The PS22 Chorus, directed by Gregg Breinberg, is a

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-winning public elementary school chorus from PS 22 in Graniteville,

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. It is composed of 60-70 fifth-graders. PS 22 is the largest elementary school in Staten Island. PS22 Chorus has performed with a multitude of musical acts (e.g.

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, O.A.R.,

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, Portugal. The Man, and Fifth Harmony) and has had celebrated appearances on numerous national and international broadcasts throughout the years (including the widely publicized performance of " Over The Rainbow" that closed the

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), after its videos had gained worldwide attention within the popular video-sharing site

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. To date, the chorus's YouTube videos have been watched more than 100 million times.

History

Students are assigned to the chorus after an annual auditioning process at the beginning of each school year. The chorus meets twice a week during school hours to practice, and performs throughout the year at school functions, local events, and on special requests.Sharyn Alfonsi & Wonbo Wo
"Music Class Is Hit With Kids, Online Viewers"

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2009-06-10 The PS22 chorus was founded in 2000 by the school's music teacher, Gregg Breinberg, who led his 2001-2002 PS 22 Chorus to live TV in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. He started

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ging in September 2006 about the Chorus, following requests on a

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fan page, where he had shared some of his videos. Since then the chorus has become an Internet phenomenon. In 2009 ''

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'' magazine called it "the best-known elementary-school chorus on the planet". The director Gregg Breinberg won a

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in 2017.

Performance highlights

Chorus of 2006/2007 * The chorus performs for singer-songwriter

at the Sony Atrium in New York City. (May 4, 2007)VERENA DOBNI
"P.S. 22 Chorus Gains Fame With Boost From YouTube"

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2009-06-26 * Celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton starts blogging about the PS22 chorus and becomes an influential supporter. Chorus of 2007/2008 * Neil Finn, lead singer of the New Zealand band

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invites the chorus to sing at the band's sold-out concert in New York. (April 30, 2008) * Members of the PS22 chorus of 2007/2008 are featured in several videos of the 2009 television series The Electric Company Chorus of 2008/2009 * The electronic band Passion Pit invites the PS22 chorus to sing background vocals on three tracks (" The Reeling", "Little Secrets", "Let Your Love Grow Tall") of their debut album '' Manners''. (2009-01-16) "The Reeling" is later nominated for an MTV Video Music Award as best breakthrough video. * The chorus performs with country singer Cooper Boone at a DKMS charity Gala and meets

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and R&B singer

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. (May 7, 2009)Jason Ga
"Gaga for P.S. 22"

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2009-07-02 *

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features an in-depth look at the PS22 Chorus. (June 10, 2009) *

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(

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) invites the chorus to sing for her at Madison Square Garden. (June 11, 2009) * The chorus performs on ''

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'' ( ABC) (June 22, 2009) * The chorus appears on '' It's On with Alexa Chung'' (

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). (August 3, 2009) * The chorus is featured on the nationally televised '' VH1 Divas Special 2009'' (September 17, 2009)Ben Johnso
"PS 22 Chorus scores $30,000 from VH1's Save the Music"
silive 2009-09-24 Chorus of 2009/2010 * The newly formed chorus of 2009/2010 is visited by the cast (

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, Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, Kherington Payne,

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) and director Kevin Tancharoen of the new 2009 movie '' Fame''. The school is presented a $30,000 check for a new keyboard lab by VH1 Save The Music Foundation Executive Director Paul Cothran, and Director Of Music for New York City Department of Education Barbara Murray. (September 14, 2009) * ''

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'' magazine invites the chorus to perform at an award ceremony for

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and

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. (October 2, 2009)Mariel Concepcio
"Beyonce Accepts Billboard's Woman Of the Year Award, Lady Gaga Is Rising Star"

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2009-10-02 * The chorus performs alongside the

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at the Cross Cultural Youth Festival held at The Armory, Washington Heights for 2500 children from all five boroughs of New York. The event is covered by Fox5 New York. (October 27, 2009

* Paul Rieckhoff, founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, IAVA, invites the chorus to sing at the Third Annual Heroes Gala at Gotham Hall in New York, hosted by NBC's

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. (November 10, 2009) * The chorus performs with rapper

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at the National Tree Lighting ceremony at the

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with President

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and Vice President Joe Biden attending. (December 3, 2009) * During their "Songs From the Heart" tour,

