Corporate members
Our growing membership is made up of music conservatoires, libraries and universities as well as examination boards and publishing companies.
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Our current Corporate Members are:
ABCD
The Association of British Choral Directors (abcd) is the leading UK organisation devoted entirely to supporting everyone leading choral music. They are committed to promoting, improving and maintaining opportunities for the professional development of all those leading singing of any kind, whether in the classroom or in the community.
Charles Wood Festival of Music
This festival celebrates the music of Charles Wood and seeks to give singers and musicians an opportunity to perform and develop their talents. They do this through events during the year and their annual summer school in August for singers, organists and choir directors. It is held in all the main churches in Armagh, Northern Ireland.
Embodima
Embodima™ is a groundbreaking anatomically-based teaching approach for the technical training of singers in all genres. Evidence-based and tested by anatomists and neuroscientists, it has been in use globally for over 20 years.
We help singers to embrace their physicality and learn how to embody the voice – the story – the song. We use transformative approaches that include gesture, movement, imagination and physical storytelling.
The Embodima School, founded by Nicola Harrison (www.nicolaharrison.co.uk) in 2012, offers training and support to singing teachers and their clients, singers and industry professionals. We also offer effective body-based approaches for vocal rehabilitation.
Faber Music
Faber Music is a leading independent British publisher of classical, contemporary, Film & TV, pop and printed music. The print catalogue includes everything from educational methods and tutors from world-renowned figures, to rock and pop songbooks and special editions, to Edition Peters classical repertoire and Urtext editions.
Guildford School of Acting
Delivering world-class conservatoire training and research within a top university environment. Guildford School of Acting at the University of Surrey is one of the most highly regarded theatre schools in the UK with a vibrant community of performers, performance makers, creative practitioners and technicians graduating from their wide variety of programmes each year.
Italia Conti
Established in 1911, Italia Conti has an outstanding international reputation and is one of the leading Performing Arts institutions in the country. They provide excellent vocational and conservatoire-style training opportunities to a diverse student population preparing them to become versatile and valuable members of the performing arts industry.
Kevin Mayhew
Kevin Mayhew Publishers has been at the heart of choral and church music since 1976. Renowned for its hymn books, choral collections, and organ music, the catalogue continues to expand, offering liturgical resources, worship materials, and recordings. A trusted name across denominations, serving churches, schools, and musicians worldwide.
Mountview Exams
Mountview Exams, brought to you by the renowned London drama school Mountview, is an exciting new examination board focused on rewarding imagination and allowing performers creative agency in their work. We currently offer Solo and Group qualifications in Musical Theatre across Preview and Grades 1-8.
Music Teacher Ltd
MusicTeacher.com connects thousands of music teachers with students across the UK and beyond. We provide certification, CPD, and safeguarding support for educators, helping raise teaching standards and student outcomes. Our platform empowers teachers with tools to grow their business and promotes excellence in contemporary and classical music education.
Out of The Ark Music
At Out of the Ark, we’re passionate about bringing the power of singing to every pupil and teacher. With over 30 years’ experience creating songs, musicals and nativities, we understand its impact. We created our subscription platform, Sparkyard, with the ambition to provide primary schools with a comprehensive resource that would enable every school and teacher to bring music into their day, regardless of their prior experience
Pitch Pals
The new ‘Pitch Pals’ app is designed to support singing teaching by helping young children aged 4 to 10 practice singing and pitch accuracy. Pitch Pals does this through fun, interactive games that can be played individually or with the whole family. Discounts to the app subscription are available for pupils of AOTOS members. Please contact [email protected] to find out more and mention AOTOS.
Sing Education
Sing Education is a UK-based provider of primary school music education, delivering high-quality, singing-led lessons, instrumental tuition and extracurricular programmes. Founded in 2014, it partners with schools to offer bespoke curricula, specialist teachers, training and consultancy, helping over 28,000 children weekly develop confidence, creativity and a lifelong engagement with music.
Song Academy
Song Academy has become a recognised launchpad for the next generation of songwriters and artists, while strengthening young people’s emotional well-being and creative resilience. They’ve created a thriving ecosystem of young songwriters, emerging artists, music teachers & leaders in the education and music industries.
Song Academy programmes include weekly songwriting clubs, holiday workshops, summer camps, song feedback reports, school songwriting workshops, the monthly mentoring programme (Ad Lib.) and The Young Songwriter competition.
Teach Voice Ltd
Teach Voice is the transformative vocal coach training academy founded by Chris Johnson. Teach Voice offers detailed training for singing teachers and vocal coaches, focusing on the principles that underlie singing in the modern world. Their style-agnostic approach adapts to teachers from diverse backgrounds, equipping them with flexible problem-solving skills to address any vocal challenge in contemporary singing, regardless of genre.
Trinity College London
Trinity College London, established in 1872, is a leading internationally recognised awarding organisation, publisher and independent education charity. They specialise in the assessment of communicative and performance skills covering music, drama, combined arts and English language
The Voice Explained
The Voice Explained, Anne-Marie Speed and Associates, provides courses in Voice and Performance for both the singing and speaking voice. They also offer courses in Estill Voice Training, a uniquely practical explanation of vocal function that has transformed the understanding of how the voice works. Their team of Estill Mentors and Course Instructors are the most experienced and qualified Estill practitioners in the UK and have been presenting course since 1997.
University of St Andrews
The University has no music degree but offers superb music facilities, based in the award-winning Laidlaw Music Centre, and exceptional opportunities to perform, study and listen. Vocal (Classical and MT) and Choral Scholarships are available to singers by competitive audition which cover weekly singing lessons. In addition Montfort Scholarships are available to the most talented students. They offer one hours weekly in the chosen instrument for the whole of a students four year degree.
Vocal Health Education
Vocal Health Education provides training for people who want to know how to look after voices. This training is at many levels, from ongoing maintenance of vocal health, to helping and advising people with voice issues, right through to restoring the healthy function of our client’s voices. We recognise that heath and wellbeing is a multi-faceted concept, our courses reflect the holistic nature of effective healthcare.
Voice Study Centre
The Voice Study Centre arose to provide much-needed voice pedagogy education that could be undertaken flexibly by busy professionals with a passion for learning and development. Their MA voice Pedagogy programme enables practitioners to explore and apply evidence-based research to their professional practice.
WordSong
Formerly known as AESS – Association of English Singers and Speakers
WordSong/AESS is proud to welcome singers, speakers, educators and voice enthusiasts from around the world. Whether you work in opera, spoken word, drama, or voice education – if English is your medium, WordSong is your home. WordSong is dedicated to promoting the interpretation of the English language, both sung and spoken, to the highest standards.
Your Accompanist
Your Accompanist is a library of downloadable piano accompaniment tracks for singers. We bring high quality professional accompaniment into your rehearsal room. Covering a wide range of lieder, art song, opera, oratorio, operetta, music hall and folk songs, our 4500 tracks are all played by a singer-sensitive accompanist and music teacher.
Reciprocal Corporates
Hal Leonard Europe Ltd
Hal Leonard, which joined Muse Group in 2023, is the world leader in sheet music publishing and music education, enjoying a storied history of providing music learners with the very best arrangements of popular music for over 70 years. Hal Leonard also supplies books, instruments, gear, and software to millions of educators worldwide.
Making Music
Making Music is the UK’s membership organisation for leisure-time music, with around 3,850 groups representing around 228,000 music makers across the UK. They are dedicated to empowering everyone, whatever their background or experience, to come together in their community to make or present music.
