Holiday Modulations 2026

Holiday Modulations
Our annual tradition: a holiday concert like no other.

Every December, Young New Yorkers' Chorus gathers to celebrate the season in a way that's all our own. Holiday Modulations is a program of choral music, curated to envelop you in sound, grandeur, and nostalgia without leaning on the usual holiday tropes. It's a chance to find warmth and wonder in the season through music that feels both familiar and surprising.

Choral nerds and music lovers of all kinds will enjoy a program full of beautiful, rousing, and profound works almost exclusively by living composers. Whatever the season means to you, there's a seat for you here.

Good to know

• Friday, December 11 and Saturday, December 12, 8:00 PM
• The Church of St. Mary the Virgin (Times Square)
• Only Saturday night's performance will be live streamed
• Doors close approximately 20 minutes after the start of each performance. Latecomers will likely not be admitted.
• There will be no intermission

PROGRAM

Mixed Ensemble

and the swallow - Caroline Shaw

Eternity - Alvin Trotman

Hail, gladdening Light - Charles Wood

Night - William Blake

Snow - Ben Parry

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening - Eric Whitacre

Three Mystical Choruses: En Kelohenu - Steven Sametz

Treble Ensemble

Shining Light - Joanne Metcalf

Sabat Mater - Sulpitia Cesis

Stars in Your Bones - Joan Szymko

Totari - Laura Jekabsone

Winter Stars - Jake Runestad

Ave Generosa - Ola Gjeilo

Ave Maria - Franz Biebl

All

Closing Prayer - Alex Berko