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November 18, 2017
We were part of a celebration of the life of chorus member Eric "Ricky" Eisenberg

Photo credits: Matthew Weinstein

We were part of a gala celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the Trinity Baptist Church in Brooklyn on
January 17, 2016.

Over a hundred parishioners and guests seemed truly moved by our performance.

View and listen to part of the performance.
(This will take you away from this page) (Video credits: Elliot Greene).

Ode to Workers Click here
Rockin' Solidarity Click here
Oh Freedom Click here
Siyahamba Click here
Tina Sizwe Click here
The Whole Wide World Around Click here

Our performance at the Ethical Culture Center on Nov. 15th (2014) was sold out; the crowd of over 800 had a rousing time.


Photo credit: BUD KOROTZER


Our May 2013 Gala Concert
with Jana Ballard, Conductor
and Dennis Nelson, Accompanist

at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center was a great success!
See some pictures on our performances page
February 2013...
Labor Chorus on the radio!
A great story on NPR by reporter Margot Adler.
Go here to read the transcript and hear the 6-minute broadcast.


December 2012...
Chorus gets great coverage in the
LOS ANGELES TIMES!
GO TO THE L.A.TIMES ARTICLE
... and in Labor Notes
GO TO THE LABOR NOTES ARTICLE
... and the LA Times article was reprinted in Long Island's Newsday
GO TO THE NEWSDAY ARTICLE

Overflow crowd at our May concert at Peoples' Voice Café


Chorus & audience at Peoples' Voice Café, May 14, 2012
Photo credit: BUD KOROTZER/DESERTPEACE

This annual event continues to be great fun. During the break, we shared a preview of a DVD of our trip to Cuba in April, 2011. For more pictures, click here.

20th anniversary concert a great success!



On the stage in New York City's famed Town Hall, November 5, 2011

A full house—and a very enthusiastic audience!

"mini-concert" in midtown Manhattan

The chorus was invited to sing in the atrium of the MetLife building in midtown Manhattan on December 8, 2011. To see video clips, click on one of these links.

We are the champions
Something inside so strong

 

A week in Cuba!

For a snapshot of our week, check out coverage from the Havana Times , with lots of photos. More pictures here

See the New York Timescoverage

Other Recent Events

Singing at the fund-raiser for labor troubador Anne Feeney
On May 13th, 2011, we joined Pete Seeger, Peter Yarrow, and dozens of others to support this hero's struggles with our insane medical system.


Cultural exchange trip to Cuba
In April, 2011, over 60 chorus members went on an exciting cultural exchange to the beautiful island of Cuba. In seven intense days we performed for groups as diverse as the National Chorus of Cuba, the Chorus of the National Trade Union Federation, and children's choral and theater groups, while listening to and watching their performances as well. We were pleased to be part of the ongoing process of opening up contacts between people there and people here after 50 years of official estrangement. For a taste of our experience, go to the page of assembled photos.

At the Labor Day Parade, 2017
Supporting locked-out "singing servers" at Ellen's Stardust Diner, midtown Manhattan, Nov. 2016
In the Climate March, New York City, Sept. 21, 2014
Pete Seeger at the Clearwater Festival, June 2007

To see a photo display of some of the Chorus's recent labor support activities, click here.


On the picket line with Legal Services strikers, June 20, 2013 Supporting striking school bus drivers, Feb. 6, 2013 Performing in the MetLife atrium, Dec.7, 2015 Picketing and singing with locked-out Con Ed workers, July 10th, 2012 Marching in the New York City Labor Day parade, Sept. 10, 2011 Performing at the benefit for labor troubador Anne Feeney, May 13, 2011
Photo credit: Joel Simpson Performing in John Lennon Park, Havana, Cuba, on our week-long visit in April, 2011
Photo credit: Havana Times (Part of) the chorus at our winter concert, 2010
Photo credit: LEFTNEXTNOTES / BUD KOROTZER Chorus members and friends at the One Nation demonstration, Washington, DC, October 2, 2010. We sounded especially good on the DC metro! Marching and performing at the United for Peace & Justice March and Rally Against the US War in Iraq in Manhattan.
Labor Chorus and Welsh Choir performing together in Manhattan.
Photo by Alice Berger.
Marching and performing at the United for Peace & Justice March and Rally Against the US War in Iraq in Manhattan. Singing our hearts out at the 8th Gala Benefit Concert on June 16, 2007.New York City Labor Chorus Gala Benefit Concert.