Led by co-directors Christine Cornell and Jeff Klitz, Brooklyn Harmonics is a top-tier, multi-generational vocal performance program. Our Tweens, Teens and 20+ ensembles perform customized close-harmony originals, and arrangements of pop, rock and global hits from today and yesterday. All three ensembles perform at BKCM and throughout the community, singing on mic and accompanied by a live band. Every year, the Tweens, Teens and 20+ come together for an exciting end-of-year concert. Read on to learn more!
ONE VOCAL PROGRAM. THREE DYNAMIC ENSEMBLES.
BROOKLYN HARMONICS TWEENS
AGES 9-12
Fridays: 3:30-5:00 PM
Dates: 9/12 to 5/8 (27 Weeks)
Tuition: $1296
Brooklyn Harmonics Tweens is a preparatory group for Brooklyn Harmonics Teens. Tweens perform customized arrangements of popular songs and originals and refine their ability to sing in unison and develop harmonizing skills. They have two performances during their scheduled Friday rehearsals open to family and friends. Tweens also join in the end-of-year concert alongside Teens and Twenty+.
BROOKLYN HARMONICS TEENS
AGES 13-18
Wednesdays: 7:15-9:00 PM
Dates: 9/10 to 5/8 (27 Weeks)
Tuition: $1512
Brooklyn Harmonics Teens sing dynamic, close-harmony arrangements of pop, rock, jazz and world music, as well as original tunes. This top-tier group that performs at BKCM and throughout the community, singing on mic and accompanied by a band. There are opportunities to sing solos and be featured in smaller groups. The Teens perform on their own, and with the Brooklyn Harmonics Tweens and Twenty+ groups in cross-generational concerts.
BROOKLYN HARMONICS 20+
ADULTS (18+)
Thursdays: 7:30-9:00 PM
Dates: 9/11 to 5/7 (27 Weeks)
Tuition: $800
As the adult arm of Brooklyn Harmonics, the Twenty+ sing arrangements of classic pop tunes and originals, written and arranged specifically for the ensemble every season. Twenty+ perform every spring, as well as in the end-of-year Harmonics Hits concert alongside the Brooklyn Harmonics Teens and Brooklyn Harmonics Tweens.
Auditions and Registration
Auditions
To schedule your in-person or virtual audition, please contact Brooklyn Harmonics Co-Directors Christine Cornell and Jeff Klitz at harmonics@bkcm.org.
Audition Requirements:
Please prepare a short pop song (around 32 bars or 1 minute in length) and bring sheet music or send your backing track.
If you have any questions about what to prepare for the audition, please contact harmonics@bkcm.org.
Registration
After completing a successful audition, please take the following steps:
- If you are new to BKCM, click here to create a Registration account.
- Click here to fill out the required Student & Family Survey.
- Call 718-622-3300 to register.
Financial Aid
Financial aid is available for qualifying students. To apply, please contact kris.mandapat@bkcm.org and fill out the financial aid application. For complete information on BKCM’s registration process and policies, please click here.
Brooklyn Harmonics Co-Directors
Christine Cornell
Soprano Christine Cornell is a dynamic performer and passionate teaching artist in New York City. At the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, she co-directs the acclaimed Brooklyn Harmonics Vocal Program with her long-time collaborator, Broadway music director and arranger Jeffrey Klitz. Christine loves guiding singers of all ages to find their unique voices while building confidence, musicianship, and community.
As a performer, Christine’s career spans opera, musical theatre, jazz, and contemporary music. Recent highlights include solo appearances with the Sound Symphony Orchestra, a celebrated performance of Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915, and musical theatre favorites from My Fair Lady, The Pirates of Penzance, and Gershwin classics. She is currently part of the new musical The Real Kyle McCarren, which recently sold out Joe’s Pub and features Broadway stars Norbert Leo Butz and Kate Baldwin.
Christine has performed on stages across the country and abroad. Her diverse credits include appearances at Trinity Wall Street, 54 Below, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Gulf Shore Playhouse, the Westport Country Playhouse, the Quick Center, the Times Center, Virginia Opera, Paper Mill Playhouse, and Goodspeed Opera House.
Whether performing or teaching, Christine brings a deep love of music and theatre to every project. A proud member of Actors’ Equity Association and graduate of Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, she believes that singing is not just about technique, it is about telling stories, connecting with others, and having fun along the way.
Jeffrey Klitz
Jeffrey Klitz is a Yale graduate and highly regarded New York music director, arranger, orchestrator, and composer.
At the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, he is proud to co-direct with his long-time collaborator Christine Cornell the acclaimed Brooklyn Harmonics Vocal Program. With the support of BKCM they have created these tight-harmony vocal groups to promote inclusivity, build community, and bridge divides through unique arrangements of pop hits and original co-writes. Jeff’s songs have been performed in NYC venues from The Bitter End to Carnegie Hall.
On Broadway he served as music director/conductor for Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Guys & Dolls, Hot Feet and Lennon, and conductor and choral arranger for Song and Dance and On Your Toes. Other Broadway credits: Chicago, Grand Hotel and Stardust. He has worked with numerous performers, serving as music director and pianist for Judy Collins, Joel Grey, Betty Buckley, Tommy Tune, Judy Kuhn, Carol Hall and Amanda McBroom, among others. On the acclaimed 92nd Street Y Lyrics and Lyricists series, and Lincoln Center’s American Songbook, he has appeared as music director, and at the Goodman Theatre he music directed The House of Martin Guerre, for which he earned a Joseph Jefferson Award.
His credits as arranger and orchestrator include work with the New York Philharmonic, The Chicago Symphony and Disney, and as producer/arranger with Paul McCartney’s publishing house MPL. He helped found, and was arranger and accompanist for, the New York Metro Mass Choir, an inter-faith gospel choir that performed at The Apollo Theater, Avery Fisher Hall, and Carnegie Hall.
Concert Calendar
December 19, 2025
Brooklyn Harmonics Teens
March 27, 2026
Brooklyn Harmonics Teens
May – TBA
Brooklyn Harmonics Hits: Teens, Tweens & Twenty+
