Young People's Chorus: Spotlight



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2004/2005 Radio Chorus Performances

These are the dates for YPC Radio Chorus performances in the 2004/2005 season:

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July 21, 2005

In a career that has spanned over seven decades, composer Milton Babbitt is best known for being one of the early gurus of the synthesizer and electronic music, as well as for his intellectual arrangements for classical and jazz music. Now, he is collaborating with the Young People's Chorus of New York City on a new project, and he'll join us to talk about working with a younger generation of musicians. The WNYC Young People's Radio Chorus will also present a world premiere of a new work by composer Kevin James, commemorating the 60th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima.

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May 10 , 2005

The Music of Rob kapilow

Live Performance Broadcast on WNYC Radio’s Soundcheck®
February 9 at 2 p.m. on 93.9 FM and via webstream at www.wnyc.org

Rob Kapilow with the YPC

From Rob Kapilow's webpage - "With his diverse array of talents and his infectious enthusiasm for all things musical, Rob Kapilow has been compared to Leonard Bernstein for bringing the pleasures of classical music to audiences of all ages and backgrounds. As the Boston Globe said, 'It’s a cheering thought that this kind of missionary enterprise did not pass from this earth with Leonard Bernstein. Robert Kapilow is awfully good at what he does. We need him.'"

Rob Kapilow is well known for his acclaimed “What Makes It Great?” NPR segments and full-length concert evenings and series throughout North America, and is also a conductor and composer of wide renown with a genius for making classical music understandable to a general audience.

This live radio show will feature a performance of a new piece by Mr. Kapilow.

February 9, 2005

posted 01/05/05 3:18pm

The New NYC Music Curriculum

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On Wednesday, February 9, WNYC, New York Public Radio's Soundcheck will take an in-depth look at some of the city's current music education initiatives with prominent figures from the arts and education community. This special edition of the show takes place in collaboration with the WNYC Young People's Radio Choir, the city's first resident radio chorus.

Hosted by John Schaefer, this special edition of Soundcheck will feature interviews with Dr. Sharon Dunn, Senior Instructional Manager for Arts Education at the NYC Dept. of Education, and Nancy Shankman, a professor at NYU and former Director of Music for the New York City Public Schools, about the process of fitting music into the school curriculum. They will also take calls from the public.

Additionally, the program will feature a special live performance by the WNYC Young People's Radio Choir, which consists of 16 of the most gifted members of the award-winning Young People's Chorus of New York City. In its second season as the official station chorus, the group will sing two pieces of music suggested as part of the chorus's curriculum-based Satellite Schools program: Randall Thompson's Choose Something Like a Star and Chindia by Romanian composer Alexandru Pascanu.

Conducted by Francisco J. Núñez, the chorus makes 4 appearances per year on Soundcheck, hosted by John Schaefer. It is the first chorus of its kind in New York City, and the only radio chorus in the country devoted to performing new works.

November 4, 2004

Gold-Medal Winning Songs from the 2004 Choir Olympics

Performance of Judith Weir work premiered at Transient Glory 2004

Discussion of The chorus's Summer Adventures

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On Thursday, November 4, the WNYC Young People’s Radio Choir returns to John Schaefer’s Soundcheck for the first of four broadcasts this season. Choir director and founder Francisco Núñez will be joined by 16 choristers for a program in which they will share the music and their memories of their many summer adventures. Those adventures included winning two gold medals at the 2004 Choir Olympics in Bremen, Germany; and representing the City of New York on three significant occasions: the dedication of the Freedom Tower and the 9/11 commemorations at ground zero and the reopening of the Statue of Liberty. The chorus will also share what they are particularly noted for: singing a work premiered at the recent 2004 Transient Glory series by Judith Weir.

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