Young People’s Chorus of New York City Celebrates 30th Anniversary at Jazz at Lincoln Center Monday, March 5, at 7 p.m.

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Special Anniversary Guests to Join YPC are Broadway’s Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, Jenn Colella, Jordan Donica and Baritone Lester Lynch
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Young People’s Chorus of New York City
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK (February 20, 2018) — In a celebration of their 30^th anniversary year, the Young People’s Chorus of New York City and Artistic Director/Founder Francisco J. Núñez will musically chronicle their storied history with help from special guest artists, Broadway’s Tony Award-winning powerhouse songwriting duo Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, Jenn Colella, and Jordan Donica, and renowned baritone Lester Lynch, at Jazz at Lincoln Center Monday, March 5 at 7 p.m.

In a fast-paced program of dazzling production numbers by YPC and their amazing guest artists directed and choreographed by Jacquelyn Bird, over 400 YPC choristers will open this momentous evening with Ahrens/Flaherty’s “Why We Tell the Story” from Once on This Island, describing YPC’s three decades-long journey in song.
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The concert will be followed by a celebratory dinner in the Ballroom of the Mandarin Oriental at 80 Columbus Circle and Broadway, where YPC will honor three individuals whose generosity strengthens YPC’s efforts on behalf of New York City’s children. YPC’s corporate honorees are Michael Fraccaro, chief human resources officer of MasterCard, and Saori Kawano, president and founder of Korin Japanese Trading Company. YPC’s Humanitarian Award honoree is Hiroko Onoyama, a cherished, longtime YPC board member.

To purchase concert-only sponsorship tickets or to attend the entire concert and gala evening, visit www.ypc.org/gala-form-2018/ or email  ypcgala@ypc.org
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Left to right: Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, Lester Lynch, Jenn Colella and Jordan Donica

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The Young People’s Chorus of New York City, internationally renowned for its superb virtuosity and brilliant showmanship, was founded in 1988 on a mission of diversity and artistic excellence by Artistic Director Francisco J. Núñez, a MacArthur Fellow and Musical America’s 2018 Educator of the Year. For 30 years the program has harnessed the power of music to fulfill the potential of children musically, academically, and socially. Today, under the leadership of Mr. Núñez and Associate Artistic Director Elizabeth Núñez, YPC reaches over 1,700 young people annually through its after-school, in-school, and community programs and is the recipient of America’s highest honor for youth programs:  the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award. Visit ypc.org for more information.

Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty have been collaborators in musical theater and film since 1983. For Broadway’s Ragtime, they won Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards. They were nominated for two Academy Awards and two Golden Globes for Twentieth Century Fox’s animated feature Anastasia. They are currently represented on Broadway by two hit shows—Anastasia, and the revival of Once on This Island. For more information, visit ahrensandflaherty.com.

Lester Lynch, widely known for his charismatic portrayals and commanding voice, has established himself among today’s most important dramatic baritones on the opera and concert stages throughout Europe and in the U.S. and on his Pentatone label recordings.  Mostly recently, these recordings include Verdi’s Otello, in the role of Iago with the Gulbenkian Orchestra, and On My Journey Now, his acclaimed disc of spirituals and hymns. For more information, visit lesterlynch.com.

Jenn Colella is a Tony Award nominee for her role as Capt. Beverley Bass in Broadway’s Come From Away, a role that also garnered her a San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Award, a Helen Hayes Award, Toronto’s My Theatre Award, a Dora Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award, and the Drama Desk Award for outstanding featured actress in a musical. She has also appeared on Broadway in Urban Cowboy, High Fidelity, Chaplin, and a year-long run of If/Then and off-Broadway in such productions as Don’t Quit Your Night, Lucky Guy and Closer Than Ever. She frequently appears on TV in various guest roles and teaches master classes in New York and universities across the country. For more information, visit jenncolella.com.

Jordan Donica has performed on Broadway in The Phantom of the Opera (Raoul) and will be featured in the upcoming Bart Sher-helmed production at Lincoln Center Theater of My Fair Lady (Freddy Eynsford-Hill). He was recently featured in the original national tour of Hamilton in Los Angeles and San Francisco, and his regional credits include South Pacific, The Greenshow; Jesus Christ Superstar; and Romeo in the Shakespeare in the Park production of Romeo and Juliet. He performed in the Kennedy Center’s Washington National Opera Gala, the Pasadena Pops Symphony’s Gershwin and Friends conducted by Michael Feinstein; and the American Songbook Hall of Fame. For more information, visit jordan-donica.com
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PRESS CONTACT

Young People’s Chorus of New York City
Angela Duryea
aduryea@ypc.org
212.289.7779, Ext. 31
718.344-5140 (cell)
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Photo credits:
YPC – Stephanie Berger
L. Ahrens/S. Flaherty photo credit – Nathan Johnson
L. Lynch photo credit – Rex Lott
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