Music at All Souls

The All Souls Choir

The All Souls Choir sings on Sunday mornings and Christmas Eve, and is a semi-professional chorus of 30 singers—auditions are required. Rehearsals are held Wednesday evenings at 6:00 p.m. from September to June.

The Sunday morning repertoire includes such congregational favorites as Holst's Psalms 86 and 148, Missa Luba, Precious Lord,and Palestrina's Tu Es Petrus.To arrange for an audition, please call the church at (212) 535-5530.

Community Chorus

The Community Chorus is open to all (members and non-members) regardless of musical training or ability. Rehearsals are held Tuesday evenings from October through May at 6:30 p.m. No prior experience singing in a chorus is necessary! The Community Chorus sings during Sunday morning services periodically throughout the year.

Musica Viva

In addition to our Sunday morning music program, Walter Klauss also directs the Musica Viva concert series which features the All Souls Choir and orchestra. Musica Viva is a separately incorporated non-profit organization which perform four concerts per year at All Souls Church. The series features an annual early music concert with Baroque orchestra as well as an annual organ concert.

Musica Viva is dedicated to performing rarely heard choral, orchestral and organ works from all periods of musical history.

For more information and current concert schedule, visit MusicaViva.org

Children’s Choir

The Children’s Choir is directed by David Freiman. There is a core group of youngsters who love singing in this choir. The children perform songs from different genres, from Stephen Schwartz’s ballad “When You Believe” from the Disney feature film “Prince of Egypt,” to a traditional Hannukah song, to favorites from the hymnal.

If you are interested in having your child join the Choir, contact Melaney Mashburn, Director of Religious Education at (212) 535-5530 or email her.