The following resources are for finding and securing music for choreography, compiled as part of a special 2018 program, Music and The Choreographer, funded by the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation. Dance/USA would like to give special thanks to Corey Field for his assistance with this program.
How and where choreographers find music is as wide and varied as the endless kinds of dance genres in creation. If you have a resource for finding music that you would like to see included here, please email Dance/USA.
Here are some resources for finding music:
Webinar recordings
Resources for Finding Music
Webinar #1: Finding Music for Choreography
Webinar #2: Navigating Music Rights 101
Webinar #3: Stories from the Field
INNOVA RECORDINGS
Innova Recordings home page: 600+ albums of contemporary music.
AMERICAN COMPOSERS FORUM
American Composers Forum site; you are welcome to post Opportunities for composers to respond to and send you their work for consideration.
NAXOS MUSIC LIBRARY
(Note: If you are a professor or adjunct at a university, you may already have access to the Naxos Music Library)
NEW MUSIC USA
CENTER FOR BLACK MUSIC RESEARCH
INTERNATIONAL MUSIC NETWORKS
In additional some international music information centres have easy-to-use web resources, including:
RADIO, BLOGS, AND MORE