VINCE PETERSON – FOUNDER AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR,
2018 CHORUS AMERICA LOUIS BOTTO AWARD FOR INNOVATIVE AND ENTREPRENEURIAL ZEAL
2018 CHORUS AMERICA LOUIS BOTTO AWARD FOR INNOVATIVE AND ENTREPRENEURIAL ZEAL
You're a busy person, so here's who we are in a New York minute...
Choral Chameleon is changing the way people experience choral music. We...
Choral Chameleon is changing the way people experience choral music. We...
- Make fun, diverse and challenging music experiences for today's audiences.
- Collaborate with lots of people who don't normally work with choirs.
- Love to put choral music in the last place you'd expect it.
- Love emerging composers and conductors, and are focused on the future of this art form by caring for them.
- Are pretty nice people, considering we're New Yorkers.
LATEST FROM LOCKDOWN
- The 10th Anniversary Summer Institute for Composers and Conductors is provisionally postponed until January 2021 - applications are open and places will be transferable to next Summer if we must cancel.
- Stay tuned for details of our 7-day Virtual Institute coming 22nd-28th June.
- Retrospective interviews with faculty, alumni and singers.
- Useful and affordable virtual workshops for composers, conductors and musicians of every level.
NAVIGATING THE ROAD AHEAD
Chameleons are creatures who adapt to their environment. This crisis has presented a creative challenge to every arts organization on the planet, not just to those who, like us, have enjoyed playing on the leading edge.
Right now the entire choral world is facing a common challenge to protect the art form that, more than any other, nurtures social cohesion and encourages humans to process complex emotions in a safe environment. Choirs are needed, and will be needed, to help the population process what they're going through.
Choral Chameleon's very mission is to reinvent the art of choral music from every perspective.
Being challenged creatively AND looking after people is who we are.
With a switch to digital-only content ahead in the short-term, possibly for months, we are working harder than ever to plan and produce a range of content experiences from both archival and at-home sources.
Thanks to the generosity and support from our board, grantors, donors and tour presenters to date, we are able to use our energy to look forward to a creative period of improvisation and adaptation but doing so will need to go hand in hand with a flow of financial support to cover salaries, artist stipends and media professionals' time.
I invite you to join us on this journey and play a part in making it happen!
Nicole Belmont, Executive Director
Chameleons are creatures who adapt to their environment. This crisis has presented a creative challenge to every arts organization on the planet, not just to those who, like us, have enjoyed playing on the leading edge.
Right now the entire choral world is facing a common challenge to protect the art form that, more than any other, nurtures social cohesion and encourages humans to process complex emotions in a safe environment. Choirs are needed, and will be needed, to help the population process what they're going through.
Choral Chameleon's very mission is to reinvent the art of choral music from every perspective.
Being challenged creatively AND looking after people is who we are.
With a switch to digital-only content ahead in the short-term, possibly for months, we are working harder than ever to plan and produce a range of content experiences from both archival and at-home sources.
Thanks to the generosity and support from our board, grantors, donors and tour presenters to date, we are able to use our energy to look forward to a creative period of improvisation and adaptation but doing so will need to go hand in hand with a flow of financial support to cover salaries, artist stipends and media professionals' time.
I invite you to join us on this journey and play a part in making it happen!
Nicole Belmont, Executive Director
Want to learn more about what we were working on when we pressed the pause button?
Artistic Director Vince Peterson caught up with 5 of the commissioned composers who had written arrangements for our Spring concert program 'Bigger Than My Song'.
Artistic Director Vince Peterson caught up with 5 of the commissioned composers who had written arrangements for our Spring concert program 'Bigger Than My Song'.
THE THREE ARMS OF CHORAL CHAMELEON
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ENSEMBLE
The core of Choral Chameleon, the Ensemble, currently comprises of twelve professional singers, representing the best combination of musicianship and diversity of musical backgrounds in NYC. They are fearless pioneers in the world of new choral music and adventurous programming, and who bring Choral Chameleon’s signature experience to audiences beyond the City.
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CHORUS
Our semi-professional Chorus of 50+ voices meets weekly in Manhattan, with the Ensemble at its core, and it is changing the way people experience the art of choral singing in their everyday lives. It brings the joy and adventure of the Choral Chameleon way of music-making to a wider array of talented singers and expands the possibilities of how choral music is presented in NYC.
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INSTITUTE
The Institute is our educational arm, which encompasses Ear Training Workshops and an Annual Institute for Composers and Conductors of choral music - an unprecedented experience which offers students the chance to explore the world of choral music-making in a loving environment surrounded by some of the most respected professionals on the music scene today.
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This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. The performance venues for Choral Chameleon are ADA-compliant and wheelchair accessible spaces.
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This program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
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