One Song by John Conahan(World Premiere)

Piece written for ECMC by composer Stephen Paulus. Performed and recorded in 2005 in "Winter Solstice" concert.

Sweet Soul by Stephen Paulus

Live recording from "I Carry Your Heart" concert NYC May 2018

"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are." These words from the great poet, e. e. cummings, evoke a man of good will standing steadfast in the middle of an ever-changing world around him, daring to be different and determined in owning who he was..Topping off our May 2018 program was the world premiere of celebrated composer, Justin Dello Joio's first-ever choral work of the same name as the concert's title: "i carry your heart."

I Carry Your Heart by Justin Dello Joio (World Premiere)

From our concert "Song is a Strong Thing"
"Troubled Water" from the song cycle I'VE KNOWN RIVERS by Gywneth Walker. Poem by Langston Hughes

Troubled Water

From our concert "Song is a Strong Thing"
"A Day of Sunshine" from the song cycle "Three Songs of Life" by Christina Whitten Thomas.

A Day of Sunshine

From: "The Budding Morrow" concert in NYC December 2019

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

From: "The Budding Morrow" concert in NYC December 2019
Sax: Jeff Walton
Soloists: Jimmy Johnson and Carlos Jimenez

Do You Hear What I Hear
Noel Regney and Gloria Shayne
Arranged by Craig Courtney

Do You Hear What I Hear

From: "The Budding Morrow" concert in NYC December 2019
Soloists: SuJan Miguel Sang Rodriguez, Edward Enrique

Gaudete Christus est natus
Piae Cantiones

Gaudete Christus est natus

Live recording from "The Treasured Volume" concert in NYC May 2017

King of the Deck
Conrad Susa

Live recording of the rare works of Conrad Susa for men's choral music (TTBB).

Kings of the Deck by Conrad Susa

From: "Retrospective" concert in NYC March 2019
Soloists: Ben Donahoo, Westley Todd Holiday

Seasons of Love from the musical Rent by Jonathan Larson

The alumni of GGC and ECMC join the current singers in a rendition of "Season of Love" to honor the 25th Season Anniversary of the chorus.

Seasons of Love by Jonathan Larson

An Old Irish Blessing

The Empire City Men's Chorus sings the final movement of a five-movement piece designed in the form of a mass commissioned by the chorus during the New York Marriage Equality Debate in 2010.  The movement, composed by Dorothy Hindman, is set to the text of a Roman Epigram from 80 AD, which reads, in part, "Bearded Callistratus has married Afer the rough as any maiden takes lawfully a husband. Why not yet to you, Rome, does this seem good enough?"

Prothalamia - Agnus Dei (World Premiere)

Last Letter Home

Founded in 1993, Empire City Men's Chorus is a forward-thinking, urban men's concert chorus that works to refresh men's choral music and the the people who experience us.

Auditions are by appointment only. You may schedule an audition by e-mailing auditions@empirecitymenschorus.org.

Empire City Men's Chorus

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