Filed under: News YouTube NEW YORK (AP) - A Staten Island sixth-grader who sang at the Academy Awards with her school chorus is in the national spotlight again. Denise Bestman stars in a commercial for Target promoting the sale of British artist Adele 's hit album "21." The spot debuted during the Grammy Awards where Adele won six awards.

As seen over 1,000,000 times on YouTube, and now in Target commercial that aired during the Grammys (!), Denise from Staten Island's great PS 22 Chorus can belt out some Adele . Check out the ad, and the original cover video that helped make her famous, below... Continue reading "Denise from PS22 Chorus in Adele/Target commercial that aired during the Grammys (video)" at brooklynvegan
New York school choir the PS22 Chrous have made their name performing unlikely cover versions but still this one caught us by surprise, not least because it shows the reach of Two Door Cinema Club 's debut album. As ever, the kids do a marvelous job of interpreting a modern song in their own unique way... Compare and contrast with the original...
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The last couple of weeks has been a whirlwind of activity for me and my family. It was our first vacation out East as a family - stops in Boston and NYC, and our first visit not only to the great state of Rhode Island, but to the storied Newport Folk Festival. Staying in town at the Newport Harbor Hotel, right on the water, made for an ideal location. Especially since it's located right across the street from the Newport Blues Cafe, where Deer Tick & Friends entertained all weekend . On Saturday, we took [...]

There is something truly indelible about George Wein's Newport Folk Festival . You walk the grounds and you walk through history; my father walked these Newport streets in 1965 to hear Bob Dylan plug in (the venue was different, but the streets were the same). The main stage looks out from Fort Adams State Park at the Pell Bridge stretching over glistening Newport Harbor with its fleet of sailboats, kayaks, and yachts, perfection in the setting sun. There's a feeling of ultimate unity - ultimate folkness - between audience and artist, both sharing in the warm knowledge [...]
New York children's chorus PS22 covers Toronto band Austra's electropop track 'Energy'.

Mr. hip choir teacher has done it again, directing his little kidos in singing Austra's "Energy." The group of 5th graders from public school 22 in Staten Island, NY is known as the PS22 Chorus and they have covered artists: Tori Amos, Beyonce, Lykke Li , Stevie Nicks, Passion Pit and more. Here is what the PS22 website said about Austra, "Yesterday my friend Christian introduced me to Austra, the Toronto-based indie band, and I immediately fell in love - here is a song from their brilliant album Beat and the Pulse called "Energy!" The song is [...]
she a new day. she a new cover from the PS22 CHORUS . this time the kids swing into the AUSTRA beats via their virgin of the ENERGY mp3. wotyougot
Awesome. Austra's 'Energy' (which appears on The Beat & The Pulse EP ) as covered by the PS22 Chorus .

Gregg Breinberg who is the director of PS22 Chorus sure has good taste in music. Just found out through Austra 's Facebook page and had a Youtube link of the chorus singing to Austra's Energy. Energy is not on Feel It Break but is on the single (B-side) to Beat and The Pulse. Check out the video. For the curious, here is the original version of Energy by Austra
back post a few joll meetings in the nodnoL sun, now we're posting slash working from Soho town for the day, and currently soundtracked to the PS22 CHORUS ' delish cover of the GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN mp3. wotyougot
the PS22 CHORUS give us some maje ! maze ! alert ! via their cover of the TORI ANUS' PRETTY GOOD YEAR mp3. wotyougot
nother maje ! maze ! alert ! from the PS22 CHORUS , this time via their cover of the THE SMITHS' PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE .. mp3. will we ever get tiresome of the PS22 CHORUS ? nope ! wotyougot
PS22 Chorus recently took on Mumford & Sons " Awake My Soul ". Video of the Staten Island elementary school

1. Kurt Vile – "Baby's Arms" / Buy I am a living skeleton of my grandfather. His dusty blood growls and shrouds my flesh. I am elsewhere, sauntering with scattered words, now graved in my head. 2. Cults – "Oh My God" / Link Your quiet face and demeanour is an empty place. Words crumple and we're merely in the places we had been. 3. PS22 Chorus – "Kids (MGMT Cover)" / [...]
Lykke Li was recently covered by the famed PS22 Chorus . The kids took on the Swedish solo artist's "Breaking It Up".
maze ! maze ! the PS22 CHORUS ' latest pop gem they cover is the LYKKE LI's BREAKING IT UP mp3. these kids are too too good ! wotyougot
Just watching these videos in the office and holy crap! These kids are crazy. I'll let the videos sing for themselves. Amazing. Go PS22 !
Que todo mundo mesmo já está cantando Rolling in The Deep da Adele você já sabe. A música, do elogiado e bem recebido álbum da cantora, 21 , conquistou o primeiro lugar das paradas musicais em diversos países e tem ganho inúmeras versões. E comprovando, mais uma vez, que a faixa virou hit, caiu na rede ela sendo entoada por crianças da PS22 Chorus . A PS22 , lembrando, é uma escola de New York, fundada no ano 2000, em que os alunos fazem apresentações musicais. O detalhe deste vídeo é [...]