YPC and YPC National Concinamus perform at St. Mark’s United Methodist Church
2019-07-26 19:30 UTC | St. Mark’s United Methodist Church, TN, United States
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Friday, July 26 at 7:30 p.m.
St. Mark’s United Methodist Church

Following Thursday’s debut performance, YPC and YPC National Concinamus perform a free concert on Friday, July 26th at St. Mark’s United Methodist Church. Artistic Director/Founder Francisco J. Núñez will conduct both ensembles made up of children from New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Georgia, and the Dominican Republic.
The concert program will feature performances of newly commissioned music by composers Bruce Adolphe and Jim Papoulis and is free and open to the public.

Date:
Friday, July 26
Time:
7:30 p.m.

Venue:
St. Mark’s United Methodist Church
1267 N. Rutherford Blvd Murfreesboro, TN.
Tickets:
Free and open to the public

YPC and YPC National Concinamus perform at Lee University's Pangle Hall
2019-07-25 19:00 UTC | Pangle Hall, 340 Church Street Northeast, Cleveland, TN, United States
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Thursday, July 25 at 7:00 p.m.
Lee University, Pangle Hall

Following a week-long Lee University residency hosted by YPC National, YPC joins YPC National Concinamus for its debut performance Thursday, July 25th at Lee University’s Pangle Hall. Artistic Director/Founder Francisco J. Núñez will conduct both ensembles made up of children from New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Georgia, and the Dominican Republic.
The concert program will feature two world premiere performances of new commissions by Bruce Adolphe and Jim Papoulis and is free and open to the public.

Date:
Thursday, July 25
Time:
7:00 p.m.

Venue:
Lee University’s Pangle Hall
340 Church Street NE
Cleveland, TN 37311
Tickets:
Free and open to the public

Classical Theatre of Harlem’s "The Bacchae" - Free Pre-Curtain Concert at Marcus Garvey Park
2019-07-13 19:00 UTC | Richard Rodgers Amphitheater, 18 Mt Morris Park W, New York, 10027, United States
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FREE PRE-CURTAIN PERFORMANCE BEFORE CLASSICAL THEATER OF HARLEM’S “THE BACCHAE” AT MARCUS GARVEY PARK

Saturday, July 13, at 7:00 p.m.Richard Rodgers Amphitheater at Marcus Garvey Park

Young People’s Chorus of New York City returns to Marcus Garvey Park for a pre-curtain concert to The Classical Theatre of Harlem’s Uptown Shakespeare in the Park theatrical presentation of “The Bacchae.”

“The Bacchae,” a new version of the Euripides classic Greek tragedy by Bryan Doerries, is directed by Carl Cofield with choreography by Tiffany Rea-Fisher. It tells the story of Dionysus, the god of wine, prophecy, religious ecstasy, and fertility, who returns to his birthplace in Thebes in order to clear his mother’s name and to punish the insolent city state for refusing to allow people to worship him.

This pre-curtain concert by YPC is a one-hour example of the acclaimed programs of virtuoso music and dance that have thrilled and entertained a global array of festival audiences on four continents for over two decades.

7:00 p.m. Pre-curtain concert by the Young People’s Chorus of New York City

8:15 p.m. The Classical Theatre of Harlem’s presentation of “The Bacchae”

Both performances are free and open to the public.

DETAILS

Date:Saturday, July 13

Time:7:00 p.m.

Venue:Marcus Garvey Park’s Richard Rodgers Amphitheater6316, Mt Morris Park W, New York, NY 10027

Tickets:Free and open to the public

YPC performs in “Leonard Cohen: A Crack in Everything”
2019-07-11 19:30 (America/New_York) | The Jewish Museum, 1109 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10128, United States
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YPC PERFORMS IN LEONARD COHEN: A CRACK IN EVERYTHIN

Thursday, July 11The Jewish Museum

The Young People’s Chorus of New York City will give a concert of songs and poems by Leonard Cohen and others to coincide with the Jewish Museum exhibition, “Leonard Cohen: A Crack in Everything.” under the direction of Artistic Director/Founder Francisco J. Núñez. YPC is a longtime and frequent collaborator with Bang on a Can, and has forged a unique presence in the city’s music community for its innovative vocal arrangements and as a groundbreaking commissioner and performer of new music for young voices by today’s leading composers.

