On Saturday, November 3, in a concert of music as diverse as the young singers who performed it, the Young People’s Chorus of New York City presented Vocal Currents, its newest commissioning series, at Merkin Hall. With WNYC’s John Schaefer hosting, Francisco Núñez and Elizabeth Núñez conducting, and most of the composers on hand to talk about their compositions, YPC performed eight 2018 commissions and the New York premiere of a 2010 composition, with visual images, lighting, and choreography that enhanced the performances and enchanted the enthusiastic, capacity audience.
Choristers performing at Vocal Currents, YPC’s newest commissioning series
Francisco J. Núñez and radio personality John Schaefer, host of WNYC’s Soundcheck
Francisco J. Núñez and composer Douglas J. Cuomo
John Schaefer and composer Nils Vigeland
John Schaefer and composer Yuka Honda
John Schaefer and composer Eve Beglarian
John Schaefer and composer Arturo O’Farrill
John Schaefer and composer Robert Xavier Rodriguez
Francisco J. Núñez and composer Tim Sharp as he accompanies the chorus in his piece “I Don’t Need No Man”
YPC Founder and Artistic Director Francisco J. Núñez
Associate Artistic Director Elizabeth Núñez
Choristers performing at Vocal Currents, YPC’s newest commissioning series
Composers on stage for their final bows at Vocal Currents
Photos by Stephanie Berger