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• Harold Rosenbaum hosts Sounds Choral on WWFM on Sunday, October 5 at 2 PM (rebroadcast Tuesday, October 7 at 3 PM). The show will focus on sublime contemporary choral music that Harold has conducted and recorded over the decades. For details, visit www.wwfm.org/show/sounds-choral. (2025-9-30)
• West Side Rag has an article about auditioning for and singing with the Central City Chorus. (2025-9-10)
• The Long Island Community Chorus is the new name for the group formerly known as the Rockville Centre Choral Society. (2025-8-21)
• Chorus life is the backdrop for Angels’ Blood: Murder in the Chorus, the debut novel from Roberta Mantell, the pen name of Roberta Hershenson, who covered arts and culture for The New York Times as an independent writer and photographer for more than two decades and sang with the Oratorio Society of New York and The Cecilia Chorus of New York for more than twenty-five years. For details about the novel -- a deep dive into a fictional chorus dealing with two simultaneous mysteries: the murder of a young soprano after a concert and a disputed new 1899 Requiem discovered in the conductor's home -- visit robertamantell.com/angels-blood-murder-in-the-chorus/. (2025-7-12)
• Khorikos released its latest album, Across the Open Spaces, on the Navona Records label on May 23. The album features works by Mason Bates, Evelin Seppar, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Kala Pierson, Kile Smith and Anna Meredith. More details at www.navonarecords.com/catalog/nv6732/. (2025-6-14)

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• November 3, 2025: New link for Broadway Goes A Cappella, where the magic of Broadway meets the art of a cappella.
• October 29, 2025: New link for Best Broadway Musicals.
• October 7, 2025: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Young@Heart New York City, a group for folks 75 and older.
• October 5, 2025: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Khôra Consort, a new chorus and instrumental ensemble.
• October 3, 2025: Ah, choirs come and choirs go. We've done a culling of the listings in the Choir Directory with the goal of removing those groups that are no longer operating, insofar as we can determine. If your group was removed in error, please let us know and we'll happily whip up a brand new listing. And if you come across listings for groups that are no longer around, let us know and we'll do some further cleanup.
• September 29, 2025: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the New York City Otaku Choir, a new community ensemble dedicated to celebrating music from anime, video games and Asian pop and folk traditions—alongside contemporary choral repertoire.
• September 16, 2025: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Skylands Chorale, a new SATB community choir in Ringwood, NJ.
• August 25, 2025: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Mendelssohn Club of Albany. New Choir Directory listing for Octavo Singers of Schenectady. New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Albany Pro Musica. New Choir Directory listing for Saratoga Voices. Thanks to Clark Cooper for suggesting these listings.
• August 20, 2025: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Crescendo, a choir based in northwestern Connecticut.
• July 31, 2025: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the St. Peter's Choir, a church choir in Essex Fells, NJ.

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• Looking for an outstanding vocal ensemble coach? Mark Johnson, possessor of an amazing ear and terrific interpretive insights in a variety of styles, is available to coach your group. Contact Mark via e-mail.
• Learn ear training, theory and ensemble skills at the Lucy Moses School’s acclaimed Sight-Singing program. Taught by Liz Fleisher, hailed as “one of New York’s great teachers” (New York Magazine) and “a teacher who gets results” (New York Times), classes for all skill levels help singers learn to read music for the first time or refine their skills. These classes are for soloists, choral singers and everyone who loves to sing. Learn more and register online at  www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/lms/program/sight-singing/. Or contact us at 212-501-3360 or lucymosesschool@kaufmanmusiccenter.org.

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