Latest Past Events

Concert 2: Songs of Struggle, Compassion, and Redemption

Troubled by the onslaught of killings of unarmed Black men, Emmy Award-winning composer Joel Thompson wrote his Seven Last Words of the Unarmed in 2015, after finding Brooklyn-based journalist and artist Shirin Barghi’s #lastwords project on the same subject. The piece that resulted has resounded strongly in the choral world, and Musica Viva NY and the Aeolus Quartet are honored […]

New York Choral Society 2021-22 Season: Love In Action

The chorus will make its return to live performance with “Love in Action.” The concert of choral music will bring together works of eight contemporary American composers including Jennifer Higdon (a BandQuest and ChoralQuest composer), Rosephanye Powell (a ChoralQuest composer), Abbie Betinis (a ChoralQuest composer), Morten Lauridsen, and others to explore universal themes of reflection, […]

Angelic Voices

Hear the sounds of angels this holiday season by attending the Young Women’s Choral Projects Holiday Showcase where all four of our choruses perform solo and together in music of the season! The heavenly voices will soar with music by Britten, Rachmaninoff, Betinis, Thompson, Kaulkin, Abbie Betinis (a McKnight fellow and a ChoralQuest composer) and […]