The Berks Youth Chorus will host their first concert in the 2014-2015 Season, Why We Sing, 4 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014, at Atonement Lutheran Church, in Wyomissing, Pa.
A featured song will be Greg Gilpin’s “Why We Sing,” with his words, “It’s amazing what is given when we share a song…Music builds a bridge, it can tear down a wall. Music is a language that can speak to one and all!”
The concert will include performances by auditioned members who are placed in one of the four levels of the chorus, Training Chorus [grades 3 – 4], Choristers [grades 4 – 7], Chorale [grades 5 – 8], and MasterSingers [high school and boys with changed voices]. The directors are Michelle Metz, Jeffrey Brunner, Peter S. Sunderman, and William W. Snelling, respectively. Accompanists are Mary Bishop and Linda Ebersole.
Tickets may be purchased in advance by calling 610-898-7664 or, as available, at the door.
With its headquarters and rehearsals located in Reading’s geographically accessible GoggleWorks, and through community engagement projects such as Summer Sing, BYC is dedicated to making life-changing musical opportunities accessible to all children. The Chorus works with area public and private school music teacher to recruit singers for membership and for Summer Sing. Singers represent school districts, private schools and home schools throughout Berks County.
The concert season is supported by Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency, and Reading Musical Foundation.
From Berks Youth Chorus, GoggleWorks