Welcome!

It is with deep sadness that we announce to our friends and supporters that Juris Padegs passed away on December 23, 2009 after a valiant struggle against illness. We grieve at the loss of a founder of our choir, one of our best that made us into a family, who throughout our many years has sung with us and supported us with his indefatigable spirit and energy and has now passed that inheritance on to future generations to fulfill.

Lolita's Miracle Bird (Brinumputns), 2002

The New York Latvian Concert Choir, Ņujorkas latviešu koris, is a non-professional choral group based in Yonkers, New York, drawing its membership from the tri-state area. While our members are primarily of Baltic background, the calling of the Latvian musical spirit has beckoned others to join us as well!

Founded in 1975, our choir has been devoted to performing masterpieces of Latvian choral, operatic and symphonic literature, and traditional folk music. Our choir also regularly commissions and premiers new works by Latvian composers.

Our choir first traveled to Latvia during the Soviet occupation. Since Baltic independence we have returned to Latvia numerous times to perform and to record.

The 2009-2010 season marks our 34th. Details of this season are available on our Schedule page. This coming spring we will be especially privileged to welcome the Riga Dome Cathedral Boys Choir to our workshop and concert in the Catskills.

We also regularly participate in the Latvian "Dziesmu Svētki", or Song Festivals, held in Latvia and abroad.

• More on our choir's history
• Rehearsal schedule (last updated May 3, 2009)

The New York Latvian Concert Choir, Inc. is a non-profit organization conducting a yearly workshop and performance program emphasizing Latvian cultural, linguistic, and ethnic heritage. Our activities are supported in part by the New York State Council on the Arts. For more information on our concert schedule, recordings, or to join, Email us at: info@nylatvianconcertchoir.org NEW YORK LATVIAN CONCERT CHOIR, Inc. 22 Minturn Street Hastings on Hudson, NY 10706