City Bar Chorus Venues & Booking

Reviews from our venues:

“Our second event for Black History month came on February 27th with the return of the City Bar Chorus, who gave an eclectic, diverse and broad program that ranged from Broadway to Motown, Classic Rock to Gospel Spiritual. . . . Director Kathy Schneider, a very astute musicologist as well as sharp lawyer and researcher, gave a mini lesson in Black history in her introductions to each song, showing how it was connected to the theme through artists, performances, structure, influence, genre and style. The information was as entertaining as it was enlightening. . . . [L]istening to these well practiced law professionals sing so many intricate and layered harmonies throughout the evening, you had to remind yourself that singing is NOT their day job. . . [T]hey gave us a warm, lovely and enjoyable event to close Black History month.”
— Thomas Pileggi, Activities Coordinator, the Dorothy Ross Friedman Residence (managed by The Actors Fund)

“You all did a lovely job last night. Thank you so much for bringing all your talent, passion, and love to the residents of Rivington House.”
— Erika Banks, Manager, Hearts & Voices Program, Lifebeat — Music Fights HIV

“I just don’t know how you do it. It seems unimaginable that the City Bar Chorus can get any better than the year before! Once again you and your fellow members delighted the Brown Gardens residents with your absolutely beautiful singing, fabulous arrangements and musical talents. I am forever grateful that each year you entertain us and bring such joy to my residents. It will be a long wait until you return. Please thank everyone involved in last Tuesday’s performance and let them know how appreciated they are. Until next year . . . . I eagerly await the call to book us!!!”
— Sherry Marks, Social Worker/Service Coordinator, Arthur B. Brown & William Brown Gardens

“Thank you all for performing here at The Lillian Booth Actors Home. . . .  The residents thoroughly enjoyed hearing the eclectic mix of selections ranging from gospel to musical theatre.  Midway through the performance, when you engaged the residents in a sing along, you had them totally energized! . . .  We hope you will come back and visit us sometime in the near future.”
— Jordan Strohl, Administrator, The Lillian Booth Actors Home (managed by The Actors Fund)

Articles about the City Bar Chorus:

	City Bar Chorus Fifth Anniversary Concert to Honor John D. Feerick, City Bar Forty-Fourth Street Notes, October 1998.
	City Bar Chorus: A Unique Public Service, City Bar Forty-Fourth Street Notes, March 2001
	A Thank-You Chorus to the City’s Firefighters, The 100 Year Association of New York, November 29, 2001.
	New York 1 Television Presents Its “New Yorkers of the Week” Award to The Association’s City Bar Chorus, City Bar Forty-Fourth Street Notes, March 2004.

If you are interested in having the CBC perform for you, please e-mail us at booking@citybarchorus.org.

City Bar Chorus Community Outreach Venues

American Cancer Society’s Hope Lodge

Amsterdam Nursing Home

Atria (senior residence)

Bellevue Hospital (AIDS ward)

Bellevue Hospital (pediatric psychiatric ward)

Brown Gardens (senior residence)

Coler-Goldwater Hospital

Covenant House

DeWitt Nursing Home

Dorothy Ross Friedman Residence (a/k/a Aurora, managed by the Actors Fund)

The Esplanade (senior residence)

FDNY — Manhattan firehouses (after 9/11)

Fountain House, Inc. (program for the mentally ill)

Gilda’s Club New York City (cancer support)

The Hallmark (senior residence)

Jewish Home and Hospital (nursing home)

Kateri Residence (senior residence)

Lenox Hill Hospital

Mary Manning Walsh Nursing Home

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Hospital (adult hospital and children’s ward)

Ozanam Hall (nursing home)

Phipps Plaza West (subsidized housing)

Rivington House (AIDS residence)

Ronald McDonald House (pediatric cancer support)

Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine (NYU Medical Center), Pediatric Rehabilitation Unit

SAGE: Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders

Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center

Salvation Army, Williams Memorial Residence

September Space (service and recreation center for 9/11 volunteers, victims’ families and survivors)

St. Clare’s Hospital (AIDS ward)

St. Margaret’s House (senior residence)

St. Vincent’s Hospital (AIDS ward)

Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center

Veterans Administration Hospital

Visiting Nurse Service of New York Hospice Interfaith Memorial Service

Visions Coffeehouse at Selis Manor (coffeehouse in a residence for the blind)

West 74th Street Home (nursing home)

Women’s Mental Health Shelter at the Park Avenue Armory

Other Venues & Appearances

New York City Bar (our sponsor organization)

2009 Joint Concert with the Edinburgh Faculty of Advocates Choir

2009 St. Regis Hotel gala honoring former New York Court of Appeals Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye

NY1 television (New York City) – honored and profiled as “New Yorkers of the Week” January 30, 2004

1999 “Sing on Sixth” (holiday concert in Rockefeller Center featuring many local choruses)

American Bar Association 1993 Annual Meeting in NYC

1993 “CBS This Morning” (national broadcast of chorus singing the program’s theme song)