On
Monday, May 18, Elizabeth Núñez, the director of the Satellite Schools Program
of the Young People’s Chorus of New York City, welcomed children from seven of
YPC’s 12 public schools to Symphony Space for the program’s eagerly
anticipated, year-end Satellite Schools concert.
YPC’s
Satellite Schools Program was established
in 2003 to extend YPC's unique music education program and its mission of
inclusiveness to more of the city’s children beyond its core after-school
program. Today, the program reaches more
than 1,000 children.
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H.S. 531
Repertory Company High School for the Theatre Arts (Midtown Manhattan)
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P.S./I.S.
178Q The Holliswood School (Jamaica Estates, Queens)
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Led by each of their conductors -
Emma Brondolo, Caitlin Henning, Sheldon Ogbourne, Maria Peña, and Nathan Reiff
- the children from each school sang a program of two to three songs. This was
the first time many of them sang on a professional stage, and they were bursting
with enthusiasm to be performing for an audience of their peers.
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P.S. 75
The Emily Dickinson School (Upper West Side, Manhattan)
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Maria
Peña conducting P.S. 198 The Isador and Ida Straus School (Upper East Side,
Manhattan)
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| P.S. 69 Journey Prep (Clason Point, Bronx) |
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H.S. 409
Coalition School for Social Change (East Harlem, Manhattan)
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Elizabeth Núñez
(center) with YPC conductors (l-r) Maria Peña, Emma Brondolo, Nathan Reiff, and
Sheldon Ogbourne lead the choristers in song
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| P.S. 64 the Joseph Addabo School (Ozone Park, Queens |
Most exciting of all, before their
final tutti song, the children received glow sticks to wave and glow necklaces
to wear while being conducted by Francisco J. Núñez, artistic director and
founder of YPC.
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Francisco
J. Núñez conducts the audience overflowing with singing children
All
photos by Stephanie Berger
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