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Welcome to the archive of our old "New on VAN" items. Enjoy the historical view. Beware, though, of expired links. See also the Archive of old "News" items.
    See NEW ON VAN on the home page for the most recent 15 items.
  • November 20, 2007: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for The Soundettes, a women's a cappella ensemble based in Westchester County.
  • November 13, 2007: Visit the redesigned Info Exchange, featuring a new layout, new menu and easier-to-read type--elements you'll be seeing on more of the site's pages very soon. And all the Info Exchange ads are now on one page. Comments welcome.
  • November 8, 2007: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for The Ridgefield Chorale in Ridgefield, CT.
  • October 16, 2007: We've changed the code we use to serve our banner ads in order to resolve an issue with non-functioning click-throughs for what we hope were a very small subset of our visitors.
  • October 15, 2007: Updated link for Chorworks Early Music Choral Workshops.
  • September 24, 2007: New Choir Auditions ad for the Long Island Masterworks Chorus. New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Saint Patrick's Old Cathedral Church Choir.
  • September 19, 2007: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the American Radio Choir, a professional choir based in Manhattan.
  • September 12, 2007: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Holy Cross Church Choir, a semi-pro choir in the Times Square area. New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for The Collegiate Singers, a community choir on the Upper West Side.
  • September 10, 2007: New Choir Auditions ad for the Huntington Choral Society.
  • September 3, 2007: New URL for Ciela, a women's vocal ensemble now based in West Nyack, NY.
  • September 1, 2007: We've removed listings for Shiru Shir: The Jewish Community Choir of Flatbush, as it has been merged into Shir Chadash: The Brooklyn Jewish Community Chorus.
  • August 29, 2007: The Brooklyn Jewish Community Chorus is now known as Shir Chadash: The Brooklyn Jewish Community Chorus. New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Ulster Choral Society, based in Kingston, NY.
  • August 20, 2007: We've done one of our periodic cleanups of links in the Links Collection and on other pages on the site. New link for Gothamist. New link for HaBayit, the resource center for Jewish a cappella. New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Brooklyn Contemporary Chorus. New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for The New York City Ambassador Chorus, a men's vocal ensemble on the Upper East Side. New Choir Auditions ad for the Friday Night Group.
  • August 14, 2007: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for The Blue Notes, a women's singing group in Darien, CT. New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Brooklyn Repertory Opera Chorus, based in Park Slope.
  • August 10, 2007: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Harmony on the Sound, a Sweet Adelines group based in Trumbull, CT. New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Morris Music Men, a men's barbershop chorus based in Morris County, NJ.
  • August 9, 2007: The calendar listings on the home page now have a cleaner, more readable look. And, as on the Concert Calendar pages, summer sings and open sings are indicated with green dates.
  • August 7, 2007: Listings for the Church of Saint Ignatius of Antioch (Episcopal) Choir can now be found under Choir of Saint Ignatius of Antioch.
  • August 3, 2007: New URL for the The Celebration Singers.
  • July 27, 2007: The Gay Gotham Chorus has changed its name to the Empire City Men's Chorus.
  • July 22, 2007: New Choir Directory listing for the Friday Night Group, a sightreading group based on the Upper West Side.
  • July 16, 2007: New link for composer Lior Navok.
  • July 7, 2007: We've started posting performances in the Concert Calendar for the 2007-08 season. New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for The Women's Chorus of New York, a new group directed by Casey J. Hayes. New link for FaSoLa.org, site of The Sacred Harp Musical Heritage Association.
  • July 1, 2007: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Choir of Christ & St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church.
  • June 19, 2007: New Choir Directory listing for The Ridgewood Choral, a women's choir in Ridgewood, NJ. New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the New York City Children's Choir, a newly-forming group with choirs on the Upper West Side and in Riverdale. We've removed listings for the similarly-named but apparently dormant New York Children's Chorus.
  • June 4, 2007: The Ramapo Valley Spotlight Chorus is now the Harmony Celebration Chorus.
  • May 31, 2007: New link for Gotham Early Music Scene, a new organization dedicated to the promotion and advancement of early music in New York City.
  • May 28, 2007: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Richmond Choral Society Youth Chorus.
  • May 22, 2007: Listings in the Concert Calendar for summer sings / open sings / choral read-throughs are now easier to spot: their dates are green.
  • May 12, 2007: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Musica Plenti, a vocal ensemble based in Stamford, CT. New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Manhattan-based New Horizons Vocal Jazz Ensemble. Grace Choral Society of Brooklyn and Spiritus & Anima is now known as Grace & Spiritus Chorale of Brooklyn.
  • May 6, 2007: New URL for the City Bar Chorus.
  • April 27, 2007: New URL for Vocal Heights.
  • April 17, 2007: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Canopus Singers, a Manhattan-based chamber choir focused on choral music from Spain and Latin America.
  • April 10, 2007: New Choir Directory listings and Choir Auditions ad for three choirs at St. Peter's Church in Morristown, NJ. New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Beyond Blessed, a professional vocal ensemble based in Manhattan.
  • April 5, 2007: The New York Theatrical Community Chorus has disbanded.
  • March 25, 2007: New URL for Gateway Classical Music Society.
  • March 18, 2007: New Choir Auditions ad for The Parkchester Chorus. New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Liberty Oak Chorus, a chapter of Sweet Adelines International based in Freehold, NJ.
  • March 14, 2007: New Choir Directory listing for The Parkchester Chorus.
  • March 12, 2007: We've removed listings for the Oxford University Press Choir as the group is no longer active.
  • February 27, 2007: New Choir Directory listing for Khorikos, a chamber choir based in Soho.
  • February 26, 2007: New link for Music Dynamics, offering ChoraLine rehearsal aids and other resources for singers.
  • February 22, 2007: New Choir Directory listing for Our Lady of Peace Choir in New Providence, NJ.
  • February 19, 2007: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Rockland County Choral Society.
  • February 18, 2007: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the The Stop Shopping Gospel Choir.
  • February 6, 2007: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Choir of Christ Church – Garden City.
  • January 28, 2007: New URL for the Rahway Valley Jerseyaires.
  • January 16, 2007: New link for Opera Karaoke, "the virtual coach for classical singers".
  • January 14, 2007: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the New York Theatrical Community Chorus.
  • January 11, 2007: New Choir Auditions ad for The Ridgewood Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company.
  • January 5, 2007: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for The Westport Madrigal Singers.
  • January 1, 2007: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Cappella Festiva Treble Choir in Poughkeepsie, NY.
  • December 31, 2006: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Our Lady of Grace Adult Choir. New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Our Lady of Grace Children's Choir. Both are based in West Babylon, NY.
  • December 22, 2006: The New City, NY women's ensemble formerly known as Calliope is now known as Ciella.
  • December 10, 2006: New link for Dites-le en chansons, a Canadian French vocal group based in Gatineau (near Ottawa).
