Presented by Japan Artists Exchange Agency
2018 New York Chorus Festival
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
8 PM
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
The New York Chorus Festival is a benefit concert for victims of the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami, and for local and international communities in need, seven years after the tragedy. Choruses from Japan and the United States celebrate friendship on stage through music-making.
Free tickets available at the box office, limit of 6 per person
Performers
Fukushima CF Chorus
Masanobu Korai, Conductor
Manhattan String Octet
Hirona Amamiya, Concertmaster
Young People’s Chorus @JCC Thurnauer School of Music
Emma Brondolo, Conductor
The Nippon Club Women’s Chorus
Yoko Ojima, Conductor
Women’s Chorus HIBIKI
Toku Iwamoto, Conductor
Chorus KIZUNA
Junji Hase, Conductor
Frank A. Haye & The Brooklyn Interdenominational Choir
Frank A. Haye, Conductor
Women’s Chorus HIRO
Hiroko Oba, Conductor
Kaoriko Kuge, Master of Ceremonies
Additional artists to be announced