Open Enrollment for 2012
We are actively accepting new members into the Park Avenue Youth Chorale. You are invited to explore this page to find out more about our organization and what is expected of potential new members. NO ONE IS TURNED AWAY based on lack of prior training. We actively seek youth from across New York City and beyond who have a desire to develop their musical and vocal skills within a group setting.
Please contact Joseph Hudson to schedule a time to visit one of our rehearsals.
A New Season Begins!
We are excited to have welcomed several new students and families into our choir training program. We are currently preparing for our first performance, which is scheduled for Wednesday, October 19th. If you are interested in joining our program, please send an email to the director, Joseph Hudson and schedule an appointment to come and visit a rehearsal.
Great video about choral singing in America
2012 Audition/Registration Update
Pre-registration for returning chorale members ends today (7/29/11). Please contact Joseph Hudson to set up an audition time if you have not already done so.
We are looking forward to welcoming many new members into our program this year! If you have seen one of our ads or picked up one of our cards on Park Avenue and are interested in setting up a time to meet with the director, please click here. Information about the audition process can be found on the right of this page in the ‘How to Audition’ section. Registration for the fall will remain open to all new members until Friday, September 30, 2011.
Open Enrollment for 2011-2012
The Park Avenue Youth Chorale is now accepting applicants for the 2011 – 2012 academic year. Please click on the link on the right titled “How to Audition” for more information. Auditions for new and returning chorale members will be held the week of August 15 – 19th. Students will receive an audition date and time from the director once we have received a completed application form. THE FALL APPLICATION DEADLINE IS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2011.
Congratulations!
Congratulations to all the 2010-2011 members of the Park Avenue Youth Chorale. We had a wonderful year of making beautiful music together. I hope that you are all enjoying your summer break from school and choir. We will have a fun event for current chorale members in July. Look for more information in your email/snail mail.
The Fludde is Coming!
Here are some photos taken at the most recent rehearsal of ‘Noye’s Fludde’ (Noah’s Flood). The performance will take place Sunday, May 15th at St. Bartholomew’s Church at 3:00 in the afternoon. Ticket information is available at www.stbart’s.org.
New Information is here!
Greetings current and prospective Youth Chorale families. I am slowly but surely getting the hang of blogging and have updated many of the pages here with new information, a few photos and a couple of video clips. I hope you will all enjoy seeing (and hearing) yourselves on the WEB!
Look for individual posts soon about the Winter Children’s Choir Festival, our trip to see Mary Poppins on Broadway and our upcoming performance in Noye’s Fludde with the musicians at St. Bartholomew’s Church here in NYC. 
- Mr. Joseph
Strangers and Other Angels
Last Saturday the Park Avenue Youth Chorale participated in “Strangers and Other Angels,” an adaptation of a medieval Mystery Play which was performed outdoors! We moved from Sakura Park to the courtyard of Union Seminary with almost 50 actors, singers, dancers and instrumentalists from Compagnia Colombari. We rehearsed throughout the week with Karin Coonrod, the director of the piece, playing chimes to signal the presence of the angel Gabriel, announcing “Gaudete” to the crazy shepherds and singing “Good Christian Friends, Rejoice” as we took over the street as we walked to the Seminary. It was an amazing experience for all involved; for many of us it was our first theatrical production ever. And some of us got to wear fun, technicolor angel wings!
Check the photo gallery for some great photos of the day.
And be sure to join us for our next public performance at A Park Avenue Christmas Concert on Tuesday, December 21 at 7:30 p.m. It’s free and open to the public.
