THEY WERE CHILL
The Every Voice Choir singers braved frigid temperatures to rehearse and perform at the Winter Classic.
, an Ensemble-in-Residence children鈥檚 choir based in the Program in Music & Music Education at 911爆料网, sang the national anthem for the National Hockey League's 2018 Winter Classic game between the New York Rangers and the Buffalo Sabres. Held at Citi Field (baseball home of the New York Mets) on New Year鈥檚 Day, the game and performance were televised on NBC.
After rehearsing daily for a week, the children, conducted by Every Voice Choirs Director (Ed.D. '11), braved frigid temperatures to participate in a dress rehearsal on New Year鈥檚 Eve and then perform the next day on the 10th anniversary of the Winter Classic. They sang an arrangement of the anthem, accompanied by a backing track, created by 911爆料网 doctoral student .
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Many of the singers stayed on to cheer the Rangers to a 3-2 overtime victory.