Join EVC in Summer and Fall 2020
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Songwriting for Change
July 6th-August 9th Children envision the world they would like to live in and work together to put their ideas into song and video. Final online performance on Sunday, August 9th. 
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Fall 2020 Programs
EVC Kids, Youth, Concert Choir, and VoiceAbility For more information on EVC's choral programs in fall 2020, including our COVID-19 contingency plans, click here. All children ages 7-16 are welcome to join. 
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EVC ONLINE
Click the image below to see EVC Online, including highlights from Ladybug: EVC's Virtual Spring Concert.
EVC - Where Every Voice Matters
Every Voice Choirs helps young people discover their voices and share them with pride. We are music educators who empower children by teaching them to share their voices confidently through their singing and throughout their lives.
Based at Columbia University Teachers College, EVC is unique for bringing exceptional choral training to ALL children. Everyone ages 7-16 is welcome in EVC's core choirs - Kids Choir and Youth Choir - without audition. EVC VoiceAbility is for children ages 8-12 with special needs. For EVC singers who seek additional, rigorous choral training, the Concert Choir provides the opportunity to perform challenging works in collaborations with adult choirs and orchestras. Among its notable performances, The Concert Choir has performed two world premieres at Carnegie Hall.
EVC's choirs are led by Columbia faculty who are leaders in choral education, and all of EVC's singers perform at premier NYC venues, including Merkin Hall and Miller Theater.
Recognizing how deeply personal voices are, EVC builds on students' experience, ability, and interests, helping them set goals for their vocal, musical, and personal development, and working with them to achieve those goals. Students are nurtured as musical thinkers and leaders who improvise freely, create their own songs, and share their voices and their ideas throughout the process of learning and performing.
Based at Columbia University Teachers College, EVC is unique for bringing exceptional choral training to ALL children. Everyone ages 7-16 is welcome in EVC's core choirs - Kids Choir and Youth Choir - without audition. EVC VoiceAbility is for children ages 8-12 with special needs. For EVC singers who seek additional, rigorous choral training, the Concert Choir provides the opportunity to perform challenging works in collaborations with adult choirs and orchestras. Among its notable performances, The Concert Choir has performed two world premieres at Carnegie Hall.
EVC's choirs are led by Columbia faculty who are leaders in choral education, and all of EVC's singers perform at premier NYC venues, including Merkin Hall and Miller Theater.
Recognizing how deeply personal voices are, EVC builds on students' experience, ability, and interests, helping them set goals for their vocal, musical, and personal development, and working with them to achieve those goals. Students are nurtured as musical thinkers and leaders who improvise freely, create their own songs, and share their voices and their ideas throughout the process of learning and performing.
2019-2020 PERFORMANCES
Peace Seekers VIII: Every Voice Choirs' Winter Concert at Merkin Concert Hall, January 25
EVC's Children's Choirs with special guests the Teachers College Community Choir performed a diverse array of repertoire including “What the World Needs Now is Love,” “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free,” and “Prayer of the Children" in our winter concert honoring those who dedicate their lives to the quest for justice and peace. Read more...
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Community Concert at
Broadway Presbyterian Church, January 20
Every Voice Choirs presented a free, intergenerational community concert honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the day our nation celebrates his legacy. Singers from EVC's Children's Choirs and The Teachers College Community Choir shared their voices in songs that resonate with Dr. King's message of love. Read more...
LOVE: The TC Community Choir's Winter Concert
EVC's Concert Choir as Guest Performers, December 17
On December 17th, EVC's Concert Choir joined forces with the Teachers College
Community Choir in spreading the love through song. Congratulations to all our singers on a wonderful fall concert season! Read more...
A Cantori Holiday: Cantori New York's Winter Concert
EVC's Concert Choir as Guest Performers, December 15
EVC's Concert Choir joined Cantori New York (Mark Shapiro, Music Director) in celebrating the holiday season with "Oseh Shalom," "Jingle Bells," and "The First Noel." Many thanks to Cantori for having us return to sing at this lovely event!
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Winter's Eve at Lincoln Square
EVC's Concert Choir on the Main Stage, December 2
EVC's Concert Choir kicked off the tree lighting ceremony in Dante Park amidst the snow. With pianist Drew Coles and drummer Philippe Lemm, EVC warmed up the crowd for the famous Ronnie Spector and The Ronnettes and the countdown. Read more...
EVC's Concert Choir on the Main Stage, December 2
EVC's Concert Choir kicked off the tree lighting ceremony in Dante Park amidst the snow. With pianist Drew Coles and drummer Philippe Lemm, EVC warmed up the crowd for the famous Ronnie Spector and The Ronnettes and the countdown. Read more...
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
EVC's Subway Singers with Tom Hanks
EVC singers appear in Tom Hanks' newest film, enacting a scene that happened in real life when Fred Rogers came to New York City. Filmed on a real, moving subway car, our singers led a stirring rendition of Mr. Roger's theme song. Tom Hanks is as nice as everyone says he is. Read more...
EVC's Subway Singers with Tom Hanks
EVC singers appear in Tom Hanks' newest film, enacting a scene that happened in real life when Fred Rogers came to New York City. Filmed on a real, moving subway car, our singers led a stirring rendition of Mr. Roger's theme song. Tom Hanks is as nice as everyone says he is. Read more...
As Deep as I Could Remember, As Far as I Could See
Tarik Kiswanson - Performa Biennial, November 21-24
EVC singers collaborated with artist Tarik Kiswanson and Performa in presenting Kiswanson's first major commission in the United States, As Deep as I Could Remember, As Far as I Could See, at the 2019 Performa Biennial. Read more...
Tarik Kiswanson - Performa Biennial, November 21-24
EVC singers collaborated with artist Tarik Kiswanson and Performa in presenting Kiswanson's first major commission in the United States, As Deep as I Could Remember, As Far as I Could See, at the 2019 Performa Biennial. Read more...
Children's Village at Harlem Holiday Lights, November 20
On November 20th, EVC's Kids and Youth Choirs performed at the Harlem Commonwealth Center as part of Community Board 9 Arts & Culture Committee's Children's Village. Read more...
On November 20th, EVC's Kids and Youth Choirs performed at the Harlem Commonwealth Center as part of Community Board 9 Arts & Culture Committee's Children's Village. Read more...
CITYarts Hamilton Playground Mural Ribbon-Cutting, October 7
On October 7th, singers from EVC's Kids and Youth Choirs performed at the ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the CITYarts' new mural at the Alexander Hamilton Playground in West Harlem.
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On October 7th, singers from EVC's Kids and Youth Choirs performed at the ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the CITYarts' new mural at the Alexander Hamilton Playground in West Harlem.
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EVC in Press
Read Dr. Nicole Becker and Dr. Jeanne Goffi-Fynn's article Discovering Voices: Expanding Students' Musical and Vocal Ideals in an Urban Community Children's Choir, featured in Choral Journal.
Read Dr. Nicole Becker and Dr. Jeanne Goffi-Fynn's article Discovering Voices: Expanding Students' Musical and Vocal Ideals in an Urban Community Children's Choir, featured in Choral Journal.
Donate Now for 2020!
Your tax-deductible donation will help support our children's programs for the year ahead. Every donation helps us empower the young voices of our community.