Musica Sacra is the longest continuously performing professional chorus in

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. Its founder,

Richard Westenburg Richard Westenburg (April 26, 1932, Minneapolis – February 20, 2008, Norwalk, Connecticut) was a lauded American choral conductor. He notably founded the Musica Sacra Chorus and Orchestra in 1964, serving as its director until 2007 when Kent ...

, directed the chorus from 1964 until 2007, when he was succeeded as director by Kent Tritle. The chorus regularly performs in

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and other New York concert halls. Musica Sacra is not associated with the chorus of the same name in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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