19th century paintings of the Old West epically depict the wide country: achingly beautiful vistas full of equal parts promise and danger. Overlooking such a landscape, Katherine Lee Bates penned her poem “America the Beautiful,” echoing the promises… Read More

Ever had a dream you couldn’t quite describe? Lewis Carroll’s dreamlike novel carries the reader through the most peculiar situations, and today’s retelling transports us even further! Jan Brett’s  Alice in a Winter Wonderland re-sets Carroll’s original in… Read More

This Spring Session, we dove deep into songs traversing both the adventurous sea and the stormy waves of life. In sailing, a headwind is a strong gust coming right at you, blowing contrary to the direction you want… Read More

¡Bienvenidos a nuestra temporada 2024-25! El Regalo de mi Abuela de Eric Velásquez cuenta la encantadora y verdadera historia de la invitación de un niño al mundo poderoso del arte a través del amor de su abuela y… Read More

FIERCE: Songs for Any Fate (Spring 2024) presented music with many kinds of creatures, real and fanciful, and their various shenanigans, all going about their business in unique ways—wily, inspiring, zany, and frumious ways! But this is not… Read More

Our December 2024 concert featured a reading of The Tailor of Gloucester, Beatrix Potter’s holiday tale of magic, mischief, and mice! You probably know Beatrix Potter’s work from The Tale of Peter Rabbit, but did you know she… Read More

We presented the third installment of our LOVE THAT BOOK concert series, featuring Tomie dePaola’s The Legend of Old Befana on Saturday, Dec 3, 2022. Here are some excerpts from the program: DIRECTORS’ NOTES     A story as apt… Read More

Excerpt from our 5/14/2022 concert notes: If our theme today looks familiar, it’s because it is:  “Come to My Garden” was the 2020 City Singers Spring Session theme, which for obvious reasons was never performed. How happy we… Read More

Excerpt from our 12/4/2021 concert program: We are excited to share with you one of our favorite story books, All-of-a-Kind-Family Hanukkah, and the music we’ve paired with it. The story is set in New York City around the… Read More