BROOKLYN, NY — The Brooklyn Youth Chorus “was founded to be of and for Brooklyn—to represent the diverse neighborhoods and people who live here, and to offer the finest musical training for kids close to home,” founder and Artistic Director Dianne Berkun tells us. “Unlike other choral organizations that find strength in their uniformity of sound, BYC celebrates the diversity of voices within, and how combining different vocal timbres and textures affords the richest color palette.”
The chorus has accomplished a lot since its founding 20 years ago: it’s played the White House, Lincoln Center and Madison Square Garden; it’s performed with major orchestras and major pop stars, from Lou Reed to Elton John to Ray Davies. And the group shows no signs of slowing down: this season it performed at a Philip Glass premiere, presented “Brooklyn Village” with the Brooklyn Philharmonic, and performed at BAM’s Crossing Brooklyn Ferry festival; in June, it’ll join the New York Philharmonic for Carmina Burana, then participate in the River to River festival.
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