PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR SPRING BENEFIT CONCERT!

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Wednesday, June 12th, 2024 @ 7:30 p.m.

Peace of Heart Choir 2024 Spring Concert “WE SING BROADWAY!”

Merkin Hall @ Kaufman Music Center

129 W. 67th St. (bet. Amsterdam Ave. & Broadway on NYC’s Upper West Side.)

We’re so excited to be performing our Spring Concert in collaboration with the Bronx Concert Singers directed by Robert René Galván featuring music from Broadway shows as well as world music and popular sing-alongs.

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The Peace of Heart Choir is ever changing, members come and go depending on where life takes them, so we are always on the lookout for new singers. If you love to sing, and believe in our cause; we would love for you to audition with us.

EASY AUDITIONS:

We accept singers who are able to

• Blend with other voices

• Sing a cappella (without instruments or accompaniment)

• Harmonize

• Sing arrangements for multiple vocal parts

The ability to sight read is not essential. Our conductor conducts the audition with a few members forming an audition panel.

 Are we a good fit?

After a successful audition we like prospective members to try out the Choir. We feel that it is important that you get to decide whether we are the right choir for you. Auditioning us involves joining us for the first few rehearsals of the season, to see if you like the music, the people, and the vibe. If we are a good fit for you we then welcome you as an official member of the Peace of Heart Choir.

COMMITMENTS

We are able to do so many outreach concerts a year because we perform as smaller subsets of the Choir. No single member has to shoulder too much work, but we do have certain minimum expectations of each current singer.

• The commitment to join us is season by season. So if you decide to stay after the first few weeks of rehearsals, we ask that you stick with us for the entire season, which lasts about four months. After that, you decide whether to come back. But most of our members have sung with us for several years, some for a decade or more.

• All singers are expected to attend rehearsals. Singers need to know choral music for the season and all seasonal choral music is taught during rehearsals.

• Singers should attend at least half of our outreach concerts, this is typically five concerts each season. Outreach concerts are mostly scheduled on weekends or on weekday evenings. Singers have the flexibility of deciding their own schedule, by choosing which concerts they want to perform in.

• Every season, we request each singer to donate an amount of $80 so we may cover a part of our expenses running the choir. This is not an absolute requirement to join the Choir and we are willing to accept any amount that you can spare.

• We also like our singers to help with ticket sales for our benefit concerts. Benefit concerts are scheduled at the end of season to raise funds to run the Choir and showcase the season’s repertoire.

 REHEARSALS

Once a season starts, rehearsals are held every Thursday evening with a short break in between. Choral music notation, lyrics and sectional audio tracks for songs of that season are sent to members via email.

In addition to this we also have sectional rehearsals offered to singers to practice their individual sections.

Healing with Music

We are a volunteer New York City Choir that came together shortly after the 9/11 tragedies. Our aim is to promote healing, diversity, community bonding, and mutual understanding through music. We perform free of charge for communities in need, in partnership with social service providers.

Music that reflects us

We have a multi-language choral repertoire that features diverse genres and musical traditions from around the world.  In the past two years alone, we have explored songs in Mandarin, Spanish, Maori, Hindi, Russian, German, Irish Gaelic, French, Hebrew, and several African languages, including Swahili, Luo, and Zulu. Our singing styles have included American Pop, Broadway/Show Tunes, Folk, Rock, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Latin, Jazz, Choral, Classical, Jewish A Cappella, Indian Classical/Fusion, Tamil Folk, Japanese Pop, Arabic, Bollywood, and Zambian A Cappella.

Experience a Performance

We perform throughout the year in New York City and its boroughs. Our choir members write about their experiences singing with Peace of Heart. Read about them and experience what it means to be part of the choir.