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The Cecilia Chorus of New York, formerly known as the St. Cecilia Chorus, is an avocational chorus and nonprofit organization based in New York City. With a membership of approximately 180 singers, the chorus performs twice annually at Carnegie Hall with a professional orchestra and soloists, as well as at other New York–area venues.
David Randolph (December 21, 1914 – May 12, 2010) was an American conductor, music educator and radio host.He is best known as the music director from 1965 through 2010 of the St. Cecilia Chorus (known now as The Cecilia Chorus of New York) and as the host of Music for the Connoisseur, later known as The David Randolph Concerts, a WNYC classical music radio program nationally syndicated in ...
The Cecilia Chorus of New York; Chorus Equity Association; D. Dessoff Choirs; L. ... New York City Gay Men's Chorus; New York City Master Chorale; O. Oratorio Society ...
St. Cecilia Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York and a historic landmark located at 120 East 106th Street between Park Avenue and Lexington Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York. The parish was established in 1873. [5] It was staffed by the Redemptorist Fathers from 1939 to 2007.
In 1918, Father Finn established the first Catholic Choir School in New York, and founded the Paulist Choristers of New York [7] at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle in Manhattan. In 1925, the New York ensemble began to perform on radio station WLWL, and also on the NBC radio show The Catholic Hour.
The concert by the men's community chorus Chiaroscuro will start at 7:30 p.m. at Holy Rosary Chapel on the Adrian Dominican Sisters campus. Chiaroscuro to present spring choral concert Sunday, May ...
Saint Cecilia's is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Diocese of Brooklyn located at North Henry and Herbert streets, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York. It is named for Saint Cecilia , the patron saint of music .
Brady's poem was derived from John Dryden's "A Song for St Cecilia's Day" of 1687. Following Dryden, Brady extols the birth and personality of musical instruments, including the idea that Cecilia invented the organ (see note 1). Purcell responds to the text by giving emphasis to the colours and dramatic possibilities of the baroque orchestra.