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DETAILS

Date:July 11, 2019

Time:7:30pm

Venue:The Jewish Museum

Tickets:General – $20Students and seniors – $16Members – $12

Spring Celebration Concert
2019-06-01 19:30 (America/New_York) | United Palace, 4140 Broadway, New York, NY, 10033, United States
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Saturday, June 1, 2019
United Palace
Join us for our annual Spring Celebration! In this special performance, 425 outstanding singers and a dynamic orchestra featuring a diverse and vibrant repertoire from around the globe is led by Artistic Director and Founder Francisco Núñez along with Associate Artistic Director Elizabeth Núñez, Conductors Sophia Papoulis, Maria Peña, and Sonny Willis, and Choreographer Jacquie Bird. Bring your friends and family for an evening of powerful music and dance that will inspire, ignite, and thrill your mind.

Date:
June 1, 2019
Time:
7:30pm

Venue:

United Palace
Tickets:
Here

Laughter, Love, And Lullabies
2019-05-21 20:00 - 21:30 UTC | Peter Jay Sharp Theatre Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway, New York, NY, 10025, United States
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Tuesday, May 21
8:00 p.m.
YPC will be the special guest artists of the SoHarmoniums Women’s Choir in a program celebrating mothers entitled Laughter, Love, and Lullabies.
The concert, under the direction of Elizabeth Núñez – the founding artistic director of SoHarmoniums and YPC’s associate artistic director – will premiere new arrangements of lullabies written for Carnegie Hall’s Lullaby Project!
A special highlight of the program is “The Goddess Turns Magic into Music,” a new work for treble choir, piano and cello composed by Francisco J. Núñez, for the SoHarmoniums and Elizabeth Núñez, on the occasion of their 10th anniversary.”

Date:
May 21, 2019
Time:
8:00 p.m.

Venue:
Symphony Space
Tickets:
$20- $100

Vocal Resolutions: Shaping Perceptions through Music
2019-05-19 | Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College, 524 West 59th Street, New York, NY, 10019, United States
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May 19, 2019
The Young People’s Chorus of New York City culminates the third season of Vocal Resolutions: Shaping Perceptions through Music – an initiative that uses singing as a catalyst for cultural exploration and mutual understanding – with a concert, centering on this year’s theme of “balance.”
In partnership with the Shallaway Youth Choir of Newfoundland, the concert is curated by 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ellen Reid and YPC Artistic Director Francisco Núñez and will be highlighted by the world premiere of Ms. Reid’s So Much on My Soul, a YPC commission on the theme, to be premiered by both of the evening’s choirs.
In addition to individual sets by YPC and Shallaway, the program also features Ms. Reid’s percussion work Fear | Release performed by Mantra Percussion, as well as a performance by YPC and Mantra of her cover of The Books’ Take Time .
When Francisco J. Núñez asked me to write a piece about “balance” for the Young People’s Chorus of New York City, he was quick to specify that the lyrics for my piece could come from anywhere and that I could interpret the word however I saw fit. After meeting with the YPC musicians, it became clear that the most compelling texts were the choristers’ own personal stories. It felt important for the piece to have cycles and repeating gestures, as the journey to self-acceptance and balance is both cyclical and endless.
– Ellen Reid
Major support for Vocal Resolutions is provided by The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation. The Lead Corporate Sponsor for Balancing Bubbles is Travelers.
“So Much on My Soul” was commissioned by YPC with support from The Adele and John Gray Endowment Fund. Special thanks to The ASCAP Foundation, 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.
Young People’s Chorus of New York City
Ellen Reid
Credit:James Matthew Daniel
Shallaway Youth Choir

Date:
May 19, 2019
Time:
7:00pm

Venue:
Gerald W. Lynch Theater
Tickets:
$15 to $25

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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.

