New York Young People's Chorus
By Zhang Qian |
July 9, 2013, Tuesday
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THE Young People's Chorus of New York City brings together children of all ethnic, religious and economic backgrounds from the city's famous "melting pot" culture.
The chorus will stage a benefit concert at Shanghai Concert Hall on July 20.
Tickets cost 80 yuan (US$13).
The chorus was founded in 1988 in a program of music education and choral performance.
The chorus is described as diverse, and so is its repertoire, which includes folk songs, spirituals and other music from many countries.
The program in Shanghai will include "Ride the Chariot," "Heaven-Haven," "I'll Fly Away," "Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel?" and "Hua Fei Hua."
The emotional distance among people in New York was one reason Francisco Nunez founded the chorus. It's all too common and unfortunate that around the world people associate mainly with people of their own class, religion and nationality, he says.
He hopes the chorus will help children of different backgrounds get to know each other and overcome prejudice and barriers as they pursue music together.
The chorus includes ethnic Chinese.
More than 1,200 children and young people, aged from seven to 18, take part every year in the chorus' after-school program.
The chorus frequently appears on US national television, including "Good Morning, America" and "Today Show."
In 2011 the Young People's Chorus received the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award from the President's Committee on Arts and Humanities.
Date: July 20, 7:30pm
Address: Shanghai Concert Hall, 523 Yan'an Rd E.
Tickets: 80 yuan
Tel: 962-388
The chorus will stage a benefit concert at Shanghai Concert Hall on July 20.
Tickets cost 80 yuan (US$13).
The chorus was founded in 1988 in a program of music education and choral performance.
The chorus is described as diverse, and so is its repertoire, which includes folk songs, spirituals and other music from many countries.
The program in Shanghai will include "Ride the Chariot," "Heaven-Haven," "I'll Fly Away," "Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel?" and "Hua Fei Hua."
The emotional distance among people in New York was one reason Francisco Nunez founded the chorus. It's all too common and unfortunate that around the world people associate mainly with people of their own class, religion and nationality, he says.
He hopes the chorus will help children of different backgrounds get to know each other and overcome prejudice and barriers as they pursue music together.
The chorus includes ethnic Chinese.
More than 1,200 children and young people, aged from seven to 18, take part every year in the chorus' after-school program.
The chorus frequently appears on US national television, including "Good Morning, America" and "Today Show."
In 2011 the Young People's Chorus received the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award from the President's Committee on Arts and Humanities.
Date: July 20, 7:30pm
Address: Shanghai Concert Hall, 523 Yan'an Rd E.
Tickets: 80 yuan
Tel: 962-388
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