Celtic Woman Celtic Woman is an all-female Irish musical ensemble conceived and created by David Kavanagh, Sharon Browne and David Downes, a former musical director of the Irish stage show ''Riverdance.'' In 2004, Downes recruited five Irish female music ...

visits PS22 and invites the chorus to join them on two songs at their

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concert. (February 26, 2010) *After hearing the chorus's interpretation of his song " One Day", Chasidic reggae artist

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visits PS22 and invites the chorus to perform two songs at his concert at New York City's

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. (March 16, 2010) Chorus of 2010/2011 * The students perform at the charity organization "New Yorkers for Children". (September 22, 2010) * At the ONEXONE Gala supported by Matt Damon, the children sing with

. (October 27, 2010) * The chorus perform at Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America in Manhattan hosted by NBC Anchor

. (November 10, 2010) * The children are visited by

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and perform with her, including the first ever live performance of "Put Your Hands Up (If You Feel Love)". (November 29, 2010) * The chorus is visited by Bruce Cohen and Anne Hathaway at their 11th Annual Winter Concert and invited to perform at the

. (December 16, 2010) * The students perform an unprecedented closing number of " Over The Rainbow" at the

on February 27, 2011. * The children perform with

on The Oprah Winfrey Show post Oscar show at the Kodak Theatre. (February 28, 2011) * The chorus perform together with The Bangles at the

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(April 20, 2011) *

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visits the school and performs with the Chorus. The children join in on singing "Hannah" and "Generator ^First Floor" as well as listened to the Freelance Whales perform "Generator ^Second Floor" all of which were from the album Weathervanes (March 30, 2011) * David Cook visits PS22 and performs several songs including " The Last Goodbye" and "

Rolling in the Deep "Rolling in the Deep" is a song recorded by English singer-songwriter Adele for her second studio album, '' 21'' (2011). It is the lead single and opening track on the album. The song was written by Adele and Paul Epworth. The singer herself de ...

" with the chorus. (June 10, 2011) * The group reunites to perform a 40-minute set at the

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in Rhode Island. (July 30, 2011) * PS22 Chorus appears on

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in a video singing the iconic Sesame song "Somebody Come and Play." (October 21, 2011) * Documentary about the 2010-11 chorus entitled "Once In A Lullaby: The PS22 Chorus Story" premieres at

. (April 29, 2012) * PS22 Chorus "Firework" video appears in

3-D film, Part of Me. (July 4, 2012) Chorus of 2011/2012 * The children are visited by artist V V Brown who performs several songs with the chorus. (November 16, 2011) * The chorus performed with

Thirty Seconds to Mars Thirty Seconds to Mars (commonly stylized as 30 Seconds to Mars) is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1998. The band consists of brothers Jared Leto (lead vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards) and Shannon Leto (drums, ...

for the songs " Closer to the Edge" and " Kings and Queens" in what was most likely their final concert at Saint Peter's Church in Chelsea, New York. (December 10, 2011) * The children are visited by artist

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and film several songs with her. (January 27, 2012) * PS22 Chorus alumnus Denise Bestman appears in a commercial for

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singing the song "

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" by

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which airs during the

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. (February 12, 2012) * The students perform a tribute to

Whitney Houston Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American singer and actress. Nicknamed "Honorific nicknames in popular music, The Voice", she is Whitney Houston albums discography, one of the bestselling music artists ...

singing " The Greatest Love of All" on the Piers Morgan Tonight show on CNN. (February 17, 2012) *

Sinéad O'Connor Shuhada Sadaqat (born Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor on 8 December 1966; ) is an Irish singer-songwriter. Her debut album, '' The Lion and the Cobra'', was released in 1987 and charted internationally. Her second album, ''I Do Not Want Wha ...

invites PS22 to open up her show at the Highline Ballroom in NYC, and joins the chorus onstage to perform her song "Jackie." (February 24, 2012) * The kids sing "Bridge Over Troubled Water" to legendary singer-songwriter,

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, at 2012 New Yorker for New York Gala (February 27, 2012) * PS22 Chorus performs at NEA's ( National Education Association) Read Across America Event at New York Public Library featuring

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and

Danny DeVito Daniel Michael DeVito Jr. (born November 17, 1944) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He gained prominence for his portrayal of the taxi dispatcher Louie De Palma in the television series ''Taxi'' (1978–1983), which won him a Gold ...

