The Oratorio Society of New York is a non-profit membership organization which performs choral music in the oratorio style. The Society was founded in 1873 by conductor Leopold Damrosch, and it is New York City's second oldest cultural organization. The Society had a prominent role in the building of Carnegie Hall, and it has premiered many new choral music works over the years.
Kent Tritle was appointed as the Society's 11th music director in January 2006, succeeding longstanding director Lyndon Woodside, who died the previous year.
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