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Come see us perform live at the House of the Association on June 1, 2012! Click on this link for details and to register, and on this link for a show flyer.
The City Bar Chorus (the “CBC”), now in its 19th season, was founded by the New York City Bar in 1993 and is New York City’s only “all-legal” community outreach vocal group. Honored by NY1 News as “New Yorkers of the Week,” the CBC’s 85+ members are attorneys, paralegals, legal staffers, law students and judges. Click here for information about our musical director, Kathryn Schneider, and our accompanist, Matthew Grieco.
The CBC’s primary mission is to reach out to the community through music. We do this by singing at community venues, such as senior residences and nursing homes, AIDS residences, cancer treatment centers, and pediatric and rehabilitation facilities. Examples of some of the facilities where we have performed include Rivington House, the American Cancer Society's Hope Lodge, the Jewish Home and Hospital, the Mary Manning Walsh Nursing Home, Covenant House, the Brown Gardens senior residence, the Salvation Army Manhattan Adult Rehabilitation Center, and the Visions at Selis Manor program for the visually impaired.
We also sing for luminaries of the bench and bar, including former New York Court of Appeals Chief Judge Judith Kaye and our founder, former Fordham Law School Dean (and former NewYork City Bar President) John Feerick. We have also had the pleasure of performing with our Scottish counterparts, the Faculty of Advocates Choir of Edinburgh, and are making connections with other legal choruses around the world.
Our repertoire ranges from Broadway to the Beatles and from jazz to rock to gospel. Click here for a selective list of our recent repertoire. A typical CBC show not only has us singing for the audience, but also gets the audience singing with us — through our member-led “sing-alongs,” which we customize for each audience we entertain.
Our group has received several commendations and awards, including an Excellence in Public Service Award from The Hundred Year Association of New York, a longstanding organization that honors those businesses and groups that it feels have enriched the life of the City. You can also view the City Bar Chorus photo gallery, or read articles about Chorus history.
Although community outreach is the CBC’s primary mission, we have performed at a number of local and national bar association events. We also sing at the elegant landmark headquarters of the City Bar for colleagues, friends and family.
If you are interested in joining the Chorus, please click here for audition information.
For more information about the New York City Bar Chorus, please email us at info@citybarchorus.org.
The CBC would like to thank AXA Equitable and Bryan Cave LLP for generously providing our rehearsal space. The CBC also thanks the ACE Charitable Foundation for support under its "Gift of Time" program.
