• Composer Mark Adamo performs with the Empire City Men's Chorus (Posted 12/3/2009)
• Westchester Choral Society to explore seasonal traditions and innovations (Posted 11/24/2009)
• Greater Nassau Chorus places fourth in the world (Posted 11/10/2009)
• Choral tribute to service men and women in Queens (Posted 10/31/2009)
• Dame Emma Kirkby, the "Queen of Early Music," embarks on a rare US tour (Posted 10/15/2009)
• Robert Page comes to New York (Posted 10/3/2009)
• Meet Amuse's token male: music director Steven Fox (Posted 9/23/2009)
• Scots in the City (Posted 7/10/2009)
• Winter Harbor Music Festival announces inaugural season (Posted 6/25/2009)
• Russian Chamber Chorus of New York performs Russian folk songs (Posted 6/7/2009)

Archive of old VAN Features

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• Voices of Ascension received a Grammy nomination for Song of the Stars, a recording released in June 2009 featuring music by Catalan composers Pablo Casals, Enrique Granados, Enrique Morera, Manuel Oltra and Manuel Blancafort. For more information, visit www.voicesofascension.org. (2009-12-11)
• The Times Beacon Record, covering the north shore of Long Island, has an article profiling the Long Island Symphonic Choral Association's season, including the group's upcoming December 12 concert. (2009-12-2)
• Backing Ray Davies in classic Kinks hits, The Dessoff Choirs makes its first Letterman appearance Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 11:35 PM on CBS. (2009-11-17)
• With the departure of founder Nicholas White, TheTiffany Consort has been reconstituted and renamed as TENET. (2009-11-5)
• Joseph Flummerfelt, Chorus Master of the New York Philharmonic and the 2004 Musical America Conductor of the Year, will be guest conductor for the 2010 summer session of Umbrian Serenades, a choral and cultural program for choral enthusiasts based in Spoleto, Italy. Visit www.umbrianserenades.com for more information. (2009-10-24)
• Anne Kollar is the new conductor of The Babylon Chorale. (2009-9-8)
• John Guarente is the new director of the Highland Park Community Chorus. (2009-8-25)
• James Bagwell will leave his position as music director of The Dessoff Choirs to become the music director of The Collegiate Chorale. (2009-7-10)
• Visit YouTube to view a CBS Sunday Morning feature follow-up to the recent Chorus America study of choral singing in the US. (2009-6-30)
• Singing is good for you! So says a new study by Chorus America that finds that singing "is strongly correlated with qualities that are associated with success throughout life." Read the full story at www.chorusamerica.org/about_choralsinging.cfm. (2009-6-8)

Archive of old "News" items

• December 16, 2009: New link for Athena Tix, a new open-source ticketing application being developed by Fractured Atlas for the national performing arts community.
• December 15, 2009: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the World of Harmony, a small choir based in Brooklyn dedicated to the performance of Caribbean, African and African-American music.
• November 28, 2009: The Choirs by Night and Choirs by Locale pages have a new look.
• November 21, 2009: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Evergreen Chorus, a Poughkeepsie-based chapter of Sweet Adelines International.
• November 11, 2009: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Chorus.
• November 4, 2009: New Choir Directory listing for ActorCor, a 40-voice SATB choir of New York City actors and others.
• October 19, 2009: New Choir Directory listing for the Chrysalis Consort, a chamber choir based in Dobbs Ferry, NY.
• October 14, 2009: New Choir Directory listing for Accord, a self-directed treble voice chamber choir in Midtown. New Choir Directory listings for ensembles based at the Wharton Music Center in Berkeley Heights, NJ: The Wharton Children's Chorus, The Wharton Singers and The Wharton Civic Chorale.
• September 24, 2009: New link for HandyTix, provider of online box office ticketing systems for performing arts organizations. New link for Festivals of choirs and orchestras in Italy, Poland, Czech Republic and Germany. New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Church of the Blessed Sacrament Choir on the Upper West Side.
• September 14, 2009: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Chancel Singers of First Presbyterian Church in Ramsey, NJ.
• September 10, 2009: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Lower East Side Community Choir.
• September 1, 2009: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Choir of St. John's Episcopal Church in Bridgeport, CT. New URL for CantaLyrica.
• August 30, 2009: New URL for Borough of Manhattan Community College Downtown Chorus.
• August 12, 2009: New link for Singer Source, a resource for singers in the Washington, DC area.
• July 29, 2009: New URLs for Circle of Hope and One.

Archive of old "New on VAN" items

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• 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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