Brooklyn Youth Chorus is a Grammy Award-winning ensemble that has collaborated with a range of artists including the New York Philharmonic and International Contemporary Ensemble and has served over 10,000 students in its after-school and public-school programs.
Founded in 1992, Brooklyn Youth Chorus is currently involving more than 700 students in its core after-school and public-school outreach programs. It has performed on a number of Nonesuch recordings, including Cecile McLorin Salvant’s Ghost Song (2022) and John Adams’ On the Transmigration of Souls (2004), and the New Amsterdam / Nonesuch release of William Brittelle’s Spiritual America (2019).
Dianne Berkun Menaker, the chorus’ founder and artistic director, is an educator, choral clinician, and creator of the Cross-Choral Training program, a holistic and experiential approach to voice and musicianship pedagogy in group settings. Most recently, she was the Associate Music Director for Euphoria by Julian Rosefeldt, commissioned by Park Avenue Armory.