Empire City Men's Chorus

A Note from ECMC To start the year!

We wanted to take a moment to thank the huge ECMC family for a year of immense growth and impact for Empire City Men's Chorus. We are humbled and overwhelmed by your generous support of our music and mission, which despite challenges has kept us singing both live and virtually, from our hu-MAN concert last spring to the REVIVE concert this month.

Together, we look ahead to a bright new year with even more opportunities to perform live, for you. With your help, we can maintain safe, resilient, forward-thinking music making. Bold world premieres, exciting creative collaborations, and an ever-welcoming community are on the horizon for 2022.

Stay tuned for information about our upcoming spring program.

Check out a clip from REVIVE on our Facebook below!

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2022 Auditions

Audition for Empire City Men's Chorus!

Add your voice to the incredible ECMC Chorus! Meet wonderful, like-minded people, and make some of the best music of your life as part of our singing family!

Join ECMC this season for a wonderful, challenging, and dynamic musical environment rooted in fraternity and love. ECMC is redefining the role of the gentleman in the world and we'd like you to be a part of it! Start your audition process today.

We currently have openings for Tenor 1 and Bass voice parts.

A reasonable level of experience with music reading and listening skills is required for all members. ECMC members also volunteer to help with administrative tasks to help keep the chorus running!

Auditions include vocalizing, singing scales to show range, singing a prepared piece of your choice, and some basic sight-reading.

Our entire audition process is blind. Adjudicators receive no identifying information about auditioners during the process.

Schedule your audition today!

OUR MUSIC

1

Turn the World Around 5:46

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2

Sanctus (from Missa Brevis) 3:21

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3

Serenade No. 2 8:25

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These Things Shall Never Die 3:16

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5

Everyone Sang 3:21

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The People Who Walk in Darkness 3:19

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Calendar

Date	Event	Location
Friday, June 3 Fri, Jun 3	Save the date: 2022 Spring Concert To come	To come
Saturday, June 4 Sat, Jun 4	Save the date: 2022 Spring Concert To come	To come
Tuesday, June 7 Tue, Jun 7	Save the date: 2022 Spring Concert To come	To come

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Be AN ECMC Champion

Make a tax-deductible donation today!

No other men's chorus in New York is like ECMC, which represents a wonderful cross-section of people from different backgrounds and interests who share a common commitment to concert music for male-identifying voices. Your support is crucial.

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Serving Our Community

Surviving an Epidemic: Lessons Learned During the AIDS Crisis

When the Gay Gotham Chorus was founded in 1993, AIDS was fast approaching the height of its rampant killing spree in New York. Part of the mission of the organization from the start was to donate most or all of the profits from concert performances to the relief efforts and research funds against this terrible disease. All the while, the LGBTQA+ community endured horrific media and general public scrutiny. Politics and religion interfered in the quest for human empathy and helping others. Today, it would seem that we still haven't learned our lesson in society. In this short video series, brave members of ECMC, past and present, share their direct personal experiences of crisis and the wisdom they learned during the horrible AIDS epidemic of the 80s and 90s that took the lives of thousands of New Yorkers including partners and friends of our members. Our hope in creating this video outreach series is not only to show the inspiring resilience of these wonderful human beings, but to demonstrate a tangible way in which members of the LGBTQA+ community can be helpful and supportive to society at large. Listen to the messages of these brave men.