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About BYCANow in its nineteenth season, the GRAMMY® Award-winning Brooklyn Youth Chorus (BYC) is one of the country’s leading children’s choruses and is the ensemble of choice for internationally renowned orchestras and artists. Under the direction of Founder and Artistic Director Dianne Berkun, BYC has an international reputation for programmatic and artistic excellence. The Chorus studies and performs a wide range of music - classical and non-classical - and has an active commissioning program to develop new works across a variety of genres. The Chorus has performed with renowned artists such as Elton John, Lou Reed and John Legend, and has performed under the batons of Marin Alsop, Robert Spano, Leon Botstein, and many others. In 2002, BYC debuted with the New York Philharmonic under Lorin Maazel in On the Transmigration of Souls, for which the Chorus won a GRAMMY® Award. The Chorus receives its training from the Brooklyn Youth Chorus Academy (BYCA) - a performance-based vocal music education program serving over 300 students annually in six ensembles. The Chorus draws students from all over the city and reflects the broad diversity of the Metropolitan area. |
"Among New York's choral groups, BYC stands alone ." --Rebecca Milzoff, New York Magazine
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