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Narragansett High School Queens College
Advanced Treble Chorus Treble Choir

The Queens College Treble Choir is a select, audi-
The Narragansett High School Advanced Treble tioned ensemble with a membership of approximate-
Chorus is the premiere curricular ensemble at NHS, a ly 25 singers. Comprising both music and non-music
very small suburban school on the south coast of Rhode majors, the Treble Choir performs repertoire exclusively
Island. Its members are selected by audition each year for soprano and alto voices that highlights a broad spec-
and range in age from grades 9 to 12. The Advanced trum of music from medieval to modern. Committed
Treble Chorus meets twice per week, where they re- to amplifying underrepresented voices, the Treble Choir
hearse challenging repertoire for performance at festivals has inspired several collaborations with Faith Morgan,
and competitions. The NHS Advanced Treble Chorus Joanne Metcalf, Joshua Shank, and the Brooklyn-based
performs annually for the RI ACDA Sr. Choral Festival, Black Sea Hotel.
at NHS’ four major concerts, and for various school and
community events. Eric Rubinstein is assistant professor of
choral music at the Aaron Copland School
Sarah Prickel-Kane is the choral director of Music, Queens College (CUNY),
at Narragansett High School, where she where he directs the select Treble Choir
conducts three choirs, directs the middle and teaches undergraduate and graduate
and high school theater productions, and coursework in choral music education. Ensembles under
teaches music electives. Prickel-Kane has his direction have been featured at various NAfME and
served on the executive board of RIMEA and is the im- ACDA conferences, and have performed at Carnegie
mediate past-president for RI ACDA. She also served as Hall, Chautauqua Institute, and throughout Europe.
the Training Chorus Conductor for the RI Children’s Rubinstein presents regularly for NAfME and ACDA.
Chorus from 2013 to 2021. She is frequently called upon He holds degrees from Louisiana State University
in RI and MA as a guest conductor, festival clinician, (DMA), Michigan State University (MM), and SUNY
and adjudicator. She holds a BM with honors from RI Fredonia (BM).
College and an MME from the Florida State University.

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