Name: Pop-Up Choir: Sound of Music Candlelight Performance | Princeton
Start: 2026-08-27T23:00:00.000Z
End: 2026-08-28T00:30:00.000Z
Location: Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton

OverviewLearn a harmony part at home, then join a room full of voices in a candlelit performance of a Sound of Music medley with a live band.<h2>Sound of Music Medley by Candlelight</h2>Sing a Sound of Music medley featuring "The Sound of Music," "Do-Re-Mi," "Maria,"and "Edelweiss" in a candlelit room filled with voices and a live band featuring piano, violin, guitar, bass, and percussion.Preview of the medley coming soon!Designed for singers of all experience levels, this unique community music experience combines the joy of choir with the convenience of at-home preparation. When you register, you'll receive a harmony assignment and a vocal practice video that makes learning your part approachable and fun. Then we'll come together for a live rehearsal, recorded performance, and a memorable evening of music.No choir experience required. Memorization is encouraged, but not required. We love capturing the energy of our choirs! Photos and videos are taken during events and may be used for promotional purposes.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━<h2>HOW IT WORKS</h2>• Register for the event. • Receive your harmony assignment and vocal practice video (emailed 1-2 weeks before the event). • Learn your approximately 5-minute harmony part at your own pace. • Join us for a live rehearsal followed by a candlelit performance with piano, violin, guitar, bass, and percussion. • Celebrate and network with a brief cookie reception. • Receive access to the recorded performance video after the event.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━<h2>ABOUT THE DIRECTOR</h2>ChoralPop Pop-Up Choirs are led by Natalie Cardillo, a music educator, vocal arranger, and choral director with over a decade of experience teaching singers of all ages and backgrounds.Natalie holds a Bachelor of Music Education in Voice from the University of Delaware and previously directed award-winning high school choir and a cappella programs. She is the founder and director of Pop-Up Choir Princeton, a community singing initiative that brings together singers of all experience levels through joyful, welcoming musical experiences.Natalie recently performed with the Delaware Choral Scholars, the world's #1 ranked choir according to INTERKULTUR. During her time with the ensemble, the choir won first place at the International Choral Contest of Tolosa in Spain and competed in the European Grand Prix for Choral Singing in Slovenia.Whether leading a room of first-time singers or seasoned choristers, Natalie's mission is to create meaningful musical experiences that foster connection, artistry, and a shared love of singing.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━<h2>TICKET OPTIONS</h2>General Admission Singer – $20Student Singer – $15 For middle school, high school, and college students.Observer Ticket – Donation Attend the rehearsal and performance as a non-singing audience member.Eventbrite fees and applicable taxes will be added at checkout.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━<h2>JOIN THE COMMUNITY</h2>This event is part of Princeton Sings, a growing community of people who love making music together.For updates, future events, and to connect with fellow singers, join our Facebook group:<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1PhdsNbVEx/">https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1PhdsNbVEx/</a>━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━<h2>SPONSOR</h2>LED candles generously provided by Janet Makrancy's Weddings & Parties<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.weddingsparties.com/">https://www.weddingsparties.com/</a>

Pop-Up Choir: The Sound of Music by Candlelight