YPC's School Choruses Concert
2019-05-13 10:00 - 14:00 UTC | 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY, 10128, United States
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Monday, May 13
10:15 a.m. and at 11:45 a.m.
The energy and talents of the children who participate in the School Choruses music education program of the Young People’s Chorus of New York City will be on display at its 16th annual School Choruses celebration concert. Under the direction of Elizabeth Núñez, YPC’s Associate Artistic Director, hundreds of excited children from local schools in Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, and Bronx neighborhoods are eager to perform.
Led by their YPC conductors, the children will sing music from many countries and languages drawn from their YPC curriculum. Just a few examples of the musical gems being performed by the children are Tongo, the traditional echo song from Polynesia; Kusimama, in English and Swahili; De Colores, a Mexican folk song; Bare Necessities, a favorite from “The Lion King,” and an “oldie” from the Fabulous Fifties, Rockin’ Robin. As with every YPC performance, both concerts will close with all of the children–and the audience–joining together to sing the YPC anthem, Give Us Hope.
The year-end finale of their in-school music program will take place at the 92nd Street Y and with so many children participating, two concerts are scheduled at 10:15am and 11:45am.
10:15 am: Performance will include P.S.75, P.S. 89, P.S. 198, P.S.1 P.S. 89X the Ella Baker School, Thurgood Marshall Academy, Parkside Prep and St. Ignatius School
11:45 am: Performance will include P.S. 130,P.S. 69, P.S. 90, P.S. 770, P.S.304, P.S. 64, P,S, 153Q, P.S. 178 and P.S 268.
YPC School Choruses Conductors:
Gia Gan
Emma Hathaway
Maria Pena
Amber Salladin
Sonny Willis

Date:
May 13, 2019
Time:
10:15 a.m. and at 11:45 a.m.

Venue:
92nd Street Y
Tickets:
$15

YPC's Community Choruses Concert
2019-05-11 15:30 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | The Church of the Intercession, Broadway at West 155th Street, New York, NY, United States
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Saturday, May 11
3:30 p.m.
In a joyful celebration of spring, over 100 excited young artists from the two community choruses of the Young People’s Chorus of New York City in Washington Heights and at Goddard Riverside Community Center, will join together for a buoyant program of music beloved by the singers and sure to delight their spring concert audience.
The children will be led by Assistant Conductors Gia Gan (YPC at Washington Heights) and Amber Salladin (YPC at Goddard Riverside) under the direction of Community Choruses Coordinator Maria C. Peña and accompanied by pianist Kajsa Wilkins, percussionist Steve Picataggio, and violinist Emma Hathaway, a YPC Conducting Fellow.
Tickets are $10 at the door. (Children under 16 are admitted free.)
All proceeds from this concert will go towards support of the YPC Community Choruses Program.

Date:
May 11, 2019
Time:
3:30 p.m.

Venue:
Church of the Intercession (on Broadway)
Tickets:
$10 at the door. (Children under 16 are admitted free.)

YPC Celebrates Cinco de Mayo at Symphony Space
2019-05-03 | Peter Jay Sharp Theatre Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway, New York, NY, 10025, United States
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Friday, May 3 at 7 p.m.
Young People’s Chorus of New York City and Artistic Director/Founder Francisco J. Núñez will be the guest artists of Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra for a Symphony Space performance as part of the annual celebration of Cinco de Mayo in a performance entitled “An Evening of Fandango & Afro Latin Jazz.”
YPC will reprise its performance of “Borderless,” an exciting work for YPC and string quartet commissioned from Mr. O’Farrill. The work imagines a “borderless”world where everyone belongs and is free to roam. The sounds and swirls connect the syncopation of Cuban Son, together with contemporary musical texture depicting a future where all can“enter the dream.”
Young People’s Chorus of New York City
Ellen Reid
Credit:James Matthew Daniel

Date:
May 3, 2019
Time:
7:00pm

Venue:
Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Symphony Space
Tickets:
$10 to $45

