SUPPORT C4

A note from C4 Board Chair
​Rebecca Ehren:

Dear Friend of C4:

On behalf of C4, thank you for being part of our community and supporting our mission of enriching artists and audiences through passionate advocacy of new choral music. 

As a collective, C4 artists learn from one another, take ownership over the artistic vision of the ensemble, and mentor others in the new music community. Since C4’s first concert in 2006, our unique model has inspired the creation of four other contemporary choral collectives across the country. Will you help C4 continue to bring adventurous new choral music to New York City and beyond by making a charitable donation today?

Throughout our 15 seasons, C4’s mission has centered around three core goals: to perform and promote adventurous new choral music; to support living composers by premiering and commissioning new choral works; and to mentor and support emerging singers, conductors, and composers of today’s choral music. We are proud of the fact that more than 60% of this season’s repertoire has never been performed before, guaranteeing that audiences will have a new musical experience at each concert. From collaborating with aTonalHits, a piano/violin duo committed to innovative programming, to performing works in languages like Tagalog and Arabic, to incorporating live projection art and electronics at our concerts, C4 continues to push creative boundaries, challenging the idea of what a choral concert can be. 

This year, we expand our outreach efforts by presenting a workshop and performance in March at Queensborough Community College, introducing students to our unique brand of cutting-edge choral music and our collective model. Following our successful Premieres workshop series in the fall of 2018, we continue our dedication to supporting up-and-coming choral composers with our 2020-21 IGNITE Commissioning Competition, which will culminate in the world premiere performance of the winners’ commissioned works in June 2021. Through it all, C4 continues to be a group where experimentation, curiosity, and taking risks are welcomed and encouraged, empowering artists to ensure that choral music remains a vibrant, relevant art form today and for years to come.
 
All of this is possible only because of individuals like you, whose donations are essential to our operation and continued expansion.

We hope we can count on your continued investment in the future of choral music, and we look forward to seeing you throughout our 2019–20 concert season.

With gratitude,
Rebecca Ehren
Chair, Board of Directors

P.S. Making a tax-deductible contribution to C4 is easy! Click here to give via credit card through our website, or to find instructions on how to send via check. On behalf of C4, we are extremely grateful for your help in making this another successful season!

C4 performs in Alex Weiser's new opera, State of the Jews

C4 joined the cast of Alex Weiser's opera State of the Jews, which received its world premiere this December. The opera is a historical drama about Theodor Herzl (1860-1904), the charismatic and controversial Austro-Hungarian Jewish journalist whose writings ignited a mass political movement.

2019 Chorus America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming

We are thrilled to announce that C4 has won the 2019 Chorus America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming. This is the second time C4 has won this prestigious award, the first time being in 2014. 

The Chorus America/ASCAP Adventurous Programming Awards recognize choruses that demonstrate a sustained commitment to adventurous programming through performances of choral music written in the last 25 years. 

About C4

The Choral Composer/Conductor Collective is a unique ensemble of singers, composers and conductors, performing pieces written within the last 25 years, premiering and commissioning new choral works, and mentoring emerging singers, composers, and conductors of today's choral music.
In a city teeming with exceptional vocal ensembles of every kind, C4 is a standout, not just because of their fine programming and unique collaborative structure, but also for their consistently beautiful and balanced sound, excellent precision, warmth, and energy.
~ Lauren Alfano, I Care If You Listen
A highlight was Niimi’s Concerto for Chorus (Bios)...which was given a scintillating account by 18 singers in the ensemble C4, with Timothy Brown conducting...[T]his nine-minute a cappella work for mixed chorus featured much divisi writing and complex polyrhythms that Brown and the singers transformed into exhilarating vocal pyrotechnics.
~ John Fleming, Classical Voice North America
Their subtly attuned awareness of each others' musical movements makes their technical virtuosity seem near effortless.
~ Jean Ballard Terepka, Theatre Scene
They seem to revel in the challenges other choirs avoid like the plague. ... The group's dynamic is a lesson in exceeding expectations.
~ Christian Carey, Sequenza 21
(photos by Keith Goldstein unless otherwise noted)