Resources

This section gathers lists of resources of interest to Chinese music.

Associations and Organizations

• Association for Asian Studies
• CHIME - an European foundation for the promotion of Chinese music research, based in Leiden, the Netherlands. It was founded early in 1990 by European music scholars from four different countries. CHIME serves as an active world-wide network of researchers of Chinese music.
• Chinese Musicians Association 中国音乐家协会; Zhōngguó Yīnyuèjiā Xiéhuì (China)
• Chinese Music Society of North America (Illinois)
• Conference on Chinese Oral and Performing Literature (CHINOPERL) - devoted to the research, analysis and interpretation of oral and performing traditions, broadly defined, and their relationship to China's culture and society. The organization's membership consists of scholars in the humanities and the social sciences who recognize the significance of oral performance to Chinese literature.
  
• Musics of East Asia (ICTM Study Group)
• Society for Ethnomusicology

Bibliographies

• Current Bibliography, Discography, Filmography, and Videography (Society for Ethnomusicology)
• Guqin Silk String Zither (John Thompson)

Blogs

• Chinese Music Blog
• Chinese Music TV

Chinese Music Programs

• Bard College
• University of California at Los Angeles
• University of California at San Diego
• University of Hawaii at Manoa
• University of Maryland at College Park
• University of Pittsburgh
• Wesleyan University

Conservatories

• Shanghai Conservatory of Music
• Central Conservatory of Music (Beijing)

Lyrics

• Chinese Songs (Chinese Tools)

Musical Instruments

• List of Chinese musical instruments (Wikipedia)

Performing Organizations

• Chinese Arts and Music Association (Seattle)
  • Seattle Chinese Orchestra
  • Washington Chinese Youth Orchestra
  • US China Music Ensemble
  • Northwest Chinese Gu-Zheng Orchestra
• Chinese Music Ensemble of New York
• B. C. Chinese Music Association (Vancouver, BC)
• Chinese Music Teachers Association of Northern California
• Chinese People Promotions (UK)
• Minnesota Chinese Music Ensemble

Recordings

• Chinatown Connection - pop music, radio feeds from Taiwan and China
• Chinese Music - MP3 (UK)

Research

• China Knowledge - Music (Germany)
• Music of China (Wikipedia)
• National Geographic Music - China

Stores

• Dunhuang Chinese Music Association (instrument store)