Young People’s Chorus of New York City

10/20/2026

✨ FOR YOUR GRAMMY® CONSIDERATION ✨

“[No Prisoner Be is] a broad-strokes expression of liberation, powered by an uplifting choral arrangement sung by the Young People’s Chorus of New York City.” — Gramophone

Hear YPC in the stirring finale and title track of Kevin Puts’s Emily – No Prisoner Be. We’re proud to be featured alongside Joyce DiDonato and Time for Three on this extraordinary album, singing a choral arrangement created especially for YPC by violinist Charles Yang and YPC Founder and Artistic Director Francisco J. Núñez.

For your consideration in three categories:

🎶 Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
🎶 Best Contemporary Classical Composition
🎶 Best Engineered Album, Classical

To Recording Academy voting members: thank you for listening and for your consideration! First-round voting ends Thursday, October 22, at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT.

10/12/2026

💿 For your GRAMMYS consideration:

The energy is always electric when YPC gets together with our friends Joyce DiDonato and Time for Three. This live performance at was no different, when we joined them to sing the title track of Kevin Puts, new work: EMILY - No Prisoner Be. We are thrilled to have been featured on this song, and to have been included in such a groundbreaking new composition 🎶

Submitted to the for:
✨Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
✨Best Contemporary Classical Composition
✨Best Engineered Album, Classical

10/04/2026

Join us for the World Bay Area Choral Dialogue FEATURE CONCERT 🎶

Sunday October 4, 3pm - the Young People’s Chorus of New York City and the Guangdong Experimental High School Choir join forces to present a fully staged, fully choreographed display of costumes and repertoire from around the world.

Young people from around the world. Listening. Learning. Singing….together.

09/25/2026

Congratulations to our Founder and Artistic Director, Francisco J. Núñez Artist - winner of the 2026 Visionary Award from NYU Steinhardt! 🎉

09/11/2026

In remembrance of all those we lost on 9/11, and in hope for the future our choristers will help shape. New York, we sing for you today. 🩶

07/21/2026

🗓️ Wednesday, July 22 | 7:00pm
📍 New York Society for Ethical Culture, Adler Hall
🎟️ Tickets: $15 Adults | $5 Children
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1993478216007?aff=oddtdtcreator

🎶 Join the Young People’s Chorus of New York City, led by Francisco J. Núñez, and Barcelona’s acclaimed Veus – Cor Infantil Amics de la Unió led by Josep Vila Jover for “Amistat y Canción”—an unforgettable evening celebrating friendship, culture, and the universal language of song.

Presented by YPC National through the YPC Tandon Global Collaborative, this one-night-only performance brings together two internationally recognized children’s choirs in a moving celebration of artistic excellence and global connection.

Reserve your seats today and join us for an inspiring night of music that connects us all.

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07/17/2026

Congratulations to our long time collaborator, Gordon Getty, on his successful run at Festival Napa Valley! YPC was proud to be a part of bringing Young America to the stage with Stephanie Childress at the helm. Bravo all!

07/10/2026

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07/09/2026

Looking forward to performing this work by our long time collaborator Gordon Getty at Festival Napa Valley!

Opening night of Festival Napa Valley’s 20th anniversary season fast approaches, and I’m especially excited about a part of the program that has personal significance for me: On July 10, the Young People’s Chorus of New York City will perform my piece “Young America,” conducted by Stephanie Childress. With America’s semiquincentennial being marked this month, it feels like a fitting moment to revisit this work. The evening’s music spans Beethoven to Dylan, and I am proud that my piece will be included. How wonderful to have these remarkable young voices bring it to life!

Photo of Stephanie Childress: Karolina Heller

07/04/2026

Happy 4th of July from the Young People’s Chorus of New York City 🇺🇸

We had a blast celebrating America’s 250th with our friends at Good Morning America!