in honor of the birthday of Dr. Seuss (March 2, 2012) *

returns to PS22 and records several songs with the chorus (March 12, 2012) * PS22 Chorus records a video promo to save music education with

Ingrid Michaelson Ingrid Ellen Michaelson (born December 8, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Her first album, ''Slow the Rain,'' was released in 2005, and she has since released eight more albums: '' Girls and Boys,'' '' Be OK'', '' Everybody'' ...

for DoSomething.org in conjunction with Vh1's Save The Music Foundation (March 9, 2012) *

Gym Class Heroes Gym Class Heroes was an American rap rock band from Geneva, New York. The group formed in 1997 when Travie McCoy met drummer Matt McGinley during their high school gym class. The band's music displays a wide variety of influences, including hip ...

invites PS22 Chorus to take the stage with them at their concert at Wagner College to perform "The Fighter" (April 21, 2012) * The chorus performs "Good Girl" and "So Small" with

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-winning artist,

, when she visits the kids at their school. (April 27, 2012) * PS22 Chorus sings several songs with Walk the Moon including "I Can Lift A Car" and "Anna Sun" in the PS22 auditorium. (May 22, 2012) * Alternative hip hop duo Chiddy Bang visits PS22 and performs "Mind Your Manners" and "Talkin' To Myself" with the children. (May 24, 2012) * The chorus serenades Jennifer Hudson at Samsung's Hope For Children Gala in NYC. (June 4, 2012) * PS22 Chorus is visited by Malaysian singer-songwriter Yuna and together perform four of her original songs. (June 7, 2012) *

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does a follow-up feature on the PS22 Chorus. (June 24, 2012) *

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and affiliated networks begin airing a public service announcement for the

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featuring PS22 Chorus singing "Somewhere Only We Know" by alternative rock band Keane. (July 16, 2012) * A group of 20+ PS22 Chorus 2011/12 members appear on the season finale of ''

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'' to sing "Edge of Glory" by

(September 13, 2012) * VH1 premieres Carrie Underwood: Behind The Music which concludes with footage of Carrie singing with the 2011/12 PS22 Chorus. (September 30, 2012) Chorus of 2012/2013 * The new group of fifth graders record two videos with

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frontman Scott Stapp. (October 3, 2012) * PS22 Chorus sings at the opening of Four Freedoms Park in Roosevelt Island for former President

Bill Clinton William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He previously served as governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and again ...

, Governor

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, former Secretary of State

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and more. (October 17, 2012) * ''

American Idol ''American Idol'' is an American singing competition television series created by Simon Fuller, produced by Fremantle North America and 19 Entertainment, and distributed by Fremantle North America. It aired on Fox from June 11, 2002, to ...

'' winner Phillip Phillips joins the PS22 Chorus to perform an online benefit concert for StageIt.com with all proceeds going to victims of

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. (November 15, 2012) * Members of the chorus ring the opening bell at the

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with Macy's Thanksgiving Parade Executive Producer Amy Kule. (November 21, 2012) * The PS22 Chorus performs at the 86th Annual

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. (November 22, 2012) * The chorus joined Carrie Underwood to sing her song "So Small" in Newark at the Prudential Center. (December 1, 2012) * The PS22 Chorus joins President

in celebrating the 57th Presidential Inauguration and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. (January 21, 2013) * PS22 Chorus performs its viral cover of "Don't You Worry Child" by Swedish House Mafia on ABC's Katie (March 1, 2013) * ''

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'' magazine features the PS22 Chorus with Elle King in their May Music issue. (April 19, 2013) *

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visits PS22 to perform several songs with the chorus. (April 22, 2013) * The kids perform their version of "Disparate Youth" with Santigold. (May 9, 2013) * PS22 Chorus performs two songs with country act The Henningsens. (May 15, 2013) * The chorus attends the Sesame Gala at Cipriani's and performs 2 songs with The Sesame Muppets. (May 28, 2013) * Do Something invites the PS22 Chorus to open their 20th birthday celebration at the Hammerstein Ballroom and record a video of an acoustic version of "MMMBop" with

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. (June 5, 2013) * Michael Franti visits PS22 Chorus and performs three of his songs with the group. (June 7, 2013) * PS22 Chorus performs with Jessica Sanchez at The Trevor LIVE Gala in NYC. (June 17, 2013) Chorus of 2013/2014 * The group is a featured act at the Global Citizen Festival, singing to an audience of 60,000 people in Central Park. The concert is also livestreamed and broadcast on several networks. (September 28, 2013) * PS22 Chorus performs with

