Hai-Tien Chorus has maintained an active performance schedule both locally and in other cities at the invitation of many community groups and cultural organizations ever since its inception in 1980 by Conductor Pi-Chu Hsiao. It has performed in various music centers and concert halls, including Avery Fisher Hall and Alice Tully Hall of New York 's Lincoln Center , Manhattan Town Hall , Madison Square Garden Theater , Merkin Concert Hall and Colden Center of Queens College .

In 2001 the Hai-Tien Chorus won first place honors at the First Annual International Overseas Chinese Mixed Chorus Competition held in Taipei, defeating other choruses representing all continents and coming from Brazil, Japan, Los Angeles, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, Vancouver and Washington D.C.
The critically acclaimed Hai-Tien Chorus continues to grow and improve artistically under the direction of Ms.

Ms. Pi-Chu Hsiao, conductor, is a graduate of the Taipei Normal University . She as dedicated her life to many areas of music education and community service. As a music teacher for over fifty years she has transformed many elementary, secondary school and university student choruses as well as som adult choruses into all-province championship choruses. She has served with the Ministry of Education in Taiwan , as Director of the Children's Chorus of the Chinese Broadcasting Corporation and conductor of the Young Lions Chorus in addition to many other posts and is a well-known music adjudicator in musical auditions and competitions.

The Americas Vocal Ensemble made its debut at New York's Americas Society in 1982, and has performed throughout the northeast U.S. and South America, including New York (Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center), Washington DC (the Inter-America Music Festival) and Boston (The Gardner Museum) as well as at colleges, libraries, music schools, community centers, museums and many other venues. As Artists-In-Residence at the Americas Society for many years, they have presented many unique and innovative programs and have performed premieres of more than 100 contemporary works, including compositions by leading North and South American composers.

In 1998, they performed for The American Composers Orchestra at Carnegie Hall as part of the Sonidos de los Americas Festival. They have also appeared with the Westchester Philharmonic (as part of the Music America Festival), Hoboken Symphony and Fairfield Chamber Orchestra.

 

Nelly Vuksic, conductor, was born in Argentina and has conducted extensively in Latin America as well as in the U.S. , Europe , and Asia . Ms. Vuksic is the recipient of several national and international music awards. She is also director of New York 's United Nations Singers.

 

 

The Plainfield Girlchoir performs regularly, averaging 10 appearances each season. The choir draws its members mostly from the Plainfield community. Its members, ages 11 through 18, rehearse three times weekly and have earned a reputation for possessing fine tone, exact diction, and refinement in presentation.

The Plainfield Girlchoir has sung as a visiting choir at the invitation of several New York City churches of musical distinction, among them Grace Church and Trinity Church , Wall Street. The choir is a regularly invited participant at the St. Bartholomew's Evensong Festival each year. The choir has made well over 100 appearances since its founding in 1990. their first CD, Thou Art My Hope , was released in 2002.

 

Domecq Smith, Conductor, is now in his 4 th year as Music Director of The Plainfield Girlchoir. A native of Texas Mr. Smith attended Texas Christian University and the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, earning a BA in organ and voice in 1989. In 1992 he was awarded a MMus degree from the Manhattan School of Music. He has appeared numerous times as organist and choirmaster and is also a published composer.

The Canticum Novum Singers, hailed by critics and audiences alike, is now in its 31st exciting season under the direction of its founder, Harold Rosenbaum. During the past 30 years, this chamber choir has achieved both national and international recognition for its stylistic versatility, vocal blend, and expressive range.

The Canticum Novum Singers has performed in all of New York's major concert halls and has collaborated with The Orchestra of St. Luke's, The American Symphony Orchestra, The Brooklyn Philharmonic, The Riverside Symphony, The Madeira Bach Festival Orchestra in Portugal, L'Orchestre Philharmonique D'Europe in Paris, and The Symphony Orchestra of Budapest in Spain and Andorra.

The group has been heard in more than 50 radio broadcasts on WNCN, WQXR, WNYC, WBAI, and NPR. Its "St. John Passion" performance at the prestigious Madiera Bach Festival was broadcast throughout Europe , and its annual recital on WNCN was for years a holiday tradition. The chorus has also held concert tours of Italy , Spain , Germany , England , Scandinavia , Eastern Europe , and France ; and countless performances in this country .

Canticum Novum, chorus-in-residence at the Bloomingdale School of Music, has performed over 600 concerts worldwide. It allows elite amateur singers from many different professions the opportunity to perform great choral music at a highly professional level. Admission is by rigorous audition. In this way, the chorus maintains the high standards for which it is so well known. In fact, many listeners are unaware that Canticum Novum is a volunteer, rather than professional chorus.

Mr. Harold Rosenbaum, conductor, has held professorships at four universities, including The Juilliard School; he is currently a professor at University at Buffalo , where he directs the choirs, and teaches conducting and other courses. He has created a commissioning program for young composers, and has premiered over 100 works . Other highlights in his distinguished career include over a dozen European tours, including The Madeira Bach Festival in Portugal and festivals in England and Italy and performances at Lincoln Center 's Great Performers Series, and have appeared on The David Letterman Show, at The Tanglewood Festival, and in countless other concerts . Mr. Rosenbaum has conducted over 1,250 concerts with these choirs and with others.

He has been heard on dozens of radio and television broadcasts, including Voice of America worldwide, in multiple live broadcasts from Symphony Space and on WNCN, and on eight commercial CD's for SONY Classical, CRI, Bridge Records, Koch International and Capstone Records.

Immanuel choir takes charge of the 1st section of Sunday worship services at 7:00 a.m. , offering the first time of the day for prasing the Lord's grace. Immanuel choir obeys the word "The people whom I formed for Myself, Will declare My praise"(Isaiah 43:21), and the rejoicing God every Sunday morning. About 150 members wake up at the dawn 4:00 to 5:00 , and they come to the church punctually in remind of the appointment with the Lord. During last 30 years, how it rains or snow, hot or cold, nothing could hinder their prasing, and it moved the church members. Their powerful and cheerful voices raise to the Lord be glory and awaken the dawn, which became the joy of the Immanuel choir because it is a way of confessing their faith. Like the meaning of the word "Immanuel", we confess only God be with us to execute these valuavle important mission.

Immanuel choir undertakes the culture mission through musical concert. From the concert at the 1st Army troops HQ 1999, they regularly have concert tour to local church to sharing and associating with. Paul Church at Chunju, Sekwang Chuch at Kunsan, Joongang Church at Chonan, Art & Cultural center at Youngwol is the achievements. Now the concert occupies a position of prasing mission. At year 2000, Immanuel choir performed together with the KBS Korean classical music orchestra at the christmas concert, and it became an ideal model of media mission.

Sang Gyu Choi, Conductor, has most distinguished career. From the year 2002, he focuses on the fostering the local culture of music, under the motto of "professionals go hand in hand with amateurs". He has vision of spreading the infrastructure of musical concert, which now bearing fruits at Youngwal district, Kangwon Province . He founded youth's choir, women's choir, children's choir at the Yongwal district, which inspired the local people. At the year 2003, < Dong Gang River , the sound of flowing water Choir Festival> was held with the help of Youngwal district government. 500 people of 14 choirs from all over the nation attended the festival, it shows an ideal model of healthy and beautiful local culture.

He hoped to grow world famous art and performing company from the barren fields of culture, and it was realized as youngwal youth's choir. The choir held joint concert with the Capital Christian School , Sacramento , CA , and win high praise of "Wonderful Korea" by the media. Visiting programs including co-working class and home stay showed the real frendship among the young generations of Korea and the US .