  • November 22, 2006: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Scarborough Presbyterian Church Choir in Westchester.
  • November 16, 2006: New URL for Sister Cities Chorus in Stratford, CT.
  • November 15, 2006: New URL for Shirah, Community Chorus on the Palisades. New link for SeatAdvisor,providers of box office management software for performing arts organizations. New link for Virtual Sheet Music, a site for classical sheet music downloads. New link for Muzikjakit Productions, offering professional recording of choral and instrumental concerts by Larry Russell.
  • November 12, 2006: Updated URL for The Lance Hayward Singers.
  • November 11, 2006: New URLs for the Rhinebeck Choral Club and for Angelica.
  • October 31, 2006: New link for 21st Century Chorister, a source of information on all things choral. New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Brooklyn Conservatory Chorale, a new choir directed by Nelly Vuksic.
  • October 24, 2006: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for The Mel-O-Chords, a Broadway and contemporary singing group in Montclair, NJ.
  • October 18, 2006: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for The Song Pipers, a women's ensemble in Bronxville, NY.
  • September 30, 2006: New Choir Directory listing for Sangita, the professional choir and instrumental ensemble of the Foundation for Universal Sacred Music. The digital sheet music outfit Sunhawk has now become FreehandMusic.com. New link for V. Choir Festival in Hungary 2007, to be held in October 2007. New URL for The Juilliard Choral Union.
  • September 23, 2006: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Choral Symphony Society, under the direction of David Labovitz. New link for Classical Domain, New York City's online guide to classical music.
  • September 20, 2006: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Pink Sabbath, New York's newest contemporary gay male a cappella group.
  • September 18, 2006: New link for NYC A Cappella, featuring arrangements by Randi Stanley.
  • September 16, 2006: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Gateway Classical Music Society.
  • September 14, 2006: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Rhinebeck Choral Club
  • September 13, 2006: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Chelsea Song. New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Calliope, a new women's ensemble based in New City, NY. New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Symphony Singers, a program of the New York Youth Symphony.
  • September 12, 2006: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Popayan, a new Latin American choir based in Tarrytown, NY.
  • September 7, 2006: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Morris Conservatory Symphonic Chorus. New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Morris Conservatory Youth Division Choruses. New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Holy Rosary Latin Mass Choir in Jersey City.
  • September 5, 2006: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Chorus of Communities in Belleville, NJ.
  • September 4, 2006: New Choir Auditions ad for the Maplewood Glee Club.
  • August 27, 2006: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the New Haven Oratorio Choir.
  • August 24, 2006: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Borough of Manhattan Community College Downtown Chorus.
  • August 20, 2006: New Choir Auditions ad for The Rye Town Federico Singers. New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for The Brearley Singers.
  • August 15, 2006: New link for MusicWare Designs, distinctive music gifts and music-themed apparel for women, men and children.
  • August 13, 2006: We've removed listings for the South Mountain Chorale. New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Connecticut Gay Men's Chorus.
  • August 4, 2006: We've removed listings for Aural Antics, SHE, Treble Voices of Queens and the Schola Cantorum of Union Theological Seminary. New URL for Greater Nassau Chorus.
  • July 31, 2006: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Grace Episcopal Church Adult Choir in Pemberton, NJ. New Choir Auditions ad for the Canterbury Choral Society.
  • July 18, 2006: We've started posting listings for the 2006-07 season in the Concert Calendar. New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for The Kingsborough Musical Society Chorus, based in Brooklyn. New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for ChildrenSong of New Jersey.
  • July 17, 2006: We've added a link to our Concert Calendar new listing form under "Communicate" on the home page
  • July 5, 2006: New URL for the Brooklyn College Chorale.
  • June 29, 2006: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Loose Interpretations East, a 10-member female a cappella group based in Manhattan.
  • June 25, 2006: New Choir Auditions ad for The Hibernian Festival Singers, based in Bay Shore, NY.
  • June 19, 2006: New Choir Directory listing for The New York Men's Choir, specializing in Japanese choral music. New Choir Directory listing and new Choir Auditions ad for the St. John's in the Village Episcopal Parish Choir.
  • May 31, 2006: New URL for The Peace of Heart Choir.
  • May 30, 2006: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the University Singers, based at the University of Bridgeport.
  • May 28, 2006: New Choir Auditions ad for Shirah, Community Chorus on the Palisades.
  • May 23, 2006: New URL for the St. George's Choral Society.
  • May 16, 2006: New link for Rehearsal Arts, makers of SingleParts choral music learning CDs.
  • April 26, 2006: New URL for the Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus.
  • April 24, 2006: New Choir Auditions ad for The Choral Society of the Hamptons.
  • April 20, 2006: We've removed listings for the Singers Forum Chorus. New URL for the Dalton Chorale
  • April 15, 2006: New link for the University of Massachusetts Dynamics.
  • April 9, 2006: New URL for Kol Rinah.
  • March 28, 2006: New Choir Directory listing for The Choral Society of the Hamptons.
  • March 21, 2006: New URL for Coro Lirico.
  • March 7, 2006: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church Choir.
  • February 19, 2006: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Rahway Valley Jerseyaires.
  • February 15, 2006: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for C4: The World's First Choral Composer/Conductor Collective. New Choir Directory listing for the Bayport United Methodist Church Adult Choir.
  • February 8, 2006: New Choir Directory listing for Grace Church Choir in White Plains, NY.
  • February 6, 2006: We've removed listings for the B'nai Jeshurun Choir, now disbanded.
  • February 2, 2006: New link for Great Scores, where you can browse and choose, buy and download sheet music that has been specifically arranged to suit musicians of all levels.
  • January 31, 2006: New link for the New York Summer Music Festival at SUNY Oneonta for students ages 10-25.
  • January 28, 2006: New URL for Holy Apostles Community Chorus.
  • January 26, 2006: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Pace University Downtown Chorale.
  • January 18, 2006: New URL for the Jackson Civic Chorus.
  • January 17, 2006: We've removed listings for the Westchester Broadway Singers, now defunct.
  • January 15, 2006: New link for EnsembleTune, software to help you find the best tunes for the vocal ranges in your ensemble.
  • January 14, 2006: New Choir Directory listing for the New Jersey-based Ridgewood Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company.
  • January 10, 2006: New URL for the Westchester Chorale.
  • January 8, 2006: New URL for Cappella Festiva Chamber Choir.
  • January 7, 2006: New URL for Opus Ensemble New York.
  • December 29, 2005: Updated URL for The Tuscany Project: Voice and Song, a summer opportunity to sing in Italy.
  • December 23, 2005: New link for Harold Rosenbaum's choir tours to Europe.
  • December 11, 2005: New URL for Olympia's Daughters. New Choir Auditions ad for The Village Light Opera Group. New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for The Spirit of Orthodoxy Choir, based in New Jersey.
  • December 6, 2005: New link for BBC Music Magazine, "the world's best-selling classical music magazine".
