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• Mark Trautman has been appointed Director of Music at St. Paul's Church in Englewood, NJ. (2010-8-15)
• Cerddorion has selected James A. John as the ensemble's new artistic director. (2010-7-28)
• Julian Wachner has been named Director of Music and the Arts for Trinity Wall Street, the historic Episcopal parish in Lower Manhattan. Wachner will oversee all liturgical, professional and community music and arts programming at Trinity Church and St. Paul's Chapel. For more information, visit www.trinitywallstreet.org/news/articles/julian-j-wachner-named-director-of-music-and-the-arts. (2010-7-20)
• Cantori New York is the 2010 recipient of Chorus America/ASCAP's prestigious Adventurous Programming Award. The award "recognizes choruses that demonstrate a commitment to performances of choral music written in the last 25 years." Cantori is receiving this award in recognition of its 2008-2009 season and is one of only three non-professional choruses in the United States (and the only chorus east of California) to have received the Adventurous Programming Award three times. ASCAP also honored Cantori in 1997 and 2000. (2010-7-7)
• Schola Cantorum on Hudson has announced that Andrew P. Jones has been elected chair of the board of directors and that Scott Pollack has been elected a director, both effective July 1, 2010. (2010-7-1)

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• September 5, 2010: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Astoria Symphonic Choir. New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Grace Episcopal Church Choir in Rutherford, NJ.
• September 1, 2010: The Concert Calendar and Concert Calendar Index pages have been combined into one page and redesigned. The new Concert Calendar now loads the abbreviated version. Click "Show details for all concerts" and you'll get the full version. You can also toggle the details on any individual listing. For now, links to the old Concert Calendar Index will take you to the new Concert Calendar page, but will eventually be removed.
• August 31, 2010: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Turtle Bay Music School Community Chorus. href="http://www.van.org/choirdirectory.htm#547">listing for the Jefferson Township Community Chorus in Oak Ridge, NJ.
• August 30, 2010: New Choir Directory listing for the Cantabile Youth Singers and Players, a children's choir based in Bound Brook, NJ.
• August 27, 2010: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the First Reformed Church Adult Choir in New Brunswick, NJ.
• August 26, 2010: We've tweaked the design of the VAN home page to make it a bit more tidy, attractive and usable.
• August 24, 2010: New URL and new Choir Auditions ad for the Camerata Chorale in Poughkeepsie. New Choir Auditions ad for The Chancel Choir of the Reformed Church of Bronxville.
• August 18, 2010: New link for Choral Music Download Directory at zZounds.
• August 17, 2010: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Hudson Chorale, formed by the merger of the Westchester Concert Singers and the Choral Arts Society.
• August 16, 2010: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the St. Paul's Choir, a semi-pro church choir in Englewood, NJ, directed by Mark Trautman. New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Pro Voce, a professional chamber choir in Boonton, 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. To arrange for Mark's services, e-mail Colette Thompson.
• Liz Fleischer's Sight-Singing Program is offered each season at the Kaufman Center (129 West 67th Street). Classes include ear-training, rhythm and pitch reading, music theory, basic notation and terminology, with emphasis on learning to hold a part with confidence. For more info, visit www.kaufman-center.org/lucyadults_mus_sight.htm, e-mail fleischerliz@aol.com or adultdivision@kaufman-center.org or call (212) 501-3362. The sight-singing program is just one of the classes offered by the Kaufman Center's Lucy Moses School.

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