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ECMC Returns to live performance

With a festive garland of all your holiday favorites from this most-anticipated annual musical tradition!

The men of ECMC gather in person for the first time since before the pandemic year to bring you a full evening of choral music to summon the spirit of the season. Kissing the past goodbye and heralding the arrival of a fresh new year and a new start, your friends bring you holiday greetings in song from near and far including works by Victoria, Susa, Mathias, Miškinis, Levine, Jennings, Thompson, and more.

There's something special for everyone in this concert!

PLUS a world-premiere by this year's Composer-In-Residence, Nicholas Williams.

Empire City Men's Chorus
Vince Peterson, Conductor and Artistic Director
with Hee Sung Kim, Pianist
and Ted Cherney, Assistant Conductor

Friday, December 10th - 8pm
Sunday, December 12th - 5pm
Tuesday, December 14th - 7pm

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OUR MUSIC

1

Turn the World Around 5:46

0:00/5:46
2

Sanctus (from Missa Brevis) 3:21

0:00/3:21
3

Serenade No. 2 8:25

0:00/8:25
4

These Things Shall Never Die 3:16

0:00/3:16
5

Everyone Sang 3:21

0:00/3:21
6

The People Who Walk in Darkness 3:19

0:00/3:19

2021 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!

Calendar

Date	Event	Location
Friday, December 10 @ 8:00PM Fri, Dec 10 @ 8:00PM	REVIVE: The Best of ECMC Holidays! Church of the Holy Apostles, New York, NY	Church of the Holy Apostles, New York, NY
Sunday, December 12 @ 5:00PM Sun, Dec 12 @ 5:00PM	REVIVE: The Best of ECMC Holidays! Church of the Mediator, Bronx, NY	Church of the Mediator, Bronx, NY
Tuesday, December 14 @ 7:00PM Tue, Dec 14 @ 7:00PM	REVIVE: The Best of ECMC Holidays! Church of the Holy Apostles, New York, NY	Church of the Holy Apostles, New York, NY
Saturday, January 1, 2022 — Saturday, January 15, 2022 Sat, Jan 1, 2022 — Sat, Jan 15, 2022	Mid-Year Audition Period Online (Virtual) Screenings Ongoing	Online (Virtual) Screenings Ongoing

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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.