Resources for Music and Dance: American Music and Dance

The Allentown Band preserves and advances the heritage of concert band music by providing quality, inspiring performances and education in partnership with the community and beyond.

Established in 1991, the Archives of African American Music and Culture (AAAMC) is a repository of materials covering a range of African American musical idioms and cultural expressions from the post-World War II era.

The Mission of The Bach Choir of Bethlehem and its Bach Festival Orchestra is to perform the works of Johann Sebastian Bach and to promote and encourage appreciation of the aesthetic and spiritual value of Bach’s music, while striving for the highest standards of musical excellence. We achieve this mission by engaging our audience – locally, nationally, and internationally – through education and performance, including works by composers who influenced Bach and were influenced by him, and through the programs of our Bel Canto Youth Chorus. Together, we cultivate a lifelong passion for the choral arts.

HBCU Lifestyle was created because we feel that we add value to the HBCU community by contributing relevant and thoughtful content that will help preserve the HBCU tradition. Our primary intent is to empower current and future generations of HBCU students and their families by providing valuable advice about college admissions, campus life and financial aid resources.

Professional symphony orchestra based in Chester County.

Opera Philadelphia is committed to embracing innovation and developing opera for the 21st century. Our mission: Delivering outstanding productions of traditional and new repertoire that engage our public and propel our genre forward; Identifying extraordinary artists, both established and emerging, and provide opportunities for them to create their most imaginative and inspired work; Presenting innovative programming relevant to the multi-cultural Philadelphia region that broadens and diversifies the opera audience

One of the world's great symphony orchestras. They currently perform at Verizon Hall in the Kimmel Center, the Academy of Music, and the Mann Center for the Performing Arts. Their current music director is Yannick Nezet-Seguin.

Sweet Honey In The Rock® is a performance ensemble rooted in African American history and culture. The ensemble educates, entertains and empowers its audience and community through the dynamic vehicles of a cappella singing and American Sign Language interpretation for the Deaf and hard of hearing.

With a line-up of Philadelphia musicians whose influences range from Sun Ra to Bulgarian brass bands, West Philadelphia Orchestra is a unique live ensemble in today’s auto-tuned musical world.