Oceanaires Chorus

Oceanaires Chorus A men's a cappella chorus singing in the four-part barbershop harmony style. Ritchie Lavene.

The Oceanaires Barbershop Chorus is one of nearly 700 choruses throughout the United States and Canada chartered by the Barbershop Harmony Society (“BHS”) which has its home office in Nashville, TN. The North American organization of BHS was incorporated in 1938 and today is comprised of nearly 23,000 singers. Each chorus selects its own repertoire of ballads, classic melodies, Broadway hits, main

stream music and patriotic songs, all to be performed in traditional “Barbershop Harmony” style. Today we have twenty-three singing members, with always the hopes of attracting new members. The talents and love of our singing hobby are constantly being enhanced with the instruction and direction of our renowned barbershop chorus Music Director, Mr. Ritchie has been a part of the barbershop chorus culture for over twenty-five years as a quartet and chorus singer, chorus director, music coach, and accredited Society competition judge. As good as we are judged to be today, we always have our sights aimed at higher ground. We meet weekly in Bayville for two and a half hour rehearsals, along with a half-hour that is set aside for business matters and some relaxing conversation time with other guys in the chorus. Our singers are committed to support the achievement of our strategic goals which are: (1) to be our personal best every time we sing; (2) to grow our membership; (3) to have well-planned enjoyable weekly rehearsals for singing, taking care of chorus business matters, and some open time for conversation with our friends in the chorus; (4) to support a manageable number of worthwhile non-profit endeavors with our singing.

Wishing our Director, Rich Lavene, a terrific birthday!
08/25/2026

Wishing our Director, Rich Lavene, a terrific birthday!

08/23/2026

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These are the best kind of nights. Joined by our friends in Chorus Of The Atlantic and Princeton Garden Statesmen Barber...
08/22/2026

These are the best kind of nights. Joined by our friends in Chorus Of The Atlantic and Princeton Garden Statesmen Barbershop Chorus, we sang our National Anthem at the Jersey Shore BlueClaws baseball game tonight. The fellowship, the fun, the fireworks! Play ball!

We are so proud to be directed by Rich Lavene. He just celebrated his 25th year of being a Barbershop Harmony Society In...
07/26/2026

We are so proud to be directed by Rich Lavene. He just celebrated his 25th year of being a Barbershop Harmony Society International Performance Judge. Here is his new badge and the 25 year plaque he received while attending BHS Category School, an event all judges must attend to be recertified every three years. Can't wait to hear about all you learned, Ritchie!

Happy Barbershop Music Appreciation Day!We had a terrific picnic this past weekend with lots of food, fun, family, and s...
07/14/2026

Happy Barbershop Music Appreciation Day!
We had a terrific picnic this past weekend with lots of food, fun, family, and singing harmony! Our host, Mark Van Bruggen, director of the Princeton Garden Statesmen Barbershop Chorus, was a great grill master and master of ceremonies! This is an event we look forward to every year!

07/05/2026

Happy 250 America!

What a fantastic audience we had yesterday! We love singing for this community. The residents enthusiastically came out ...
06/15/2026

What a fantastic audience we had yesterday! We love singing for this community. The residents enthusiastically came out to enjoy our performance, and when they ran out of seats in the room, some still stayed to listen from the hallway! We’re looking forward to returning to Harrogate later this year to share some holiday joy!
Thank you for having us, Harrogate Village!

Our new home at TRAC Gallery in Tom’s River is great! They have been so welcoming, as has the whole community.105.7 The ...
06/09/2026

Our new home at TRAC Gallery in Tom’s River is great! They have been so welcoming, as has the whole community.

105.7 The Hawk Classic Rock even posted a welcome article about us on their website! Thank you Hawk!!! 👍

Gentlemen, if you’ve ever been interested in singing, please come out to visit a rehearsal any Monday night at 7 PM! All levels of experience are welcome. You don’t need to know how to read music. Come be a part of the fellowship and fun!

The Oceanaires Choir Has Found A New Home In Downtown Toms River, NJ, And Want YOU To Join Them!

05/12/2026

Our first rehearsal night here at TRAC Toms River Artist Community and we’ve got the biggest group of guys we’ve had in quite a while! Still plenty of room room you to join us next Monday night at 7PM!

Tonight (Monday, May 11) is the night! Our first rehearsal in our new home in Toms River - TRAC Toms River Artist Commun...
05/11/2026

Tonight (Monday, May 11) is the night! Our first rehearsal in our new home in Toms River - TRAC Toms River Artist Community! We can't wait to get settled in. Want to come check us out? Rehearsal starts at 7! All men are welcome to join us in song, regardless of skill level or previous experience -- we'll help you learn!

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40 Main Street
Toms River, NJ
08753

Opening Hours

Monday 7pm - 9pm

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