ACMP - The Chamber Music Network is a non-profit association that facilitates informal playing and singing by people of all ages and nationalities beginners to professionals. Their 5,400 members come from every corner of the earth and share one interest: the love of making music with others.

Digest of Arts News from around the world, by some of the best writers around.

Main opera company site with programme and tickets

UK blog, with lots of interesting articles

US blogger, Jason Heath, who writes about being on the road, very funnily.

A meander across the world's classical and opera venues, interspersed by an English country life, written by a well respected music critic from BBC Radio 3.

Blog by author and journalist Jessica Duchen, who is the UK Independent's Classical Music critic

Uk female blogger with an enjoyable chatty style.

General articles, news, comment

Top of the bloggers, USA based critic and author of "The Rest is Noise", highly recommended book on 20th century music.

The website of the foundation set up to promote the musical legacy of Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears: extensive information about their music.

For all those who love Bruckner's music, the site has useful information about concerts, reviews, Bruckner score information and of course a quarterly journal

Forum site (in German) for classical music in general but particularly the music of Anton Bruckner.

This is Ben's site, a 26 year old half American, half Dutch guy living in Ithaca, on the outskirts on New York. As the title suggests he's come into classical music so his blog will be of more interest if you're trying to get into it too. I like it because it has a very different slant from other blogs....

US-based general resource/portal site with a lot of information in different categories.

Orchestra main website including concert calendar and details of events at the Rudolfinum

This is an invaluable resource for those who love choral and organ music. The site also contains a clickable map for those seeking cathedral music with comprehensive details of all cathedrals, ancient Foundations and college chapels in the UK and Ireland.

A great resource for choirs and people thinking of joining a choir, with an excellent facility to search by area.

Writes on the future of classical music. Very thoughtful. Give it some time...

If you've ever wanted to find out about the concerts which have taken place, the Royal College of Music has compiled information for you. A fascinating look at historical programmes across the UK from the eighteenth century to the present day.

Promotional pages for composers and performers

Database of texts for all sorts of classical songs in many languages.

A recommended site for reviews of live performance and recordings with intelligent and interesting commentary.

Long standing web marketing agency based in Paris, with several classical music clients

Blog site from "a young American woman living in Milan" with masses of gossip and pictures about opera.

Community site for opera fans: includes podcast, reviews and articles.

Listing site with events in Plymouth and the surrounding area.

The main opera and ballet company and Czech, with a very large number of performances each year.

If you are looking for someone to arrange a standard work, either choral or instrumental, check out Vamp Till Ready. Jocelyn also tweaks works to make them easier to play for beginners.