  • December 5, 2005: New URL for Cantigas Women's Choir.
  • November 27, 2005: We've updated our listings for the choirs (Trinity Choir, Trinity Church Family Choir and Trinity Choristers) at Trinity Church, Wall Street.
  • November 17, 2005: New link for Umbrian Serenades, choral and cultural tastings in the green heart of Italy--Spoleto.
  • November 14, 2005: New Choir Directory listing for the Choir of the Church of the Holy Family--The United Nations Parish.
  • November 9, 2005: New Choir Directory listing for the Manhattan College Singers
  • November 2, 2005: New Choir Auditions ad for the Glen Ridge Choral Society in Glen Ridge, NJ.
  • October 24, 2005: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Schola Cantorum of Union Theological Seminary.
  • October 15, 2005: We've deleted listings for The Boys' Choir of Westchester, now defunct. Looking for carolers for your holiday event? Try our new link for Definitely Dickens, offering quartets of carolers in Dickensian garb.
  • October 9, 2005: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Music Divine, an early music chamber choir on the Upper West Side.
  • September 28, 2005: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the New York City Master Chorale, a new group starting up in January 2006.
  • September 26, 2005: New Choir Directory listing for the Maplewood Glee Club, a men's community chorus based in Maplewood, NJ.
  • September 17, 2005: Grace Choral Society of Brooklyn is joining forces this year with Spiritus et Anima, the community chorus based at Saint Ann's School in Brooklyn Heights. Both groups have been directed by James Busby. The combined group is now listed as "Grace Choral Society of Brooklyn and Spiritus et Anima."
  • September 15, 2005: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the No-Name-Yet A Cappella Jazz Ensemble, a Westchester-based small ensemble.
  • September 13, 2005: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Yorkville Chorale on the Upper East Side. New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Croton Chorale in Croton-on-Hudson, NY.
  • September 11, 2005: New Choir Auditions ad for the Garden State Philharmonic Chorus.
  • September 6, 2005: New Choir Directory listing for the Church of Saint Ignatius of Antioch (Episcopal) Choir, a professional church choir on the Upper West Side.
  • September 4, 2005: New Choir Directory listing for the University Glee Club of New Haven.
  • September 3, 2005: New Choir Auditions ad for the Cappella Festiva Chamber Choir, based in Poughkeepsie. New Choir Auditions ad for the Masterwork Chorus, based in Morristown, NJ.
  • September 1, 2005: We've done one of our periodic clean-ups of the Links Collection, fixing broken links wherever possible and eliminating links to sites that are no longer viable.
  • August 31, 2005: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for The Presbyterian Church in Westfield Chancel Choir. We've removed listings for the Choral Society of St. Jean's, which is now inactive. New URL for the Columbia University Collegium Musicum.
  • August 30, 2005: New Choir Directory listings for St. Luke's Episcopal Chancel Choir (listing) and St. Luke's Episcopal Children's Choir (listing), both based in Somers, NY. New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for St. Joseph's Parish Choir on the Upper East Side.
  • August 29, 2005: We've added a new version of the Choir Directory, sorted by geography, called Choirs by Locale.
  • August 15, 2005: New Choir Auditions ad for the New York City Gay Men's Chorus. New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Hunter College Choir.
  • August 9, 2005: New Choir Auditions ad for the First Presbyterian Church Chancel Choir in Englewood, NJ. New URL for Publick Musick.
  • August 8, 2005: New Choir Directory listing for Publick Musick, a professional chamber choir in Rochester, NY.
  • August 3, 2005: We've started posting events for the 2005-06 season. See the Concert Calendar for details.
  • July 31, 2005: New link for the Florence International Music Campus, featuring summer (and other) programs in Florence, Italy.
  • July 22, 2005: New URL and Choir Auditions ad for the Rutgers Collegium Musicum
  • July 17, 2005: New Choir Directory listing for the Rutgers Collegium Musicum, an early music ensemble based in New Brunswick, NJ.
  • July 13, 2005: New link for Manhattan Sacred Harp Singing, all about Sacred Harp singing in New York City.
  • June 30, 2005: We’ve added Richard Sheil's A Singer’s Manual of Foreign Language Dictions to our book picks in the VAN Store.
  • June 17, 2005: New Choir Directory listing for the New Jersey Youth Chorus.
  • June 14, 2005: Updated listings for Cappella to reflect a correction in the spelling of the group's name.
  • May 31, 2005: New link for the Adirondack Festival of American Music: Festival Choir, June-July in Saranac Lake, NY.
  • May 22, 2005: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Capella, a new Upper East Side group directed by David Enlow. Updated URL for the Bloomfield Chorale.
  • May 10, 2005: Revised URL for Westchester Broadway Singers.
  • May 5, 2005: New Choir Auditions ad for Ten and Change.
  • May 3, 2005: New URL for Westchester Broadway Singers.
  • April 30, 2005: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Westchester Broadway Singers.
  • April 24, 2005: New link for Summer camps and programs at colleges in New York State for kids 8-18+.
  • April 19, 2005: New URL for ZAZ, a contemporary vocal quartet based in New York. New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Rainbow Peace Choir, based in West Orange, NJ.
  • April 18, 2005: New Choir Directory listing for the Warwick Valley Chorale.
  • April 10, 2005: New link for Cantus Decorus Singers, a vocal ensemble based in Hungary.
  • March 26, 2005: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Sänger-Chor Newark, a German-American men's chorus in the Newark, NJ area.
  • March 20, 2005: New URL for Cadence.
  • March 15, 2005: New link for Musicastampata.com,with over 400,000 titles of classical sheet music and books on music; fastest source for Ricordi and Italian publishers.
  • March 14, 2005: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for The Uptown Sound, a small a cappella jazz ensemble on the Upper West Side.
  • March 12, 2005: New link for the Tallis Choral Pilgrmage, a workshop directed by Philip Cave, running in July in and around Washington, DC.
  • March 7, 2005: New link for Petits Chanteurs de St.-Charles (The Young Singers of St. Charles), a children's choir based in Versailles, France. New link for the Bach Cantatas Website, a comprehensive site covering all aspects of J.S. Bach's cantatas and his other vocal works.
  • March 2, 2005: New Choir Directory listing for Lower East Side Shape Note Sing. New URL for the Bel Canto Chorale.
  • February 16, 2005: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the The Greater South Jersey Chorus, based in Cherry Hill, NJ.
  • February 10, 2005: New Choir Directory listing for Seraphim, a professional chamber choir in lower Manhattan. We've removed our Choir Directory listing for The Choral Scholars, a Princeton-based ensemble that disbanded in spring 2004.
  • February 6, 2005: New Choir Directory listing for Cadence, an a cappella ensemble in Bernardsville, NJ.
  • January 20, 2005: New Choir Auditions ad for the Master Singers of Westchester.
  • January 11, 2005: Melodia Women’s Choir of NYC has a new URL.