YPC in the Junior Treble Festival
2019-04-06 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | Timothy Eaton Memorial Church, 230 St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario, M4V 1R5, Canada
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Saturday, April 6, 2019
7:00 p.m.
At the invitation of the Toronto Children’s Chorus, the Young People’s Chorus of New York City led by Assistant YPC Conductor Maria Claudia Peña, will make its Toronto debut in the TCC’s annual Junior Treble Festival. In addition to workshops and rehearsals with other singers from choruses from throughout the Lake Ontario area, YPC will sing individually and also with the entire group in the festival’s closing concert at Timothy Eaton Memorial Church on Saturday, April 6, guest-conducted by award-winning composer/conductor Dr. Cristian Grases.
Participating choruses:

Bach Children’s Chorus
Chorus Niagara Children’s Choir
Gaudeamus Choirs of Halton Hills
Hamilton Children’s Choir
Mississauga Children’s Choir
Oakville Choir for Children & Youth
Toronto Children’s Chorus
VIVA! Youth Singers of Toronto
Young People’s Chorus of New York City
Young Voices Toronto

Date:
April 6, 2019
Time:
7:00 p.m.

Venue:
Timothy Eaton Memorial Church
Tickets:
$10 to $20
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First United Methodist Church in Schenectady
2019-03-24 15:00 - 16:30 UTC | First United Methodist Church, 603 State Street, Schenectady, United States
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FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN SCHENECTAD

Sunday, March 24, 20193:00 p.m.

Young People’s Chorus of New York City is pleased to return to the First United Methodist Church Schenectady for the presentation of their 41st concert series on Sunday, March 24 at 3:00 p.m.

This concert is free and open to the public.

Upstate New York Tour Program

Forever is my Song

Kyrie in D Minor, KV 90

Liminality

And So It Goes

Tres Cantos Nativos Dos Indios Krao

Oseh Shalom

Francisco J. Núñez

W. A. Mozart

Francisco J. Núñez

Billy Joel, arr. Kirby Shaw

Traditional Brazilian, arr. Marcos Leite

Debbie Friedman and Jerry Bock, arr. Gia Gan

Intermission

Shout Glory

Motherless Child

Dancing Queen/Mamma Mia

New York New York

Bridge Over Troubled Water

I Got Gershwin (A Gershwin Medley)

Francisco J. Núñez

W. A. Mozart

Francisco J. Núñez

Billy Joel, arr. Kirby Shaw

Traditional Brazilian, arr. Marcos Leite

Debbie Friedman and Jerry Bock, arr. Gia Gan

Intermission

Shout Glory

Motherless Child

Dancing Queen/Mamma Mia

New York New York

Bridge Over Troubled Water

I Got Gershwin (A Gershwin Medley)

Byron J. Smith

African American Spiritual-arr. Craig Hella Johnson

ABBA, arr. Francisco J. Núñez

Our Lady of Lourdes Church Concert in Utica
2019-03-23 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | Timothy Eaton Memorial Church, 230 St. Clair Ave W, Toronto, ON M4V 1R5, Canada
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Saturday, March 23, 2019
7:00 p.m.
Young People’s Chorus of New York City is pleased to announce its debut at Our Lady of Lourdes Church. YPC’s award-winning choristers will weave together a program of music and show-stopping choreography in this “don’t miss” concert celebrating the 100th anniversary of Our Lady Of Lourdes.
This event is free and open to the public.

Date:
March 23, 2019
Time:
7:00 p.m.

Venue:
Our Lady of Lourdes Church
Tickets:
Free Admission
Upstate New York Tour Program
Forever is my Song
Kyrie in D Minor, KV 90
Liminality
And So It Goes
Tres Cantos Nativos Dos Indios Krao
Oseh Shalom
Francisco J. Núñez
W. A. Mozart
Francisco J. Núñez
Billy Joel, arr. Kirby Shaw
Traditional Brazilian, arr. Marcos Leite
Debbie Friedman and Jerry Bock, arr. Gia Gan
Intermission
Shout Glory
Motherless Child
Dancing Queen/Mamma Mia
New York New York
Bridge Over Troubled Water
I Got Gershwin (A Gershwin Medley)
Byron J. Smith
African American Spiritual-arr. Craig Hella Johnson
ABBA, arr. Francisco J. Núñez
Leonard Bernstein, arr. Robert Russell Bennett
Paul Simon, arr. Kirby Shaw
George Gershwin, arr. Adam Podd and Matt Podd

