Since the 1990s, the Young People’s Chorus of New York City has been at the forefront of commissioning the most distinguished and original composers of the day to write music for the distinctive quality of children’s voices. With well over 100 commissions to date, YPC is not only expanding and invigorating the repertoire for young voices, but continues to play a dynamic role in the ever-evolving fabric of music in the 21st century. Premieres and commissions include:
2020-2021
Fearless Angel
Nate Sabat
Just Songs
Grown
Jordan Reynoso
Just Songs
A Matter of Time
Nia Drummond
Just Songs
Less Different Than We Believe
Monica Soyemi
Just Songs
We Are the Colors
Nia Soyemi
Just Songs
Love Everywhere
Blaize Adam
Just Songs
Light to Be Found
Caroline Khun
Just Songs
2019-2020
No More Bad Dreams
Bruce Adolphe
YPC National
Whispers
Jim Papoulis
YPC National
2018-2019
What You Can Do for the World
Douglas J. Cuomo
Vocal Currents
Tap Water
Michael Gordon
Vocal Currents
Every Time, Every Tide
Yuka Honda
Vocal Currents
Liminality
Francisco J. Núñez
Vocal Currents
Menasherie
Robert Xavier Rodriguez
Vocal Currents
I Don’t Need No Man
Tim Sharp
Vocal Currents
So Much on My Soul
Ellen Reid
Vocal Resolutions
2017-2018
** The Glass Box
Paola Prestini
Vocal Resolutions
** Co-commission with Yale Choral Artists
No One is an Island
Nils Vigeland
Spring Concert
Ah! Vous Dirai-Je, Maman
Francisco J. Núñez
Mostly Mozart
2016-2017
Sirens
Mason Bates
Transient Glory
Great Trees of New York City
Michael Gordon
Transient Glory
A Murmuration for Chibok
Joan La Barbara
Transient Glory
Danse Africaine
Jessie Montgomery
Transient Glory
A Surfeit of Similes
Robert Xavier Rodriguez
Transient Glory
Exsultet
Charles Wuorinen
Transient Glory
To Sing
Michael Gordon
Vocal Resolutions
2015-2016
Epiphany
Paola Prestini
Transient Glory
Intermezzo
Netsayi Chigwendere
Transient Glory
Ouroboros
Sarah Kirkland Snider
Transient Glory
2014-2015
Fable of Fables
Samuel Adler
Radio Radiance
We Will Find Each Other
Ryan Lott
Radio Radiance
Search
Caroline Mallonée
Radio Radiance
Love Games
Frank J. Oteri
Radio Radiance
Mysteries of Nothing
Aaron Siegel
Radio Radiance
Dream on
Robben Delfeayo Marsalis
YPC Gala
2012-2013
New New York Songs
Missy Mazzoli
Transient Glory
Celestial Fire
Thomas Cabaniss
Radio Radiance
The City
Susie Ibarra
Radio Radiance
Colors
Kevin James
Radio Radiance
WICBM
Toby Twining
Radio Radiance
Gnothi Safton
Jim Papoulis
YPC Winter Concert
I Wish
Francisco J. Núñez
Share the Joy (Holiday)
2011-2012
YPChant
Derek Bermel
Transient Glory
Julia’s Clothes
John Corigliano
Transient Glory
How to Survive in the Woods
Douglas J. Cuomo
Transient Glory
Credo Fugue
David Del Tredici
Transient Glory
Thirty-Mile Village
Bright Sheng
Transient Glory
Descent
Joan Tower
Transient Glory
Cinnamon
Michael Gordon
Transient Glory
Un Minuto
Paquito D’Rivera
Transient Glory
Miracle
Victoria Bond
Hanukkah Children’s Opera
What is Christmas Made Of
Francisco J. Núñez/Jim Papoulis
Share the Joy (Holiday)
2010-2011
Hijaz
Michael Harrison
Transient Glory
Exalted
Michael Gordon
Radio Radiance
*Another Secret eQuation
Terry Riley
Radio Radiance
*Co-commission with Kronos Quartet
** “Buy the World a Coke”
Francisco J. Núñez
Coca Cola
** New arrangement premiered by YPC at Coke’s 125th anniversary celebration
Life is a Journey
Francisco J. Núñez/Jim Papoulis
Louis Vuitton
“Share the Joy”
Francisco J. Núñez/Jim Papoulis
Share the Joy (Holiday)
2009-2010
Tembandumba
Paquito D’Rivera
Transient Glory
Building Bridges
Francisco J. Núñez/Jim Papoulis
JCC
We Will Lift You Up
Francisco J. Núñez/Jim Papoulis
Haiti Relief
How Many Christmases?
