NYCP Chorus

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Welcome to the NYCP Chorus, the choral arm of the New York Chamber Players Orchestra,  under the artistic direction of Giacomo Franci. This is a volunteer chorus, which will be prepared by Giacomo Franci, Director of Choral Activities and Markus Kaitila Assistant Conductor and Rehearsal Pianist. It will initially perform two concerts a year with the orchestra, one in the holiday season and one in the spring- as the chorus becomes more  established, other performance opportunities may also be scheduled.  

This is an exciting time to join a NEW chorus in New York City tied to an active and successful Orchestra. 

Auditions will be held for this SATB chorus at Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in April –  on Sunday April 27 from 5  to 7.30 PM. We are seeking a small, highly adept group of 40  singers, 10 per section. Singers will be expected to bring sheet music and perform two  contrasting pieces in two languages, one of them German- the first concert in December 2025 will feature the Bach Christmas Oratorio. 

Expectations: Weekly Rehearsals on Sundays from 5 to 7 PM starting in October 2025,  at Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church- 98 Richards St. Brooklyn NY 11231.  Every singer will be expected to sell 5 tickets. As incentive, each singer will get 25% of the revenue from their ticket sales. If singers sell more then 5 tickets each singer will get 35% of the revenue. At this  time, there are no dues expected from the singers. The concert dress will be black tops and  bottoms in the manner and style  comfortable for the singer.  

Click HERE-SignUp to register for an audition slot:

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For any questions, please contact us at: giacomo@newyorkchamberplayers.org 

or markus.kaitila@gmail.com

Giacomo Franci is a Master Pianist and the Artistic Director of NYCP. He has been  and will return as a guest conductor of great orchestras such as the Beijing  Symphony the Czech National Orchestra and the Symphony Orchestra of Grosseto. Maestro Franci is world  renowned as the leading interpreter of the music of Aaron Copland and Igor  Stravinsky: he published the premiere of the complete piano works by both composers on Fonè  Classics. This is a quote of the Stravinsky recording by Silk Road (China) “He has a  vast knowledge of music. His high level of piano skill is incomparable”. Recently  he signed a contract for Sheva Collection Record Company starting the cycle of  Beethoven Piano Works. Franci is a regular soloist of some of the most prestigious  international orchestras. He is conducting the New York Chamber Players Orchestra regularly at Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall and soon he will sign a contract to conduct the NYCP Orchestra for a series of commercial recordings under the Sheva Collection Record Label 

 

Markus Kaitila Pianist, has appeared asa soloist with Joutseno Art Summer, Wratislava, and Queens College Chamber Orchestras, and One World and New Amsterdam Symphonies under conductors such as Tong Chen and Charles Neidich. He won Bronze Prize in the second WPTA Finland International Piano Competition 2020 and First Prize at the Kohler-Osbahr piano competition (Duisburg). Markus has performed in the Wiener Saal (Salzburg), Musica Mundi Festival(Belgium), Klavier Festival Ruhr, and New York’s Mannes, Merkin and Carnegie Halls. He has completed residencies at Music Academy of the Westand the Banff Centre, and studied at the Sibelius Academy with Hui-Ying Liu- Tawaststjerna, Aaron Copland School of Music with Nina Lelchuk, NYU Steinhardt with Eteri Andjaparidze,and The Hartt School with Jose Ramos Santana