The Dessoff Choirs

Men only: Rehearsal for The Defense of Corinth

Festival repertoire

Festival repertoire

Dress rehearsal for MOVABLE TYPE. Note: This rehearsal is at the concert venue, NOT at Immanuel!

Rehearsal for our January 15 concert. We’ll be at Immanuel, but upstairs, in the Sanctuary. Please enter the church on 88th Street. Another group will be using the undercroft.

Final rehearsal for MOVABLE TYPE

Christopher Shepard, conductor
The Dessoff Choirs

The festival’s opening concert showcases the myriad ways choral composers rise to the challenge of setting text, including Ricky Ian Gordon’s Five by Langston, a setting of works by Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes, performed in the auditorium that bears his name. Join Ricky and Dessoff Music Director Chris Shepard at 7:00 pm for a pre-concert discussion of this moving composition.

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Christopher Shepard, conductor
The Dessoff Choirs

In this year’s Sing-In, we explore settings of beloved American poets Walt Whitman and Robert Frost. Join in singing two staples of the choral repertoire with Dessoff, and revisit the power of these lyric gems.

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS – Dona nobis pacem (text by Walt Whitman)
RANDALL THOMPSON – Frostiana (text by Robert Frost)

Tickets $10-15, children under 12 free | Tickets will be available at the door.

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Ricky Ian Gordon, composer

Spend an intimate evening with the gifted American composer best known for his opera, The Grapes of Wrath, as he speaks about his life and his deep connection to poetry, and plays his extraordinary songs.

Tickets $15-40, children under 12 free | Buy tickets

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Get a rare backstage view of what it takes to write a musical when composer Anna K. Jacobs and lyricist Bill Nelson discuss and share excerpts from their musical-in-progress, Harmony, Kansas and provide artistic insight for a handful of young composers selected to present their pieces in this public master class.

Tickets $10-15, children under 12 free | Buy tickets

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Dessoff web page for this event.

Tickets $25-55 | Buy tickets from the Symphony Space Box Office here.

Christopher Shepard, conductor
Geraldine Brooks, novelist
The Dessoff Choirs

For program details and more information, please visit Dessoff’s web page for this event.

Tickets $25-55 | Buy tickets from the Symphony Space Box Office here.

Christopher Shepard, conductor
Geraldine Brooks, novelist
The Dessoff Choirs

For program details and more information, please visit Dessoff’s web page for this event.

Tickets $15-40 | Buy tickets

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MARCH 25: NO REHEARSAL. Next Rehearsal on April 1.

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Join us on April 6 at New York City’s Iguana VIP Lounge for a night of music performed by members of Dessoff benefiting the choir. Enjoy Mexican cuisine during the show. Dinner, snacks, and drinks available for purchase. The Dessoff Choirs is a registered 501(c)(3) organization. Contributions are deductible to the extent allowed by law.

6:30 p.m. Doors open
7:00 p.m. Performance begins
Tickets at the door

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Rehearsal for London programme.

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Regular rehearsal

Final Rachmaninoff rehearsal, at the Church of the Epiphany, 74th Street and York Avenue. Enter on York Avenue.

Christopher Shepard, conductor
The Dessoff Choirs

Unjustly obscure as a result of suppression by Russian ecclesiastical authorities, Rachmaninoff’s haunting 1910 setting of the Eastern Orthodox worship service is an a cappella masterpiece. Those who associate Rachmaninoff solely with lush Romanticism will be captivated by this deeply spiritual work, which merges the profundity of the Russian choral tradition with 20th-century mystical minimalism. A not-to-be-missed experience.

For program details and more information, please visit Dessoff’s web page for this event.

Tickets $15-35 | Buy tickets.

Rehearsal for London programme.

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Rehearsal for London programme.

Two rehearsals for London program with David Temple: 3:30-6:00 PM and 7:00-10:00 PM

Rehearsal for London programme with David Temple.

Rehearsal for London programme.