39th Annual A City Singing at Christmas
2018-12-20 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | St Patrick’s Cathedral, Fifth Avenue and 51st Street, New York, NY, 10022, United States
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Thursday, December 20, 7:00 pm

The Young People’s Chorus of New York City returns to St. Patrick’s Cathedral, where they will join the Glen Cove High School Select Chorale directed by Edward Norris, the Cathedral Choir under the direction of St. Patrick’s Director of Music Dr. Jennifer Pascual, the Cathedral Organs, and the New York Symphonic Brass in this cherished and much-anticipated celebration of Christmas. This inspiring evening of traditional and contemporary Christmas hymns and carols closes with the performers and entire congregation raising their voices together to sing Silent Night by candle light.
Admission is FREE. Come early for best seats.
Featuring:
Young People’s Chorus of New York
St. Patrick’s Cathedral Choir
Dr. Jennifer Pascual, Director
Glen Cove High School Select Chorale
Edward Norris, Director
The Cathedral Organs
New York Symphonic Brass

The concert is traditionally live-streamed at
www.saintpatrickscathedral.org/live – beginning at 7:00 p.m.

Date & Time:
Thursday, December 20
7:00 p.m.

Venue:
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
5th Avenue between 50th/51st Streets, New York, NY 10022
Tickets:
Admission is FREE — come early for the best seats.

YPC Participates in New York’s Oldest Christmas Tradition
2018-12-16 15:00 - 18:00 UTC | Church of the Intercession, 550 W 155th St, New York, NY, 10032, United States
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Sunday, December 16

Young People’s Chorus at Washington Heights (YPCWH) conducted by YPC Assistant Conductor Gia Gan return to the Church of the Intercession to open the church’s century-old holiday tradition: a performance of holiday music, followed by a candlelight reading of Clement Clarke Moore’s “Twas the Night Before Christmas,” and a lantern procession and wreath-laying ceremony at Clement Moore’s mausoleum at Trinity Church, across the from The Church of the Intercession.
The performance and reading are free and open to the public.

Date & Time:
Sunday, December 16 at 3:00 p.m.

Venue:
Church of the Intercession
Broadway at West 155th Street
Tickets:
Free and open to the public

Winter Wonder: A Festive Winter Concert
2018-12-12 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Carnegie Hall, 881 7th Ave, New York, NY, 10019, United States
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Wednesday, December 12, 2018, 7:00 p.m.
Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall

Young People’s Chorus of New York City culminates its 30th anniversary year with a return to the grandeur of Carnegie Hall for a very special Winter Holiday concert. YPC Artistic Director Francisco J. Núñez and Associate Artistic Director Elizabeth Núñez turn the spotlight on YPC’s award-winning choristers and special guests Time for Three, the infectiously irresistible, virtuoso American trio, in a program of beautiful and fresh arrangements of traditional holiday favorites, along with exciting, contemporary works enhanced by the choristers’ vibrant dance moves, care of choreographer Jacquelyn Bird, in a concert that is sure to be the centerpiece of a joyous holiday season.
Tickets priced $30-$125 are available at the Carnegie Hall Box Office, 57th St and 7th Ave.; by calling CarnegieCharge at 212-247-7800; or by visiting the Carnegie Hall website.
Special $200 Concert Sponsor Prime-Seat Tickets include a pre-concert reception at Carnegie Hall, and can be reserved by contacting Alyssa at the YPC office – asadoff@ypc.org.

Emmy Award-winning guest artists Time for Three

Date:
December 12, 2018
Time:
7:00 P.M.

Venue:
Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall
Tickets:
$30-$125
On sale now via Carnegie Hall:
carnegiehall.org | CarnegieCharge 212-247-7800 | Box Office at 57th and Seventh

For the Miracles: A Holiday Celebration
2018-12-09 15:00 - 16:00 UTC | Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium at the Metropolitan Museum, 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
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Sunday, December 9 at 3:00 p.m.

The Young People’s Chorus of New York City and Associate Artistic Director Elizabeth Núñez celebrate the holidays in the splendor of the Metropolitan Museum of Art with a program of two joyous works for all who treasure the glorious music of the season.
The performance opens with Benjamin Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols, a holiday cantata for chorus and harp. Since Benjamin Britten initially wrote this work while crossing the Atlantic aboard a cargo ship in 1942, it has become a traditional favorite performed particularly in English-speaking countries throughout the Christmas season. It will be followed by Samuel Adler’s The Flames of Freedom, a beautiful cantata for three-part, treble-voice chorus and piano. The eight short movements, which include well-known holiday songs and hymns, represent the eight lights of Hanukkah.
Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium at the Metropolitan Museum
1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street
Tickets start at $65, ages 5 and up. Bring the Kids for $1.

Date & Time:
Sunday, December 9 at 3:00 p.m.

Venue:
Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium at the Metropolitan Museum
1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street
Tickets:
Online
By Phone: 212-535-7710

A Dream Deferred: Langston Hughes in Song
2018-12-02 15:00 - 16:00 UTC | Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium at the Metropolitan Museum, 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
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Sunday, December 2 at 3:00 p.m.

