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Levy Choir School

Click HERE to see the LCS schedule for the 2017-2018 schoolyear.

The choristers sang Thursday 1/25/18 for the Sutton Area Community business meeting at Terence Cardinal Cooke building, participated in the Diocesan Treble Festival and Evensong at the Cathedral Saturday 1/27/18, and sang monthly at All Saints  on Sundays. They sang with the adult choir in the Advent Procession on the 2nd Sunday of Advent, Dec. 10, with an Advent Party following the service, and they sang 12/13/17 at a neighborhood tree-lighting in the cul-de-sac at the end of 57th St.


Dennis Joseph, clarinet; John Arrucci, percussion; Thomas Hubbard, bass
Chip Prince

ALL SAINTS DAY Sunday, November 5, 2017, the choristers sang Nicholas White’s When the Saints Go Marchin’ In, with a jazz trio and the adult choir. Chip Prince, a well known Broadway pianist who has subbed as tenor at All Saints, accompanied Praise His Holy Name, which the choristers also sang October 15 at Westminster Choir School in Princeton, when they were invited to participate in the Royal School of Church Music treble festival.

 

 Click on the video to hear our 2017 choristers at the New Jersey festival. 

http://allsaintsnyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Princeton-video-1.mp4


Halloween 2017 party photos!

  

      

       


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jason Smoller, oboe

October 22, 2017, the choristers were accompanied by oboist Jason Smoller as they sang The Lord Is My Shepherd from Rutter’s Requiem, and Prayer Litany by Helen Kemp.

 

 

 

Choristers sang for Blessing of the Animals on the front steps the first Wednesday in October 2017. A hundred came, bringing pets or just a photo of furry or feathered or finned friends. We had a pot luck supper afterward.

 

Choristers after one year

June 4 was 2017’s Special Music Sunday, when chorister awards were presented. This first year was such a success that a new junior group was formed, and these Junior Choristers were heard for the first time at the premiere of the new musical composed by All Saints staff musician Dr. Faye Chiao, The Never Summer Meadow.

Here is a retrospective of the Levy Choir School’s first year:

May 21 was the musical premiere. On May 7, the Choristers sang John Rutter’s Give Me Wings. In the April 2 service, they sang Renaissance composer Steffani’s Come Ye Children. Their February 12 Communion anthem was Philip Moore’s Our Lady and Child, and before that service, Rei played a Bach prelude.

Junior Choristers

The Choristers sang twice on Jan. 29, 2017, in the morning and again at 7pm in a benefit concert sponsored by the UN Staff Relief Committee for Syrian Refugees on the 5th Sunday of January, with the UN Chamber Music Society.

In the Advent photo at the bottom, Alina and Rei sang their solo lines beautifully in the Matin Responsory.

In the November  All Saints Day service  (rehearsal photo below), after Nicholas White’s composition, “When the Saints Go Marchin’ In” accompanied by a jazz trio, the Bishop said she was “thrilled” by the choristers’ performance, and she gave a special blessing for them. 

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All Saints’ Levy Choir School

About the school
The Levy Choir School is a tuition-free music program for 4th through 8th graders, meeting twice a week. This select choir holds auditions in spring and fall. The choristers will provide musical leadership several times a month at Sunday services alongside All Saints professional choir, and will offer concerts throughout the year.

Auditions
Students especially in grades 4 and 5 are encouraged to audition, regardless of musical background. We are looking for mature youth with an interest in singing and the commitment to attend weekly rehearsals. No preparation is needed for the audition. The director will evaluate each student’s singing, reading skills, and conduct.

Curriculum and Purpose
The Royal School of Church Music’s “Voice for Life” is the foundation of this music program. RSCM offers this international graded music program to teach music skills: specifically, reading music, ear training, and vocal production. Other class materials incorporating folk music and dance are by John Feirabend, music professor at Hartt School of Music. Students are taught in a nurturing, creative, and structured environment.

Events and services
Students sing classical, sacred, and secular music. Singers earn a stipend for their commitment to rehearsals and performances. They lead worship with All Saints’ professional choir each month and also perform at community events, with an annual spring concert.

Rehearsals
Weekly rehearsals are Sunday afternoons from 4 till 5:30, and after school Wednesdays from 3:30 till 5.

History
The Levy Choir School is named for Walter N. Levy who gave his life serving as Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was an active parishioner who taught Sunday school at All Saints. The Levy family endowed a scholarship and education fund in his memory.

The Levy Choir School was founded for all children,
regardless of race, ethnicity, income, or gender.

 

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All Saints Church is served by the Rev. Steven Yagerman, rector.

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All Saints Church has a rich history. Its origins lie in the Free Chapel founded by St. Thomas Church on May 2, 1858 in downtown Manhattan.

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The Church of England, from which the Episcopal Church derives, dates to the second century, when merchants first brought Christianity to England.

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