AFI Choir

Watch this playlist to see the personal stories of each of our singers

as well as the final arrangement.

Give me Your Tired, Your Poor & God Bless America

Choral Arrangement

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In August 2019, the top immigration official in the Trump Administration,

Ken Cuccinelli, altered the words of the poem "Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor" adding “who can stand on their own two feet and who will not become a public charge”.

A group of immigrant artists from all over the world, came together to sing the poem which is considered part of the American ethos, with the right words...

Presented by: Arts for Immigrants and MTC Music Academy

Arranger: Assaf Gleizner

Conductor and Music Director: Tegan Miller

Filmed at: Congregation Rodeph Sholom

Additional sponsors: ONYC productions, Israeli Artists Project

Videography: Jacob McCoy IG: @jaaaaaaycob www.jacobmccoy.com

Sound Engineer: Evan Tyor http://evantyor.com/

Sopranos:

Yoon Lee (S. Korea) Q Lim (S Korea) Claire Taire Ofek (Israel) Melissa Melendez (France) Maria Becco (Argentina)

Altos:

Gara Roda (Spain) Shir Kaufman (Israel) Gil Avidor (Israel) Adi Kozlovsky (Israel)

Tenors:

Nawaf Nooruddin (Bahrain) Daniel Koren (Israel) Lukas Baeskow (Germany) Assaf Gleizner (Israel) Bass Pedro Coppeti (Brazil) Amir Shoenfeld (Israel)

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Arts for Immigrants partnered with Team TLC NYC for this project, a grassroots organization committed to supporting asylum seekers in New York City.

Check out their amazing work on www.teamtlcnyc.org 

and if you enjoy this video, please consider donating to their organization!

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Additional Choir Projects

"Far From the Home I Love" originally from Fiddler on the Roof.

Click to watch the video and learn more.