The Young People’s Chorus of New York City conducted by Artistic Director Francisco J. Núñez, join soprano and program curator Julia Bullock and a roster of acclaimed artists at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This event features a program of music set to the poems of Langston Hughes, the American poet, novelist, playwright, and major contributor to the Harlem Renaissance.
YPC will sing “Danse Africaine,” a work celebrating African song and dance, which YPC commissioned from composer/violinist Jessie Montgomery. Ms. Montgomery describes Mr. Hughes’s poem as having a natural sense of movement, rhythm, and cadence, to which she aimed to bring a dance-like character that stays true to the poem’s internal rhythm. Others featured in this recital are Jessie Montgomery, soprano Nicole Cabell, New York Philharmonic principal clarinetist Anthony McGill, and pianist/composers Ricky Ian Gordon and John Musto.
Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium at the Metropolitan Museum
1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street
Tickets start at $50, ages 5 and up. Bring the Kids for $1.

Date & Time:
Sunday, December 2 at 3:00 p.m.

Venue:
Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium at the Metropolitan Museum
1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street
Tickets:
Online
By Phone: 212-535-7710

Winter's Eve at Lincoln Square
2018-11-26 17:30 - 21:00 UTC | Dante Park, Columbus Avenue and West 63rd, New York, NY, 10023, United States
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Monday, November 26 at 5:30 p.m.

The Young People’s Chorus of New York City and YPC Assistant Conductor Maria Peña, together with folk icon Arlo Guthrie, The Guthrie Family, and WABC-TV will launch Winter’s Eve at Lincoln Center at the festival’s traditional tree-lighting ceremony hosted by the famed singer/songwriter Judy Collins.
Families will have the exciting opportunity to get the yuletide season under way by singing some of their favorite songs of the season along with the evening’s artists at the Triangle at Dante Park from 5:30 to 6:00 p.m. and witnessing the moment when the holiday tree bursts into a blaze of lights.
Winter’s Eve, an evening of free family fun, is New York City’s largest holiday festival. It takes place in and along the sidewalks of Broadway from the Time Warner Center to 70th Street, continuing until 9 p.m. with additional music and dance performances, tasty hot soups and drinks, and delectable desserts.
Tree Lighting Ceremony Details
Dante Park on Broadway and 63rd Street
5:30 – 6:00 p.m.
Judy Collins
Master of Ceremonies
Arlo Guthrie
Folk Musician
Young People’s Chorus of New York City
Conducted by Maria Peña
For more information, visit www.winterseve.nyc.

Date & Time:
Monday, November 26 at 5:30 p.m.

Venue:
Dante Park – Lincoln Center Triangle
Broadway and Columbus Ave (btwn W 63rd & 64th Streets)
Tickets:
This event is free and open to the public

Vocal Currents: Music in our Changing World
2018-11-03 20:00 - 21:00 UTC | Merkin Concert Hall, 129 West 67th Street, New York, NY, United States
Saturday, November 3 at 8 p.m.
Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center

The newest commissioning series of the Young People’s Chorus of New York City, Vocal Currents: Music in our Changing World, reimagines and redefines today’s music by bringing YPC’s young singers together with composers to spark their visions and imaginations to create the music of tomorrow. Vocal Currents launches with Artistic Director Francisco J. Núñez and Associate Artistic Director Elizabeth Núñez conducting YPC in eight 2018 YPC commissions and a choral arrangement of a 2010 work. Hosted by WNYC’s John Schaefer, Vocal Currents features interviews with eight composers.
World premieres of 2018 YPC commissions:

Douglas J. Cuomo – What You Can Do for the World
Tim Sharp – I Don’t Need No Man
Robert Xavier Rodriguez – Menasherie
Yuka Honda – Every Time, Every Tide
Michael Gordon – Tap Water

Second performances of 2018 YPC commissions:

Arturo O’Farrill – Borderless
Nils Vigeland – No One is an Island
Francisco J. Nunez – Liminality

New York premiere of choral version:

Eve Beglarian – I am really a very simple person (2010)

Tickets on sale now: $25 general admission | $15 students

Eve Beglarian

Douglas J. Cuomo

Michael Gordon

Yuka Honda

Francisco J. Núñez

Robert Xavier Rodriguez

Arturo O’Farrill

Tim Sharp

Nils Vigeland

Date:
Saturday, November 3, 2018
Time:
8:00 p.m. concert

Venue:
Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center
129 West 67th Street, New York City
Tickets:
$25 general admission
$15 students
Available now through Merkin Hall

Special Thanks
Major support for Vocal Currents: Music in our Changing World is provided by

The program is made possible, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
Special thanks to The ASCAP Foundation, The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, and Amphion Foundation for supporting new music commissions and performances, and the Witherspoon Fund of the New York Community Trust for supporting new work by female composers.

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The YPC Big Sing
2018-09-22 15:00 - 16:00 UTC | Peter Jay Sharp Theatre Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway, New York, NY, 10025, United States
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Saturday, September 22 at 3:00 p.m.

