Jackie Evancho Talks to NJ Media in Advance of New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Show

"And what is your 12-year-old doing this weekend?"

That's the beginning of a NorthJersey.com article about Jackie Evancho's Friday night concert at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark.

In advance of Jackie's 7:30 p.m. performance, the New Jersey media has been talking to the the classical crossover singing star about her music and her life.

Writer Ian Spelling summarizes Jackie's successes from America's Got Talent contestant through the release of her O Holy Night, Dream With Me and Heavenly Christmas CDs. 

"It's been such an amazing, fun ride," Evancho told the writer by telephone from her family's home in Richland Township. "It's bumpy and so exciting and different. It's just so much fun, and I never want to give this up. It's my favorite thing to do, and it will always be."

Jackie will perform with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, with John Mario Di Costanzo conducting.

"It's really fun to (perform with orchestras)," Evancho adds. "I love to do that. It's kind of normal for me now, I guess, just because I've done it so many times. I'm used to it. It's still so fun, no matter what, to perform with different people every time. It's just an exciting experience for me."

In another article on the international singing star, writer Amy Kuperinsky of The Star-Ledger describes Jackie:

Jackie Evancho looks and sounds to be an angel of a prodigy. A full Susan Boyle voice that springs out of a little-girl costume to present rich opera. She delivers the kind of performances that make people cry because they're so immediately stunning. "Dream With Me," beckons the title of her 2011 CD.

Jackie told the writer that her concert will include music from movies, which is what she recorded recently for her third CD.

"They're really pretty," she says of the songs.

But she wouldn't give details—that will be a surprise for the audience.

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