Distinguished Concerts International - New York

DCINY Expands Partnership with TURKSOY
with First Concert Tour of Turkey

The Jonathan Griffith Singers Perform "Yunus Emre Oratorio" and a
World Premiere by Christopher Tin

Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) is thrilled to embark upon its first concert tour of Turkey at the invitation of TURKSOY, the International Organization of Turkic Culture. Featuring the expanded forces of The Jonathan Griffith Singers, 91 voices strong, with orchestra and conducted by Jonathan Griffith, the concerts will include Ahmed Adnan Saygun's magnum opus, Yunus Emre Oratorio, a work inspired by the thirteenth-century Turkish poet Yunus Emre, as well as an excerpt from Haktan Gelen Serbeti, ("The Drink from God"), a new work by Christopher Tin commissioned by DCINY to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Turksoy and as a gift from the citizens of the United States to the people of Turkey....

Requiems for the Brave

Featuring the World Premiere of Mark Hayes' Requiem and the Duruflé Requiem
Plus the New York Premiere of Hayes' setting of The Gettysburg Address

MARK HAYES, Composer and Conductor
JONATHAN GRIFFITH, Artistic Director and Principal Conductor, DCINY
Holly Sorensen, Mezzo-Soprano | Andrew Garland, Baritone
DISTINGUISHED CONCERTS ORCHESTRA AND SINGERS INTERNATIONAL 

Monday, May 27 at 7:00pm Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center

Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) pays tribute to our veterans this Memorial Day with Requiems for the Brave on Monday, May 27 at 7:00pm at Avery Fisher Hall. The evening will feature two works by composer Mark Hayes, who will also conduct: the New York premiere of The Gettysburg Address and the World Premiere of his Requiem. The concert will also feature the Requiem by Maurice Duruflé, in its lush orchestral version, conducted by DCINY Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Jonathan Griffith...

April 24, 2013

Caleb Chapman's Crescent Super Band

The Award-Winning Band from Utah Redefines the American Songbook

 Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents Caleb Chapman's Crescent Super Band, twenty-five extraordinarily talented young musicians from Utah, in their Carnegie Hall debut. An exhilarating phenomenon of youthful energy and inspired musicality...

April 8, 2013

New York Premiere of Christopher Tin's Calling All Dawns

Christopher Tin's richly varied and profoundly moving world music song cycle, Calling All Dawns, receives its New York premiere on Sunday, April 7 at 2pm at Avery Fisher Hall, presented by Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY). The performance of the two-time Grammy-winning work (2011's winner for Best Classical Crossover Album and Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists) will feature original artists from the recording including Anonymous 4, Indian Classical singers Roopa Mahadevan and Misha Chowdhury, and singer Ron Ragin...

February 27, 2013

Distinguished Concerts International New York
& New York Opera Studio Congratulate
Baritone STEPHEN LANCASTER and Mezzo-soprano TERESA BUCHHOLZ

Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) and the New York Opera Studio (NYOS) are delighted to announce the winners of the 3rd edition of the Nico Castel International Master Singer Competition. Mezzo-soprano Teresa Buchholz and baritone Stephen Lancaster were declared the female and male “Master Singers” at the conclusion of the finalist concert which took place on Monday, April 1 at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. Eight candidates performed one oratorio selection and one opera aria each on the evening’s concert...

April 8, 2013

The Nico Castel International Master Singer Competition Finals Concert

March 13, 2013