  • December 28, 2004: New link for Paraclete Press.
  • December 23, 2004: New link for Yale's Society of Orpheus and Bacchus.
  • December 15, 2004: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Stony Brook Chorale. New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Stony Brook Camerata Singers.
  • December 2, 2004: Updated URL for Florilegium Chamber Choir. And we've corrected the URL for the Gay Gotham Chorus.
  • November 28, 2004: New URL for the Great Neck Choral Society.
  • November 12, 2004: New Choir Directory listing for the Connecticut Chamber Choir, based in Trumbull, CT.
  • November 3, 2004: New URL for the South Mountain Chorale.
  • October 25, 2004: New link for ZefiroWorld Tours, an Italian choir concert tour operator specializing in custom concert tours.
  • October 23, 2004: New Choir Directory listing for The Hibernian Festival Singers, based in Bay Shore, NY. New Choir Auditions ad for The Westchester Chordsmen.
  • October 20, 2004: New Choir Directory listing for The Chorale at Georgian Court University, based in Lakewood, NJ.
  • October 11, 2004: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for IllumiNation Chorale, a Manhattan-based SATB gospel music group.
  • October 8, 2004: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Sister Cities Chorus, based in Stratford, CT. New links for Manhattan Concert Productions and Fine Arts Funding (thanks, Sean Berg).
  • October 6, 2004: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Sirene, a new women's vocal ensemble in Wyckoff, NJ.
  • October 1, 2004: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for The David Johnson Singers, a Dix Hills-based chamber choir. New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for The St. Joseph's Singers, a new choral chamber ensemble on the Upper East Side. New link for Opera Company of Astoria. New URL for The Cantata Singers.
  • September 27, 2004: New URL for Collegium Westchester. New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Brooklyn Jewish Community Chorus. New Choir Directory listing for the New York Metro Mass Choir. New link for The Blend, a co-ed a cappella group at Wheaton College in Norton, MA.
  • September 20, 2004: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Manhattanville College Chorus, based in Purchase, NY. New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Metropolitan Greek Chorale.
  • September 18, 2004: We've removed listings for the now-disbanded women's chorus Gioia.
  • September 5, 2004: New URL for The Lance Hayward Singers. New Choir Directory listing for Ten and Change, a Manhattan-based male a cappella ensemble. The Brooklyn College Chorale will be rehearsing on Monday nights this season.
  • August 31, 2004: The VAN Report, summer 2004 edition, is now available for your perusal. The summer 2003 edition now moves to the archives. New link for Musical-Arts, offering resources for organists and choirmasters. New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Smithtown United Methodist Church Choir.
  • August 27, 2004: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Oceanside Chorale. New URL for Coro Lirico.
  • August 25, 2004: We've created a separate Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for The Young People's Chorus of New York City Chamber Singers.
  • August 24, 2004: New URL for the Greenwich Choral Society.
  • August 22, 2004: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for The Waterfront Consort, an eight-member vocal ensemble based in Hoboken, NJ.
  • August 19, 2004: New Choir Auditions ad for The Choral Art Society of New Jersey.
  • August 18, 2004: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Sound Shore Chorale, based in New Rochelle. New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Boonton United Methodist Church Choir in Boonton, NJ. Jubal's Lyre is on hiatus, assembling periodically for special projects.
  • August 17, 2004: For audition season, we've produced a special version of the Choir Auditions page sorted with the freshest ads at the top. This page supplements the existing alphabetically-sorted Choir Auditions page.
  • August 16, 2004: New link for the New York Early Music Celebration, running October 1-10. And we're now using IntelliContact Pro to manage the VANupdate mailing list. It's become a double-opt-in list requiring confirmation of your sign-up.
  • August 15, 2004: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Opus Ensemble New York, a new 40-60 voice community ensemble on the Upper West Side. New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for New York Young Treble Singers. Connecticut's Silvermine Consort has disbanded.
  • August 14, 2004: New URL for the Teaneck Community Chorus.
  • August 12, 2004: We have removed listings for The Schubert Music Society as the group is not currently active.
  • August 12, 2004: Cornerstone Chorale has a new URL.
  • August 10, 2004: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for La Chapelle-Musique, a Manhattan-based French Baroque chamber choir.
  • August 9, 2004: Concert listings for 2004-05 have now been incorporated into the regular VAN Concert Calendar. The Brooklyn Conservatory Women's Vocal Ensemble is now known as the Bella Voce Singers. And the Queens College Choral Society has a new web site. New Choir Directory listing for the Choral Club of Hartford, a men's chorus in the Hartford, CT area. New link for the Big Fat Vocal Feast in Stoneham, MA, coming up on August 29.
  • July 30, 2004: We've added a VAN QuickLink and a blurb under "Services" on the home page for NYC Music Places, New York City's free database of available rehearsal and performance spaces for instrumental and vocal musicians.
  • July 27, 2004: New URL for Brooklyn Conservatory Women's Vocal Ensemble. New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Choir of Saint Luke Church, a semi-professional church choir in Toms River, NJ.
  • July 24, 2004: New URL for The Concord Singers.
  • July 21, 2004: Older VAN Features can now be found in the Article Archive.
  • July 20, 2004: New Choir Directory listing for the Garden State Philharmonic Chorus, a 35-member community chorus based in Toms River, NJ.
  • July 18, 2004: New Choir Audition ad and updated URL for Treble.
  • July 14, 2004: We've started posting events for 2004-05 in the preview version of the VAN Concert Calendar. Also, we've added a link for the Grieg International Choir Festival, to be held for the first time in September, 2005 in Bergen, Norway. And we've updated the URL for Cerddorion.
  • July 12, 2004: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Saint Francis Choir, a semi-professional church choir in midtown, directed by Gwendolyn Toth. New Choir Directory listing for the Poughkeepsie-based Cappella Festiva Chamber Choir.
  • June 28, 2004: New link for FindUsedCDs.com, a used CD comparison shopping site.
  • June 15, 2004: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for The United Girls’ Choir. New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for The Elm City Girls’ Choir. Both are based in the New Haven area.
  • June 8, 2004: Fixed a problem with the revision date in the footer of many of our pages.
  • June 7, 2004: New URL for SHE.
  • May 27, 2004: New link for Vocaland, a worldwide vocal arts forum.
  • May 22, 2004: Central City Chorus has a new web site.
  • May 10, 2004: After a long stint in our Links Collection, Harmonytryx is the latest addition to the Choir Directory.
  • April 25, 2004: New link for East Side Story, a Boston-based a cappella septet. New Choir Directory listing for Twin Shores Chorus, a men's barbershop ensemble based in Babylon, NY.
  • April 14, 2004: New URL for the Putnam Chorale.
  • March 28, 2004: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Treble Voices of Queens. New Choir Directory listing for Zulal, an Armenian folk trio.
  • March 10, 2004: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Brooklyn Conservatory Women's Vocal Ensemble. New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Aural Antics, a new Manhattan-based vocal ensemble.
