THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S CHORUS OF NEW YORK CITY INC

THROUGH OUR IN-SCHOOL AND AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMMING, YPC REACHES OVER 2,000 YOUNG PEOPLE FROM ALL FIVE BOROUGHS OF NYC, PROVIDING WORLD-CLASS MUSIC EDUCATION, LIFE-CHANGING PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES, AND COMPREHENSIVE WRAPAROUND ACADEMIC SERVICES. YPC IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING NO CHILD IS EVER EXCLUDED DUE TO FINANCIAL BARRIERS, PROVIDING LOW-COST AND FREE MUSIC AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING FOR NEW YORK CITY'S YOUNG PEOPLE. YPC PERFORMANCE CHORUSES REHEARSE AT OUR MAIN CAMPUS ACROSS THE STREET FROM LINCOLN CENTER, SERVING 450 YOUNG PEOPLE AGES 8-18 AND PERFORMING IN OVER 60 EVENTS. CHORISTERS STUDY AND PERFORM COMPLEX CHORAL WORKS, PERFORMING IN MAJOR HALLS LIKE LINCOLN CENTER AND CARNEGIE HALL AND INTERNATIONALLY. CHORISTERS ALSO BENEFIT FROM WRAPAROUND COLLEGE BOUND PROGRAMS, WHICH PROVIDE ACADEMIC AND COLLEGE ADMISSIONS SUPPORT. YPC COMMUNITY CHORUSES OFFER TRANSFORMATIVE MUSIC EDUCATION AND PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OVER 200 YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH BRONX, WASHINGTON HEIGHTS AND UPPER MANHATTAN. THESE PROGRAMS FOCUS ON SERVING UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES, PARTICULARLY THOSE WITH LARGE IMMIGRANT POPULATIONS AND A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS. BY PROVIDING AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMMING DIRECTLY IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE CHORISTERS LIVE AND GO TO SCHOOL, YPC EASES THE BURDENS OF COST, TIME, AND TRANSPORTATION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES. YPC SCHOOL CHORUSES PARTNER WITH UP TO 20 TITLE 1 SCHOOLS, BRINGING OUR PROGRAMS TO 1,400 YOUNG PEOPLE IN NYC'S PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS. YPC SUBSIDIZES 100% OF THE COSTS OF THESE PROGRAMS FOR SCHOOLS, AND CHORISTERS PARTICIPATE AT NO ADDITIONAL COST. CHORISTERS LEARN FROM YPC'S PROPRIETARY CURRICULUM, STUDYING FOLK, CLASSICAL, JAZZ, BROADWAY, AND MORE AS THEY LEARN MUSIC HISTORY AND CULTURES AROUND THE WORLD. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, SCHOOL CHORUSES PRESENT APPROXIMATELY 60 IN-SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY CONCERTS ACROSS NYC.