Top New York choir performs and aids youth in NOLA

From New Orleans-

Pundits often say that Wall Street has little in common with the rest of the country, but don’t tell that to the folks at All Souls Episcopal Church in the lower 9th Ward of New Orleans. Since Katrina-related levee breaks inundated the neighborhood in 2005, All Souls has forged a strong musical connection with one of the best known Anglican churches in America: Trinity Wall Street.

Choristers from the landmark Manhattan church have traveled to New Orleans for the past two summers, leading a music workshop for children in the downtown neighborhood. The 2011 workshop kicks off at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday with a free, pass-the-hat benefit concert in the Garden District’s historic Trinity Church, 1329 Jackson Ave.

About half of the New York ensemble will be present, led by its recently appointed music director, composer Julian Wachner. The a cappella program mixes American pieces, traditional work by Bach and Byrd, and a composition by Wachner.

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