Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus
What Is The JPPC? The Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus is part of this modern Yiddish renaissance – more than thirty members strong, ranging in age from 20 to 80, many of whom already speak or are learning Yiddish. The JPPC is particularly remarkable in its vast, century-spanning repertoire – largely unknown but exciting oratorios and comic operettas, better-known labor anthems, beloved folksongs, and popular tunes – all in Yiddish. Committed to strengthening Yiddish as a living language, The JPPC has also taken a bold step forward by commissioning and premiering new Yiddish choral works by modern composers such as Bella Gottesman, Binyumen Schaechter, Josh Waletzky, and Mark Zuckerman.
The JPPC shares the rich legacy of Yiddish song by performing year-round for old and young of all faiths at community centers, universities, K-12 schools, and places of worship throughout NYC’s tri-state region. The JPPC has performed its Outreach Concerts at Carnegie Hall, at Lincoln Center, and at Ground Zero, as well as the North American Jewish Choral Festival and other musical conferences. So that the newest generation can carry on the lamp of Yiddish song, the Chorus also performs with the Pripetshik Singers, made up of Yiddish-speaking children from ages six to seventeen. Besides its Outreach Concerts, The JPPC also annually performs its NYC Spring Concert open to the public with highlights from that season’s choral repertoire.
