Music at All Souls

Name: Community Choir
Start: 2024-12-10T18:30:00-05:00
End: 2024-12-10T19:30:00-05:00
Location: All Souls Sanctuary 1157 Lexington Ave.

All Souls has a rich history of music-making. With visually and sonically impressive sanctuary instruments, several choirs, and a richly reverberant acoustic, All Souls NYC offers its community a soul-nourishing music experience every week.

Audition to Sing with Us!

For singers seeking a volunteer singing position in the All Souls Choir, please submit our Volunteer Singer Application Form, and we will reach out to you when we schedule our auditions for the upcoming season!

For singers seeking professional singing engagement with All Souls NYC, please email [email protected] with current recordings and performance resume.

All Souls Choir

The All Souls Choir is an auditioned sanctuary choir made up of professional and highly skilled volunteer singers. Director of Music, Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez leads the choir in hymns and two choral anthems every Sunday from Labor Day to Memorial Day and large-scale musical offerings for special services like Christmas Eve and Easter. The choir’s thirteen professional singers offer solos throughout the choral season and provide service music during the summer.

The choir’s repertoire spans eras and genres from Renaissance polyphony to the music of living composers. The All Souls Choir rehearses on Wednesdays from 6-8pm, Sundays from 10-11am, and performs on Sundays for the 11:15am service.

Our 24-25 Singers

Soprano
Anna Aistova
Elizabeth Clancy
Mary Esbjornson
Ching-Ying Huang
Kathryn McCreary
Erinn Sensenig
Reldalee Wagner
Kate Wolfe Johnson

Alto
Caitlin Caruso Dobbs
Rodolfo Girón
Kate Katigbak
Natalie Lebert
Emily Mikesell
Dinah Nissen
Andrew Taylor-Troup
Laura Villanueva
Gianna Zampardo

Tenor
Shawn Bartels
Juan Hernández
Erik Resurreccion
Nathan Siler

Bass
Nick Hay
Matt Mueller
Harold Norris
Christopher Rothko
John Verkuilen
Paul Whelan
Augustus Young

Community Choir

Trent Johnson, our organist and Assistant Music Director, provides service music on the sanctuary organ throughout the calendar year and directs the All Souls Community Choir. The choir provides a weekly opportunity for congregation members to develop their singing abilities, and regular opportunities to perform in worship. The choir rehearses every Tuesday from 6:30-7:30pm.

All are welcome to Tuesday night rehearsals! Please reach out to Trent Johnson, [email protected], for more information.

All Souls NYC choir with orchestra in sanctuary

The Children’s Choir

James Backmon leads the Children’s Choir and the New Amsterdam Boys and Girls Choir at All Souls. Whether a beginner or young singer with previous experience, all are welcome to join. Through rehearsals and performances, they will enhance their vocal abilities, build confidence, and create lasting friendships.

The Children’s Choir rehearses on Sunday mornings from 10:30-11:15 am. To inquire about your child joining the choir, email James Backmon at [email protected].

Our Instruments

The sanctuary organ was built in 1989 by the Holtkamp Organ Company of Cleveland, whose instruments are found around the city in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Juilliard School.

The sanctuary piano is a Steinway B, purchased as part of the sanctuary renovation. After the renovation, the acoustics of the space were restored to a richly resonant acoustic.

Musica Viva NY

Members of the All Souls Choir form the core of Musica Viva New York (MVNY), a non-profit arts organization formed in 1977. MVNY mounts an annual season of four concerts in the All Souls sanctuary. Its mission is to bring world-class music to a widening community through its annual concert series, community engagement programs, and ambitious artistic vision. To learn more about the upcoming MVNY season, donate, or purchase tickets, visit their website via the button below.

Musica Viva NY Website