# Big Apple Chorus

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[medical citation needed]The **Big Apple Chorus** is a [barbershop](/source/Barbershop_music) [chorus](/source/Choir) based in [Manhattan](/source/Manhattan), New York. The chorus, directed by Jack Pinto, was founded in 1983 and has close to 100 members. The Big Apple Chorus has competed in the [Barbershop Harmony Society](/source/Barbershop_Harmony_Society)'s international chorus competition, with a best finish of 2nd in 1987.

For several years, the chorus has regularly participated in the holiday concert series at the [South Street Seaport](/source/South_Street_Seaport), including the *Living Christmas Tree*—a group of [carolers](/source/Carol_(music)) arranged in a tree, accompanying the first public [Christmas tree](/source/Christmas_tree) in the city to be lit during the [winter holiday season](/source/Winter_holiday_season).[\[1\]](https://web.archive.org/web/20050205105751/http://www.bigapplechorus.com/articles/ssseaport.htm)

The chorus rehearses at 7pm on Monday nights at Norman Thomas High School, 111 East 33rd Street in [Manhattan](/source/Manhattan).

The group's 1997 album, *Manhattan Skyline Barbershop Harmony*, received a three-star rating from [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic).[1]

## References

1. ["Manhattan Skyline Barbershop Harmony"](https://www.allmusic.com/album/manhattan-skyline-barbershop-harmony-mw0000006243), AllMusic, retrieved 2025-06-27

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.bigapplechorus.org/)

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