Tel: 020 7580 5544
Fax: 020 7306 4455
Registers, collects and pays copyright on records and other
stored data.
MEC
Music Education Council
Organisation for UK
music education and industry organisations. Includes an A-Z
of members.
meta
Provides online music information for the UK including conferences for policymakers, business advice for artists
and venues, plus articles on Funding, Health & Safety.
MMF
Music Managers Forum
Tel: 020 7751 1894
Email: info@ukmmf.net
Represents the interests of music managers.
Music For
Youth
Educational charity providing a national platform for young
musicians.
MPA
Music Publishers Association
3rd Floor
Strandgate
18-20 York Buildings
London
WC2N 6JU
Tel: 020 7389 7779
Email: info@mpaonline.org.uk
Looks after the interests of music publishers and their writers,
promoting the importance and value of copyright.
More Music
in Morecambe
Organisation which provides a range of opportunities for both
young and old to get involved in music in an encouraging,
fun and friendly environment. Play, learn, write and listen
to new music at various local centres in Lancashire throughout the year. Includes music
workshops for parents and toddlers plus a range of classes
and new deal for musicians program.
Music Producers'
Guild
PO Box 29912
London
SW6 4FR
Tel: 020 7371 8888
Fax: 020 7371 8887
Email: members@mpg.org.uk
Organisation which promotes and represents all individuals
in the music production and recording professions.
Music Industry Research Organisation
8 Montague Close
London
SE1 9UR
T: 020 7940 8560
Fax: 020 7407 7081
Music Information Centres
Resource centres for contemporary classical British music,
these bodies have been set up primarily to 'increase public
awareness of music and to disseminate information'.
British Music
Information Centre
Tel: 0207 499 8567
Scottish Music
Information Centre
Tel: 0141 337 1161
Irish Music Information Centre
Tel: (Dublin) 00 353 1 661 2105
MOBO (Music
of Black Origin)
22 Stephenson Way
London
NW1 2HD
Tel: 020 7419 1800
Fax: 020 7419 1600
Email: info@mobo.net
Musicians'
Benevolent Fund
16 Ogle Street
London
W1E 6JA
Tel: 020 7636 4481
Fax: 020 7637 4307
Email: info@mbf.org.uk
Musicians'
Union
60-63 Clapham Road
London
SW9 0JJ
Tel: 020 7582 5566
Fax: 020 7582 9805
is the recognised trade body for musicians. Includes information
on all aspects of the music industry. Members qualify for
advice on contracts, legal matters involved in musical work
and taxation problems, assistance in money recovery, free
sickness payments and free public liability insurance cover.
Musicians
Unite
a resource founded to press for proper representation for
UK musicians and a fair appraoch to the Licensing
of Live Music.
National
Association of Music Educators
Supports members of NAME in the development of music education
which is 'accessible to all'. Extensive email and pinboard
facilities for members.
National
Foundation for Youth Music
One America Street
London
SE1 0NE
Tel:- 020 7902 1060. Fax:- 020 7902 1061.
The NFYM was set up in 1999 with the help of the Arts Council
of Great Britain to promote and develop music opportunities
for young people up to & including 18 year olds. The
website provides information and news on the latest courses,
funding and schools participating in the scheme which encompasses
all styles of music from garage to gamelan, jazz to jungle,
brass to bhangra & folk to funk! Latest projects
include the Instrument Swap Scheme which aims to repair out
of use instruments and reuse them.
National
Operatic & Dramatic Association
NODA House
1 Crestfield Street
London
WC1H 8AU
Tel: 0870 770 2480 Fax 0870 770 2490
Email: everyone@noda.org.uk
Aims to give a shared voice to the amateur sector, to help
amateur societies and individials achieve the highest standards
of best practice and performance and provide advice to enable
the amateur sector to tackle the challenges and opportunities
of the 21st century.
