Through the Choral Scholars Program, we provide performance opportunities to singers with music degrees who inspire our Chorale with their skills and training. This position offers a stipend and opportunities to perform exciting and varied repertoire, while providing musical leadership to the other members of their voice part. We are thrilled to have the following highly talented people as our current Choral Scholars.
December 1, 2021 article in Princeton Info!
Alex Meakem, Mezzo Soprano and Alto, is a New Jersey born classical singer and chorister. She graduated from Westminster Choir College in May of 2018 with a Bachelor of Arts in Music degree, and a concentration in Voice Studies. She studied voice as a soprano with Dr. Sharon Sweet, and won several voice scholarships and awards over the course of her studies. During her time at Westminster, Alex was a member several groups and performed at various venues in the tri-state area, including Carnegie Hall where she was the alto soloist in Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms with the Philadelphia Orchestra. She has performed throughout France and England, including her time as a Choral Mentor at the Oxford University Choral Singing Summer School. Since graduating, Alex has been accepted onto the extended roster for Donald Nally’s professional ensemble, The Crossing. She also teaches voice and piano at Octopus Music School in Hillsborough, NJ, and sings as a section leader and cantor at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in South Plainfield, NJ.
Tenor Aidan Gent received his bachelor's degree from Westminster Choir College in vocal performance, studying under Dr. Sharon Sweet. He is currently attending Rutgers University for a master's degree in Vocal Performance, studying under Judith Nicosia. Originally from the Boston, MA area, Aidan has sung in choirs with the New England Conservatory Prep School, the Boston University Tanglewood Institute, The Tanglewood Festival Chorus with Boston Symphony Orchestra, and the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir with Philadelphia Orchestra. In opera, Aidan has performed with the Boston Lyric Opera, Westminster Opera Theater, The Princeton Festival, and Opera Theater Rutgers.
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