Join Artistic Director Francisco J. Núñez, Associate Artistic Director Elizabeth Núñez, and special guests Rollo Dilworth, Mark Shapiro, and Sesame Street’s Bob McGrath, in the first-ever YPC Big Sing!
Don’t miss this rare opportunity to raise your voice in shared harmony with hundreds of other fellow New Yorkers, as guest conductors guide and lead you in a program of songs everyone knows and loves like Sing from Sesame Street, This Little Light of Mine, La Bamba, and Funiculi, Funicula.
This huge, high-spirited sing-along is YPC’s gift of appreciation to the entire New York City community for its three decades of enthusiastic support on the occasion of YPC’s 30th anniversary.
Tickets are available at the Symphony Space Box Office (2537 Broadway, New York, NY 10025), by phone (212-864-5400) or at SymphonySpace.org.
Tickets are priced $15 for adults and $2 for children 12 and under (children 2 and under may attend for free if seated on laps), with all proceeds going towards YPC’s commissioning programs, which contribute to the education of young people and the future of music.

VENUE:
Peter Norton Symphony Space
2537 Broadway, New York, NY 10025

DATE & TIME:
Saturday, September 22 at 3:00 p.m.
TICKETS:

$15 – Adults
$2 – Children 12 and under
Free – Children 2 and under seated on laps
Tickets available at the Symphony Space Box Office, by phone (212-864-5400), and at SymphonySpace.org.

Led by

Francisco J. Núñez
Founder/Artistic Director

Elizabeth Núñez
Associate Artistic Director

with Special Guests

Bob McGrath
Sesame Street

Rollo Dilworth
Conductor and Educator

Mark Shapiro
Conductor

Bernstein MASS: A Theater Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers
2018-07-17 19:30 - 2018-07-18 21:30 UTC | David Geffen Hall, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY, 10023, United States
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July 17-18 at 7:30 p.m.
David Geffen Hall

Young People’s Chorus of New York City returns to Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival this summer as featured artists in the New York production premiere of Leonard Bernstein’s MASS: a theater piece for singers, players, and dancers.
In two fully staged performances at David Geffen Hall, Mostly Mozart Artistic Director Louis Langrée conducts the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra and a huge cast of singers, musicians, and dancers in this lavish work, which incorporates rock, gospel, and song woven together with tone rows, marches, and chorales, described by The New York Times as “An extravagant, exuberant and endlessly inventive creation.”
Performance length: One hour and 50 minutes, no intermission
Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra
Louis Langrée, conductor
Davóne Tines, Celebrant (Mostly Mozart Festival debut)
Elkhanah Pulitzer, director (New York debut)
Concert Chorale of New York
James Bagwell, choral director
Young People’s Chorus of New York City
Elizabeth Núñez, associate artistic director
Laurel Jenkins, choreographer
Seth Reiser, scenic and lighting designer
Christine Crook, costume designer
Mark Grey, sound designer
Adam Larsen, projection designer

Date & Time:
Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at 7:30 p.m.
Pre-concert lecture on Tuesday, July 17 by Michael Beckerman at 6:15 pm in the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse
Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 7:30 p.m.
Pre-concert talk on Wednesday, July 18 with Stephen Schwartz and Elkhanah Pulitzer, moderated by John Schaefer, at 6:15 pm in the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse
Venue:
David Geffen Hall
10 Lincoln Center Plaza
Tickets from $35 to $100
Visit the Lincoln Center website to purchase tickets

Classical Theatre of Harlem’s "Antigone" - Free Pre-Curtain Concert at Marcus Garvey Park
2018-07-12 19:00 - 20:00 UTC | Richard Rodgers Amphitheater, 18 Mt Morris Park W, New York, 10027, United States
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Thursday, July 12 at 7:00 p.m.
Richard Rodgers Amphitheater at Marcus Garvey Park

At 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 12, the Young People’s Chorus of New York City under the direction of YPC Associate Artistic Director Elizabeth Núñez will give a free pre-curtain concert prior to the Classical Theatre of Harlem’s Antigone at Marcus Garvey Park.
YPC will have just returned from the Kathaumixw International Choral Festival in British Columbia, and this concert will provide the audience with the rare opportunity to experience a one-hour version of the kind of extraordinary program of virtuoso music and dance that YPC takes on tour to countries all over the world.
At 8:15 p.m., the Classical Theatre of Harlem will present, Antigone, the tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Sophocles of a young woman, who unapologetically protests an edict handed down by the city’s elders about what she feels is the unethical treatment of her slain brother. Carl Cofield directs. Choreographed by Tiffany Rea-Fisher.
Directions: Enter Marcus Garvey Park at 124th Street & Fifth Avenue, and walk south to Richard Rodgers Amphitheater.
YPC’s pre-curtain performance begins at 7 p.m., and Antigone begins at 8:15 p.m. Both the pre-curtain concert and performance of Antigone are free and open to the public.

Date:
Thursday, July 12
Time:
7:00 p.m.

