High School choirs from around New York State join the Choral Studies Department and the Voice Department for a day of choral adjudacation, masterclasses, and performances.
Conservatory Singers, Choral Union
Richard Barret, Voice Department Chair
Malcolm J. Merriweather, Director of Choral Studies
Join the Dessoff Choirs in concert with Fort Tryon as a backdrop. The natural beauty of the park is the perfect backdrop for a concert that features music from around the world. The choir will sing choral music that originates in China, Haiti, and the Middle East.
Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor
The Conservatory of Music Symphonic Choir and Conservatory Singers present Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms with chamber orchestra.
Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor
The Chamber Choir of the United Nations International School (UNIS) join the Dessoff Choirs in concert. UNIS will present their own set of music and The Dessoff Choirs will sing choral music from China, Haiti, and the Middle East. The featured piece on the program will be Lembit Beecher’s The New Amorous World
Daniel Stroup, Director of UNIS Chamber Choir
Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor
Malcolm will be the clinician for the children’s choir for the Music in Worship sessions for two weeks.
Malcolm will lead “Voices of Haiti” in traditional Haitian folksongs and other music for treble choir. Along with Wenson Delice and Johanne Francois, Malcolm will offer solo selections by Rossini and Handel. The concert will feature Andrea Bocelli, Matteo Bocelli, and Carlo Bernini.
In an appearance with Andrea Bocelli, Malcolm directs “Voices of Haiti” for the opening of the Zefferilli Foundation.
In an appearance with Andrea Bocelli, Malcolm conducts “Voices of Haiti” in a performance for His Holiness Pope Francis, Bishop of Rome.
Multidimensional Magnificence is inspired by the many concerts produced by the American composer and conductor, Gregg Smith. Smith sought to create an aural experience for audiences and was inspired by the polychoral traditions of San Marco, Venice, Italy as well as the stereophonic tendencies of Charles Ives. From the glory of the double choir Bach motet Singet dem Herrn to the evocative electro-acoustic pieces, filament and Mille Regretz, the audience will have a surround sound experience. The concert culminates in Victorian splendor with a rendition of Parry’s Blest pair of sirens realized through dance and movement. As part of our season-long tribute to Leonard Bernstein on the 100th anniversary of his birth, we offer “Make our garden grow” from Candide.
| “Gloria” from Sacrae Symphoniae | Giovanni Gabrieli (1555-1612) |
| Singet dem Herrn, BWV 225 | Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) |
| Blest pair of sirens | Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918) |
| If music be the food of love | Gregg Smith (1931-2016) |
| filament | Ian Sturges Milliken (b.1984) |
| Hail, gladdening light | Charles Wood (1866-1926) |
| Psalm 67 | Charles Ives (1874-1954) |
| Mille regretz | Douglas Geers (b. 1968) |
| “Make our garden grow” from Candide | Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) |
