All Of Me

Another song done at the kids' insistence, and the result speaks for itself. Simply beautiful....

Oysters

PS22 Chorus pays tribute to the enormous talent of Tori Amos with this cover of the beautiful song, "Oysters," from her latest album, "Unrepentant Geraldines!" The kids give an epic performance on a difficult piece of music, and the duet of Alyssa & Janiya is simply out of this world!

Best Day Of My Life

Hard to believe there's only about a month and a half left before the class of 2014 moves on to intermediate school! Some of my colleagues requested "Best Day Of My Life" by American Authors to be sung as the theme to this year's graduation ceremony. PS22 Chorus (and the extraordinary Juan on lead vocals) demonstrates that this was indeed a wise suggestion.... The kids already got some great feedback from American Authors via Twitter & Facebook, saying, "You all KILLED IT!"

Digital Witness

Love this acoustic PS22-ified version of the bizarrely beautiful new single, "Digital Witness," by the brilliant St. Vincent! The kids got some amazing praise for this rendition from St. Vincent (via Twitter & Facebook) and many online publications including SPIN Magazine, Stereogum, and Huffington Post!

Sour Times

PS22 Chorus goes old school, bringing back "Sour Times," a 90s trip hop classic from Portishead! We weren't really expecting to film this as it was only our first rehearsal upon return from the spring break, but the kids gave such a bravura performance on this difficult song, we decided to record and post it in our original one-camera format.

Innovative Charms!

On Monday, April 21, the PS22 Chorus was honored Saturday at the Innovation Cities Tour NYC! Former 2004 member, Clive, helped represent by reprising his amazing performance of "Me And My Charms" by the brilliant Kristen Hersh!  Thanks to Julie Anixter & Craig Hatkoff for an amazing night!

Check out some more great pics from the event from Andrew Federman!

Lanterns

And yet again, the PS22 Chorus of 2014 outdoes itself with this high octane cover of "Lanterns" by the amazing Birds of Tokyo! Third grade prodigy Malcolm returns to supply the beats, and soloist Gabriel does an absolutely brilliant job on the leads! The chorus's harmonies are spot on and the kids truly give - one of their most thrilling performances! Thanks to Ms. Lisa for bringing this song to my attention and, of course, for her always beautiful filming of the kids!!

Also a huge honor to see this posted on Birds of Tokyo's Facebook page, proclaiming "This is beautiful!"

Moon River

A unique version of a classic performed with class from the PS22 Chorus class of 2014! (That's a whole lotta class!) "Moon River" is a song by Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini, written for the film, "Breakfast At Tiffany's," starring Audrey Hepburn.

Happy!

PS22 Chorus, with the help of A-M-A-Z-I-N-G soloist Christopher, take "Happy" by Pharrell to a whole new level!! Perhaps "Ecstatic" would have been a more fitting title?? The kids insisted that we do this one, and I'm... err... happy they did!

The Walker

The kids of PS22 Chorus offer up three minutes and ten seconds of pure unadulterated joy with their cover of "The Walker" by Fitz And The Tantrums!! All the elements come together for a truly winning video -- a brilliant song, an adorable solo (courtesy of Kenyatta), powerful harmony, and a passionate performance! It just doesn't get much better than this, folks!!

Throwback Thursday: Pulling Mussels (From The Shell)

PS22 Chorus pulled out all the stops for this rather amazing performance of one of my favorite songs from my childhood, "Pulling Mussels (From The Shell)" by Squeeze! The kids definitely brought new life to this 80s classic!  Love this!!

PS22 Chorus Sings In FIFTH HARMONY!

Last Thursday, the incredible girls of Fifth Harmony stopped by to make some music and thoroughly inspire the children of the PS22 Chorus! Making music with Fifth Harmony was an unforgettable experience for the kids, and apparently vice versa! The two groups joined together for special performances of "Miss Movin' On" and "Who Are You," and even a short rendition of "Jar of Hearts" by our previous guest, Christina Perri! The young ladies had some beautiful words for the kids which you can see/hear for yourself after the performance of "Miss Movin' On," the first video shared from this incredible afternoon! So check out the videos below, and our Fifth Harmony photo album on our Facebook page!  (And see the rave reviews our version of "Miss Movin' On" has gotten from PS22's best pal and avid supporter Perez Hilton as well as entertainment blog Pop Dust.)