Venue:
Marcus Garvey Park’s Richard Rodgers Amphitheater
6316, Mt Morris Park W, New York, NY 10027
Tickets:
Free and open to the public

Summer 2018 Japan Tour
2018-07-09 - 2018-08-10 | Japan, Various Cities, Japan
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July 9-August 10, 2018
15 cities throughout Japan

In its fifth visit to Japan, YPC choristers, under the direction of YPC Artistic Director/Founder Francisco J. Núñez, will embark on a country-wide, month-long tour of Japan from July 9 to August 10. The tour will include 18 performances and 5 workshops in 15 cities, and will cover more than 1100 miles from Shunan in the south of Japan to Sapporo in the north.
This tour is being sponsored by Min-On Concert Association, which since 1965 has been introducing the finest performing arts and artists from every corner of the world to the people of Japan in its mission to promote international cultural exchange and peace. Min-On has previously sponsored YPC twice before: in back-to-back, sold-out tours in 2009 and 2010 reaching thousands of audience members in 30 Japanese cities.

Dates:
July 9-August 10, 2018
Times:
Performance times vary, check back for more information.

International Choral Kathaumixw in British Columbia
2018-07-01 - 2018-07-09 | Kathaumixw, 7280 Kemano Street, Powell River, V8A 1M2, Canada
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July 1-9, 2018
Powell River, British Columbia, Canada

From July 1 to 9, more than 40 choristers from the Young People’s Chorus of New York City led by YPC Associate Artistic Director Elizabeth Núñez will take part in International Choral Kathaumixw, a renowned choral festival that takes place every two years in Powell River, a beautiful city 80 air miles north of Vancouver on the “Sunshine Coast” of British Columbia in Canada. The YPC singers will join more than 1,200 singers from choruses in North America and as far away as Uganda, Taiwan, Poland, and Australia, in four days of performances and competitions.
In addition to competitions, on Wednesday, July 4, YPC will be featured in concert with three other participating choirs – Crescent Collegiate Vocal Ensemble (Canada), Ad Una Corda (Slovak Republic), and Pan African Choir (Uganda) – at the Max Cameron Theatre.
International Choral Kathaumixw was launched in 1984. Its founders, wanting to underscore a strong sense of place, named the festival “Kathaumixw,” a word from the Salishan language spoken by Native Americans in the Puget Sound area, meaning “a gathering together of different peoples.”
Tickets are available at PowellRiverAcademy.org.

Dates:
July 1-9, 2018
Times:
Performance times vary

Venue:
International Choral Kathaumixw
7280 Kemano Street, Powell River, BC, Canada, V8A 1B2
Tickets:
Prices vary and multiple concert packages available, click here for details.

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2018-06-24 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | Carnegie Hall, 881 7th Ave, New York, NY, 10019, United States
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Sunday, June 24 at 2:00 p.m.
Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Choristers from the Young People’s Chorus of New York City will be joined by young singers from 15 other youth choruses from China, Finland, Ireland, and six U.S. states for a DCINY 10th anniversary concert at Carnegie Hall. The concert will be highlighted by world premiere works composed and conducted by Francisco J. Núñez, artistic director/founder of the Young People’s Chorus of New York City, and Venezuelan composer/conductor Cristian Grases.
Mr. Núñez will conduct his new work, Liminality – as part of the DCINY Premiere Project – as well as other compositions he has composed – Forever is My Song, Naturaleza, and Es Tu Tiempo.
Mr. Grases will conduct the world premiere of La Cigarra y La Hormiga, a seven-movement work based on rhythms mainly from Colombia, Cuba, Brazil, Dominican Republic, and Venezuela.
The program also features Hanrich Claassen, music director of the Florida Symphony Youth Orchestras, conducting his young musicians in works by Deussen and Grieg.

CRISTIAN GRASES, FRANCISCO J. NÚÑEZ, AND HANRICH CLAASSEN

Liminality:
Liminality is a meditation on time, transcendence and temporality, fusing various philosophical and religious ideas. Central to these is the idea of “deep splendor,” a state of deepest meditation while being fully aware of your surroundings, a term mentioned in “The Heart of Perfect Wisdom” or the Heart Sutra, composed in India between 100BC and 600 AD. In this life of anxiety—about the future, about death—the “I” seeks answers to questions—who am I? where am I going? why am I here?—but is constantly reminded of the majesty of nature and the universe, of which human life is but a small part. In Heidegger’s metaphysics, we find a way to reconcile ourselves with the inevitability of death by living our lives to their fullest potential. The search for meaning happens in a dreamlike, somnambulistic trance, liminal states of being from which the enlightened being slowly wakes: to its reality, to the possibility of a long journey that, through death, has just begun.
Francisco J. Núñez

Date:
Sunday, June 24
Time:
2:00 p.m.

