Featured on WQXR
Dessoff was featured on the February 21 noon broadcast of "Choral Fixation" on WQXR, 105.9 FM in New York, NY (and streaming on the web at http://www.wqxr.org). Dessoff's 1999 recording of Robert Convery's To The One of Fictive Music, led by Kent Tritle, was played.
Dessoff and Ray Davies on NPR
An insider's look, from our own Jeff Lunden, at the November performances of The Dessoff Chamber Choir with Ray Davies (of The Kinks) was featured on the December 22 edition of "All Things Considered" on NPR. For the full archived story, click here.
As part of the multimedia breakout for the story, our full set of 15 songs with Ray is available as streaming audio or podcast at All Songs Considered.
November 19-20, 2009 - Dessoff Joins Ray Davies
Thursday, November 19 & Friday, November 20, 2009 8:00 pm
DAVIES: THE KINKS CHORAL COLLECTION
David Temple, conductor
Ray Davies and his band
The Dessoff Chamber Choir
The songwriting prowess of Ray Davies was showcased as he and his band perform choral-backed reworkings of classic Kinks hits. Included were exciting renditions of You Really Got Me, Celluloid Heroes, Waterloo Sunset, All Day and All of the Night, and more.
We also joined Ray on The Late Show with David Letterman on Wednesday, November 18!
The Town Hall
123 West 43rd Street
Manhattan
Dessoff (with the NY Phil) hits iTunes!
Tuesday, August 25, 2009 marked the release date for our June 25, 2009 performance of Mahler's 8th Symphony ("Symphony of a Thousand"). The Dessoff Symphonic Choir, along with New York Choral Artists, Brooklyn Youth Chorus, and a host of soloists joined the New York Philharmonic for Lorin Maazel's valedictory program as music director of the Phil. A truly memorable performance, now available for all to hear!
Click here to preview/purchase directly from iTunes, or here to preview/purchase from the NY Phil website. Also available on eMusic, Rhapsody, and available at audiophile sampling rates (96khz/24bit) via HDTracks.
Symphonic Women Help Raise Funds & Awareness for Pediatric AIDS
On January 12, 2009, women of The Dessoff Symphonic Choir appeared in mahler for the children of AIDS at Carnegie Hall, a performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 benefiting the victims of pediatric AIDS, starring Susanne Mentzer and Glenn Dicterow, and conducted by George Mathew. The concert raised over $177,000, which netted about $30,000 going to the women and children affected by the disease. Watch the clip of the performance, which was broadcast throughout South Asia on Voice of America World TV’s Urdu News Service.
MAHLER FOR THE CHILDREN OF AIDS on VOICE OF AMERICA URDU Television from George Mathew on Vimeo.
Appearance on Performance Today - 12/11/2008
On Thursday, December 11th, Performance Today will broadcast The Dessoff Choirs' performance of Elliott Carter's Musicians Wrestle Everywhere on the occasion of his 100th birthday. The concert took place at Merkin Concert Hall in New York City on March 10, 2007.
American Public Media's Performance Today is broadcast on 245 public radio stations across the country and is heard by about 1.1 million people each week. Each station individually decides what time to air the program. To find out where and when Performance Today is broadcast in your area, please visit performancetoday.org.
You may also visit publicradiofan.com, an independent website that can point the way to on-line listening. Many radio stations stream their signal on the internet, so it may be possible for you to tune in to a radio station across the country and hear Performance Today by visiting that station's website at the time they air it. This Thursday's show will be available on our website for seven days. We also archive many interviews, Studio MMW performances, Piano Puzzlers, and other features on our website.