Chris Daughtry Christopher Adam Daughtry (; born December 26, 1979) is an American singer, musician, and actor. He is the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the rock band Daughtry, which he formed after placing fourth on the fifth season of ''American I ...

in a rendition of the band Daughtry's newest single, "Waiting for Superman", foun
here
on YouTube. (October 15, 2013) * The kids perform the national anthem at the start of the

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. (November 3, 2013) * PS22 Chorus salutes

with a medley of her songs at

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where she accepts her Glamour Woman of the Year Award. (November 11, 2013) * Singer-songwriter

Gavin DeGraw Gavin Shane DeGraw (born February 4, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter. DeGraw rose to fame with his song "I Don't Want to Be" from his debut album ''Chariot'' (2003); the song became the main theme song for The WB drama series '' One Tree ...

visits the chorus and sings two of his songs with the kids. (November 13, 2013) * Indie band The Mowgli's perform two songs with the PS22 Chorus. (November 19, 2013) * PS22 Chorus sings with Emily Kinney from the popular AMC's '' The Walking Dead''. (December 9, 2013) * The chorus appears on NBC's '' Today Show'' with

Kathie Lee Gifford Kathryn Lee Gifford ( née Epstein; born August 16, 1953) is an American television presenter, singer, songwriter, actress and author. From 1985 to 2000, she and Regis Philbin hosted the talk show ''Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee''. Gifford is ...

and

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and opens the show with two Christmas selections, including "

O Come All Ye Faithful "O Come, All Ye Faithful" (originally written in Latin as "") is a Christmas carol that has been attributed to various authors, including John Francis Wade (1711–1786), John Reading (1645–1692), King John IV of Portugal (1604–1656), and ...

". (December 24, 2013) * Chorus joins in Teddy Geiger in "Walking in the Sun" (February 3, 2014) * Girl Group Fifth Harmony performs two of their songs and a short rendition of "Jar of Hearts" by Christina Perri with the PS22 Chorus (March 6, 2014) *The chorus joins the band

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in singing "I Wanna Get Better" (June 19, 2014) *Chorus takes part in Apollo Jam performing "Oh Happy Day" with

Gladys Knight Gladys Maria Knight (born May 28, 1944), known as the "Empress of Soul", is an American singer, actress and businesswoman. A seven-time Grammy Award-winner, Knight recorded hits through the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s with her family group Gladys K ...

, Edwin Hawkins and

Matthew Whitaker Matthew George Whitaker (born October 29, 1969) is an American lawyer, lobbyist and politician who served as the acting United States Attorney General from November 7, 2018, to February 14, 2019. He was appointed to that position by President D ...

. (July 15, 2014) Chorus of 2014/2015 * The chorus joins The Swon Brothers in "Pretty Beautiful" (October 9, 2014) * The chorus performs "Picture Me Gone" with

Ariel Pink Ariel Marcus Rosenberg ( ; born June 24, 1978), professionally known as Ariel Pink, is an American musician, singer, and songwriter whose work draws heavily from the popular music of the 1960s–1980s. His lo-fi aesthetic and home-recorded alb ...

. (October 27, 2014) *

Sara Bareilles Sara Beth Bareilles (, ; born December 7, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She has sold over three million albums and over 15 million singles in the United States. She has earned various awards and nominations including nin ...

visits the chorus where they perform "Brave" to her (December 31, 2014) Chorus of 2015/2016 *The chorus' rendition of " Hallelujah" from

Leonard Cohen Leonard Norman Cohen (September 21, 1934November 7, 2016) was a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist. His work explored religion, politics, isolation, depression, sexuality, loss, death, and romantic relationships. He was inducted in ...

becomes an instant hit attracting above 2 million views. (December 2, 2015) Chorus of 2016/2017 *American rock band Portugal. The Man visits the chorus performing "Feel It Still" with them (June 22, 2017) Chorus of 2017/2018 * The chorus joins in Albin Lee Meldau singing "Same Boat" and "Blue Christmas". (November 29, 2017) * The chorus performs "The First Noel" with Leslie Odom Jr. for the Christmas season (December 6, 2017) * The chorus performs "Dreams" in memory of

Dolores O'Riordan Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan ( ; 6 September 1971 – 15 January 2018) was an Irish musician, singer and songwriter. She was best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist for the alternative rock band the Cranberries. One of the most recogniz ...

from The Cranberries (January 28, 2018) * They make a promotional theme song for the live trivia game app HQ (April 30, 2018) * The chorus performs "Younger" with

A Great Big World A Great Big World is an American musical duo from New York made up of singer/songwriters Ian Axel and Chad King and signed to Epic Records. The group is best known for their single "This Is the New Year", which was performed by the cast in an epis ...

