2012-2013 Concert Season

The New York Virtuoso Singers

Harold Rosenbaum, Conductor

Come hear "The city's outstanding concert choir" – The New York Times, "Harold Rosenbaum's superb professional choir" - The New Yorker. In three glorious concerts at the historic St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church.

May 13, 2012, 3 PM

Celebrating Women Composers - Part II

St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church
87th St. between Broadway and West End Avenue

Snapshot of a Teenaged Moment When Everything Began by Anna Weesner
Sanctus by Jennifer Higdon
Love Songs by Augusta Read Thomas
…with Peace in Mind by Nancy Wertsch
Credo/Ani Ma’amin by Shulamit Ran

Tickets: $25; Students and Seniors 65+: $15. TDF vouchers accepted.

Tickets available at the door 30 minutes before concerts.

Saturday, June 2nd, 2012 at 8 PM

Requiem for Victims of Genocide

by C. Edward Hupton

St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 145 West 46th St., NYC

The New York Virtuoso Singers
Salomé Chamber Orchestra
The SilverCloud Native American Singers
Conducted by Harold Rosenbaum

This powerful work pays tribute to victims of the atrocities and horrors that occurred in several genocides throughout the world including Cambodia, Rwanda, Nanjing, the Russian gulags and North America. In addition, the closing segment represents Hupton’s personal pilgrimage to the Auschwitz concentration camp and museum. The composer states: “Requiem for the Victims of Genocide" is a timely work that reminds us that we still live in the age of genocide, and that only education and public outcry will halt such atrocities. In our own lifetimes too many heinous crimes against humanity have gone unchecked, when intervention could have diminished the tragic results.”

Tickets: $20

Tickets available at the door 30 minutes before concerts.

Sunday, October 21, 2012  Pre-concert talk at 2:15 - Concert at 3

Sunday, March 3, 2013   Pre-concert talk at 2:15 - Concert at 3

Celebrating Our 25th Season!

The New York Virtuoso Singers celebrates its 25th season in 2012-2013. To celebrate, we have commissioned 25 of America's leading composers to write short choral works which we will present in two concerts at Merkin Concert Hall, 129 W. 67th St., NYC.  These concerts are co-sponsored by Merkin, and will surrounded by a talk with the composers beforehand and a reception afterwards.

The composers whose music we will premiere include:
Mark Adamo, Bruce Adolphe, William Bolcom, John Corigliano, Richard Danielpour, Roger Davidson, David Del Tredici, David Felder, John Harbison, Stephen Hartke, Jennifer Higdon, Aaron Jay Kernis, David Lang, Fred Lerdahl, Thea Musgrave, Shulamit Ran, Joseph Schwantner, Steven Stucky, Augusta Read Thomas, Joan Tower, George Tsontakis, Richard Wernick, Chen Yi, Yehudi Wyner, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich.

Ticket Information Coming Soon!