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Vocal Currents: Music in our Changing World
November 3 at 8:00 p.m. | Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center
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.
4TH ANNUAL WIT: WOMEN INSPIRING TOMORROW CONFERENCE WELCOMES RECORD NUMBER OF CHORISTERS AND ALUMNAE AND WIT PROS
On April 28, over 170 women of all ages gathered at the Grand Hyatt New York for the 2018 Women Inspiring Tomorrow Conference, where YPC choristers and alumnae were joined by Keynote Speaker Laura Schwab, President of Aston Martin the Americas, and accomplished women in fields ranging from the automotive and insurance industries to the arts, education and law. Led by Elizabeth Núñez, YPC Associate Artistic Director and WIT Director and Founder, YPC’s mentoring and career-planning event began with lively informal conversations on the young women’s aspirations—in business, fashion, musical theater and other areas. YPC choristers participated in a question and answer session with Ms. Schwab, and received confidence-building advice from Gravitas Guru Raleigh Mayer and an alumnae panel.
The YPC Big Sing 30th Anniversary Celebration
September 22 at 3:00 p.m. | Peter Norton Symphony Space
Last month, hundreds of New Yorkers gathered at Symphony Space for a high-spirited community sing-along. Led by Francisco Núñez, Elizabeth Núñez, and YPC’s incredible guest conductors Rollo Dilworth and Mark Shapiro, audience members raised their voices to sing classics like “This Little Light of Mine,” “La Bamba,” and “Hey Jude.”
4TH ANNUAL WIT: WOMEN INSPIRING TOMORROW CONFERENCE WELCOMES RECORD NUMBER OF CHORISTERS AND ALUMNAE AND WIT PROS
On April 28, over 170 women of all ages gathered at the Grand Hyatt New York for the 2018 Women Inspiring Tomorrow Conference, where YPC choristers and alumnae were joined by Keynote Speaker Laura Schwab, President of Aston Martin the Americas, and accomplished women in fields ranging from the automotive and insurance industries to the arts, education and law. Led by Elizabeth Núñez, YPC Associate Artistic Director and WIT Director and Founder, YPC’s mentoring and career-planning event began with lively informal conversations on the young women’s aspirations—in business, fashion, musical theater and other areas. YPC choristers participated in a question and answer session with Ms. Schwab, and received confidence-building advice from Gravitas Guru Raleigh Mayer and an alumnae panel.
Previously Unreleased YPC Podcasts Now Available
Five previously unreleased podcasts of our most recent Radio Radiance commissions are now available for the first time. The podcasts, which were recorded live at SubCulture in NYC in April 2015, are created and hosted by WWFM’s David Osenberg. The first episode is available now with Caroline Mallonée and her compelling, but quirky, work about Google, entitled “Search.”
In subsequent weeks, the podcasts will feature Aaron Siegel’s “The Mysteries of Nothing,” Ryan Lott’s (aka Son Lux) “We Will Find Each Other,” Frank J. Oteri’s “Love Games,” and Samuel Adler’s “Fable of Fables.”
YPC and Francisco J. Núñez in the News
Recently, YPC and Francisco J. Núñez were featured on both ABC7NY and Performance Today! Both the feature story and radio interview are available to stream online now:
Watch the ABC7NY feature story as part of Hispanic Heritage Month:
Listen to the Performance Today interview with Fred Child (Hour 2 starting at 38:15):