Venue:
Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
57th Street and Seventh Avenue, New York City
Tickets:
From $20 available at the Carnegie Hall website

World Premiere of "Borderless" and New York Premiere of "The Glass Box" at Merkin Hall
2018-06-18 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Merkin Concert Hall, 129 West 67th Street, New York, NY, United States
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June 18 at 8:00 p.m. at Merkin Concert Hall

Young People’s Chorus of New York City and Yale Choral Artists take the stage at Merkin Concert Hall for an entertaining concert of diverse works that relate to citizenship and the contributions to America of music from many parts of the world – from Finland to the Amazonian rain forest.
A highlight of the program is the World Premiere of Arturo O’Farrill’s Borderless, a YPC commission that imagines a world where everyone belongs and is free to roam. A second highlight is the New York premiere of Paola Prestini’s The Glass Box, a co-commission of the Young People’s Chorus of New York City and Yale Choral Artists. This work was inspired by Rachel Aviv’s New Yorker Magazine piece, “E.R. from Sweden,” which describes the trauma of refugee children who fall into comas when learning their families will be deported.
This concert will be preceded by a discussion at 7:30 p.m. moderated by YPC Artistic Director/Founder Francisco J. Núñez, about the relevance and importance of music in today’s society.
Performers:
Young People’s Chorus of New York City
Francisco J. Núñez, Artistic Director/Founder
Yale Choral Artists
Jeffrey Douma, Founding Director
Haven String Quartet
Artist-Performer Kevork Mourad

Young People’s Chorus of New York City

Yale Choral Artists

Date:
Monday, June 18, 2018
Time:
7:30 p.m. discussion
8:00 p.m. concert

Venue:
Merkin Concert Hall
Tickets:
$25 general admission tickets ($15 student tickets)

Major support for
Vocal Resolutions: Shaping Perceptions Through Music
is provided by:

Special thanks to The ASCAP Foundation, The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, and The Amphion Foundation for supporting new music commissions and performances.

World Premiere of "The Glass Box" at the Yale International Choral Festival
2018-06-16 14:00 - 15:30 UTC | Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall, 470 College Street, New Haven, CT, 06511, United States
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June 16 at 2:00 p.m.
Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall

The world premiere of Paola Prestini’s The Glass Box, a co-commission by the Young People’s Chorus of New York City and Yale Choral Artistis, will be performed by both choruses at Yale’s International Choral Festival within the International Festival of Arts & Ideas in New Haven, CT. The Glass Box was inspired by Rachel Aviv’s New Yorker Magazine piece, “E.R. from Sweden,” describing the trauma of refugee children who fall into comas when learning their families will be deported. This work is just one highlight of a compelling and entertaining concert of diverse works that relate to citizenship and the contributions to America of music from many parts of the world – from Ireland to the Amazonian rain forest.
Young People’s Chorus of New York City
Francisco J. Núñez, Artistic Director/Founder
Yale Choral Artists
Jeffrey Douma, Founding Director

Date:
Saturday, June 16, 2018
Time:
2:00 p.m.

Venue:
Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall
Tickets:
$20-$35 tickets on sale now, visit artidea.org.

YPC Spring Concert Debut
2018-06-02 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY, 10025, United States
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YPC SPRING CONCERT DEBUT

SPRING CELEBRATION

Saturday, June 2 at 7:30 p.m.The Cathedral of St. John the Divine

In an extraordinarily memorable 30th anniversary event, the Young People’s Chorus of New York City will celebrate the coming of summer with its debut in The Cathedral of St. John the Divine. For more than 425 YPC singers, the largest cathedral in the world will provide a spectacular setting for a program of music and exciting choreography that spans the breadth of musical genres—from the most challenging commissioned compositions to music from the Broadway, spiritual, folk, and popular genres: an event that will display the remarkable skill and talent of every one of YPC’s young singers, and herald the momentous summer performance schedule to come.

Tickets are on sale now online or in-person at The Cathedral of St. John the Divine:1047 Amsterdam Avenue at 112th Street, New York, NY 10025

General admission: $30VIP tickets: $130

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Sounds of Spring
2018-05-19 16:00 - 17:00 UTC | Church of the Intercession, 550 W 155th St, New York, NY, 10032, United States
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YPC at Washington Heights
YPC at Goddard Riverside
May 19, 20178
Church of the Intercession
Join YPC’s community choruses—YPC at Washington Heights conducted by Maria C. Pena and YPC at Goddard Riverside conducted by Amber Salladin—at the Church of the Intercession in Manhattan for this delightful “Sounds of Spring” performance. Donations will be accepted at the door.

Date:
May 19, 2018
Time:
4:00 PM

Concert:
Church of the Intercession
550 West 155th Street
New York, NY
Tickets:
Free; donations accepted at the door

Women Inspiring Tomorrow Conference 2018
2018-04-28 | Grand Hyatt New York, 109 East 42nd Street, New York, NY, United States
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SATURDAY, APRIL 28 at 12:30 PM
Grand Hyatt Hotel
WIT serves the young women and alumnae of the Young People’s Chorus of New York City by encouraging mentoring relationships with accomplished women from various professions as part of YPC’s College Bound Program. This year’s conference theme is Encourage and Engage, and will include networking opportunities and a formal lunch.
WIT Pro Tickets: $150
Alumnae Tickets: Free of Charge (Registration is required)
Underwritten by a generous donor
WIT Table Sponsorship: $1500
(Includes four WIT Pro tickets and underwriting of six YPC chorister tickets, plus listing in all program materials)
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Laura Schwab
President, Aston Martin the Americas

Be Encouraged by the Young Professionals Perspective
A conversation with YPC Alumnae
Be Engaged with our WIT Pros
Presented by the Gravitas Guru, Raleigh Mayer
Leave inspired after a featured interview with our Keynote Speaker
Laura Schwab, President, Aston Martin the Americas

