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Ladies and Gentleman, the honorable jury!

Choral celebrities from USA, Great Britain and Indonesia evaluate choir performances in Princeton

Sing'n'Joy Princeton

Our Sing’n’Joy Princeton event is just one month away – time to introduce the international jury to you! For one of the jury members adjudicating the “Sing’n’Joy Princeton” event will rather be a ‘home coming’. As a graduate of the Westminster Choir College, Aida Swenson is today one of Indonesia's strongest forces of choral music development. She has spent many years travelling throughout Indonesia creating and leading choirs, giving master classes and training choral conductors. Aida is a pillar of change, progression and energy to achieve unassailable quality in choral music in Indonesia.

Being a former King’s Singer as well as Director of Choral Activities and Senior Lecturer in Music at Princeton University the British conductor and baritone Gabriel Crouch is a world renowned expert in the field of choral music and therefore a perfect team member.

The third juror will be a celebrity every choir singer knows: composer Morten Lauridsen. His music occupies a permanent place in the standard vocal repertoire of the Twenty-First Century. His works are performed throughout the world and have been recorded on over two hundred CDs including several that received Grammy nominations. Lauridsen will evaluate competition categories A – difficulty level I with compulsory piece and C – Chamber Choirs and Vocal Ensembles.

Finally there’s also T. J. Harper as a further representative of the United States along with Morten Lauridsen. He is the Chair of the Department of Music, Associate Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island. T.J. Harper will judge categories B – difficulty level II without compulsory piece, Folklore and Sacred Choir Music. He also will be available for Evaluation Performances and Individual Coachings.

We’re looking forward to meet jurors and singers at Sing’n’Joy Princeton! Follow the official Facebook Page for more updates!

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