(June 25, 2018) * The chorus performs "Paradise is Waiting" with the musical project St. Lucia, based in Brooklyn (July 3, 2018) Chorus of 2019 * The chorus joins AJR in singing "100 Bad Days". (April 16, 2019)

Media coverage

TV appearances * ''

'' ( ABC) * ''

Good Day New York ''Good Day New York'' is a morning show airing on WNYW Fox 5 (channel 5), hosted by Rosanna Scotto and Bianca Peters. It is a Fox owned-and-operated television station in New York City, owned by the Fox Television Stations subsidiary of Fox Co ...

'' ( Fox 5) * ''

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'' with Sway Calloway (

) * '' NBC Nightly News'' (

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) * ''Hollywood 411'' ( TV Guide Network) * '' The Bonnie Hunt Show'' * '' Anderson Cooper 360°'' ( CNN) *

RTL Television RTL (from '), formerly RTL plus and RTL Television, is a German-language free-to-air television channel owned by the RTL Group, headquartered in Cologne. Founded as an offshoot of the German-language radio programme '' ,'' RTL is consider ...

(German television station) *

* ''

The Oprah Winfrey Show ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'', often referred to as ''The Oprah Show'' or simply ''Oprah'', is an American daytime syndicated talk show that aired nationally for 25 seasons from September 8, 1986, to May 25, 2011, in Chicago, Illinois. Produced ...

'' ( CBS) * '' Katy Perry: Part of Me'' Movie Radio appearances * ''

All Things Considered ''All Things Considered'' (''ATC'') is the flagship news program on the American network National Public Radio (NPR). It was the first news program on NPR, premiering on May 3, 1971. It is broadcast live on NPR affiliated stations in the United ...

'' ( NPR) * Chris Evans ( BBC) * '' Q'' ( CBC) * '' The Howard Stern Show'' * Joan Hamburg ( WOR-2) * ''Rubrik 'Musik (detektor.fm) * ''Akustischer Adventskalender'' (detektor.fm) Newspaper/Online newspaper articles * ''

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''AZADEH ENSH
"Staten Island School Chorus Finds Fame on YouTube"

2008-12-25 * ''

'' * In June 2009 an

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article by Verena Dobnik brought worldwide attention to the chorus. The article ran in prominent newspapers and on websites like ''

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers '' The Observer'' and '' The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the ...

'', ''

The Boston Globe ''The Boston Globe'' is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts. The newspaper has won a total of 27 Pulitzer Prizes, and has a total circulation of close to 300,000 print and digital subscribers. ''The Boston Glob ...

'', ''

The Seattle Times ''The Seattle Times'' is a daily newspaper serving Seattle, Washington, United States. It was founded in 1891 and has been owned by the Blethen family since 1896. ''The Seattle Times'' has the largest circulation of any newspaper in Washington ...

'', ''

'' and many more. * '' Dein Spiegel'' (German magazine for children) * ''

Time Time is the continued sequence of existence and event (philosophy), events that occurs in an apparently irreversible process, irreversible succession from the past, through the present, into the future. It is a component quantity of various me ...

'' * '' Daily News'' (New York) * ''

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Awards

* COAHSi (Council on the Arts & Humanities for Staten Island) Award 2003 and 2009 *

2010 *

Webby Webby may refer to: People *Chris Webby (born 1988), American rapper *Elizabeth Webby, Australian academic scholar *Kirk Webby (born 1970), New Zealand equestrian *William Neill (rugby league) (1884–1964), Australian rugby league footballer Ot ...

Artist of the Year Award 2010 * Common Sense Media Award 2011

References

External links

Blogspot Homepage

Official YouTube channel

Facebook page of Gregg Breinberg (PS22 Chorus Director)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ps22 Chorus American children's musical groups Choirs in New York City Choirs of children Education in Staten Island Graniteville, Staten Island Musical groups established in 2000