Choirs and Young People

Naomi Faran
Francisco Nuñez

In this session, Naomi Faran and Francisco Nuñez describe their work creating choral communities for young people. Through her work with the Moran Choirs in Israel, Naomi Faran has reached out not only to mainstream Israeli youth but also to marginalized communities within Israel. Likewise, Francisco Nuñez provides musical opportunities to underprivileged youth in New York City through his Young People's Chorus. In particular, Francisco calls to our attention changing demographics and socioeconomic trends, as he raises the question of what the "new choral singer" will look like, and how we will prepare our choirs for the diversity of the twenty-first century.