DETAILS
Date & Time:
Saturday, April 28
12:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Venue:
Grand Hyatt Manhattan Ballroom
109 E 42nd St, New York, NY 10017
Major support for WIT: Women Inspiring Tomorrow was provided by:

An Afternoon of Choral Artistry featuring Young People’s Chorus of New York City
2018-04-22 15:00 - 17:00 UTC | Bethel Woods Event Gallery, 200 Hurd Rd, Bethel, NY, 12720, United States
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Sunday, April 22 at 3:00 pm
Bethel Woods Event Gallery
Young People’s Chorus of New York City conducted by Artistic Director Francisco Núñez performs “An Afternoon of Choral Artistry,” presented by Shandelee Music Festival in collaboration with Bethel Woods Center for the Arts. Tickets for this event, which is part of the P.L.A.Y. The Classics concert series, are $35 for general admission, $30 for Shandelee Music Festival members, and $10 for students.
For this concert, YPC’s award-winning choristers will weave together a program of choral classics, spirituals, songs from the Broadway stage, and many surprises, complete with show-stopping choreography in a “don’t miss” event.

Date & Time:
Sunday, April 22 at 3:00 p.m.

Venue:
Bethel Woods Event Gallery
200 Hurd Rd, Bethel, NY 12720
Tickets:
General Admission $35, Students $10
Purchase here

Informing The Sound: A Music Education and Choral Performance Masterclass
2018-04-14 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | Lee University, 1130 Parker St NE, Cleveland, 37311, United States
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INFORMING THE SOUND: A MUSIC EDUCATION AND CHORAL PERFORMANCE MASTERCLASS

Saturday, April 14 from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Presented by

Francisco J. NúñezFounder and Artistic DirectorYoung People’s Chorus of New York City

Elizabeth NúñezAssociate Artistic DirectorYoung People’s Chorus of New York CityLee University Department of Music Distinguished Alumnus Awardee

Participants will:

Learn how to inspire and equip independent musiciansExplore how conductors can create the sound they want through the conducting gestureRead through compositions that support music-making and foster good vocal techniquePractice techniques that will connect the breath to sound across genresDiscuss how to sustain interest and enhance music reading skills

Lee University, Curtsinger Music Building, Choral Rehearsal Room10:00 am – 12:00 pm

ADMISSION IS FREE, NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED.

With questions, smarczynski@leeuniversity.edu or 423-614-8243.

DETAILS

Date & Time:

Saturday, April 14 from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Venue:Lee University’s Curtsinger Music Building1130 Parker St NE, Cleveland, TN 37311

Tickets:Participation is free. No registration required.

Young People’s Chorus of New York City in Tennessee Debut at Lee University
2018-04-13 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Pangle Hall, 340 Church Street Northeast, Cleveland, TN, United States
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Friday, April 13 at 7:30 pm
On its first tour of the year, a treble chorus of 42 Young People’s Chorus of New York City singers, conducted by YPC Associate Artistic Director Elizabeth Núñez – a Lee University Distinguished Alumni Awardee – will make its Tennessee debut at Lee University’s Pangle Hall on Friday, April 13 at 7:30 p.m. in a distinctive, two-hour YPC program of music and show-stopping choreography that has won YPC renown on four continents. In this performance, YPC’s program spans music from classical traditions and spirituals to songs from the Broadway stage, the silver screen, and more.
Tickets – from $15 for adults; $5 for seniors (65+) and children (17 & under) – are available starting April 5 by calling 423-614-8343 or by visiting www.showclix.com/event/YPC-NYC
This event will be live-streamed.
Follow the link below on Friday, April 13th at 7:30 pm to view.

Date & Time:
Friday, April 13 at 7:30 p.m.

Venue:
Lee University’s Pangle Hall
340 Church St NE, Cleveland, TN
Tickets:
General Admission $15, Seniors (65+) and children (17 and under) $5
Available for purchase beginning April 5

Cellular Songs at the Brooklyn Academy of Music
2018-03-14 19:30 - 2018-03-18 20:45 UTC | Brooklyn Academy of Music, 651 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY, 11217, United States
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CELLULAR SONGS AT THE BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC

March 14 – 18, 2018

Young People’s Chorus of New York City is featured as a special guest for Cellular Songs on March 14-18 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Meredith Monk has spent more than five decades exploring and expanding the capacity of that most essential instrument: the human voice. Returning to BAM after the ecstatic hymn to compassion On Behalf of Nature (2014 Next Wave), Monk and the four women of her peerless vocal ensemble present a new work, continuing their investigation of the interconnected, ineffable relationship between humans and the natural world.

Pairing voice with movement, instrumentation, and a site-specific video installation, Cellular Songs contemplates the fundamental unit of life and its relation to the universe. Drawing inspiration from biological processes—layering, division, replication, mutation—Monk looks to underlying systems in nature that can serve as a prototype for human behavior in our tumultuous world.

DETAILS

Date & Time:

March 14-18 at 7:30 p.m.

Venue:BAM Harvey Theater651 Fulton St Brooklyn, NY, 11217

Tickets:For tickets and additional information, visit the BAM website.

