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...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.

C4's adventurous programming fills an important niche in the cultural life of New York, and the ensemble has proven its commitment to presenting high caliber music in a welcoming atmosphere.


(photos by Keith Goldstein unless otherwise noted)

Announcing

Picture
Choral Works with Visual and Electronic Components
November 10 and 12, 2016
Emerging
Winners of C4's First Student Competition and Other Works
March 2 and 4, 2017
Electric
Choral Works with Electric Guitar, Bass, and Drums
June 8 and 10, 2017

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The Winners

C4 Congratulates the Three Winners of Our First Student Composition Competition
Pre-College, Filip Holacky
​Nature is What We See
College, Carlos Perez Tabares
​Canciones para una cosa y otra
(Songs for one thing and another)
Graduate, Benjamin Zucker
​Time Passes
We look forward to unveiling the entries of these three talented composers on the March 2017 "Emerging" Concerts

The 'CORNERSTONES' Recording

The Release of Our New Album is Coming Up: November 11th

Here is behind-the-scenes peek at the recording process, taken from the final session on April 2.
"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
Other Pages of Interest:

C4's European Premiere
Member composer's "Pitter Patter" heard at the European Parliament in Brussels.


C4 Featured
Read about C4's history in the Doctoral Dissertation of The University of Kentucky's Julian Bryson



C4's "Cornerstones" Recording Project Fully Funded
- THANK YOU



Chorus American Magazine's
Feature Article on C4



C4 Receives a 2014 Chorus America/ASCAP Adventurous Programming Award


Recap of C4's 2014-15 Composer Commissioning Competition


C4 is funded in part by:
The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
NYSCA
The Rea Charitable Trust
C4 is a proud member of:
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New York Choral Consortium
New York Choral Consortium
Chorus America
C4 Network
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