Music Unites Youth Choir at Bronx Zoo’s “Sing for Wildlife” Thursday, 12/30

NYC-based non-profit Music Unites is closing off a successful 2010 with a featured performance on Thursday, Dec. 30th at the Bronx Zoo’s “Sing for Wildlife” competition.

Music Unites will join the Bronx Zoo's "Sing for Wildlife" on Thursday, December 30th.

The Music Unites Youth Choir will close the year as the featured performance on December 30th, 12:45 PM, at the Bronx Zoo’s Sing for Wildlife competition. Presented jointly by The Wildlife Conservation Society and the Hard Rock Café, this opportunity gives student choral groups from the five boroughs the chance to compete for the title of “best” choral group in New York. The final round of competition will feature a special cast appearance from Green Day’s American Idiot on Broadway.

The Music Unites Youth Choir, in partnership with Young Audiences New York, has been selected as one of the groups to represent local cultural institutions, and will appear as a special guest with a performance during the competition.

Now in its second academic year, the Music Unites Youth Choir consisted of 40 students has been exposed to unique performance and mentoring educational opportunities such as a Carnegie Hall performance in Michael Dorf’s The Music of The Who, this fall’s workshop with artist Reni Lane, and “Careers in Music” night which featured panelists from Epic Records, MTV and Bowery Presents.

According to Music Unites Founder Michelle Edgar, “In less than two years, Music Unites has grown exponentially and expanded a number of its programs. The New York-based non-profit has grown from an idea for an organization that would connect people through music and performance, to a boutique organization that is simultaneously supporting music education programs in urban student communities, helping musicians from diverse genres get their music heard, introducing audiences to new artists, and providing unique partnering and branding opportunities for a variety of organizations.

“The organization’s first initiative grew from the launch of the Music Unites Youth Choir to multiple initaitives including Empowering Women Through Music, ASCAP Night School series and a nationwide instrument drive.”

Also, mark your calendars for a Neil Young tribute from Music Unites, coming up on February 10th. You can read more about Music Unites in this previous SonicScoop feature.

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