A Collective Ribbon
2019-03-17 15:00 - 16:00 UTC | John E. Reeves Great Hall at FIT, 200 W 28th Street, New York, NY, 10001, United States
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March 17, 2019 at 3:00 p.m.
John E. Reeves Great Hall at FIT
YPC Performs Excerpt from “Fire in My Mouth”
“Protest,” an excerpt from Julia Wolfe’s acclaimed “Fire in my Mouth,” an oratorio based on the tragic 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, will be reprised by members of the Young People’s Chorus of New York City and members of the New York Philharmonic.
This Sunday afternoon performance is part of a weekend-long series of events and discussions on March 16 and 17 at the Fashion Institute of Technology to create a permanent memorial to this catastrophic event, which claimed 146 young lives.
This performance is free and open to the public. More information is available at www.rememberthetrianglefire.org

Date:
March 17, 2019
Time:
3:00 p.m.

Venue:
John E. Reeves Great Hall at the Fashion Institute of Technology
Tickets:
This event is free and open to the public
In January, over 100 female singers from Young People’s Chorus of New York City joined The Crossing and the New York Philharmonic conducted by Jaap van Zweden in three world premiere, multimedia performances of Julia Wolfe’s Fire in My Mouth at David Geffen Hall.
The response from critics and audience members was overwhelming. Here are some comments:
“Women are the narrative heart of this musical adaptation. For this world premiere, [Julia] Wolfe was gifted with the extraordinary contributions from the female members of the professional chamber choir The Crossing and the exemplary young women in the multicultural Young People’s Chorus of New York City. This aggregation of young women dominated with voice and presence…The night belonged to Julia Wolfe, The Crossing, and the Young People’s Chorus of New York City.” – Classical Voice North America

“The 146 singers were all women of the same ages – young and just a bit older – as those who worked and died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. Commitment shone in their faces, was heard in their voices and was evidenced by their every movement. They believed in Wolfe’s creation, and the audience was inspired by it.” – Seen and Heard International

“The standing ovation that ensued lasted for several curtain calls… No one, save a few wheelchair-bound patrons, was still seated by the time the applause finally died out, something I’ve never seen at David Geffen Hall and don’t expect to see again for some time. Indeed, it was the finest world premiere I’ve yet had the good fortune to attend.” – Oberon’s Grove

Wolfe, in short, has been steadily working up to Fire in my mouth. Still, it’s an accomplishment on a level unmatched in her previous work. Fire in my mouth is a monumental achievement in high musical drama, among the most commandingly imaginative and emotively potent works of any kind that I’ve ever experienced. – The Nation

Mr. van Zweden led a commanding account of a score that requires close coordination between disparate forces, and which ends with an elegiac final chorus in which the names of all 146 victims are tenderly sung to create a fabric of music and memory. – The New York Times

2019 Annual Gala
2019-03-12 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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Annual Gala Celebration Concert and Dinner
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
7:00 p.m.
A Gala Evening at Jazz at Lincoln Center
Young People’s Chorus of New York City, under the direction of Artistic Director/Founder Francisco J. Núñez, enter their fourth decade with a spectacular musical extravaganza. Together with a stunning line-up of special guests, including Broadway star Ashley Brown and Baritone Nmon Ford, YPC’s award-winning choristers will fill the stage and boxes above with show-stopping production numbers and dazzling choreography. Proceeds from this evening support the 2,000 children that benefit from YPC’s programs.
Benefiting the 2,000 children of the award-winning Young People’s Chorus of New York City®
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Concert is at 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
To support YPC’s Gala or to purchase concert sponsor and dinner tickets
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2019 Gala Honorees
CORPORATE LEADERSHIP HONOREE
Aston Martin
HUMANITARIAN HONOREE
The Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation

Savannah Sings 2019
2019-02-07 - 2019-02-08 | Yamacraw Center for Performing Arts at the Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts, 649 West Jones Street, Savannah, 31401, United States
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February 7-8, 2019
Savannah, GA
Savannah Sings 2019 – Savannah’s Sixth Invitational Choir Festival
Young Men of the Young People’s Chorus of New York City will head out to Georgia, where on February 7 and 8 they will be the Chorus-in-Residence of Savannah Sings 2019, Savannah’s Sixth Invitational Choir Festival, under the direction of Artist-in-Residence Francisco J. Núñez and hosted by Festival Director John Tisbert.
YPC’s Young Men will join young men and women from Savannah’s top school and community choirs in two days of activities under Mr. Núñez and YPC Assistant Conductor Sonny Willis. These activities will culminate on Friday evening, February 8, in an exciting two-part concert open to the public.
The concert opens with performances by all of Savannah Sings! participants and closes with an extraordinary Festival Men’s Chorus Showcase conducted by Mr. Núñez and featuring YPC’s Young Men and more than 150 male voices specially selected for this occasion.
The 7 p.m. concert takes place at the Yamacraw Center for the Performing Arts of the Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts.
Tickets $10 for adults and $5 for students under 18 years on sale now.
(Proceeds from this performance will support future Savannah Sings! festivals)
Complete concert program to be announced shortly.

Date:
February 7-8, 2019
Time:
Concert on February 8 at 7:00 p.m.

Venue:
Yamacraw Center for Performing Arts at the Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts
Tickets:
$10 adults / $5 students on sale now.

Julia Wolfe's Fire in My Mouth
2019-01-24 19:30 - 2019-01-26 22:00 UTC | David Geffen Hall, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY, 10023, United States
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January 24, 25, and 26
Over 100 female singers from the Young People’s Chorus of New York City will join The Crossing and the New York Philharmonic conducted by Jaap van Zweden in three world premiere, multimedia performances of Julia Wolfe’s Fire in My Mouth at David Geffen Hall January 24, 25, and 26.
Commissioned by the New York Philharmonic from Julia Wolfe, Fire in My Mouth dramatically illuminates the story of one of the most catastrophic events in New York City history—the infamous 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire—which killed 146 people, mostly immigrant women, some as young as 14 years of age.
This immersive, multimedia production, with scenic, lighting, video, and projection design by Jeff Sugg, is being presented in the New York Philharmonic’s New York Stories: Threads of our City series, an exploration of New York City’s roots as a city of immigrants and how they have shaped the city’s history.
Artists

Jaap van Zweden, Conductor
Anthony McGill, Clarinet
The Crossing Chamber Choir
Donald Nally, director
Young People’s Chorus of New York City
Francisco J. Núñez, artistic director/founder
Jeff Sugg, Video and Scenic Designer

Date & Time:
Thursday, January 24
7:30 p.m.
Friday, January 25
8:00 p.m.
Saturday, January 26
8:00 p.m.

Venue:
David Geffen Hall
10 Lincoln Center
212-721-6500
Tickets:
$33 to $120
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Meet the Music! The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
2019-01-13 14:00 - 15:00 UTC | Alice Tully Hall, 1941 Broadway, New York, NY, 10023, United States
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Sunday, January 13, 2019
Alice Tully Hall
Young People’s Chorus of New York City will be featured in the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s production of the “The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses,” based on the enchanting tale of a Native American girl with a mystical connection to wild horses by Paul Goble. Set to music by composer Bruce Adolphe, Resident Lecturer and Director of Family Programs at CMS, the production transports audience members onto the plains through the visceral sounds of thunderstorms and thundering hooves.
This exciting one-hour performance will captivate children from age 6 and their families.
Young People’s Chorus of New York City
Sooyun Kim, Flute
Romie de Guise-Langlois, Clarinet
Mihai Marica, Cello
David Kaplan, Piano
Eduardo Leandro, Percussion
Ticket-holders are encouraged to come early to experience the CMS’s Musical Petting Zoo from 1 to 1:45 p.m.
Tickets starting at $10 are available at the Alice Tully Hall box office, by phone from CenterCharge at 212-721-6500, or online:

Date:
January 13, 2019
Time:
2:00 p.m.

Venue:
Alice Tully Hall
Tickets:
Starting at $10 are available at the Alice Tully Hall box office, by phone from CenterCharge at 212-721-6500, or online.

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.