  • February 17, 2004: New URLs for The Babylon Chorale and Princeton Pro Musica. New link (and Info Exchange ad) for the Sarteano Chamber Choral Workshop, held in Tuscany in August. New link for the Vermont Vocal Foundation. New Choir Directory listing for City Blend, a new mixed a cappella ensemble.
  • February 9, 2004: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Shiru Shir: The Jewish Community Choir of Flatbush.
  • February 7, 2004: New link for Chocolate Pitch Pipes.com, from the makers of ChocoBella World Class Chocolates.
  • February 1, 2004: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Renaissance Family Singers, an intergenerational choir based in Jackson Heights. New Choir Directory listing for The Sirens, an all-female a cappella sextet.
  • January 29, 2004: Step 2 in our effort to make e-mail addresses in the Choir Directory more resistant to harvesting: e-mail addresses in the source code are now encoded to deter nasty spambots.
  • January 26, 2004: We're taking steps to make the e-mail addresses in our Choir Directory and on other pages less susceptible to harvesting by spammers. Step 1: Rather than showing the e-mail addresses on the page, you'll now see just a "Contact" link for those choirs that offer e-mail contact. More to come.
  • January 18, 2004: New link for Primrose Music, a UK-based outfit offering a cappella arrangements for choirs. Updated URL for The John Link Vocal Quintet.
  • January 17, 2004: We've removed Culturefinder.com (now closed) from our QuickLinks and added ChoralNet.
  • January 4, 2004: New URL for Amuse.
  • December 21, 2003: We've updated the URL for the Zamir Chorale.
  • December 11, 2003: New URL for The Peace of Heart Choir.
  • December 7, 2003: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Melodia Women’s Choir of NYC. Also, we've updated the URL for Orange County Classic Choral Society.
  • November 16, 2003: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for The Gilbert & Sullivan Light Opera Company of Long Island. Also, Uncommon Chord has a new web site.
  • November 9, 2003: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Church of Our Saviour Choir in Murray Hill.
  • November 6, 2003: New Choir Directory listing for the Long Island Symphonic Choral Association, based in Selden, NY.
  • October 27, 2003: New URL for Cantabile Chamber Chorale.
  • October 17, 2003: New Choir Directory listing for The Fifth Avenue Gospel Singers.
  • October 7, 2003: New Choir Directory listing for the Rutgers Church Choir, a semi-professional ensemble on the Upper West Side.
  • October 2, 2003: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Choirs of Grace Church.
  • September 29, 2003: We've added a VAN QuickLink on the home page to the fledgling nyc.choruses listserv.
  • September 28, 2003: New Choir Directory listing for the William Appling Singers & Orchestra, a Rockland-based professional vocal and instrumental ensemble. The Bloomfield (NJ) Civic Chorus is now known as the Bloomfield Chorale. Canterbury Choral Society has a new URL.
  • September 19, 2003: We've made some minor changes to the Info Exchange in the interest of keeping things tidier and more up-to-date.
  • September 18, 2003: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the MetropoliTONES, an a cappella ensemble comprised of Seven Sisters alums. And we've added Chorus America to the VAN QuickLinks on the home page.
  • September 17, 2003: New link for The Milken Archive of American Jewish Music, an international undertaking to record, preserve and distribute a vast cross-section of American Jewish music from the past 350 years. New (well, updated actually) link for Morton Music, specialists in choral music from Australia.
  • September 17, 2003: New Choir Directory listing for the Yale Alumni Chorus.
  • September 14, 2003: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Christ Church Summit Choir in Summit, NJ.
  • September 11, 2003: New Choir Directory listing for Treble, a Manhattan-based female a cappella ensemble. We've removed listings for the disbanding Refrain.
  • September 9, 2003: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the New York Jewish Women's Choir.
  • September 8, 2003: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for The Boys' Choir of Westchester
  • September 7, 2003: New Choir Directory listing for the Manhattan-based St. Vincent Ferrer Chorale. New Choir Directory listing for the Grace Church in Newark Men and Boys' Choir.
  • August 26, 2003: Christ Church in New Brunswick, NJ, home of the Christ Church Choir and Christ Church Schola, has a new URL.
  • August 25, 2003: A bit later than in past years, the VAN Report, summer 2003 edition is now available for your review. (The summer 2002 edition moves to the archives.)
  • August 20, 2003: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Brooklyn-based Union Church of Bay Ridge Choir.
  • August 16, 2003: Lots of updated ads to peruse on the Choir Auditions page--more than 60 updates in the past two weeks. And we've merged the preview Concert Calendar for 2003-04 into the regular Concert Calendar pages.
  • August 11, 2003: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Rockville Centre Choral Society.
  • August 8, 2003: We've updated the URL for the Americas Vocal Ensemble.
  • August 6, 2003: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the New Jersey Chamber Singers Youth Chorale, open to boys and girls in grades eight through twelve.
  • August 5, 2003: We've removed our listings for the Brooklyn College Conservatory Chamber Chorus as it is no longer open to the community. And we've got a new URL for Hickory Tree Chorus.
  • July 31, 2003: We've started posting next season's events in our preview calendar.
  • July 30, 2003: We have deleted listings for the Juris Artis Chorale.
  • July 28, 2003: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Yasna Voices, a new small women's vocal ensemble in Brooklyn specializing in Bulgarian and other eastern European-influenced music. New Choir Directory listing for the Brooklyn Women's Chorus. Also, a new link for Tipbook Vocals, "a handy, accessible, thorough and convenient guide to the vocal instrument, written in close collaboration with classical and non-classical singers and teachers, therapists and other experts."
  • July 25, 2003: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the New Jersey-based Coro Lirico. We've also got a new link for Southern Fly-By-Night Singers, a mixed ensemble out of Nashville, TN performing a cappella and sparsely accompanied arrangements of chain gang songs, spirituals, blues, folk ballads and original material.
  • July 14, 2003: The Community Chorus is now known as The Brooklyn Community Chorus. Our listings have been updated accordingly.
  • July 6, 2003: New link for Repertoire Online, offering vocal and choral music digital music files and printable sheet music, along with career support for singers, vocal teachers and vocal students.
  • June 29, 2003: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Amuse, a new women's vocal ensemble based at St. Michael's Church on the Upper West Side. New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Interfaith Spiritual Community Choir of New York, also based on the Upper West Side.
  • June 23, 2003: We've removed our link to choircds.com since the site seems defunct.
  • June 22, 2003: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for St. Ignatius Loyola Parish Community Choir, based on the Upper East Side. New Choir Directory listing for Musaic, the official chorus of the White Plains Coalition for Cultural and Racial Harmony.
  • June 4, 2003: New URLs for the New Jersey Chamber Singers and for the New Jersey Chamber Singers Children's Choir.
  • June 2, 2003: New link for the Association of Connecticut Choruses.
