Raise Our Voices: A Cabaret for Cecilia Chorus at 54 Below

The Cecilia Chorus of New Yorkinvites you to an intimate evening of music, celebration, and community on Wednesday, October 14, 2026 at 54 Below, in honor of its landmark 120th anniversary season. Brandie Inez Sutton— praised byThe New York TimesandOpera Newsand celebrated for her appearances at the Metropolitan Opera, Seattle Opera, and Carnegie Hall — joins George London Award–winnerMegan Moore, celebrated for her performances at Carnegie Hall, Boston Baroque, Seattle Opera, and the Metropolitan Opera, and rising tenorHenry Drangel, a first-year student at the Curtis Institute of Music whose “breath control, sense of the singing Italian line, and the sunshine in his voice” earned him a featured spot on NPR’sTiny Deskconcert series. At the piano isAmir Farid, winner of the 2006 Australian National Piano Award and former staff pianist at the Vocal Arts department of the Juilliard School, who has worked as a rehearsal pianist with the New York Philharmonic and performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival, and concert halls across four continents. The evening honorsDr. Soon-Young Yoon— anthropologist, feminist leader, and NGO Representative of the International Alliance of Women to the United Nations, and author ofCitizen of the World— whose lifelong commitment to justice, equality, and the power of human voices embodies the spirit the Cecilia Chorus has carried since 1906. Called “reliably venturesome” byThe New Yorkerand “admirable” byThe New York Times, the Cecilia Chorus has performed at Carnegie Hall for over a century. Voices Raised celebrates 120 years of that tradition — and the community of voices that keeps it alive. Please note that all artists and acts are subject to change at any time.