Church Music Associations, Guilds, and Societies

Academy of Saint Cecilia (focus on early -pre c. 1825- church music; London, England)
Accademia Organistica Campana (Italy)
American Choral Directors Association (ACDA)
American Guild of English Handbell Ringers (AGEHR)
The American Guild of Organists
American Institute of Organbuilders
American Orff-Schulwerk Association
Associated Pipe Organ Builders of America
Association of Anglican Musicians (Fort Mitchell, KY USA)
Association of Canadian Choral Conductors (ACCC; Blainville, QC Canada)
Association of Lutheran Church Musicians (USA and Canada)
Association of Young Organists (USA)
Association Nationale de Formation des Organistes Liturgiques (ANFOL)
Australia and New Zealand Association of Bellringers (ANZAB)
Bundesverband Katholischer Kirchenmusiker Deutschlands - DKKD (Federation of Diocesan Associations of Church Musicians; Germany)
Canadian Piano Page (Piano Technicians Guild)
Cantus (Society for the promotion of church music; New Apostolic Church; Germany)
Cantus Firmus (focus on music and the arts; ecumenical; England)
Carl Orff Canada
CHIME - The Churches' Initiative in Music Education (ecumenical; England)
Central Council of Church Bell Ringers (international organization; England)
Choral Conductors Guild (California, USA)
Choristers Guild (choir directors of children's and youth choirs; Garland, TX USA)
Dansk Organist og Kantor Samfund (DOKS; Denmark)
Estonian Organ Society (EOU; Estonia)
Europa Cantat - European Federation of Young Choirs (Marktoberdorf, Germany)
European Guild of Organists (Paris, France)
Fédération Francophone des Amis de L'orgue (FFAO; France)
Foreningen af Præliminære Organister (Denmark)
Friends of Cathedral Music (London, England)
Gesellschaft der Orgelfreunde (GdO; Mettlach, Society of Friends of the Organ; Germany)
Gregorian Association (Peter Wilton et al; England)
The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (USA & Canada)
The Guild of Church Musicians (England)
Handbell Society of Australasia
The Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland
The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada
Incorporated Association of Organists (IAC; England)
International Federation of Choral Music (IFCM)
Internationale Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Hymnologie (IAH; International Fellowship for Research in Hymnology)
Internationalen Gesellschaft für Studien des Gregorianischen Chorals (AISCGre; International Association for Studies of Gregorian Chant; Germany)
Kyrkomusikernas Riksförbund (Sweden)
Methodist Church Music Society (England)
National Association of Pastoral Musicians (Roman Catholic; USA)
National Network of Pastoral Musicians (Roman Catholic; England)
North American Guild of Change Ringers (USA & Canada)
Ontario Guild of English Handbell Ringers
Organ Historical Society
Organ Historical Trust of Australia
Pan-Orthodox Society for the Advancement of Liturgical Music (PSALM; support for Orthodox musicians; Andover, NJ)
Presbyterian Association of Musicians
Pueri Cantores International: Federation of Young Singers (Italian site; global links)
Royal Canadian College of Organists (National site; Ottawa, ON Canada)
The Royal College of Organists (London, England)
Royal Dutch Organists Association
The Royal Society of British Organists
Scottish Federation of Organists
The Society of Saint Gregory (national society for liturgy and music in the Catholic Church in the British Isles)
United Reformed Church Musicians Guild (England)
World Carillon Federation

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