2018 Annual Gala
2018-03-05 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall, Broadway at 60th Street, New York, NY, 10023, United States
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Young People’s Chorus of NYC
30th Anniversary Gala Celebration Concert and Dinner
Monday, March 5, 2018
A Gala Evening at Jazz at Lincoln Center
Benefiting the 1,700 children of the award-winning Young People’s Chorus of New York City®
Monday, March 5, 2018
Concert 7:00 pm at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall
Broadway at 60th Street
Dinner immediately following at the Mandarin Oriental
80 Columbus Circle at 60th Street
Get ready! The Young People’s Chorus of New York City and Artistic Director/Founder Francisco J. Núñez are about to hit the Jazz at Lincoln Center stage with a non-stop musical extravaganza, in a spectacular celebration of the renowned chorus’s 30th anniversary. Together with their special guest artists – the renowned baritone Lester Lynch Broadway’s Tony Award-winning, powerhouse songwriting team Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty; Jenn Colella, just nominated for a Tony for Come From Away, and Jordan Donica, to be featured in Lincoln Center Theater’s new production of My Fair Lady – more than 400 YPC choristers will fill the stage and boxes above with show-stopping production numbers, complete with dazzling choreography by Jacquelyn Bird, in a program that chronicles their astonishing history and imagines the stunning successes to come.
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SPECIAL GUEST ARTISTS
LYNN AHRENS AND STEPHEN FLAHERTY
This Tony-award winning songwriting team is currently represented on Broadway by two hit shows—Anastasia, and the revival of Once on This Island.
LESTER LYNCH
Lynch has established himself among today’s most important dramatic baritones on the opera and concert stages throughout Europe and in the U.S. and on his Pentatone label recordings.
JENN COLELLA
Colella is a Tony Award nominee for her role as Capt. Beverley Bass in Broadway’s Come From Away, a role that also garnered her a Drama Desk Award for outstanding featured actress in a musical.
JORDAN DONICA
Donica has performed on Broadway in The Phantom of the Opera and will be featured in the upcoming Bart Sher-helmed production of My Fair Lady at Lincoln Center Theater.
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38th Annual "A City Singing at Christmas"
2017-12-21 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | St Patrick’s Cathedral, Fifth Avenue and 51st Street, New York, NY, 10022, United States
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Thursday, December 21 at 7:00 pm
The Young People’s Chorus of New York City and Francisco J. Núñez join the Brooklyn Interdenominational Choir, the St. Patrick’s Cathedral Choir, the Cathedral Organs, and the New York Symphonic Brass in this joyful celebration of Christmas in the majesty of St. Patrick’s Cathedral. This inspiring evening of traditional and contemporary Christmas hymns and carols closes with the performers and everyone in attendance joining together to sing Silent Night by candle light.
Admission is FREE. Come early for best seats.
Featuring:
The Brooklyn Interdenominational Choir
Pastor Frank A. Haye, Director
Young People’s Chorus of New York
Francisco Nüñez, Director
St. Patrick’s Cathedral Choir
Dr. Jennifer Pascual, Director
The Cathedral Organs
Daniel Brondel and Michael Hey, Organists
New York Symphonic Brass

This concert will be live-streamed here: http://www.saintpatrickscathedral.org/live . Tune in at 7:00 p.m.!
Photo by Christopher Hall

Date & Time:
Thursday, December 21 at 7:00 p.m.

Venue:
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
5th Avenue between 50th/51st Streets, New York, NY 10022
Tickets:
Admission is FREE — come early for the best seats.

YPC Presents: Winter Wonder
2017-12-14 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Carnegie Hall, 881 7th Ave, New York, NY, 10019, United States
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YPC PRESENTS: WINTER WONDER

Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie HallThursday, December 14 at 7:00 pm

The Young People’s Chorus of New York City makes the holiday season even brighter with a festive concert that celebrates the many ways New York City families commemorate the holidays. Led by YPC Artistic Director/Founder Francisco J. Nunez and Associate Artistic Director Elizabeth Nunez, YPC’s award-winning choristers will be joined by Metropolitan Opera star Ailyn Pérez in a program of holiday favorites, international gems, and some very special surprises. This fun-filled concert for the whole family will take place in Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium.

Tickets priced $25-100 will be available beginning Monday, November 13 at 11 a.m. at the Carnegie Hall Box Office, 57th St and 7th Ave.; by calling CarnegieCharge at 212-247-7800; or by visiting the Carnegie Hall website.

Special $200 Co-Sponsor Prime-Seat Tickets include a pre-concert reception at Carnegie Hall, and can be reserved by contacting Alyssa Sadoff at the YPC office: asadoff@ypc.org.

PURCHASE TICKETS FROM CARNEGIE HALL

Young People’s Chorus of New York City; photo by Stephanie Berger

Special guest artist: Metropolitan Opera star Ailyn Pérez; photo by Dario Acosta

DETAILS

Date & Time:

Thursday, December 14 at 7:00 p.m.

Venue:Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall57th St and 7th Ave.