  • May 16, 2003: We've made some further improvements to our new listing form for Concert Calendar submissions, some of which will make it much easier for us to process new listings. Give it a try!
  • May 15, 2003: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for The Choir of Saints Peter & Paul Church, a semi-pro church choir based in Hoboken, NJ.
  • May 14, 2003: Need to submit a listing for the Concert Calendar? Try our new listing form. (We continue to accept listings via e-mail, too.)
  • May 11, 2003: We've updated the URL for Tokyo Voices.
  • May 8, 2003: New URL for the Richmond Choral Society.
  • May 7, 2003: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Vocal Heights, a Manhattan-based a cappella ensemble.
  • May 2, 2003: New Choir Directory listing for the Huntington Choral Society. And we've corrected some minor programming problems with our Download-This-Event feature.
  • April 15, 2003: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Jazz Choir Reading Sessions, a jazz reading group that meets once a month in Hoboken, NJ.
  • April 11, 2003: Kol Rinah, Westchester's Jewish community chorus, has a new website, and we've updated our listings accordingly.
  • April 4, 2003: New link for OrganFocus.com, "the source for pipe organ music events, concerts and recitals worldwide."
  • April 1, 2003: New link for Friendship Ambassadors, providers of specialized performance tours.
  • March 26, 2003: Far afield department: we've got a new link for Linda Angelis, tao musician, inspirational jazz singer and radio presenter from England.
  • March 22, 2003: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the A Capella Ensemble of NY, a new conductorless vocal ensemble based in Midtown.
  • March 20, 2003: New links for the Finger Lakes Choral Festival, held in August in Canandaigua, NY; for Vendini, provider of online ticketing solutions for small to medium sized organizations; and for NY1 News.
  • March 18, 2003: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for the Adesso Choral Society, a new mixed chamber ensemble in Ridgefield, CT. Also, we've updated our link for the North American Jewish Choral Festival to be held July 6-10.
  • March 17, 2003: New Choir Auditions ad for the Ramapo Valley Spotlight Chorus.
  • March 14, 2003: New link for The Tiffany Consort, a one-on-a-part professional vocal ensemble directed by Nicholas White. Also new: a link for An Introduction to Singing, an online course with instructor Kristen Widenmaier.
  • March 11, 2003: New Choir Directory listing for the Choir of St. Mary's, an all-pro choir at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin.
  • March 6, 2003: New link for Ten and Change, a New York-based male a cappella ensemble.
  • March 3, 2003: New listings for the Teaneck Community Chorus in Teaneck, NJ.
  • February 25, 2003: New Choir Auditions ad for The 15th Street Singers.
  • February 24, 2003: New Choir Directory listing for the SAJ Choir, an Upper West Side a cappella synagogue choir.
  • February 19, 2003: We've got updated information about this June's Oxford Summer Institutes at Lehigh in the Links Collection and in the Info Exchange.
  • February 16, 2003: New Choir Directory listing for The 15th Street Singers, a Chelsea-based chamber choir. And a new link for RoDeby Music, maker of training aids to "assist choirs in becoming note perfect."
  • January 30, 2003: New addition to the Choir Directory: the Jackson Civic Chorus, a community chorus in Jackson, NJ.
  • January 29, 2003: New links for Artsnet, an information clearinghouse of arts management resources on the internet, run by the Center for Arts Management & Technology at Carnegie-Mellon; for SheetMusicNow.com; and for Beatboxer Entertainment.
  • January 23, 2003: New listings for the APBA Memorial Choir.
  • January 13, 2003: New Choir Directory listing for the Choir of the Church of St. Luke & St. Matthew in Brooklyn.
  • January 9, 2003: New Choir Directory listing for the First Presbyterian Church Chancel Choir in Englewood, NJ.
  • January 7, 2003: New Choir Directory listing for YouthSong, a youth choir based in Ramsey, NJ.
  • December 20, 2002: We discovered that our Download-This-Event feature did not properly account for Daylight Saving Time. The problem has been resolved. If you've already downloaded events occurring on or after April 6, 2003 to your PC calendar, please download them again. They should now show the correct start time.
  • December 14, 2002: Lionheart's latest CD Palestrina: Soul of Rome has been added to the VAN Store and is available from Amazon.com. Also: a new link for Breck Alan's The Art of Body Singing.
  • December 5, 2002: New URLs for the The Rutgers University Queens Chorale and for the Choral Public Domain Library. Updated listing for www.MUSICFOLDER.com, manufacturers of The Black Folder. New Choir Directory listing for Uncommon Chord, a 12-member a cappella ensemble based in Manhattan.
  • December 4, 2002: New Choir Directory listing for The Greater New Haven Community Chorus.
  • November 29, 2002: Updated URL for the Just Intonation Network.
  • November 21, 2002: New Choir Directory listing for The Choral Scholars, a 14-member professional ensemble based in Princeton, NJ. And we've updated our link for The Applause Show.
  • November 20, 2002: More new publishing links (most, courtesy Robinson McClellan): Editions Salabert, Schirmer/AMP, Shawnee Press, Chester Music / Novello & Company, Music Sales Group (parent of G. Schirmer, Shawnee Press, Chester-Novello), Boosey & Hawkes, Hal Leonard, Music Dispatch, Sheet Music Online and Sheet Music Direct. We've also updated our link for the Vassar College Devils (also thanks to Mr. McClellan).
  • November 12, 2002: New link for publishers Breitkopf & Härtel.
  • November 11, 2002: The new Download-This-Event feature of the VAN Concert Calendar allows you to download information about an event of interest directly into your computer's calendar software. It works with Microsoft Outlook, Palm Desktop, Lotus Organizer and other vCalendar-aware calendar programs. Also new: a link for TriangleSings!, a VAN-like site focusing on vocal ensemble music in North Carolina’s Wake, Durham, Orange and surrounding counties.
  • November 5, 2002: We've updated the URL for the Hudson Valley Singers. Check out their site to see a creative way to use the web to market a concert.
  • November 4, 2002: New link for Musica Sacra.
  • November 1, 2002: We've updated our link for The Applause Show, playing a cappella Thursday evenings on WVRM in Montclair, NJ.
  • October 27, 2002: New listings for The Peace of Heart Choir.
  • October 23, 2002: New listings for the Calvary Choir, a church choir in the Carnegie Hall area.
  • October 19, 2002: New listings for the Choir of the Church of St. John the Baptist in Manhattan and the Metropolitan Philharmonic Chorus.
  • October 16, 2002: New listings for Saint Luke's Kantorei, a newly-formed church-based community chorus of mixed voices in the Times Square area.
  • October 14, 2002: New URL for The Canby Singers.
  • October 6, 2002: New listings for the St. Andrew Chorale and for Sarum.
  • October 3, 2002: The Canby Singers are at work on a new website. In the meantime, we've removed links to their old, outdated site.
