Our Inspiration

With performances on three continents and five Choir Olympics gold medals, The Young People's Chorus of New York City™ (YPC) is recognized as one of today's finest and most influential youth choruses. YPC was founded in 1988 by its Artistic Director Francisco J. Núñez with a commitment to diversity and musical excellence, and today, more than 1100 children of all ethnic, religious, and economic backgrounds participate annually through the chorus's core after-school program and its Satellite program in New York City schools.

The chorus has sung everywhere from Carnegie Hall and the White House to Smetana Hall in Prague and St. Martin in the Fields in London. YPC has represented the United States at the 2005 World Symposium on Choral Music in Kyoto, and was recently honored to sing for Pope Benedict XVI on his first papal visit to the U.S.

In residence at the 92nd Street Y, the chorus has premiered over 50 commissions from a Who's Who of contemporary composers. YPC has been recognized with a 2005 Chorus America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, Chorus America's 2006 Education Outreach Award, and as "a national model of artistic excellence and diversity" by the Presidential Committee on the Arts and Humanities.