Grammy Award–winning singer-songwriter Aoife O’Donovan once again joins The Knights to perform America, Come, with Brooklyn Youth Chorus.

As part of events to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day, Brooklyn Youth Chorus will take part in a performance of Bernstein’s Symphony No.3 “Kaddish” with the text written by Samuel Pisar, who was one of the youngest survivors of Auschwitz. The work will be conducted by James Conlon, with the Orchestra of St Lukes, soprano Diana Newman, and Judith and Leah Pisar narrating the text.

Cobble Hill Holiday Gather and Sing

**New Rain Location for Tonight's Gather and Sing Event**

It may be beautiful out now, but the weather report won't budge on predicting rain for tonight's Cobble Hill Holiday Gather & Sing event. But we won't let it dampen our fun. Instead, we are moving the festivities inside to:

Christ Church
326 Clinton Street
(Clinton & Kane)
(map)

So please brave the weather and come join us from 5:30 to 7:30pm for community, cookies, cocoa, and cider. Singing led by Brooklyn Youth Chorus will be from 6-6:30. 

And don't forget to bring your Men's Winter Coats for donation to the Gowanus Mutual Aid Coat Drive! 

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Come one, come all to the Cobble Hill Holiday Gather and Sing, a community event co-sponsored by the Cobble Hill Association and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus. Embrace the holiday spirit in the heart of Cobble Hill Park, surrounded by the warmth of community and the enchanting melodies of the season.

Head over to the park starting at 5:30pm for some refreshments and background music to get you in the spirit. From 6pm-6:30pm, Brooklyn Youth Chorus will lead us all in a sing-a-long of classic holiday tunes and festive songs. No singing experience or skill required!

Don't miss this wonderful opportunity to celebrate the holidays, create lasting memories, and enjoy the magic of Cobble Hill Park with your community.

RSVP to help us plan. We hope you can join us for an evening of fun at the Cobble Hill Holiday Gather and Sing!

Join us December 13-14 for a series of three heartwarming and breathtaking winter concerts featuring our Training Divisions and Performing Ensembles.

Join us December 13-14 for a series of three heartwarming and breathtaking winter concerts featuring our Training Divisions and Performing Ensembles.

Join us December 13-14 for a series of three heartwarming and breathtaking winter concerts featuring our Training Divisions and Performing Ensembles.

The Junior and Bass Ensembles of Brooklyn Youth Chorus delight residents and friends of The Watermark at Brooklyn Heights with an evening of festive music to ring in the holiday season.

By invitation.

Brooklyn Youth Chorus joins the Philip Glass Ensemble at The Town Hall to perform a live scoring of Godfrey Reggio’s film "Powaqqatsi," the second film in The Qatsi Trilogy.

Brooklyn Youth Chorus joins Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic as they reunite with four-time Grammy winner and 17-time Latin Grammy winner Natalia Lafourcade. This internationally beloved singer-songwriter’s Carnegie Hall debut in 2022—which had a sold-out audience up and dancing—featured the premiere of music from her album De Todas las Flores, which earned her Record of the Year at the 2023 Latin Grammy Awards.

Once-in-a-generation, the United Nations gathers world leaders for its Summit of the Future. During this landmark event, global leaders will convene to explore and define a path toward a brighter present and a more promising future.

This year, Brooklyn Youth Chorus, along with representatives from Member States, civil society, the private sector, academia, local and regional authorities, youth, and many others, will participate in this wide-ranging engagement.

Joe Hisaishi Symphonic Concert: Music from the Studio Ghibli Films of Hayao Miyazaki will return to New York City this time at Madison Square Garden on July 11, 2024. The event celebrates the esteemed partnership between revered composer Joe Hisaishi (Departures, Spirited Away) and beloved filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away). Long standing friends and collaborators, Hisaishi and Miyazaki have worked together for over thirty years, combining their musical and storytelling talents on eleven films for the renowned production house Studio Ghibli. Hisaishi’s illustrious scores - including those from Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro and the Oscar-winning Spirited Away – will be performed by the American Symphony Orchestra, the Brooklyn Youth Chorus and MasterVoices conducted by Hisaishi. The music will accompany montages from Miyazaki’s films, breathing new life into their timeless work.

