Conductor: Polly Murray
http://www.childrensong.org/
ChildrenSong of New Jersey, directed by Polly Murray, is a choral music education and performance program based in Haddonfield, New Jersey. Established in 2000, the program serves 100 children in three choirs between the ages of 8 and 17 from Camden, Burlington, and Gloucester counties. The organization’s mission is to provide quality vocal music instruction with the goal of attaining the highest level of artistic excellence in choral music performance.
Recent performances include Carnegie Hall, Washington National Cathedral, Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, South Jersey Performing Arts Center, Atlantic City Convention Center, and Canterbury Cathedral. The Choir has performed with the Haddonfield Symphony, Academy of Vocal Arts, Sounds of Liberty Chorus, and the Philadelphia Orchestra. The Concert Choir recorded a treble version of Elton John’s Rocket Man to be sold with a children’s book about legendary runner Steve Prefontaine and recently recorded music with singer/songwriter Caroline Jones for a well-known holiday light show in Greenwich, Connecticut.
ChildrenSong boasts an annual outreach program, Songfest, where over 300 young singers share in a day of music-making from all over the state of New Jersey. The program includes study of a country and its music, an ethnic dance, and ends in a performance at a local school.