The quartet has produced numerous world-premiere recordings of obscure works by a range of composers including Loyset Compère, Thomas Créquillon, and Francisco de Peñalosa.
While the ensemble's core repertoire is rooted in Renaissance and Medieval music, it has expanded its focus to include contemporary works, both in live performance and recorded output.
Since the group's founding in 2006, New York Polyphony has demonstrated a commitment to new music and—in the case of commissions by Paul Moravec, Andrew Smith, Gabriel Jackson, and Akemi Naito—works by living composers.
Noteworthy events include the European premiere of the Missa Charles Darwin—a newly commissioned secular Mass setting based on texts of Charles Darwin by composer Gregory W. Brown—at the Museum für Naturkunde, participation in Jonathan Berger’s chamber opera cycle Visitations at the Prototype Festival, and the premiere of the Vespers Sequence, a multi-movement concert work by Ivan Moody.
Their 2014 effort Sing thee Nowell scored the ensemble a second GRAMMY nomination,[1][2] following the critically acclaimed release Times go by Turns (2013).