Join us August 13-18 at Radio City Music Hall as Brooklyn Youth Chorus performs with the American Symphony Orchestra as acclaimed composer Joe Hisaishi conducts his celebrated scores from the Studio Ghibli films of Hayao Miyazaki

What a lot of people don’t realize is that there is an entrepreneur behind the Brooklyn Youth Chorus: Dianne Berkun Menaker, a former music teacher who founded the 600-member choir in 1992.

Arts in the City, a monthly look at the lively arts scene from CUNY-TV, profiles Brooklyn Youth Chorus. Reporter Mike Gilliam goes in-depth with Founder and Artistic Director Dianne Berkun Menaker and members of the Chorus, discussing the work and impact of Brooklyn Youth Chorus.

News 12 Brooklyn stopped by the BYC headquarters to talk with our Founder and Artistic Director, Dianne Berkun Menaker, and several of our students about our work and process.

Fox5 NY interviewed Founder and Artistic Director, Dianne Berkun Menaker, as well as chorister Maya Baijal about the history and impact of Brooklyn Youth Chorus.

The acclaimed Brooklyn Youth Chorus collaborates with cutting-edge composers and has become a resource for popular musicians.

The Brooklyn Youth Chorus is not your typical kids' choir, singing folk-song arrangements and show tunes. It's made up of over 600 kids, from second grade to the end of high school, from struggling neighborhoods to New York's elite. Part of its mission is to give the kids a sense of purpose at a difficult time in life. The group has just released its first album, Black Mountain Songs, and is giving two high-profile concerts Friday and Saturday.