The Cecilia Chorus of New York, led by Music Director and Conductor Mark Shapiro, will present The Ballad of the Brown King: A Christmas Cantata (1954) by American composer Margaret Bonds on a text by Langston Hughes and in Bonds's original orchestration, along with J.S. Bach's Magnificat and part five of his Christmas Oratorio on Sunday, December 11 at 2:00PM in Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall on 57th Street in Manhattan.
In its final concert of the season, The Cecilia Chorus of New York, Mark Shapiro, Music Director, will present Shakespeare...and more! The program features the World Premiere of Caroline Mallonee's cantata With Streaks of Light, and includes chamber works inspired by and relating to Shakespeare. Wednesday, May 25 at 7:30 PM at The Church of St. Francis Xavier, 46 W. 16th St., between 5th and 6th Aves in Manhattan.
The Oratorio Society of New York announces the winners of its 45th Annual Lyndon Woodside Oratorio-Solo Competition Finals held on Saturday, April 9, 2022 at 1:30pm at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall.
The Oratorio Society of New York has announced the winners of its 45th Annual Lyndon Woodside Oratorio-Solo Competition Finals held on Saturday, April 9, 2022 at 1:30pm at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall.
In a Carnegie Hall first, The Cecilia Chorus of New York, Mark Shapiro, Music Director, will present a reimagining of two modern masterpieces: Carl Orff's Carmina Burana and Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring on Saturday, April 2, 2022, at 8:00PM in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall, 57th Street & 7th Avenue in Manhattan.
The Cecilia Chorus of New York, Mark Shapiro, Music Director, will present the Carnegie Hall premiere of The Ballad of the Brown King: A Christmas Cantata (1954) by American composer Margaret Bonds on a text by Langston Hughes in Bonds's original orchestration, along with their 50-minute 'vest-pocket' Messiah by G.F. Handel.
The Oratorio Society of New York announces the winners of its 44th Annual Lyndon Woodside Oratorio-Solo Competition Finals held on Saturday, August 21 at 1:30pm at The Riverside Church. Soprano Emily Cedriana Donato received the Andrew R. Preis Award, earning First Place in the competition and a $7,000 cash prize.
The Oratorio Society of New York announced the winners of its 44th Annual Lyndon Woodside Oratorio-Solo Competition Finals held on Saturday, August 21 at 1:30pm at The Riverside Church. Soprano Emily Cedriana Donato received the Andrew R. Preis Award, earning First Place in the competition and a $7,000 cash prize.
The Oratorio Society of New York, led by Music Director Kent Tritle, presents the 44th Annual Lyndon Woodside Oratorio-Solo Competition Finals Concert on Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 1:30pm at Riverside Church (120th Street and Riverside Drive).
As it prepares for its 2021-2022 concert season, The Cecilia Chorus of New York has announced the launch of a new organizational logo. The 150-voice chorus has been a highly regarded fixture of the NYC choral scene for over a century, performing at Carnegie Hall and other venues.
Singer Jonathan Karrant and pianist Joshua White have collaborated and released their 13-track album Shadows Fall. Now that Las Vegas has opened up, the pair is performing a mini-tour with An Evening with Jonathan Karrant and Joshua White, starting with Southern Nevada at Summerlin Library Performing Arts Center on May 27 and May 28.
The Cecilia Chorus of New York presents Staycation: London!, a Zoom Singposium celebrating composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, on May 17 @ 7:30 PM EDT. The event is open to everyone.
As part of their free and ongoing online series, The Cecilia Chorus of New York presents their Music Director Mark Shapiro and actor Chauncy Thomas in a co-curated Zoom collaboration featuring opera choruses, monologues and scenes from the greatest poet-dramatist in the English language.
As part of their free and ongoing online series, The Cecilia Chorus of New York presents their Music Director Mark Shapiro in a co-curated Zoom collaboration featuring opera choruses, monologues and scenes from the greatest poet-dramatist in the English language.
In the seventh episode of their free, online series You Heard Them First, Conversation, Music-Making, and More, The Cecilia Chorus of New York presents their Music Director Mark Shapiro in a Zoom conversation on March 29 @ 7:30 PM with mezzo-soprano Naomi O'Connell.
In the ninth episode of their free, online series, The Cecilia Chorus of New York presents their Music Director Mark Shapiro, an internationally recognized teacher, leading Staycation: Mexico!, a Zoom Singposium on February 22 @ 7:30 PM EST. The event is open to everyone.
In the sixth episode of their free, online series You Heard Them First, Conversation, Music-Making, and More, The Cecilia Chorus of New York presents their Music Director Mark Shapiro in a Zoom conversation on January 25 at 7:30 PM with composer Tom Cipullo.
In the seventh episode of their free, online series, The Cecilia Chorus of New York presents their Music Director Mark Shapiro, an internationally recognized teacher, leading a Zoom French Staycation, a Singposium on November 23 @ 7:30 PM EDT. The event is open to everyone.
Led by Music Director Mark Shapiro, The Cecilia Chorus of New York is offering the public the opportunity to become non-singing members and to learn the Brahms Requiem alongside the chorus this Fall, Mondays from 7:30 to 8:45pm on Zoom. Each week, Maestro Shapiro will lead a singposium on a movement from this masterwork. No audition is required for non-singing members. More about this membership and its benefits, including the application at https://ceciliachorus.news/non-singing-member.
In the fifth episode of their free, online series You Heard Them First, Conversation, Music-Making, and More, The Cecilia Chorus of New York presents their Music Director Mark Shapiro in a Zoom conversation on October 5 @ 7:30 PM with baritone Sidney Outlaw, followed by a choral sing-along to Bogorodĩtse Dẽvo by Rachmaninoff.