Tickets:$25-100 available from Monday, November 13 at 11:00 a.m. via Carnegie Hall:carnegiehall.org | CarnegieCharge 212-247-7800 | Box Office at 57th and Seventh

Odyssey - A Youth Opera
2017-11-03 - 2017-11-04 | Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium at the Metropolitan Museum, 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
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Friday, November 3 at 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 4 at 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 4 at 7:00 p.m.
From bloodthirsty monsters to enticing sirens, Odysseus faces down every obstacle imaginable as he sails home from war in this one-hour opera retelling Homer’s epic tale. First commissioned by The Glimmerglass Festival, this all-new production features visuals from The Met’s extensive collection of Greek art and artifacts. A hero’s journey for all ages.
Tickets start at $50, ages 5 and up. Bring the Kids for $1.

Date & Time:
Friday, November 3 at 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 4 at 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 4 at 7:00 p.m.

Venue:
Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium at the Metropolitan Museum
1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street
Tickets:
Online
By Phone: 212-535-7710

White Light Festival - Dancing Voices
2017-10-20 - 2017-10-21 | Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College, 524 West 59th Street, New York, NY, 10019, United States
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Friday, October 20 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 21 at 3:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 21 at 7:30 p.m.
Iconoclastic composer and performer Meredith Monk looks to the future through an intergenerational production with the Young People’s Chorus of New York City. The “body sings and the voice dances” in this program that captures the kinetic energy and pioneering philosophy of Monk’s six-decade exploration of the human voice as an instrument, transmitted and luminously present in this U.S. premiere of her multidimensional, multiperceptual work.
Tickets are available here.
For ticketing information and general questions, please call 212-721-6500.
Lincoln Center Behind the Scenes
“The Composer” (Episode One)
“The Performers” (Episode Two)
“The Artistic Director” (Episode Three)
“Dress Rehearsal” (Episode Four)

Date & Time:
Friday, October 20 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 21 at 3:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 21 at 7:30 p.m.

Venue:
Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College
524 W 59th St, New York, NY 10019
Tickets:
Online
By Phone: 212-721-6500

Mostly Mozart
2017-07-25 - 2017-07-26 | David Geffen Hall, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY, 10023, United States
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Tuesday, July 25 at 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, July 26 at 7:30 p.m.
The Singing Heart
Special Opening-Night Presentation
In their Mostly Mozart debut, the Young People’s Chorus of New York City conducted by Artistic Director Francisco J. Núñez will be featured in the festival’s opening concert: an exuberant evening of symphony and song, under Mostly Mozart Music Director Louis Langrée.

Date & Time:
Tuesday, July 25 at 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, July 26 at 7:30 p.m.
Venue:
David Geffen Hall
10 Lincoln Center Plaza

Tickets:
Online
By Phone at CenterCharge: 212-721-6500
At box office: David Geffen Hall Box Office or Alice Tully Hall Box Office

YPC On Tour in Spain
2017-07-11 - 2017-07-16 | Festival Internacional de Música de Cantonigròs, Carrer Major, 35, 08569 Cantonigròs, Barcelona, Spain
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July 11 to July 16, 2017
In July the Young People’s Chorus of New York City and Artistic Director/Founder Francisco J. Núñez return to Spain for their second tour, beginning with a concert in Catalana followed by a festival of competitions and performances in Vic.
Palau de la Musica Catalana – July 11
First, YPC performs at the world famous Palau de la Musica Catalana, listed as a “World Heritage Site” by UNESCO, and is the home of the Orfeo Català, the historic symphonic choir led by Simon Halsey.
Festival Internacional de Música de Cantonigròs – July 13-16
YPC is honored to be invited to participate in the Festival Internacional De Música De Cantonigròs, an international festival founded in 1983. Choruses from throughout the world take part in this festival of competitions and performances of mixed choral music. The festival’s aims are for participants to achieve a deeper knowledge and understanding of different cultures and to foster a spirit of friendship and peace among all countries and nationalities.

Date:
July 11 to 16, 2017

Venues:
Palau de la Musica Catalana
Festival Internacional de Música de Cantonigròs

National Sawdust Concert: Jad Abumrad + Eric Whitacre
2017-06-30 19:30 - 22:00 UTC | National Sawdust, 80 North 6th Street, New York, NY, United States
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Friday, June 30 at 7:30 p.m.
Young People’s Chorus of New York City conducted by YPC Associate Artistic Director Elizabeth Núñez will sing a choral work-in-progress composed by Jad Abumrad, the MacArthur Award-winning host of Radio Lab, in collaboration with Grammy-winning composer Eric Whitacre at National Sawdust. Jad, who hosts the evening of music and conversation, also welcomes composer Missy Mazzoli, who will perform music from her catalogue with violinist Olivia DePrato, and cellist Jeffrey Zeigler performing music by John Zorn.
Tickets are available here or at the National Sawdust box office from 12 to 6 p.m. at 80 North 6th Street in Brooklyn.
For additional information, call 646-779-8455.

Date & Time:
Friday, June 30 at 7:30 p.m.
Venue:
National Sawdust
80 North 6th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11249

Tickets:
Online
By Phone: 646-779-8455
At the National Sawdust Box Office
