On March 28 at 6:30 p.m., more than 200 singers will gather on the Mayo Concert Hall stage at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) campus in Ewing. TCNJ students will perform alongside five high school choirs from Japan who all come from the region affected by the 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and Fukushima nuclear disaster. The performance is part of Project Hand-in-hand, which aims to support the recovery of the Japan disaster by using music to support cultural exchange and communication. This will be the fourth time in five years that TCNJ has partnered with Project Hand-in-Hand. 

“Being a part of Project Hand-in-Hand is a wonderful experience on so many levels,” said Dr. John Leonard, department of music chair and director of choirs at TCNJ. “Performing great music with high-caliber professional musicians at one of the world’s most celebrated venues, using the language of music to communicate love, compassion, and empathy across culture and languages, and seeing the resiliency in the faces and actions of the young Japanese musicians who join us, is a special experience.”

For more information, visit www.tcnj.edu.

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