The purpose of the SF Bay Area Choral Archive is to provide both current and historical information relating to choral activity in the SF Bay Area. The Archive presently encompasses a variety of endeavors:

• Publication of The San Francisco Bay Area Chorus Directory
  
• Development of a historical archive documenting the history of Bay Area choruses, including books, flyers, advertisements, reviews and other magazine and newspaper articles, audio and video recordings. The archive includes files on most choruses listed in any of the editions of the SF Bay Area Chorus Directory. The archive also includes an extensive general reference collection of "classical" choral scores and recordings, and books on "classical" choral music.
  
• Development of this umbrella Web site, as a central information source about Bay Area choruses
  
• Beginning to make certain support services more readily available to Bay Area choruses (at this point, on a very limited basis): assistance with web site development, desktop publishing, field recording, and production of cassette and CD copies of concerts for in-house use.