Young People's Chorus of NYC Set for Festival to Support Victims of 2011 Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami Tonight

Tonight, March 11, the fourth anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated portions of Japan in 2011, the Young People's Chorus of New York City conducted by Elizabeth Núñez will join with other choruses from New York City and Japan to commemorate the date in a free concert in Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall. The 8 p.m. concert is presented by the Japan Artists Exchange Agency.

Free tickets are available at the Carnegie Hall Box Office, with a limit of 8 per person.

In a program of Japanese and American songs, participating choruses from New York also include the SoHarmoniums Women's Choir conducted by its Founding Artistic Director Elizabeth Núñez and The Nippon Club Women's Chorus conducted by Yoko Ojima. Coming from Sendai and Ishinomaki to sing at Carnegie Hall are Vocal Ensemble Anima conducted by Mikio Hayakawa and from Fukuoka, Gumma, and Tokyo, The Amapola Women's Chorus conducted by Tetsuo Yamada, with soprano soloist Yoshiko Yamada, who is also the director of the group.

In a very special highlight of the program, the Young People's Chorus of New York City and the vocal Ensemble Anima will come together to sing Hana wa Saku (Flowers Will Bloom), a message from those who lost their lives to those they left behind.With music by composer Yoko Kanno and lyrics by Shunji Iwai, the song rose to the top of the Japanese charts and generated worldwide compassion for the victims of this catastrophic event.

DETAILS:

Wednesday, March 11, 2015 - 8 p.m.

Carnegie Hall

"New York Chorus Festival"

Benefit Concert to Support Victims of 2011 Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami

Program:

Young People's Chorus of New York City
Elizabeth Núñez, Conductor

Papageno - Papagena Duet | W. A. Mozart/Emanuel Schkcameder, arr. Doreen Rao

Chi-Chi Chittanko no | Ko Matsushita

Dobru Noc | Slovakian Folksong,arr. Victor Johnson

"American Children's Songs" | Stephen Foster, Traditional, arr. Francisco J. Núñez

Vocal Ensemble Anima
Mikio Hayakawa, Conductor

TBA

Anima and YPC

Hana wa Saku (Flowers Will Bloom) | Yoko Kanno/Shunji Iwai

Intermission

The Nippon Club Women's Chorus
Yoko Ojima, Conductor

TBA

The Amapola Women's Chorus
Tetsuo Yamada, Conductor
Yoshiko Yamada, Director/Soprano Soloist

TBA

SoHarmoniums Women's Choir
Elizabeth Núñez, Conductor

The Lake Isle of Innisfree | Eleanor Daley/W.B. Yeats

Choral Hymns from the Rig-Veda | Gustav Holst/Hindu Sacred Book Rig-Veda
I. Hymn to the Dawn
II. Hymn to the Waters

My Soul's Been Anchored in the Lord | Traditional Spiritual, arr. Moses Hogan, adapted by Rollo Dilworth

'S Wonderful | George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin, arr. Dick Thompson

Tutti

Furusato | Teiichi Okano/Tatsuyuki Okano