  • October 1, 2002: The calendar section of VANupdate now includes all listings for the upcoming half-month in addition to items newly posted to the calendar. And we've added a link for Jaymar.com, an e-commerce music store specializing in choral music.
  • September 29, 2002: New URL for the Greenwich Village Singers.
  • September 27, 2002: The cabaret trio Eastern Standard Time is now known as Boulevard East.
  • September 18, 2002: New listings for The Oratory Choir in Downtown Brooklyn.
  • September 9, 2002: New URL for AmorArtis and new listings for The Community Chorus in Park Slope.
  • September 5, 2002: New audition ad for the Raritan Valley Choral Society.
  • September 3, 2002: New listings for the Judson Memorial Church Choir.
  • August 30, 2002: New listings for the AXA/Equitable Center Chorus.
  • August 30, 2002: New URLs for Grace Choral Society of Brooklyn and the Americas Vocal Ensemble.
  • August 28, 2002: Our listings for Polyhymnia have been updated to incorporate their new URL.
  • August 27, 2002: Since the Concert Calendar now includes listings for the 2002-2003 season, we've retired the Preview Calendar. And we've added a link for the MetropoliTONES, a Manhattan-based all-women a cappella ensemble.
  • August 23, 2002: New listings for Cantemus, a chamber choir based in Scarsdale, NY.
  • August 15, 2002: New listings for The Madrigal Singers, an a cappella ensemble in Mountainside, NJ.
  • August 8, 2002: New listings for The New Haven Chorale.
  • August 6, 2002: We've redesigned the VAN home page, primarily to put more fresh information "above the fold." Have a look at our first feature article, an interview with Nicholas White, organist and choirmaster at St. Michael's Church. And check out our reorganized navigation tools along the left panel; explanatory bits pop up when you move your mouse over the links. As always, your feedback is welcome. Also, new listings for Schola Liturgica of St. Joseph's Church in Keyport, NJ.
  • August 5, 2002: New listings for the Park Avenue Christian Church Choir and for Christ Church Bronxville Choir.
  • August 1, 2002: The Village Singers of Westchester are now The Rye Town Federico Singers.
  • July 31, 2002: The St. Jean's Choral Society is now the Choral Society of St. Jean's. And we've added a link to musicnotes.com, offering digital sheet music, traditional music books, single sheets and more.
  • July 30, 2002: New audition ad for the Hudson Valley Singers. And we've added a new link for mymusicindex.com, a quick-reference, informational music resource designed for music educators.
  • July 25, 2002: New audition ad for Westchester's Charis.
  • July 24, 2002: The summer 2002 edition of VAN Report, covering the past year's developments at VAN, is now available for perusing. And our Archive pages (old "News" items and old "New on the web" items) have received belated makeovers.
  • July 23, 2002: The new VAN Card, now available on our Spread the Word page, can be downloaded, printed and distributed to help spread the word about VAN. Also, we've got a new audition ad for the Morris Choral Society and new listings for the Westchester-based TreasureHouse Chorale. And we've got new links for music publisher and distributor Laurendale Associates and for the Laurendale Associates' Black Folder (thanks, Martha Sullivan). We've deleted our listing for the Westside Chorale, last active in 2000-2001.
  • July 17, 2002: You can now view a sample VANupdate before you sign up for our newsletter on the Lists page. New link for beatboxing.com, all about beatboxing and urban a cappella.
  • July 16, 2002: New listings for the Bergen Christian Singers, based in Mahwah, NJ.
  • July 14, 2002: We've started posting events for 2002-2003 in a preview version of the Concert Calendar. And the current season's calendar and index both have links to the 2002-2003 preview.
  • July 13, 2002: New link for Peter Schickele / P.D.Q. Bach. And we've updated the URL for The Tallis Scholars.
  • July 2, 2002: New link for The RDM Company, a Texas-based artist management company.
  • June 25, 2002: New link for Target Travel, a specialist in choir tours to Italy and Europe.
  • June 22, 2002: New listings for Christ Church Schola (Gregorian chant choir) in New Brunswick, NJ. New URL for Christ Church Choir of Ridgewood.
  • June 20, 2002: New link for Musica Mundi, producer of international choir competitions and festivals.
  • June 19, 2002: You can now search the Vocal Area Network site, courtesy of the fine folks at Google. See the search box, located for now near the bottom of the home page.
  • June 17, 2002: New links for American Composers Forum (New York chapter), offering extensive networking opportunities for composers, and Amateur Chamber Music Players, an organization to facilitate informal playing and singing by people of all ages and nationalities, beginners to professionals.
  • June 13, 2002: New listings for Kol Rinah (Westchester-based Jewish community choir) and the St. Ignatius Choral Society of Long Beach.
  • June 12, 2002: New link for Cool & Jazzy, a mixed sextet from Russia.
  • June 5, 2002: New URL for the Dalton Alumni Chorale.
  • June 3, 2002: New link for Sirens, a New York-based female sextet.
  • May 28, 2002: New listing for refrain, a Manhattan-based a cappella ensemble.
  • May 22, 2002: New links for The Fonic and The Applause Show (Thursday nights on WVRM in Montclair, NJ). New listings for The New York Consort, a Filipino-American chamber choir.
  • May 13, 2002: The VANupdate mailing list is now being handled entirely in-house rather than via Yahoo!Groups. And VANupdate now includes information about new postings to the Info Exchange. Visit our Lists page to sign up. All that's required is your e-mail address. And we've got a new link for the Oxford Summer Institutes at Lehigh: Institute on Choral and Vocal Music.
  • May 8, 2002: New link for CreativeVoices, offering workshops in improvisation.
  • May 2, 2002: New listing for the Raritan Valley Choral Society, based in Hillsborough, NJ.
  • April 30, 2002: New link for Euphoria, the Boston-based jazz a cappella quartet.
  • April 23, 2002: New link for NewMusicBox, the web magazine from the American Music Center, focused on new music.
  • April 19, 2002: New link for Gino Sitson, vocal virtuoso from Cameroon.
  • April 2, 2002: Color-coded indicators on the Choir Auditions page now show which audition ads are the freshest and which ones are, shall we say, not quite so fresh.
  • April 1, 2002: New listing for the Da Capo Chorale, based in Merrick, NY.
  • March 27, 2002: Banner ads are now running on the Choir Directory and on Choirs by Night.
  • March 26, 2002: New link for Vox Novus, a New York-based site sponsoring and encouraging new music (thanks, Jean Cooper).
  • March 22, 2002: We've added Cantare's new website to our listings for the group.
  • March 20, 2002: New listings for Cantare, a Manhattan-based ensemble of men's voices founded and directed by Barry Oliver. And the Holy Apostles Community Chorus has a new URL.
  • March 17, 2002: New link for Earthsongs, publisher of world choral music, books and CDs (thanks, Amy Kaiser).
  • March 14, 2002: New listings for Gioia (NJ-based women's chorus) and the Coastal Chordsmen (CT-based SPEBSQSA chapter).
