A Few Important Moments in the Rich History of Our Group
In February 2000 the group was born with the mission of spreading the joy of a cappella to the greater metropolitan and tri-state areas and advancing the appreciation of goats. They adopt the name The Extraordinarily Nimble & Casually Harmonious A cappella Neophytes & Goat Enthusiasts or T.E.N. & C.H.A.N.G.E for short.

In March 2000 after an unfortunate run in with the animal rights league and subsequent court order the whole goat thing is dropped.
Nuno SáCouto named first musical director and voted the member with the least pronounceable name.
Yungjin Oh ('Yunger'), co-founder of the group, voted member with the most Asian sounding name.
Aeran Doron ('Google') disputes 'least pronounceable name' verdict, and has an unfortunate goat accident.
Yungjin Oh disqualified in asian sounding name contest once it is discovered that he is in fact Asian; award goes to Andy Emeritz ('Titz').
John Ericson ('Niles') vows to solve energy crisis… pays electric bill.
In October 2000 Ten and Change performs at first gig. A Cappella version of Megadeth's 'Skull Beneath the Skin' goes over like a fart in church.
Group member Jeff Williams discovers the secret to faster than light travel: sportsmanship!!!
Andrew Babcock farts in Church. Oddly, it reminds him of Megadeth.
Sam Lubell ('Mauler') thinks identical twin brother, Dave, is ugly. Dave Lubell thinks identical twin, Sam, is foxy. Similarly Sam thinks the glass is half empty, Dave thinks the glass is foxy.
Brad Richter ('Diesel') also thinks glass is foxy, but not so sure about Sam.
Stephan the Incognito still missing.
In 2001, Ten and Change inducted into the New York Post Collegiate A Cappella Hall of Fame or NYPCACHOF.
Also in 2001, a Horse in Midtown suddenly sprouts wings and flies off to battle the Kraken of the East River with his muscular and Oily Demigod Master, armed only with the head of the Gorgon. Who knew?
Tyler Hirschey ('Fight Club') forgets lyrics to Happy Birthday, and first Ten and Change private gig, but claims he honestly thought the words were "blah beblah blay blah boo blah hodehooday to you" and is pummeled.
In 2002 Neil Van Ker Hove ('Vanker') appears on the Today Show as a water bottle. No really.
Also in 2002, in a scandal that rocked to group to its core, it was reported in Post Collegiate A Cappella Gazette, that NYPCACHOF was actually created by Ten and Change and Ten and Change is the group's only voting entity, thereby nullifying any significance whatsoever of Ten and Change's induction, and revealing the act as nothing but pure self-aggrandizement.
Ben Hirschfeld ('Truck') gets persuaded by Fight Club to join, promptly reintroduces the whole goat idea. He makes no headway, but finds he really likes Ten and Change, especially on Tuesdays, especially when he remembers it's a Tuesday.
Rob Pearson ('Beeker') joins the group and quickly establishes himself as by far the beekeriest baritone.
Christopher Lee joins group, learns he has no shot at the "beekeriest" title, rubs belly, invents styrofoam cheese, and flees to Korea.
In 2003 Ben Townson ('Pits') removes shirt in rehearsal revealing enormous armpit stains on his undershirt. His nickname suddenly takes on a whole new meaning.
Myles Hayes ('Committed') is committed to an insane asylum after losing his mind trying to figure out what the hell Ben's nickname referred to before the fabled armpit stain incident of aught 3, and suddenly his nickname takes on a whole new meaning.
Cormac Bluestone has no nickname. Brad 'Diesel' Richter suggests 'Superfly' and is pummeled.
Jared Johnson grows third arm from his head. After a brief stint as the tallest member of the group, and a regular guest on Maury, he loses the arm in a poker match.
Joe Lampe emerges from the seventh layer of hell with the best chicken wings ever and an epic harrowing tale of sorrow, strife and fine free range poultry.
Ezra Marbach joins and quits, but not before delivering a fierce rendition of Milli Vanilli's "Blame it On the Rain" to an awestruck group of gerbils at city hall.
Evan Gregory exposed as spy (really, we swear to God). Tenor is the perfect cover.
Robert Kennedy finds his name all over the internet, wonders why.
Mike Ogurick discovered to be the illegitimate love child of Cosmo Kramer and Buddy Hacket, geneticists boggled.
Greg Yu meets lovely young asian woman Jennifer Mi, and hilarious Abbott and Costello-esque scene ensues. Yungjin Oh attempts to clear up any confusion and fails…miserably.

In 2004, surprise email reports appear on long-departed members. Chris Lee, who fled to Korea, has now fled from Korea to Hong Kong (for somewhat murky reasons) (he reports that summer is "hotter than ball sack" but inexplicably claims he's having an "absolute blast").

Andy Emeritz lives in an old cheese factory in Williamsburg, in a bedroom he built himself. Neil Van Ker Hove tired of teaching idiots how to use oral thermometers and re-arranging bookshelves and now manages improv theater. All appear happy and well.

Aeran Doron ('Google'), learning of the above, gets epiphany and rejoins group after absence of almost a year. No one can figure out why.
Aeran Doron, realizing the above, promptly leaves again.  No one can figure out why.  Again.
In 2004, Josh Ruzansky ("Low"), the most sportsmanlike person of all time, joins the group and travels the galaxy, all before dinner.
Also in 2004, Tom Blanchard first appears in Ten and Change.  Seriously - he just appeared out of nowhere.  Who is that guy?
Nadav Tanners ("Nads"), also of Sixteen Feet from Swarthmore, Evan's former group, joins this group.  If Evan is James Bond, and many believe him to be, Nadav is his CIA contact Felix Lighter and will ultimately be eater by sharks off the Florida Keys in License to Kill.  Bummer.
Nate Zeitz joins the group a year later to round out the baritone.  Sadly it is discovered that his baritone is a rhombus.
Carson Hinners comes to the group at this time and quickly became the cute one.  Tyler is miffed (but let's face it, he never realy was that cute).
Rob Haber joins the group to be the first third bass since the former second bass, Mike O'Gurick, fled the country to avoid indictment for goat wrangling, allowing the third bass Josh Ruzansky to become the second bass.  Leaving the spot open for Rob (the new Rob) to come in as the third bass.  Joe's response:  "There is really no difference, just so long as everyone knows that I am first bass, dammit!! "  Joe later adds sheepishly, "I always wanted to play first bass and they never, never let me so now I am first bass.  Period.  So stop talking about it."
Paul Alexander has the distinction of being the only member of the group with a superfluous nostril.
In August of 2005, Nadav Tanners is eaten by sharks off the Florida Keys.  Told you so.
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