The New York Choral Society is set to celebrate its 65 years with a performance of “The Unicorn.” The performance, scheduled for May 3o, 2024 at the NYU Skirball Center, will feature an intertwining of choral music, dance, narrative, and an exploration of gender roles and LGBTQIA+ themes. The program includes Bernstein’s “The Lark” and Menotti’s “The Unicorn, The Gordon, {…}
The New York Choral Society has announced the resignation of Patrick (“Pat”) Owens from his position as Executive Director after their spring concert The Unicorn on May 30 at NYU Skirball Center. Owens was appointed to the role in 2017 as the organization’s first professional Executive Director and has been instrumental in guiding NYCHORAL through a period of unprecedented growth {…}
The New York Choral Society will present “Angel of Many Signs” on Nov. 17 and 18, 2023 at the Gerald Lynch Theater in New York. The show features the stage premiere of Kevin Siegfried’s “Angel of Light” and the 12th century music of Hildegard of Bingen. Audiences will hear music by such composers as Faith Zimmer, Sarah Kirkland Snyder, Tarik {…}
On April 3, 2023, The New York Choral Society will present its latest digital collaborative project, “Angel of Light.” This project comes as part of its digital series “Our Voices,” which continues to reimagine choral performances. Composer Kevin Siegfried’s new cantata, which draws from Shaker texts and music, is brought to the screen by award-winning filmmaker Tania Cypriano and cinematographer {…}
The New York Choral Society in partnership with The New School College of Performing Arts is set to present Duke Ellington’s Sacred Concerts. The performances, which are set for Nov. 18 and 19 at the Tishman Auditorium at The New School, will be staged for the first time in a concert hall setting in New York City in 35 years {…}
For the first time in 35 years Duke Ellington’s “Sacred Concerts” will be performed in New York City on Nov. 18 and 19 at Tishman Hall. “Sacred Concerts” fuses jazz, choral and classical music, spirituals, gospel, blues, visual art, and dance. The New York Choral Society along with jazz vocalist Brianna Thomas, baritone and composer Milton Suggs, painter James Little, {…}
The New York Choral Society has announced its 2022-23 season. The season opens with the Richard Tucker Foundation Gala. Performance Date: Nov. 13, 2022 Next up is “Ellington’s Sacred Concerts.” The showcase features a wide range of music including jazz, choral music, spiritual, gospel, blues, and dance. The showcase will feature a commissioned work by artist James Little. Performance Date: {…}
The New York Choral Society has announced its return to live performances with “Love In Action,” a choral music concert that brings together works by eight contemporary American composers. The concert, which will be performed on April 2, will feature 120 voices performing at the Upper West Side at the New York Society for Ethical Culture. The evening will also feature the voices {…}
The New York Choral Society has announced its return to live performance with “Love in Action.” The performance on April 2 will be held at the New York Society for Ethical Culture and it will be a concert of choral music that brings together the work of eight contemporary American composers who explore universal themes of resilience, action and love. {…}
On Dec. 1, 2021, The New York Choral Society premiered its latest multidisciplinary and collaborative digital short, “Morning Light,” which pays homage to Black queer Shaker Rebecca Cox Jackson. In the film, composer Kevin Siegfried and choreographer David Hamilton Thomson bring the 1870s text New York Shaker Lydia Annas life in this digital film collaboration. Jackson, who becomes physically ill {…}
The New York Choral Society has announced two new board members. First up the company is naming Robert Carpenter and Christopher Wogas to its Board of Trustees while Gary Pai has been named as the new elected Chair. Finally, Michael Colesi is taking up a new position of Chair Emeritus. Carpenter is the Founder and President of Insight Management Development {…}