The Power to Foster Social Renewal Through Song

The Power to Foster Social Renewal Through Song

Francisco Núñez wears his MacArthur Award lightly. The 46-year-old composer-conductor who founded the Young People's Chorus of New York City—a group that embodies both the pinnacle of musical achievement and its ability to foster social renewal—proudly displays the gifts that friends showered on him when the "genius" grant was announced: a Rubik's Cube and the games Cranium and Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?

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Director de coro juvenil de NY extiende su labor a Dominicana

Director de coro juvenil de NY extiende su labor a Dominicana

NUEVA YORK, (AP).-  Desde que Francisco J. Núñez fundó el Coro de Jóvenes de la Ciudad de Nueva York en 1988, con el fin de combatir la pobreza uniendo a personas de distintos estratos sociales, nacionalidades y religiones, el compositor y director artístico nacido en esta ciudad soñó con llevar su programa a la República Dominicana de sus padres.

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Choir & Organ Magazine Review: Transient Glory II - Vital Records

Choir & Organ Magazine Review: Transient Glory II - Vital Records

Performed with vigour and freshness, this disc contains eleven recent commissions from this large youth choir, ranging from the delicate and understated (Judith Weir's Little Tree) to the dramatic (Tod Machover's I Dreamt a Dream with electro-acoustic accompaniment), and from the humorous (Benjamin Lees's The Nervous Family) to the cross-cultural (Bright Sheng's The Boatmen's Song): varied and often challenging music, performed with verve and colour - truly displaying what Núñez calls the 'transient glory' of youthful voices.

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