YOUNG @ HEART!

YOUNG@HEART
LIVE IN CONCERT FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY
@ The Beacon Theatre New York
Sunday, June 22, 2008 at 8:00 p.m.


Watch these clips:
taying Alive/I Will Survive: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omIrLgQO9O0

Road to Nowhere: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wgrM-R6yfY

Official Trailer to the movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjnfoFg7i7g

The chorus on the Ellen show (half way through they sing “Hey Ya” – AMAZING): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_apDC-1HiR8



NEW YORK, NY – YOUNG@HEART, the New England senior citizens chorus (ages range from 75-90) that has delighted audiences worldwide with their covers of songs by everyone from The Clash to Coldplay, is coming to the Beacon Theatre (2124 Broadway, NYC) in a rare and intimate evening, performing live in concert for one-night-only on Sunday, June 22, 2008 at 8:00 p.m.

"These gyrating geriatrics travel around the world belting out rock classics and garnering rave reviews" —Time Magazine

Currently being featured in the Award-winning documentary by Fox Searchlight Pictures, the inspiring individuals of YOUNG@HEART have proved it is possible to grow old without growing boring. Performing Sonic Youth’s dissonant rock anthem “Schizophrenia” and giving new meaning to James Brown's "I Feel Good," the Massachusetts-based group is made up of two dozen spirited seniors who specialize in reinterpreting rock, punk and R & B classics from a unique perspective.

The documentary about this Chorus has been critically acclaimed and was selected by both Time Out and The Radio Times as the best documentary of 2006. The film also won the Rose D’Or Festival Best of 2007 Special Prize, the Golden Rose for Best Art Documentary and the Audience Award for the Best International Feature at the 2007 Los Angeles Film Festival.

The YOUNG@HEART Chorus has performed a limited number of performances across the country. The June 22nd concert is the only chance to see the YOUNG@HEART Chorus perform in New York City this year. The Chorus will not perform in the United States for at least another year.

When YOUNG@HEART had its beginning in a Northampton senior center in 1982, the members were all residents in the same housing project for the elderly. Now, singers come from all over the area to participate. The group has collaborated with several artists from the Pioneer Valley Gay Men’s Chorus to singing David Byrne of Talking Heads in New York and has toured European venues numerous times over the past 11 years.


With a lineup that includes former schoolteachers, executives, doctors and food service workers, this group of seventy-, and ninety-something performers is guided by their longtime director Bob Cilman. “It’s certainly been an interesting process to watch from ‘82 to now. It’s changed my life dramatically. I started out working on a very simple art project that has evolved in an amazing way,” says choir director Bob Cilman.

A few of the members have some professional performing history, like Elaine Fligman, who had a Catskills career with her husband, and Jeanne Hatch, who sang with big bands in Kansas City and was a child radio star. Mostly, though, they come from other disciplines. They love the way music and performing keeps them fit, even if Bob Cilman’s selections are sometimes a tough sell to a group that tends to listen to classical music and show tunes when they have the choice.

The chorus is accompanied by accomplished musicians: Drummer Billy Arnold, of Junior Walker and the All-Stars; pianist Ed Wise, who was musical director for Martin Mull; saxophonist Paul Lieberman, who played with Brazilian percussionist and bandleader Airto Moreira; Chris Haynes, Springfield College music department director and jazz composer, plays the accordion; as well as guitarists Freddy Johnson, whose band Drunk Stuntmen released a number of CDs, and Jim Armenti from The Lonesome Brothers.

Tickets to the Live Concert Performance YOUNG@HEART, priced from $46.00 to $101.00 are available at http://www.ticketmaster.com/ or 212-307-1000. Tickets can also be purchased at The Beacon Theatre, 2124 Broadway, NYC 10023. The Beacon Theatre Box Office is open Mon-Sat, 11 am – 7pm and Sun, 12 pm-6 pm. For more info, please visit youngatheartchorus.com.


YOUNG@HEART is proudly presented at the Beacon Theatre by Jam Theatricals, Ltd.