Guides: Jazz Studies: Search Deeper

Music Organizations

Alliance for Arts and Culture
Represents the interests of artists across the disciplines in B.C. Access to professional development and employment opportunities.
British Columbia Arts Council
Provides support for arts and culture in British Columbia, through public education, research and advocacy. Awards funds to organizations and individuals.
Canadian Association for Sound Ecology
Affiliate organization of the World Forum for Acoustic Ecology, an international association of individuals and institutions concerned with the social, cultural and ecological aspects of the sonic environment.
Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency
Issues licenses and collects royalties for the use of music on CDs and other products on behalf of music copyright holders doing business in Canada.
The Canada Council for the Arts
Provides support for the development of individuals, groups, small ensembles, orchestras and other professionals working in the Canadian music community
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Funds tours, concert production, sound recordings, festival programming, residencies and the commissioning of Canadian compositions. Maintains a performing arts directory, with information on presenters, festivals and contacts.
Culture Canada: Music
Information about goverment-wide programs, services and funding.
SOCAN
Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada.

These are some of the individual music journal titles available through Capilano University Library. Search the databases below for more options.

Canadian Jazz Archive
Jazz - The Canadian Encyclopedia
Downbeat - Classic Interviews
Interviews and feature articles from the venerable jazz magazine.
Photographs from the Golden Age of Jazz
Searchable database of photos from the Library of Congress collection.
Library of Congress Performing Arts Encyclopedia
Explore the Library of Congress's collections of scores, sheet music, and audio recordings.
Ragtime
Searchable collection from the Library of Congress.
Allmusic.com
Massive database of world artists, recordings, genres and more. Includes many previews, streaming audio and videos, reviews and links between artists, genres, groups, etc. plus full recording details.