NYCS Hosts 9/11 Remembrance Concert At St Patrick's

The New York Choral Society (NYCS) will perform in a special remembrance concert in honor ofthe September 11 th tragedy. Sponsored by the September Concert Foundation, NYCS will be featured along withthe Cathedral Choir at the magnificent St. Patrick's Cathedral on September 11 th at 7pm.

The chorus willperform Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms as well as Turn the World Around by Harry Belafonte. Thememorable concert will close with a joint performance between NYCS and the Cathedral Choir of Jim Papoulis'Give Us Hope.ABOUT THE ARTISTSNew York Choral Society (NYCS), founded in 1958, has become known by audiences and critics for the qualityof its performances and the diversity of its repertoire, which encompasses well-known choral masterworks as wellas many compositions rarely heard in concert halls.

The NYCS has presented eleven world premieres and hascommissioned works by Paul Alan Levi, Morton Gould, Stephen Paulus, and Robert De Cormier.John Daly Goodwin, Music Director of the New York Choral Society, has built on the ensemble's tradition ofexcellence over the past 23 seasons to make it the chorus of choice for American Ballet Theatre, the RichardTucker Music Foundation, the September Concert Foundation, and the Shanghai Symphony BroadcastingOrchestra. Under his direction, the chorus has performed in China, the Czech Republic, Israel, Austria, France,Italy, and Greece. His performances of such works as Mahler's 8th Symphony, Beethoven's Missa solemnis, andthe Requiems of Verdi, Mozart, and Brahms have achieved much critical acclaim. He has conducted more than 90 concerts around New York City, including 40 in Carnegie Hall and 7 at Lincoln Center, and has preparedchoruses for Leonard Bernstein, Dennis Russell Davies, Asher Fisch, Yong Yan Hu, Yehudi Menuhin, EveQueler, Julius Rudel, Gerard Schwarz, Leonard Slatkin, and Robert Spano and for 17 telecasts.

Goodwin serves on the music faculty at New York University, where he teaches and conducts the Choral ArtsSociety. His strong personal commitment to music education has led him to do extensive volunteer work withaspiring young musicians. Through Young Audiences, Artsgenesis, and the New York Choral Society's MiniMaestros program, he has brought the gift of music to thousands of children in New York City public schools.

TICKET INFORMATION: Admission is free and open to the public