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Marblehead High Alumna Sings National Anthem At Fenway Park

Marblehead High graduate and Emerson College sophomore Chloe Curtis sang the national anthem with "Pitch, Please!" at Monday's Red Sox game.

"My grandparents and mom took me to Fenway when I was a child and it's been a long-time dream of mine to sing the national anthem at a Red Sox game." - Marblehead High alumna and Emerson College student Chloe Curtis
"My grandparents and mom took me to Fenway when I was a child and it's been a long-time dream of mine to sing the national anthem at a Red Sox game." - Marblehead High alumna and Emerson College student Chloe Curtis (Bonnie Buckley)

MARBLEHEAD, MA — Marblehead High alumna Chloe Curtis and her Emerson College a cappella group "Pitch, Please!" performed in front of more than 30,000 people on Monday as they sang the national anthem prior to the Boston Red Sox game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Fenway Park.

Curtis, a 2023 Marblehead High graduate and rising sophomore at Emerson, was recruited to join the treble a cappella group, which seeks to empower and inspire others through music.

Pitch, Please! performed on the "TODAY Show," won the title of Best Female Collegiate Album in the 2020 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards for their full-length album, Obsidian, and received SingStrong's 2024 Audience Favorite Award.

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Marblehead's Chloe Curtis and "Pitch, Please!" performed the national anthem prior to Monday's Boston Red Sox game at Fenway Park. (Bonnie Buckley)

"As a Marblehead resident, My grandparents and mom took me to Fenway when I was a child and it's been a long-time dream of mine to sing the national anthem at a Red Sox game," Curtis said. "Performing with 'Pitch, Please!' is always phenomenal, making the milestone even more incredible."

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. X/Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)

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