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A Birch Creek First

Birch Creek’s inaugural vocal jazz concerts will be held August 12 – 16 and feature nationally known recording artists who also serve as instructors for approximately 20 Birch Creek students.

The Janice Borla Vocal Jazz Camp, now in its 26th year, is relocating to Egg Harbor from Chicago to fill a special niche that complements Birch Creek’s existing sessions of Percussion and Steel Band, Symphony, and Big Band Jazz. This marks the first time in Birch Creek’s history that a vocal curriculum has been offered to students.

“We are absolutely thrilled to bring another phenomenal music education opportunity to Birch Creek and our students,” says Birch Creek Executive Director Alan Kopischke. “The Janice Borla Vocal Jazz Camp is an outstanding session with world-class faculty, and their music education goals and philosophy align with ours. This is an ideal partnership, providing a complement to our instrumental programs that allows more students to grow and learn at Birch Creek. I think our students and audiences will be delighted.”

Camp founder Borla’s recordings and performances have earned her consistently high praise for her beautiful sound, adventurous repertoire and imaginative improvisations.

Pre-concert performances begin at 7:30 pm in the courtyard gazebo, followed by the concerts in the Dutton Memorial Barn at 8 pm. Tickets are $29 for adults, $10 for students, and $6 for children 11 and under. Premium reserved seating in the first three to four rows of the center section is $34. For more information visit birchcreek.org.