Candlelight Choral Service

Sunday, December 18 at 4:00 p.m.

The First and Franklin Street Choir and Soloists
Jason Kissel, conductor

Guest Artist
Jacqueline Pollauf, harp
featuring
Britten, A Ceremony of Carols
Grandjany, Aria for Harp and Organ
Hugo Distler, A Little Advent Music

American harpist Jacqueline Pollauf is a dynamic young performer with musical sensitivity and maturity beyond her years. Jacqueline made her solo debut at age sixteen with the Perrysburg Symphony Orchestra. In demand as a recitalist, her numerous performances include concerts given at the Academy Art Museum in Easton, Maryland; the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland; and the University of Baltimore.
Jacqueline has been the principal harpist with both the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra and the Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra. She has also performed with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Baltimore Opera Company, the Washington Chorus, and Opera Vivente.

Jacqueline is on the faculties of the University of Maryland at Baltimore County and the Baltimore School for the Arts. Additionally, she is the founder and director of the Baltimore Harp Camp. Jacqueline holds Master and Bachelor of Music degrees from the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University.