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Princeton Girlchoir to Host Double-Bill Concert With The Graduate Choir of the Keystone State Boychoir November 14, 2010

For one afternoon only, the Princeton Girlchoir stage will hold more than Princeton girls.  The Concert Choir and the Cantores of the Princeton Girlchoir are delighted to welcome The Graduates of the Keystone State Boychoir for a joint concert in Miller Chapel at Princeton Theological Seminary, November 14 at 3:30pm.

In Mixed Company

The program, In Mixed Company, has become a frequent tradition for the Princeton Girlchoir, who in recent years has collaborated with the Maryland State Boychoir and the American Boychoir.  The opportunity in these concerts to share the bill and to enjoy the contrast in sound between a treble choir of girls and a treble choir of boys, enriches the Girlchoir’s season and brings some of the finest choirs of young men in our region to share their music with Princeton audiences.

This year’s concert, however, will highlight the most advanced choirs from both the Princeton Girlchoir and the Keystone State Boychoir.  The Graduates feature high-school aged developing tenors and basses, the most seasoned and accomplished members of KSB.  The Keystone State Boychoir is one of the only boychoirs in the nation that continues to nurture its singers through the voice change, offering guidance and training through a critical time in the development of a young man’s voice – a distinction key to the formation of fine young tenors and basses.


Strength in Numbers

This concert will be the first of two collaborations in as many weeks for the Princeton Girlchoir; the younger Grace Notes and Semi-Tones will give a joint concert with the TrentonChildren’s Chorus a week later.  For this concert, not only will the Concert Choir, the Cantores and The Graduate Choir of the Keystone State Boychoir share the program, but they will join their voices.  The repertoire of joint music will include “Look at the World” by John Rutter, “Lux Aurumque” by Eric Whitacre, “Walk in Jerusalem” by Rollo Dilworth, and a medley of traditional South African songs arranged by the Keystone State Boychoir’s Co-Founder and Associate Music Director, Steven Fisher.

And to complete the circle, the Princeton Girlchoir will join Keystone State Boychoir for a concert in Pennsylvania during the 2011-12 season.

“A collaboration of this kind provides an exhilarating experience to the most seasoned singers of two outstanding community youth choirs,” explains Lynnel Joy Jenkins, the Princeton Girlchoir’s Artistic Director.  “Together, these young artists will share musical ideas, repertoire and the joy of singing with new colleagues, in a full-day workshop on Saturday.  We anticipate with joy the weekend’s culmination in a choral performance of celebratory splendor on Sunday, November 14th.”

Miller Chapel is located on the campus of Princeton Theological Seminary, 64 Mercer Street in Princeton.  For more information and to order tickets, visit www.princetongirlchoir.org, or call the Princeton Girlchoir at 609.688.1888.