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The New York Choral Society has been acclaimed throughout its almost 50-year existence for both the quality of its performance and the breadth of its repertoire.

Below is a representative sampling of press reviews of the Choral Society:

• "Asher Fisch led members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and the New York Choral Society in rousing performances..."
  —Vivien Schweitzer, The New York Times
  (2006 Richard Tucker Gala)
• "The New York City Choral Society was excellent: they were best in their unaccompanied singing."
  —Jay Nordlinger, The New York Sun
  (for performance of L'Arlesiana with the Opera Orchestra of New York, February, 2007)
• "The New York Choral Society [sang] winningly"
  —Bernard Holland, The New York Times
  (for performance of Lakmé with the Opera Orchestra of New York, February, 2006)
• "...terrific job"
  —Anne Midgette, The New York Times
  (for performance of Mignon with Opera Orchestra of New York, April, 2005)
• "For nearly half a century, the New York Choral Society has been one of the city's cultural gems."
  —New York Post
  August, 2004
• A Chorus as It Was Meant to Be: "The New York Choral Society gave a splendid Salute to American Music at Carnegie Hall... successful in every way. The group... is amateur, but only in the sense that singing is not their livelihood. It easily could be."
  —Bert Wechsler, The New York Daily News
• "More superb singing en masse was heard in Carnegie Hall... when the New York Choral Society... gave the Manhattan premiere of the 40-minute cantata by Philip Glass, Itaipú. ...[T]he music is overpowering and its vocal challenges are formidable indeed. Suffice it to say, the Society sang with all the heart and muscle needed."
  —The Westsider
• "The New York Choral Society displays Verdi's glorious choral writing."
  —Jeannie Williams, USA Today
  (Richard Tucker Gala with Leontyne Price)
• "It was truly a superb performance all around, with Goodwin leading the soloists and 150-member chorus in a delightfully paced performance."
  —Stefan Janis, The Newark Star-Ledger
  (New York Premiere of DeMars' Tito's Say)
• "Goodwin's tempos and dynamic range were impeccably judged, and he caught the elusive Czech country idiom that permeates the score. The chorus outdid itself."
  —Bill Zakariasen, The New York Daily News
  (Stabat Mater at Carnegie Hall 150th Dvorak Anniversary Commemoration)
• "The large chorus gave us passion and a wonderful blending of sound."
  —Bert Wechsler, The New York Daily News
  (Michael Tippett's secular oratorio A Child of Our Time)