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POUGHKEEPSIE BOYS CHOIR
Artistic Director, Christine Howlett
Christine Howlett is the Director of Choral Activities at Vassar College where she conducts the Vassar Women’s Chorus, Vassar College Choir, and teaches music theory and voice. Ms. Howlett is in demand as an adjudicator and guest conductor. She is the Artistic Director of the Cappella Festiva, an auditioned choral ensemble with a thirty-five year history of performing in the Hudson Valley.
Ms. Howlett has performed as a soloist in many works including Bach’s Magnificat, Mass in B minor, Mozart’s Coronation Mass, Britten’s Ceremony of Carols, and Mass by Stravinsky. She has sung with the New York Choral Artists at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center under the direction of Helmut Rilling and Lorin Maazel.
Ms Howlett earned her B.A. from the University of Toronto, the Master of Early Music Voice Performance from Indiana University, and recently, her Doctorate in Choral Conducting from Indiana University.
The Poughkeepsie Boys Choir
2009 MLK Breakfast, Mid-Hudson Civic Center
Front Row: Chris Hill, Isaiah Murray, Kerron McGriff,
O'Neil Jones, Jovan Jones
Middle Row: Xavier Christy-Wajid, Blake Davids
Back Row: Alquan Higgs, Clayton Porter
Director, Chuck Muckle
Chuck Muckle was the summer director of the Poughkeepsie Boys Choir in 2008. He currently directs the First Baptist Chancel and Bell Choirs, and is a founding member of the Over the Pond to Poughkeepsie Ensemble, a professional theater troupe. An actor and singer, he appeared in the post-Broadway tour of “Camelot” with Robert Goulet; he was also in an early NYC staged reading of the Hal Prince-Jonathan Tunick musical “Paradise Found”, which is headed for London and Broadway. He was in Bard Summerscape’s “The Golden Apple” (Mr.Tunick, musical director) and has appeared on the Berkshire Theatre Festival and Sharon Playhouse stages. Chuck was an assistant youth choir director for the National Tour of “Joseph…Dreamcoat” with Sam Harris, and has led choirs all over the greater New York City area. Also a composer/arranger, he is an alumnus of the BMI and ASCAP Music Theatre Workshops in NYC (where several of his shows have been performed).
Modeling Esteem
 The Poughkeepsie Boys Choir is modeled after the world famous Boys Choir of Harlem, Inc., a dedicated group who, significantly, has an excellent reputation for developing artistic abilities as well as promoting academic and youth leadership skills.
The development of self esteem of culturally diverse choir participants, as well as High School graduation and entrance to college for the members of the choir, are all part of CSCC’s commitment.
The Poughkeepsie Boys Choir operates as an after school activity, coupled with ongoing support services such as artistic development, mentoring, homework assistance and individual and family counseling. The Boys Choir involves the participation of approximately 25 school-age boys.
The Poughkeepsie Boys Choir proudly poses at the
Franklin D. Roosevelt Library in Hyde Park with
Prince Andrew, Duke of York, England, 2002.
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