LICENSE REQUESTS

1. Please select the appropriate request for your needs, fill out the online form and submit it to us. 
2. Once received, reviewed, and approved by our licensing team, you will be emailed an invoice for the licensing fee.
3. License invoices must be paid in full before the licensing permission is validated and is sent to you.  Please note that licenses and permissions are non-refundable.
4. Customers located in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France, Scandinavia, Italy, the United Kingdom, and South Africa, please contact info@smallstonemedia.com for all permission and licensing requests.
5. If you do not see a license listed below for your exact situation, or if you have further questions about the licensing process, please contact our Permissions & Licensing Administrator at permissions@choristersguild.org.
6. To learn more about what a person CAN and CANNOT do regarding music copies, streaming copyrighted material, performing copyrighted music, etc., read this brief Guide To Copyright Law from the Music Publishers Association and YouTube.
7. Choristers Guild is now offering gratis licenses for the distribution of UIL student recordings for K-12 assessment and adjudication. The recorded performance must use legally purchased music, and once the recorded performance has been adjudicated, the recording must be removed from the sharing platform.
8. Choristers Guild also offers gratis licenses for those who have purchased copies of CG music and wish to make a digital copy of it to use on a personal device (such as an iPad, tablet, phone, etc...) for rehearsal and performance. Permission must be requested by emailing permissions@choristersguild.org at least one week prior to the date needed.  

 

Here are the common license request forms and what each specific license covers:

► Creating a Digital Copy from a Purchased Print Copy

For making a digital copy for use in rehearsal and performance from a purchased print copy.

► Mechanical License

For recording Choristers Guild music to CD or a digital file to be distributed to others

► Demo CD/MP3 Duplication License

For duplicating demo recording tracks on CD or MP3 (digital audio track) for distribution to your choir members (one recording per choir member)

► Church Use License

For printing or projecting Choristers Guild music and/or text for your religious service

► Permanently Out-of-Print Reprint License

For making additional copies of permanently out-of-print music that you already own for your choir

► Synchronization License

For the use of Choristers Guild music in video (including virtual choirs) 

► Digital Internet Broadcast License

For the use of Choristers Guild music to be broadcast online via recording or live streaming

► Arrangement License

For creating arrangements or orchestrations of Choristers Guild music

► The Chorister Reprint License

For copying articles from The Chorister for use with your choir 

► Artwork License

For the use of Choristers Guild artwork in programs and posters or on digital displays or clothing (t-shirts, backpacks, etc.)