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• Choral composer Steven Sametz, artistic director of The Princeton Singers, has been named the recipient of the 10th Raymond and Beverly Sackler Music Composition Prize presented by the University of Connecticut, a $25,000 award to compose a new work for a specific area of musical arts that will be performed and recorded. (2013-10-15)
• The Greenwich Village Singers are now the Greenwich Village Chamber Singers. (2013-7-31)
• The Board of Directors of The Empire City Men’s Chorus, under the leadership of Board President Jeremy Davidson, has announced the retirement of ECMC Artistic Director Christopher Clowdus after five years of distinguished service and programming. In conjunction with Mr. Clowdus's retirement, the Board has initiated a search for a new artistic director. See the ad in the Info Exchange for more information. (2013-7-16)
• Stacy Horn, New York singer and author, discussed her book Imperfect Harmony: Finding Happiness in Singing With Others on NPR's Talk of the Nation on June 3. (2013-6-15)
• Results are in from the New York regional of the 2013 Harmony Sweepstakes A Cappella Festival, held March 30 at the Miller Theatre. First place: The Rainbows. Second place: Six13. Third place: Low Key. Honorable Mention: Satellite Lane. See www.harmony-sweepstakes.com/newyork.html for more information. (2013-3-31)

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• December 1, 2013: New Choir Directory listing for the First Presbyterian Church of Yorktown Choir in Yorktown, NY.
• November 25, 2013: New link for ConcertTour.org's listing of New York concerts.
• November 18, 2013: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Aftersox, a post-collegirate women's a cappella ensemble in Park Slope.
• November 8, 2013: New Choir Directory listing for TENET, the professional vocal ensemble directed by Jolle Greenleaf. New link for the Cape Town Choir Festival in Cape Town, South Africa, held during March and October.
• November 7, 2013: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for LushTongue, a new women's vocal ensemble based in Brooklyn.
• October 24, 2013: New Choir Directory listing for the Holy Rosary Church Adult Choir, a volunteer church choir in the Bronx.
• October 19, 2013: New Choir Directory listing for the Brookdale Concordia Chorale, a community chorus based in Lincroft, NJ. New Choir Directory listing for the Concordia Youth Chorale, a girls' youth choir in Middletown, NJ.
• September 30, 2013: New link for Send Me Music, a UK-based outfit specializing in digital sheet music downloads.
• September 15, 2013: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for New York Bulgarian Women's Choir, the successor to Yasna Voices.
• September 9, 2013: New Choir Directory listing and Choir Auditions ad for Kaleidoscope Youth Chorus of Brooklyn, newly forming in Ditmas Park.

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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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