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My Visit to Brooklyn Youth Chorus

Michael Kaiser | Posted 12.01.2012 | Arts
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Michael Kaiser

Imagine if the opportunity for creativity and self-expression were open to all. Imagine if every young person could learn to channel their energy through the discipline of an art form.

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The Color and the Shape: Where the Brooklyn Youth Chorus Meets Sacred Harp

Daniel J. Kushner | Posted 05.23.2012 | New York
Read More: Contemporary Classical, David T. Little, Dianne Berkun, Shape Note Singing, Sacred Harp Music, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Brooklyn Youth Chorus, David Harris, Jeannette LoVetri, Mellissa Hughes, Cross-Choral Training?, Am I Born, Brooklyn Village, Video, New York News
Daniel J. Kushner

While the genres of punk and metal may seem like the unlikeliest of bedfellows for a musical tradition born out of religious practice, their common American music ancestry may help to explain Sacred Harp's cultural staying power.

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