  • March 6, 2002: New links for Gospel Singing.com and GospelChoirs.com.
  • March 5, 2002: Did you notice the blank boxes that were showing up periodically where our entertaining and informative banner ads were supposed to be? Well, we understand the problem and we believe we've fixed it.
  • February 25, 2002: We've modified the Choir Auditions page so that you can start reading ads before the page finishes loading.
  • February 21, 2002: New listing for the Mendelssohn Club of Kingston.
  • February 19, 2002: New listing for the Hendrick Hudson Male Chorus, based in the Capital District.
  • February 16, 2002: New links for Conductors Club and Associated Male Choruses of America. New URL for the Bloomfield Civic Chorus. New listing for Bayside Glee Club.
  • February 14, 2002: Banner ads are now running on the Info Exchange and Links Collection, giving our valued advertisers even better exposure.
  • February 9, 2002: New listing for The Village Light Opera Group.
  • February 6, 2002: New listings for The Davidson Singers and for the Oxford University Press Choir. And we've got a new link for Oxford University Press.
  • February 5, 2002: Home page renovations have begun. The navigation tools at the top of the page now feature the same title graphics found on most of the site's pages. (And the graphics load faster and have some simple rollover effects, too.) Also: new listings for the Singers Forum Chorus.
  • February 1, 2002: Use our new link to California Throatsinger to hear mp3 clips of harmonic and throat singing, California-style.
  • January 29, 2002: New listings for The Concord Singers, a women's choir in Summit, NJ. And if anyone knows the status of the Hudson Valley Singers, please let us know.
  • January 24, 2002: New listings for The Mendelssohn Choir of Connecticut (based in Westport) and the Cathedral of St. Patrick Choir.
  • January 17, 2002: New link for the Idaho International Choral Festival, held in July in Pocatello, ID.
  • January 16, 2002: New links for Tara Publications (Jewish recordings, music books, books and software) and Backstage.
  • January 11, 2002: New York listings in the Choir Directory now include locale information. New York listings in Choirs by Night are now sorted by locale (Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan and so on). We've removed listings for The Bergen Chorale (Tenafly, NJ) which has disbanded.
  • January 9, 2002: New listings for KAIROS: A Consort of Singers (based in New Paltz, NY) and The Celebration Singers (based in Cranford, NJ). And new links (thanks to Christine Hoffman) for two sites specializing in online choral music: Handlo Music, with 4,500 choral scores, delivered via e-mail; and Choral Sheet Music Download Sites, provided by the Festival Singers of Wellington (NZ).
  • January 4, 2002: We've incorporated the new URL for Grace Church Choral Society into our listings.
  • January 2, 2002: We've done a major cleanup of the Info Exchange.
  • December 20, 2001: New listings for the Golden Apple Chorus, a Sweet Adelines chapter in Hawthorne, NY.
  • December 18, 2001: New link for The New York Continuo Collective.
  • December 3, 2001: New link for the New York Metro Vocal Arts Ensemble.
  • November 30, 2001: Banner ads for auditions are now running on the Choir Auditions page. Also, the service that provided us with New York Times headlines is no longer available.
  • November 23, 2001: We've updated the URL for Orpheus Club Male Chorus.
  • November 17, 2001: Scarsdale's New Choral Society has a new URL.
  • November 16, 2001: New link for The Black Folder, "the world's best choral folder".
  • November 15, 2001: We've incorporated the new URL for the Westchester Concert Singers into our listings.
  • November 14, 2001: New Choir Directory listings for the Morris Choral Society (NJ) and the Oratorio Society of New Jersey. And a new link for the San Francisco Bay Area Choral Archive, listing choruses of Northern California (thanks, Simona Nass). The Choir Auditions page has now had its makeover.
  • November 13, 2001: Concert ads are now running on the Concert Calendar and Concert Calendar Index.
  • November 9, 2001: Vocal Area Network is pleased to offer the vocal ensemble community an affordable new way to help you market your events, products and services: VAN Ads. Visit our advertising page for details and sign up to get your message online in time for the holiday crush. Also, we've got a new audition ad for Women Singing.
  • November 7, 2001: New listings for Antioch, a ten-member professional chamber ensemble in residence at Trinity Wall Street. And a new link for the Folksbiene Yiddish Theatre, Zalmen Mlotek and Eleanor Reissa, co-Artistic Directors.
  • November 5, 2001: The Rye Brook Village Singers are now the Village Singers of Westchester. And we've "de-CSS-ed" the remaining pages on the site that feature our new design: the Links Collection, the Info Exchange, the VAN Store and About VAN.
  • November 3, 2001: We've updated our listings for The Stonewall Chorale to incorporate their new URL.
  • November 1, 2001: Since we've had scattered reports of Netscape 4.x browsers crashing on some of the redesigned pages that incorporate Cascading Style Sheets, we've decided to remake those pages without CSS. The Concert Calendar, Calendar Index, Choir Directory, Choirs by Night, Feedback and Feedback Highlights pages no longer use CSS, just gold old reliable HTML. The remaining pages that use CSS will be remade in the next few days. We hope you'll find visiting these remade pages with Netscape 4.x browsers to be a more stable experience.
  • October 31, 2001: New listings for the Westchester Choral Society.
  • October 29, 2001: New listings for Ebony Voices for Education, a Harlem-based community choir.
  • October 28, 2001: New listings for the Bloomfield Civic Chorus (New Jersey) and the New Jersey Symphony Community Chorus.
  • October 26, 2001: New listings for the B'nai Jeshurun Choir.
  • October 25, 2001: New link for Artek, the early music vocal and instrumental ensemble directed by Gwendolyn Toth.
  • October 19, 2001: The Choir Directory and Choirs by Night have been made over.
  • October 16, 2001: New links for WNYC and WQXR. And the Info Exchange has had its makeover.
  • October 15, 2001: The VAN Store has had a bit of a makeover: an updated look and new dynamic links to items of interest from amazon.com.
  • October 1, 2001: The Orpheus Club Male Chorus is currently without a web site, so we've removed our links.
  • September 28, 2001: New link for StonaLink Music Competition Database.
  • September 21, 2001: Our News section now includes Arts headlines from The New York Times.
  • September 20, 2001: The fledgling Lawyers' Choral Society has renamed itself The Juris Artis Chorale. Our listings have been updated accordingly.
  • September 17, 2001: New link for NYC.gov, the official New York City website. Also, new links for A Cappella Always, an all a cappella Internet radio station; and The Kinsey Sicks, America's favorite dragapella beautyshop quartet, whose show, Dragapella, opens October 10 at Upstairs at 54.
  • September 12, 2001: New listings for the Choir of Christ Church (Episcopal) in Oyster Bay, New York.
  • September 7, 2001: New audition ad for the Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus.
  • September 6, 2001: Dobsonfly's web site is now up and running, so we've updated our listing.
  • September 5, 2001: New listi