Elizabeth Núñez

Elizabeth Núñez is the Creative Director of the award-winning Young People’s Chorus of New York City and the conductor, soloist, and founding artistic director of the SoHarmoniums Women’s Choir. Most recently, Elizabeth received an Emmy Award for her role as Creative Director for YPC’s 2022 holiday special, “Topsy Turvy New York” presented by PBS/All Arts. At YPC, an organization renowned for its diversity and artistic excellence, she plays a significant role in fostering key programs as well as providing vision for new initiatives while directing children ages 8 to 18, in rehearsals, performances, and tours in the U.S. and abroad. Each year nearly 2,000 children benefit musically, academically, and socially through their participation in YPC’s after-school and in-school programs. In the summer of 2023, Elizabeth led YPC to win five gold medals and three Championship titles at the prestigious World Choir Games in Gangneung, South Korea.

Since joining YPC in 2004, Elizabeth has conducted the choristers in the city’s most prestigious venues from Carnegie Hall and the Apollo Theater to Lincoln Center, as well as on national television, including appearances on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” and “Good Morning America.” She has led YPC in debuts in both Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart and its White Light Festivals. Elizabeth also prepared YPC for performances of Bernstein Mass at Mostly Mozart and for the world premiere performances of Julia Wolfe’s acclaimed multimedia works UnEarth and Fire in My Mouth, both with the New York Philharmonic, the latter of which garnered two Grammy nominations.

Beyond music, Elizabeth created WIT: Women Inspiring Tomorrow in 2014, a thriving mentoring program that brings YPC’s high school girls together with its alumnae and accomplished women across varying professions.

Elizabeth has led the intergenerational SoHarmoniums Women’s Choir since it was founded with just six members in 2006. Founded in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood, SoHarmoniums has today expanded to over 60 women, who perform to capacity audiences across the city.