Francisco J. Núñez/Jim Papoulis
Share the Joy (Holiday)
2008-2009
Hope
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Transient Glory
Two Mountain Songs
Gabriela Lena Frank
Transient Glory
Three Heavens and Hells
(Movement 5)
Meredith Monk
Transient Glory
Liement de deport
Eve Beglarian
Radio Radiance
Crosstoswn M42
Robert Kapilow/Fred Newman
Radio Radiance
NYC Shout-Out
Jamie Bernstein
Honor Chorus Festival
Where Are My Angels?
Jim Papoulis/Caryl Martine Papoulis
Coolside of Yuletide CD
Home
Jim Papoulis/Eric Gamalinda
Coolside of Yuletide CD
2007-2008
Singing This Piece
Bruce Adolphe
Transient Glory
Every Stop on the F Train
Michael Gordon
Transient Glory
The Taxi
Tarik O’Regan
Transient Glory
Afternoon on a Hill
Ned Rorem
Transient Glory
You Are Variations
(new arrangement for youth chorus)
Steve Reich
Transient Glory
Three Heavens and Hells
(Movements 1,2,3,4,6,7,8)
Meredith Monk
Transient Glory
I Dream a World
Thomas Cabaniss
Honor Chorus Festival
2006-2007
Fortune
Douglas J. Cuomo
Transient Glory
The Song I Sing
Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens
Transient Glory
Warabe-Uta
Ko Matsushita
Transient Glory
Can I
Joan Tower
Transient Glory
Semaphore Conductus
Bora Yoon
Transient Glory
Every Stop on the F Train
(Music/Video Collaboration)
Michael Gordon/Bill Morrison
Transient Glory
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Judith Shatin
Honor Chorus Festival
2005-2006
Garland
Mark Adamo
Transient Glory
A Child’s War
Derek Bermel
Transient Glory
Going North
Thea Musgrave
Transient Glory
One Sweet Morning
John Corigliano
Transient Glory
My First and Greatest Love Affair
Bobby Previte
Transient Glory
Mutability
David Sawer
Transient Glory
Bloom
Rufus Wainwright
Transient Glory
The Open Door
Theodore Wiprud
Honor Chorus Festival
Oh Christmas Tree
(new arrangement)
Francisco J. Núñez/Jim Papoulis
Rockefeller Center Treelighting
2004-2005
Bric-a-Brac
Samuel Adler
Transient Glory
Vocalise
Benjamin Lees
Transient Glory
Soundpainting 81301
Walter Thompson
Transient Glory
Invocation
Nils Vigeland
Transient Glory
Only Believe
Thomas Cabaniss
Honor Chorus Festival
Horobi No Naka Kara
Kevin James
World Choral Symposium (Kyoto)
2003-2004
Songs of the Season
Samuel Adler
Transient Glory
The Ballad of Sweet William
Richard Rodney Bennett
Transient Glory
The Nervous Family
Benjamin Lees
Transient Glory
I Dreamt a Dream
Tod Machover
Transient Glory
Panta Rhei
Jim Papoulis
Transient Glory
The Boatmen’s Song
Bright Sheng
Transient Glory
Little Tree
Judith Weir
Transient Glory
Sing for Peace
Francisco J. Núñez/Jim Papoulis
Lincoln Center Treelighting
2002-2003
Orpheus
Dominick Argento
Transient Glory
Four Heartfelt Anthems
David Del Tredici
Transient Glory
NYC Playground
Kevin James
Transient Glory
A Child’s View of Colour
Michael Nyman
Transient Glory
Miracles
Nils Vigeland
Transient Glory
Beauty in a Moment
Elizabeth Ziman
Transient Glory
Shirtless Stephen and the Children’s Crusade
Geoffrey Burgon
Transient Glory
2001-2002
The Smiling Eyes
Jenny Johnson
Transient Glory
The Attic Which is Desire
Stephen Mackey
Transient Glory
Libertatum
Jim Papoulis
Transient Glory
Colors
Walter Thompson
Transient Glory
2000-2001
Un-Labelled
Elena Kats-Chernin
Transient Glory
Two Songs From e.e. cummings
Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum
Transient Glory
Song of Ezekiel
Michael Torke
Transient Glory
Glory to God for This Transient Life
John Tavener
Transient Glory
1996
There are (No) Children Here
Morton Gould/Phil Galdston
YPC’s First Commission