National Sound Advice
British Library
96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB
Tel: 020 7412 7440
Fax: 020 7412 7441
National
Music and Disibility Information Service
Sound Sense
Riverside House
Rattlesden
Bury St Edmunds
IP30 0SF
Tel: 01449 736287
National Union of Students' Entertainments
45 Underwood Street
London
N1 7LG
Tel: 020 7490 0946
Fax: 020 7490 1026
Nordoff-Robbins
55 Fulham High Street
London
SW6 3JJ
Tel: 020 7736 5500
Fax: 020 7371 8206
Oriental Arts
Bradford
Tel: 01274 370190
Organisation offering a wide range of music and dance opportunities
for children of all ages.
Patent
Office
Central Enquiry Unit
Room 1L02
Concept House
Cardiff Road
Newport
South Wales
NP10 8QQ
Tel: 0845 9500 505
Fax: 01633 813 600
Email: enquiries@patent.gov.uk
UK Government Patents Office who can enable you to check all
registered companies and patent your product.
PACT
The Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television
Tel: 020 7331 6000
Email: enquiries@pact.co.uk
UK Trade association representing independent television,
film, animation and new media production companies.
PCAM
Society for Producers and Composers
Tel: 0906 895 0908
UK trade association
for producers and composers who work primarily in commissioned
music for advertising, television programs and feature films.
Performing
Arts Media Rights Association
P@MRA
161 Borough High Street
London
SE1 1HR
Tel: 020 7940 0400
Fax: 020 7407 2008
Email: office@pamra.org.uk
UK's non-profit
collection society for performers. They collect and pay out
royaties to performers for the broadcast of their recorded
performances. If you are an artist who has made a commercial
recording since 1946 which has been broadcast or played in
public since 1 Dec 1996
then you may be due royalty fees. P@MRA is free to join
PRS
Performing Rights Society
29-33 Berners Street
London
W1P 4AA
Tel: 020 7580 5544
Fax: 020 7306 4050
Collects and pays royalties to composers, songwriters and
publishers for public performance and broadcast of copyright
works. They also organise regular informative workshops with
expert speakers on all business aspects of the music scene.
Also home of:-
The Performing Right Society Foundation
Tel: 020 7306 4044
PRS set up this charitable organisation to encourage, promote
and sustain music creation and its performance, of all genres,
at all levels of activity.
PSA
The Production Services Association represents the professional
interests of both freelance technical production personnel
and service companies. Their website contains information
about the organisation, benefits of joining, links to member
insurance companies, training courses, an explanation of the
differences between being self-employed or freelancing with
tax liability distinctions and a sample contract for self-employed
production workers in .pdf and .doc format.
Phonographic
Performance Limited
1 Upper James Street
London
W1R 3HG
Tel: 020 7534 1000
Fax: 020 7534 1000
Collects royalties on behalf of record companies and performers,
licensing broadcast and public performance of sound recordings.
Radio Joint
Audience Research (RAAR)
Gainsborough House
81 Oxford Street
London
W1D 2EU
Tel: 020 7903 5350
Fax: 020 7903 5351
Email: info@rajar.co.uk
Regional
Arts Online
is a new organisation for the arts formed by the Arts Council
of England and the 10 Regional Arts Boards joined together
to form a single development organisation for the arts. The
site contains information on funding, directory of regional
offices, news and other related information. England has ten Regional Arts Boards existing
to promote and develop arts activities and organisations in
their regions. The representative body is:
English Regional Arts Boards
5 City Road
Winchester
Hants SO23 8SD
Tel: 01926 851063
The regional boards are : East Midlands (based in Loughborough),
Eastern (Cambridge), London (as above), North West (Manchester),
Northern (Newcastle upon Tyne), South East (Tunbridge Wells),
South West (Exeter), Southern (Winchester), West Midlands
(Birmingham), Yorkshire and Humberside (Dewsbury).
