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Franz Biebl's Ave Maria

Daniel Fiore March 23, 2016

Tickets are on sale now for ECMC's Free and Easy: Songs of Youth and Pleasure. There's a 15% discount on tickets purchased by April 23, 2016. We're busy preparing for the concerts on May 7 and 8. In the meantime, we'd love to share Franz Biebl's Ave Maria from our Thrive Concert in December 2015.

Our performance of Biebl's emotional arrangement of "Ave Maria". This 7-part rendition was sung live at our THRIVE concert in Dec 2015, live at Church of the Holy Apostles. Featuring the voices of ECMC and our octet, OTTO

ABOUT ECMC

Founded in 1993, the Empire City Men's Chorus is celebrating its 24th season of New York City performances. ECMC was initially formed by members of the gay community interested in creating a male chorus featuring an eclectic multilingual repertoire of predominantly classical music. For over 20 years, ECMC has consistently presented concerts which boast a wide variety of well-known composers and newly commissioned works with a classical sensibility.

OUR MISSION

ECMC is an auditioned men’s chorus that seeks to perform adventurous and eclectic repertoire from early to modern music with emphasis on new works from living composers. ECMC’s performances reflect contemporary social issues to inspire an intimate musical dialogue with audiences.

OUR VALUES

We value musical excellence, artistic versatility, and professionalism in our singers.
We value diversity in our membership, audience, and communities.
We value fraternity and inclusivity.

Empire City Men's Chorus

Brotherhood in music

Empire City Men’s Chorus is an auditioned men’s chorus in New York City that has performed adventurous and eclectic repertoire since 1993. In addition to singing beloved choral works from the classical canon, ECMC prides itself on collaborating with acclaimed living composers such as David Del Tredici, David Sisco, John Conahan, Kyle Randall (ECMC’s current Composer-in-Residence), Mark A. Miller, Paul Moravec, Stephen Paulus and Dorothy Hindman to premiere new choral works for male voices. ECMC is honored to have performed in such revered venues as Merkin Hall, Symphony Space, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine and Carnegie Hall. ECMC has been the proud recipient of grants from Heritage of Pride, The Lower Manhattan Culture Council, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and The Puffin Foundation. ECMC strives for musical excellence, diversity and inclusivity to inspire an intimate musical dialogue with our audiences and communities.

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