2012 Winter Concert
Emma Brondolo, director
WHEN: Tuesday, January 24, 7 PM
WHERE: Kaplen JCC on the Palisades’ (411 East Clinton Avenue) Taub Auditorium.
ADMISSION: Free
For more information, please call the Music School at 201.408.1465 or e-mail : Eugene Parciasepe, Jr
The Young People’s Chorus at Thurnauer (YPC@T), the student choir of the JCC Thurnauer School of Music, is pleased to announce its 2012 Winter Concert. The concert will include the Prelude (ages 6-9) and Concert (ages 10-18) choirs, as well as the Grieco and McCloud choirs. The latter two ensembles are part of the Music School’s Music Discovery Partnership—a collaboration with Englewood Public School District since 1997. (Above: The Young People’s Chorus at Thurnauer performs at the JCC Thurnauer School of Music’s 2011 Gift of Music Gala Benefit Concert on February 9, 2011. The concert included New York Philharmonic music director Alan Gilbert and musicians from the New York Philharmonic performing with the Thurnauer Symphony Orchestra, as well as performances by student violin groups. Photo: Eugene Parciasepe, Jr.)
The choir is an affiliate of the Young People’s Chorus of New York City, whose music director, Francisco Nuñez, recently earned a 2011 MacArthur Fellowship (one of only 22 recipients); was named ABC’s Person of the Week on September 23, 2011; and received a 2011 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award from First Lady Michelle Obama.
“It’s such a pleasure work with children from all over Bergen Country and have them come together to sing!” said choir director Emma Brondolo, a former student of Mr. Nuñez. “YPC@T choristers are gifted musicians and their commitment to creating a beautiful sound at such a young age is inspiring. We are very excited to perform our 2012 Winter Concert!”
- Combined Choirs
Sesere eeye - traditional song from the Torres Strait Islands - Prelude, Grieco
Winter Song Stephen Paulus
Manx Lullaby arr. Lori Anne Dolloff
Bee, I'm Expecting You! Words: Emily Dickenson Music: Emma Diemer - Prelude, Grieco, McCloud
You Gotta Sing - arr. Roger Emerson - Concert Choir
Creo en Dios - Francisco Nuñez
Tum Balalaika - trad. Russian Yiddish Song
Simple Song - Leonard Bernstein
Cantate Domino - Nancy Hill Cobb
B'yado - Craig Taubman; Text: Liturgy - Adom Olam - Concert Choir and McCloud Choir
Snow-flakes - Lauren Bernofsky
Light the Legend - Words: Susan Nurenberg; Music: Michael Isaacson - All Choirs
Abreme la Puerta - trad. Merengue from Dominican Republic – arr. Fransisco Nuñez
Give Us Hope - Jim Papoulis
About the JCC Thurnauer School of Music
The JCC Thurnauer School of Music, New Jersey’s leading community music school, has been designated a Major Arts Institution by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. Open to everyone with a desire to learn music, it offers a comprehensive program of private lessons for students of all ages on every instrument and voice, plus musicianship classes and orchestral, choral, jazz, and chamber ensembles. Concert and master class artists have included Pinchas Zukerman, Wynton Marsalis, Joshua Bell, Yefim Bronfman, Paquito D’Rivera, Mark O’Connor, Alan Gilbert and musicians from the New York Philharmonic, and many more. Recipient of a special award for “excellence and high standards” from The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the JCC Thurnauer School of Music is a member of the National Guild for Community Arts Education. It is part of the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades, a non-profit organization serving more than 20,000 people annually from Bergen County and beyond.