Joe Hisaishi Symphonic Concert: Music from the Studio Ghibli Films of Hayao Miyazaki will return to New York City this time at Madison Square Garden on July 11, 2024. The event celebrates the esteemed partnership between revered composer Joe Hisaishi (Departures, Spirited Away) and beloved filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away). Long standing friends and collaborators, Hisaishi and Miyazaki have worked together for over thirty years, combining their musical and storytelling talents on eleven films for the renowned production house Studio Ghibli. Hisaishi’s illustrious scores - including those from Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro and the Oscar-winning Spirited Away – will be performed by the American Symphony Orchestra, the Brooklyn Youth Chorus and MasterVoices conducted by Hisaishi. The music will accompany montages from Miyazaki’s films, breathing new life into their timeless work.

Joe Hisaishi Symphonic Concert: Music from the Studio Ghibli Films of Hayao Miyazaki will return to New York City this time at Madison Square Garden on July 11, 2024. The event celebrates the esteemed partnership between revered composer Joe Hisaishi (Departures, Spirited Away) and beloved filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away). Long standing friends and collaborators, Hisaishi and Miyazaki have worked together for over thirty years, combining their musical and storytelling talents on eleven films for the renowned production house Studio Ghibli. Hisaishi’s illustrious scores - including those from Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro and the Oscar-winning Spirited Away – will be performed by the American Symphony Orchestra, the Brooklyn Youth Chorus and MasterVoices conducted by Hisaishi. The music will accompany montages from Miyazaki’s films, breathing new life into their timeless work.

You are cordially invited to the Brooklyn Youth Chorus

Rescheduled from 2020, this US Premiere of Olga Neuwirth’s Project 19 commission “Keyframes for a Hippogriff” features Brooklyn Youth Chorus and sets texts by Ariosto, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Friedrich Nietzsche, graffiti artists, and others, including Neuwirth herself.

Rescheduled from 2020, this US Premiere of Olga Neuwirth’s Project 19 commission “Keyframes for a Hippogriff” features Brooklyn Youth Chorus and sets texts by Ariosto, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Friedrich Nietzsche, graffiti artists, and others, including Neuwirth herself.

Rescheduled from 2020, this US Premiere of Olga Neuwirth’s Project 19 commission “Keyframes for a Hippogriff” features Brooklyn Youth Chorus and sets texts by Ariosto, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Friedrich Nietzsche, graffiti artists, and others, including Neuwirth herself.

Due to weather conditions, the Open House: Five Borough Family Day event at PAC NYC has been cancelled today, September 30.

FreshGrass features roots music traditionalists and innovators on four stages and platforms throughout the MASS MoCA’s 16-acre campus. Aoife O’Donovan performs “America, Come” and newly commissioned songs for chamber orchestra featuring Brooklyn Youth Chorus, The Westerlies, Rob Burger, Alan Hampton, & Griffin Goldsmith, conducted by Eric Jacobsen.

UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE YOUTH EVENT

Thursday, September 14 |
Event begins 9:30AM ET
Brooklyn Youth Chorus Performance: 10:30AM
Live-Streamed from the United Nations - Watch Page →

Brooklyn Youth Chorus will be performing at the Youth Event for the International Day of Peace 2023 this Thursday, September 14. The event starts at 9:30AM ET and can be watched online via the UN's website.

The Youth Event for the International Day of Peace 2023 provides a platform for young people to showcase the concrete actions they have taken, or commit to future actions, to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and support the cultivation of peace.

The theme of this year's youth event, "Actions for Peace: Our Ambition for the #GlobalGoals, is a call to action that recognizes the urgent need for individual and collective responsibility to foster peace.