Washington Heights Choir School

WHCS is in session! Our FREE after-school music program features instruction and activities including percussion, ukelele, piano, and more! Sign up here for an evaluation: https://bit.ly/whcs2020 ¡WHCS está en sesión! ¡Nuestro programa de música GRATUITO después de la escuela incluye instrucción y actividades que incluyen percusión, ukelele, piano y más! Regístrese aquí para una evaluación: http://bit.ly/whcs2020

Join us in signing this pledge and take a first step in creating anti-racist musical communities together. https://www.blackvoicesmatterpledge.org/

Thank you to Joseph and his mother for sharing what he loves most about WHCS! We had a wonderful year of music making with our parents, students, and community members. Thanks especially to Mark Hanke for being such a wonderful theory teacher and a good sport:) We hope everyone has a wonderful summer and can’t wait to continue growing and strengthening our musical family next year! Visit whchoirschool.org to learn more about how you can help WHCS and join our family today!

Our students are sharing the joy of singing and music! WHCS is keeping connected with our students through virtual "block parties" and private piano, recorder, and voice lessons like this! Learn how you can join our family at www.whchoirschool.org! ¡Nuestros estudiantes comparten la alegría del canto y la música! ¡WHCS se mantiene conectado con nuestros estudiantes a través de fiestas virtuales y lecciones privadas de piano, grabadora, y voz como esta! ¡Aprenda cómo puede unirse a nuestra familia en www.whchoirschool.org!

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Our friends at The Pied Piper Children's Theatre have made a generous donation of two tickets to their spring production of Once Upon a Mattress to our benefit's silent auction! You'll soon be able to bid on the tickets, among several other fantastic offerings, online, ahead of the auction -- stay tuned for the link. Until then, get your tickets to the benefit today, featuring amazing performances by Nina Stern with Glen Velez - The World of Frame Drums, The Western Wind Vocal Ensemble, and our very own choristers!

We're so excited to have Nina Stern and Glen Velez - The World of Frame Drums join us for "Growing Together: A Benefit for Washington Heights Choir School" on Wednesday, March 11, 2020. They perform together often, as a duo, with "Rose of the Compass" and in collaboration with other ensembles. Their recording "Amaryllis" was released in the summer of 2015. You won't want to miss their set at 7pm -- tickets can be purchased here: https://whcs.ticketleap.com/growingtogether/t/WHCSFB/

We're excited to announce that tickets are now available to Growing Together: A Benefit for Washington Heights Choir School! Join us starting at 6pm on March 11, 2020 for incredible performances by The Western Wind Vocal Ensemble and Nina Stern with Glen Velez - The World of Frame Drums, make sure to bid on our amazing silent auction items, and stay after the show for a catered reception. All proceeds go to support the Washington Heights Choir School and their mission to bring free music education to the students of the Washington Heights community. We hope to see you there!

Save the Date -- Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at 6pm! Our very own choristers (pictured here hard at work for the event) will join virtuosa recorder player Nina Stern with Grammy-winner Glen Velez, and The Western Wind Vocal Ensemble in a concert to benefit Washington Heights Choir School. We're also holding a silent auction before and a catered reception after. You won't want to miss this very special evening, so stay tuned for details!

Today we honor Dr Martin Luther King, Jr., a man who dedicated his life to the causes of racial, social, and economic justice. Here is a powerful excerpt from his Letter from a Birmingham Jail: "One day the South will know that when these disinherited children of God sat down at lunch counters, they were in reality standing up for what is best in the American dream and for the most sacred values in our Judaeo Christian heritage, thereby bringing our nation back to those great wells of democracy which were dug deep by the founding fathers in their formulation of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence."

¡Al comenzar nuestro semestre de primavera, queremos recordarles a todos que la inscripción en nuestro programa gratuito de música después de clases está abierta hasta el final de esta semana! Estamos llevando a cabo evaluaciones esta semana para nuevos estudiantes en los grados 1-5. Si conoce a un niño al que le encanta cantar o una familia que pueda estar interesada, comparta nuestro formulario de inscripción con ellos, ¡y pronto! As we begin our spring semester, we want to remind everyone that enrollment in our free after-school music program is open through the end of this week! We are holding evaluations this week for new students in grades 1 - 5. If you know a child who loves to sing or a family that might be interested, please share our enrollment form with them -- and soon!

We stand in love and solidarity with our Puerto Rican brothers and sisters in the aftermath of the recent earthquakes, which have devastated a country that was only beginning to really get back on its feet. The Hispanic Federation's Unidos program partners with grassroots organizations, individuals, businesses and foundations to address the multiple long-term needs of the island’s residents. Please donate what you can -- every penny helps.