Focus Area: Vocal Ensemble
Conrad Chu
Conductor and pianist Conrad Chu has over 25 years as a director of community and academic choruses, with affinity for both classical and contemporary genres. Since 2017 he has music directed the North River Sing Community Chorus, a Jersey City mixed choir dedicated to preserving the Great American Songbook tradition. He is also a director…
Jeff Klitz
I’m from… Storrs, CT I started teaching music in… 1980 I started teaching at the Conservatory in… 2017 My inspiration: Willa Cather, Wassily Kandinsky, Martha Graham, Duke Ellington, Caroline Shaw/Roomful of Teeth, Stephen Sondheim Few people know that I… love soccer, still love playing. Education: Yale, B.A. in music I play and teach: Piano, arranging…
Christine Cornell
Christine Cornell is a musician, actor and music educator. She is currently the chair of the Community Music School’s Vocal Department and the co-director of Brooklyn Harmonics Vocal Program (Tweens, Teens and Twenty+) with her long-time collaborator, Broadway music director and arranger, Jeffrey Klitz. She has a background in Classical Voice training from Indiana University…
Alexis Hightower
Alexis Hightower is a native of Los Angeles, California. She has a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University. She is inspired by Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder, Bjork and many others. Alexis writes, arranges, produces and performs her own music. She also does voice work that includes singing background vocals and recording audiobooks. Alexis’s theatre credits include…