Video: PS22 Chorus "PICTURES OF YOU" The Cure

While many of us, myself included, were first made aware of the undeniably adorable PS22 kids chorus — led by music teacher/Tori Amos fanatic Gregg Breinberg — when they took on Phoenix’s “Listzomania” last year (a cover that even pulled at the heartstrings of the band), Breinberg’s rotating cast of Staten Island, NY 5th graders have actually been filming versions of well-known pop, classic rock, and new wave songs, not to mention a few lesser-known indie faves (e.g. Beach House’s “Zebra”), for 10+ years. Their recent take on 2010 critical favorite “Round and Round” by Ariel [...]

by ricky Sorry if you've already seen these but I support viral videos that don't feature dancing animals or white kids hitting other white kids in the balls. While these videos of Harlem's PS22 chorus have already made the rounds compiling close to 500,000 views a piece, they still make for a refreshing view on the public school system. We compiled a few of our favorite for a post so check out the kids singing "Zebra" by Beach House, "LISZTOMANIA" by Phoenix, and "Pictures [...]

The lovely kids at PS22 on Staten Island are getting pretty popular these days. As of this morning, the PS22 chorus has received over 15 million hits on their youtube videos - 3 million alone in January of 2010! For those of you who aren't familiar with the chorus and their ambitious instructor, Gregg Breinberg (or Mr. B) I highly recommend a trip over to the PS22 Blog.  You'll find all sorts of great stories and videos of performances and rehearsals of some pretty unusual material for 5th graders. I'm talking Björk, Nick Drake, Jay-Z and Nina Simone! [...]

Still working out the details of the new blog in the midst of my job hunt, etc. Until then, I just couldn't wait to share this: