{"id":126,"date":"2011-11-13T18:19:36","date_gmt":"2011-11-13T18:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.longbeachchorale.org\/blog\/?p=126"},"modified":"2012-12-29T23:09:28","modified_gmt":"2012-12-29T23:09:28","slug":"meet-jenny-a-life-of-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.longbeachchorale.org\/blog\/11\/meet-jenny-a-life-of-music","title":{"rendered":"Meet Jenny: A Life of Music"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Jenny<\/a>

Jenny on a hike with her dog Bailey<\/p><\/div>\n

Jenny, by day a marketing manager, has been singing with the Long Beach Chorale sopranos for five-and-a-half years. Her favorite pieces we\u2019ve performed are Randall Thompson\u2019s setting of the Robert Frost poem Choose Something Like a Star<\/em>, and (of course, being a native of Germany) Brahms\u2019 Ein Deutsches Requiem<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Jenny tells the story of growing up in East Germany and developing her love of music. \u201cI have been singing for all my life. As a child, I sang sitting in fruit trees in my grandparents’ garden, picking and eating fruit (until I got a tummyache) and of course singing. I guess, growing up in East Germany, there wasn\u2019t much else to do, no Mickey Mouse to adore or video games to be played. In hindsight, I\u2019m grateful for growing up that way. I also used to sing on a swing in my grandparents\u2019 garden, supposedly so nicely that the neighbors would bring us cherries!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the age of eight or nine, I joined a children’s choir in my home town of Gotha<\/a> and it really shaped who I am today, both musically and as a person in general. I am an only child, but with an intense rehearsal schedule and frequent singing camps, the choir became my home away from home, my other family, my siblings that I never had. Eventually I got \u2018kicked out\u2019 at the age of 18.\u201d<\/p>\n

In college, Jenny started a small singing group with a few friends and they performed at school functions. She moved to Canada and continued her college years in Victoria, British Columbia. After graduating, she moved to Toronto and joined a women\u2019s choir called Cantores Celestes<\/a>. (You can watch a video of Jenny performing with Cantores Celestes here<\/a>.) After just a year in Toronto, Jenny moved to California, found the Long Beach Chorale, and the rest is history. \u201cBeing so far away from home, the LBCCO once again has filled a void and become my other family. The caliber and people make it even that much better!\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

When she\u2019s not at rehearsal, Jenny is walking her \u201cpuppy,\u201d a 95-pound pit bull, seeking out hole-in-the-wall restaurants, going wine tasting, or listening to the Beatles, The Who, Bright Eyes, Regina Spektor (her favorite), K.D. Lang, Joni Mitchell, and other singer-songwriters.<\/p>\n

To “adopt” Jenny as part of our Adopt a Singer program, click here:
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To read more singer profiles in our Adopt a Singer campaign, click\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thanks for supporting the Long Beach Chorale!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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