The New York City Master Chorale (NYCMC) is a 60-person non-profit chorus founded in 2005 and directed by Dr. Thea Kano with the mission “to make a significant statement for choral excellence. ” Rasaan Bourke is assistant conductor. The chorale consists of trained volunteer musicians from the greater New York City area and seeks to broaden public interest in fine choral music by performing a full range of musical styles at the highest quality.

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  • The New York City Master Chorale (NYCMC) is a 60-person non-profit chorus founded in 2005 and directed by Dr. Thea Kano with the mission “to make a significant statement for choral excellence. ” Rasaan Bourke is assistant conductor. The chorale consists of trained volunteer musicians from the greater New York City area and seeks to broaden public interest in fine choral music by performing a full range of musical styles at the highest quality. Audience members have commended the warmth and body of the chorale’s tone, and a concert review in Soundview News praised its “poignant elegance. ” Since its premiere at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall in 2006, the chorale has expanded its artistic influence, performing three concerts in its most recent season. To date, the New York City Master Chorale has performed at a variety of venues, including Riverside Church, Church of St. Paul the Apostle and Symphony Space, and has collaborated with both the Park Avenue Symphony and the Astoria Symphony. Recent repertoire has included Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, the Mozart Requiem, Rachmaninoff’s Vespers, the Fauré Requiem, Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms and Morten Lauridsen’s Lux Æterna, along with choral works by American composers including Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber and Randall Thompson, and spirituals by Moses Hogan. During the 2008–2009 season, the chorale will premiere a new American work for chorus, orchestra and narrator at Lincoln Center. The Journey, composed by Aaron Fruchtman, tells the tale of pioneers moving west on the Oregon Trail. The New York City Master Chorale also has a commitment to providing outreach to New York City’s public schools and community. In addition to engaging community members through its regular concerts, Dr. Kano and the singers visited more than 25 classrooms in the 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 seasons, exposing more than 400 students per year to choral music. These classroom lessons include conversations with students about the value and role of classical music and providing them with complimentary tickets to the chorale’s concerts. The majority of the students who partake in the program and who attend the concerts are from low-income schools and have had little to no exposure to classical music. Additionally, the Chorale performs free concerts at area churches to bring the experience of classical music to local communities. NYCMC is the only New York City area chorus with such outreach programs in its schools and community.
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    Thea Kano

    '''Assistant Conductor'''
    Rasaan Hakiem Bourke

    '''Accompanist'''
    Maya Hartman
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  • The New York City Master Chorale (NYCMC) is a 60-person non-profit chorus founded in 2005 and directed by Dr. Thea Kano with the mission “to make a significant statement for choral excellence. ” Rasaan Bourke is assistant conductor. The chorale consists of trained volunteer musicians from the greater New York City area and seeks to broaden public interest in fine choral music by performing a full range of musical styles at the highest quality.
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