Sema
non-profit organisation aimed at helping new talent which
charges a fee for membership. Various levels are available
including a free option for those willing to provide their
time and services to the organisation.
Sonic
Arts Network
London House
271-273 King St
London W6 9LZ
Tel: 020 7928 7337
National association of music professionals and teachers interested
in creative uses of technology in music. Initiating
educational projects that bring together composers, pupils
and teachers, with particular emphasis on ways of integrating
new technology with other classroom resources across all styles
of music.
Sound
Sense
7 Tavern Street
Stowmarket Suffolk
IP14 1PJ
Email: info@soundsense.org
Tel: 01449 673990
Fax: 01449 673990
National development agency for community music.
Society for
the Promotion of New Music (spnm)
18-20 Southwark Street
London
SE1 1TJ
Email: spnm@spnm.org.uk
Tel: 020 7407 1640
Fax: 020 7403 7652
Society of
European Songwriters and Composers
Gresham House
53 Clarendon Road
Watford
Hertfordshire
WD1 1LA
Tel: 01923 228 870
Fax: 01923 228 872
Email: rightsw@sesac.co.uk
Society
of Writers UK
Work on behalf of authors including copyright.
South East Music Alliance
PO Box 91
Reigate
Surrey
RH2 0FG
Tel: 01737 210 848
Fax: 01737 210 848
Student
Radio Association
The Radio Academy
5 Market Place
London
W1N 7AH
Tel: 020 7255 2010
Fax: 020 7255 2029
Email: sra-exec@studentradio.org.uk
The
Radio Authority
Holbrook House
14 Great Queen Street
London
WC2B 5DG
Tel: 020 7430 2724
Fax: 020 7405 7062
Email: info@radioauthority.org.uk
The Voices
Foundation
UK based music education charity dedicated to supporting teachers
and children in primary schools and the wider community by
using a unique singing-based approach they offer a range of
programmes, courses and workshops for schools, local education
authorities, teachers, pupils and parents.
Urban
Voice (UK) Ltd
Organisation aimed at providing projects and events for young
black and ethinic minorities in music and the arts. Courses,
training and seminars are provided along with an 13 track
album project and artist development. Members receive various
benefits including free music consultation with an industry
professional, reduced rates on studio hire and coaching services,
access to seminars and courses plus submission of your track/s
for consideration of inclusion on their album or for the Princes
Trust Festival.
WRPM (Womens
Revolutions Per Minute)
7 Thornbridge Avenue
Chorlton
Manchester
M21 9DN
Tel: 0161 681 8727
Email: wrpm@appleonline.net
Women's Revolutions per Minute or WRPM makes a diverse catalogue
of recordings by women available to the public. It promotes
and makes available music performed, composed and produced
by women
WOMAD (World
of Music, Arts and Dance)
Top Floor
85 Park Street
Bristol BS1 5JN.
WOMAD presents annual festivals, produces records and educational
resources to further the enjoyment and understanding of different
cultures by bringing both traditional and modern music and
dance of many cultures before the widest possible audience.
Women
In Music National Network
7 Tavern Street
Stowmarket
Suffolk
IP14 1P
Tel: 01449 673 990 Fax: 01449 673 994
Email: info@womeninmusic.org.uk
Non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the advancement
and recognition of women in the music industry by identifying
and promoting opportunities for women in the music industry,
help individuals start and grow successful careers and businesses
through vital information and creative management strategies,
provide services and resources to take music careers to the
next level. Membership is Free and open to performers, composers,
administrators, teachers, promoters, students, academics and
many others.
Worshipful Company of Musicians
1st Floor
74-75 Watling Street
London
EC4M 9BJ
Tel: 020 7489 8888
Fax: 020 7489 1614
Youth
Organisation UK
Provides information on youth work, partners, funding, plus
contacts for youth organisations in the UK
and Worldwide. Arts, Music & other Courses are listed
and membership is Free to UK
based youth organisations.
Youth
Clubs UK
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