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“Words make you think. Music makes you feel. A song makes you feel a thought” – Yip Harburg
Virtual Choir Performances
The UN Singers are pleased to release their most recent virtual production, Sa Skimrande Var Aldrig Havet (So was never shimmering sea), a love ballad from Sweden written by Evert Taube and arranged by Anders Edenroth.
O Earth, Loving Mother was composed and arranged for choirs by Mark Sirett, and was adapted from the Canadian poet Archibald Lampman’s “Voices of the Earth” (1895).
The UN Singers are honored to present their new virtual project, this time performing a traditional Finnish folk song: Kalliolle Kukkulalle
The UN Singers are thrilled to present their new virtual project performing “Hame Chim Yar”
The holiday season has come again!
Upcoming Performances
Past Performances
11 February 2020: High-level Event - Launch of 'Drive for 5' Education Initiative hosted by the Irish Mission to the United Nations.(Video recording - UN Singers are from 1:26:26)
6 December 2019: UN Singers Holiday Concert at Church of St. Brigid-St. Emeric, New York, NY
26 September 2019: Irish Mission Reception during 2019 General Assembly Week, in partnership with Fijian Mission, Delegates Dining Room at UNHQ
16 August 2019: UN Singers Summer Concert at Saint Luke’s Lutheran Church, New York, NY
3 August 2019: New York Big Apple Music Festival at the Aaron Copland School of Music at the Queens College in New York City
21 May 2019: Opening of Africa Forum at UN Headquarters
9 May 2019: Joint Performance with UN Choir Geneva at Port Authority performance space
7 and 8 May 2019: Joint Performances with UN Choir Geneva at UN Headquarters
27 April 2019: The wonderful British Band the Strawbs 50th Anniversary concert at the Lakewood Theatre in Lakewood, NJ.
8 February 2019: Performance for “Art for Peace” at UN Headquarters. Flyer here.
14 December 2018: Holiday Concert at Saint Peter’s Church, New York City. Program here.
27 November 2018: U.N. Singers Peace Concert with Kim Cho Eun, MBG Choir, Mao Ya, Lee Ye Young and Bean Sprouts Choir at Perelman Stage Carnegie Hall, New York.
12 November 2018: Performance of “Mozart’s Requiem in D Minor: On the Occasion of the Centenary of the End of World War I, In Commemoration of Those Who Have Died in War and Conflict" with UNSRC Symphony Orchestra and INSPIRE Choir at Headquarters ECOSOC Hall. Watch here.
7 November 2018: “Concert for Peace” performance with Goyang Civic Choir at UN Headquarters Visitors Lobby.
20 October 2018: Performance for Latino congregation at Saint Peter’s Church. Program here.
8 October 2018: Performance with German Choir at the UN Headquarters Visitors Lobby.
21 September 2018: Performance for Peace Bell Ceremony in Observance of International Peace Day at UN Headquarters. Watch here.
18 - 28 September 2018: China Tour to Beijing and Harbin.
9 September 2018: Performance for Chinese Exhibit Reception at UN Headquarters. Watch here.
29 June 2018: Summer Concert at Saint Peter's Church, New York City. Program here.
9 June 2018: Roppongi Male Chorus ZIG-ZAG (Japan) at Carnegie Hall (Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage). Read article.
31 January 2018: “Holocaust Remembrance and Education: Our Shared Responsibility” in observance of the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust at the UN Headquarters General Assembly Hall. Watch here.
15 December 2017: Joining forces with Symphony Orchestra for a holiday music programme celebrating the 70th anniversary of UN Singers at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center.
3 November 2017: Performance at the “Music for Peace” concert, Ida K. Lang Recital Hall at Hunter College
1 November 2017: Performance at the Cathedral of Saint John The Divine, New York, in celebration of the 500th Anniversary of the beginning of the Lutheran Reformation
15 September 2017: Peace Bell Ceremony - Annual service at the UN Headquarters
Korea-Japan 2017 70th Anniversary Tour with the following concerts:
27 August: Camp Greaves, Korea
28 August: Goyang-si Aramnuri Concert Hall, Korea
29 August: Pyeongchang Alpensia Resort, Korea
31 August: Chosun University Haeoreugwan, Korea
4 August: Lotte Concert Hall, Korea
6 September: Kabura Concert Hall, Japan
7 September: Okuma Hall, Japan
8 September: Tokyo Metropolitan Kokusai Secondary Education School
9 September: Hoku Topia Pegasus Hall
21 July 2017: at the Saint Peter's Lutheran Church on Lexington Avenue, NY, NY for our annual summer concert. Fully packed venue on our 70th Anniversary Summer Concert.
25-28 May 2017: Lindenholzhausen-Limburg, Germany. Bringing the message of the United Nations Secretary-General to the Harmonie Festival choral event and performing at three separate occasions. This is the choir's third invitation to the Harmonie Festival held every six years.
23 May 2017: Geneva, Switzerland's "Peace, Hope & Music: Music for the Soul from Around the World" Concert at Emmanuel Church with the rendition of Syrian composer Zaher Assaf’s work "Zhour Esalam" performed by French Canadian Soprano Isabelle Nicolas, percussionist Igor Devetak and Zaher Assaf himself. Roberto Rega, piano-accompanist. Timothy DeWerff, pianist-accompanist.
22 May 2017: Geneva, Switzerland's "Peace, Hope & Music" celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the United Nations Singers of the UN Staff Recreational Council of New York with a joint concert with the United Nations Choir of Geneva including world premiere rendition of Syrian composer Zaher Assaf’s work "Zhour Esalam" performed by French Canadian Soprano Isabelle Nicolas, percussionist Igor Devetak and Zaher Assaf himself. Roberto Rega, pianist-accompanist. Timothy Dewerff on pianist-accompanist.
2 May 2017: The United Nations Singers of the UN Staff Recreational Council performed in a concert "Let There Be Peace On Earth" with Coro ITMC, a choir from the Technological Institute of Contemporary Music, in Buenos Aires, Argentina; and a Children's Choir from St. Peter's Lutheran Church.
12 March 2017: The UN SRC Singers performed at the launch of the Commission on the Status of Women organized by UN Women at Hunter College.
18 January 2017: The UN Singers NYC sang for the first time in UN history with the UNRSC Symphony Orchestra at NYU Skirball center. Watch here.
30 November 2016: at the UNAIDS event Leaving No one behind - Moving forward together at United Nations Headquarters in the Trusteeship Council Chamber. Watch here.
29 November 2016: for the memorial of US Ambassador Reed at United Nations Headquarters in the ECOSOC Chamber invited by Catherine Pollard, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management.
25 October 2016: at the Opening of the United Nations Staff day organized by the Department of Public Information at United Nations Headquarters in the ECOSOC Chamber. Watch here.
13 September 2016: at the Wreath laying ceremony of the 55th anniversary of the death of Dag Hammarskjöld, the first Secretary-General of the United Nations.