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Artistic director Francisco J. Núñez leading the Young People's
Chorus of NYC.
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The Young
People's Chorus of New York City (YPC)
held their 10th anniversary benefit evening at Carnegie
Hall and the New York Athletic Club on October 22nd.
The event raised $900,000 for the organization.
The concert, hosted by Soledad O'Brien from
CNN and John Schaefer from WNYC was
completely sold out with artists from many areas of
the musical universe donating their performances in
special musical arrangements with members of the YPC
and the New York Pops. They included Phil
Stacey from American Idol; Rosanne
Cash; from Broadway's Jersey Boys,
Tony-winner Christian Hoff and Bobby
Spencer; the international reggae sensation Maxi
Priest, former YPC member Elizabeth
Ziman with her hit indie band Elizabeth & the
Catapult, Broadway's Hugh Panaro (Phantom
of the Opera), and Ashley Brown (Mary
Poppins), and the Stephen Petronio Company. The
concert culminated in a spectacular and emotional performance
by all 1000 YPC choristers seated throughout the hall
and on stage in The Song I Sing— a joyous
combination of classical, jazz and, rap—specially
written as a gift for the occasion by Lynn
Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty,
the Tony Award-winning collaborators of such shows
as Seussical and Ragtime.
Making the evening possible were co-chairs YPC Board
chairman, The Honorable A. Jerry Kremer; Hiroko
Onoyama, executive advisor and former vice
president in the chairman and founder's office
at Sony; and YPC board members Nancy Bloom and Roger
Ross. For their untiring efforts on
behalf of the chorus, YPC board member Suzan
Kremer and Philip H. Lovett,
founding partner of Millennium Partners, were presented
with the YPC's Community Service Award and its
Corporate Award, respectively.
The Young People's Chorus of NYC was founded
by artistic director Francisco J. Núñez to
bring together children of different backgrounds—ethnic,
religious and economic—to work together towards
the common goal of making beautiful music, while at
the same time opening up the minds of the children
to other cultures and ways of life, resulting in deep
bonds and an understanding that would influence each
and every child, and through those children their families
and their communities. The chorus has grown from
just nine boys and girls at the start to 1000 neighborhood
kids who participate through the chorus's core
after-school program and seven Satellite schools throughout
the city from Crown Heights and the Upper West Side
to Harlem and the South Bronx.
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Francisco J. Núñez (center) with Founding members of YPC
George Nemeth, Bruce Rosenblatt, Hoc Noble, and J.B. Harrison.
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Benefit co-chairs Suzan Kremer and Roger Ross.
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Benefit co-chairs Nancy Bloom and Hiroko Onoyama.
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Bob and Ann McGrath; Suzan Kremer, The Honorable A. Jerry Kremer.
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Richard Berger, Neil Costa. Lynn Ahrens, Marilyn Olia Berger.
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Francisco J. Núñez and his wife Elizabeth (second from left)
with Ambassador and Mrs. Motoatsu Sakurai, Consul General of Japan.
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| Photos:
Stephanie Berger |
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