This past spring Francisco J. Núñez, artistic director/founder of the Young People’s Chorus of New York City announced the newest milestone in YPC’s renowned 30-year history, with the formation of YPC National, an independent non-profit organization to support and inspire youth choruses across the country modeled on YPC.
The first activities of YPC National take place beginning this week in Cleveland, Tennessee, at Lee University, where YPC choristers will be joined by young singers from New Jersey, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Georgia for YPC National Lab workshops and rehearsals in preparation for their debut as Concinamus, the YPC National choral ensemble, comprising the combined choristers.
On July 25 and 26, Concinamus will give two free concerts, highlighted by the world premiere of the first two commissioned works in the YPC National Works catalogue by composers Bruce Adolphe and Jim Papoulis.
The first concert take place on Thursday, July 25, at 7 p.m. at Lee University’s Pangle Hall. The second concert takes place on Friday, July 26 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Mark’s United Methodist Church in Murfreesboro, where Concinamus is the special invited guest at the Tennessee ACDA conference concert.
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