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
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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.
FULL CONCERT STREAMING EVENT: 'GOSHU ONDO SUITE' THIS AUGUST!
Thanks to the generous support of the Japan Foundation New York and with kind permission of AUM Fidelity label, the full-length concert film of our 2018 World Premiere of Eri Yamamoto's 'Goshu Ondo Suite' will be available for a limited viewing event.
2020 CATCH UP CONTENT
Music from the Ensemble's curtailed 2020 'If I Left the Zoo' regional tour
Learn more about 'If I Left the Zoo'
Learn more about 'If I Left the Zoo'
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The Chorus' Postponed Spring Project
Vince Peterson's 50-minute interview with some of our commissioned arrangers
Learn more about 'Bigger Than My Song'
Vince Peterson's 50-minute interview with some of our commissioned arrangers
Learn more about 'Bigger Than My Song'
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Want to make sure we can bring this project to fruition when it is safe to do so? Please donate today!
Choral Chameleon Summer Institute - 10th Anniversary
A behind-the-scenes look at the work that happens every June - over 3 hours of programming!
We offer perspectives from: alumni, professional singers and faculty.
Click here to learn more about our Summer Institute
A behind-the-scenes look at the work that happens every June - over 3 hours of programming!
We offer perspectives from: alumni, professional singers and faculty.
Click here to learn more about our Summer Institute
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SUPPORT OUR MISSION TODAY
Choral Chameleon's mission is to reinvent the art of choral music from every perspective.
We've been working on it since 2008, through a combination of innovative programming and staging, and by educating composers and emerging conductors to become their best musical selves - all sung by those who want to find a place to stretch themselves within a culture of love and of joyful curiosity.
It is this unique culture that has enabled us to quickly move on from cancelled in-person performances and programs, to be able to provide valuable online learning opportunities like this June's Virtual Institute, and to plan creative projects for the Fall that we are just as excited about as we would be for our normal concert venue performances.
Our influence continues to have impact - this month, Choral Chameleon's Artistic Director Vince Peterson hosted a panel at Chorus America's national conference on 'Building Composer Partnerships' with 3 of our former Composers-in-Residence and one of our long-term collaborators. Using our Residency program as a model, they made a compelling case for choirs to plan composer residencies and commissions as part of any plans to come out of the Covid-19 crisis stronger and more relevant than before.
We were founded to ensure the future health of this art form - our work is more critical than ever.
If you love choral music and the role it plays in bringing people closer together, please consider making a donation to Choral Chameleon today to ensure that we will continue to surprise, delight and inspire through the months ahead, and beyond.
Nicole Belmont, Executive Director
Choral Chameleon's mission is to reinvent the art of choral music from every perspective.
We've been working on it since 2008, through a combination of innovative programming and staging, and by educating composers and emerging conductors to become their best musical selves - all sung by those who want to find a place to stretch themselves within a culture of love and of joyful curiosity.
It is this unique culture that has enabled us to quickly move on from cancelled in-person performances and programs, to be able to provide valuable online learning opportunities like this June's Virtual Institute, and to plan creative projects for the Fall that we are just as excited about as we would be for our normal concert venue performances.
Our influence continues to have impact - this month, Choral Chameleon's Artistic Director Vince Peterson hosted a panel at Chorus America's national conference on 'Building Composer Partnerships' with 3 of our former Composers-in-Residence and one of our long-term collaborators. Using our Residency program as a model, they made a compelling case for choirs to plan composer residencies and commissions as part of any plans to come out of the Covid-19 crisis stronger and more relevant than before.
We were founded to ensure the future health of this art form - our work is more critical than ever.
If you love choral music and the role it plays in bringing people closer together, please consider making a donation to Choral Chameleon today to ensure that we will continue to surprise, delight and inspire through the months ahead, and beyond.
Nicole Belmont, Executive Director
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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