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Stephen Hatfield & David Himes Commissions
Stephan Hatfield is a popular and innovative Canadian composer, conductor, clinician, workshop leader, and lecturer. A specialist in choral music, he is hailed for his exciting arrangements of world music and for his original works which weave influences from diverse cultures into a fresh and distinctive idiom. His choirs have earned gold medals in national [...]
Free Community Event—Brundibár, A Children’s Opera
Joel Gori, Stage Director of Brundibár, works with members of the BCCC Chorale during a Monday night chorus rehearsal. The Berks County community is invited to a FREE musical event, Brundibár, on Sunday, May 6, 2012 beginning at 3:00 at the Sovereign Performing Arts Center in downtown Reading, Pennsylvania. The performance will feature members of [...]
BCCC Presents Free Concert As Twentieth Anniversary Season Ends
Berks Classical Children’s Chorus (BCCC) ends its twentieth anniversary season on Sunday, May 6, at the Sovereign Performing Arts Center, 136, N. 6th Street, Reading, PA, with collaborations and world premieres—open FREE to the public! The event begins at 3 p.m., with the BCCC Chorale collaborating with the Reading Symphony Orchestra and the Berks Opera [...]
Workshop: Communicating About the Arts to Build Broad Support
Friends, If you are to attend one workshop this year, this is the one to attend!! I heard Margy Waller speak in June, and was inspired by her report. Karen Haver, of Berks Arts Council, and I are working together to bring this to our community. The lunch is underwritten by Berks Classical Children’s Chorus [...]
BCCC Seeks Qualified Choral Director
Berks Classical Children’s Chorus, Reading, PA, seeks a qualified choral director to assume the duties of Director of the Chorale, a highly skilled, auditioned, treble ensemble (SSA), with singers in grades 5 through 8. The qualified candidate for this part-time, salaried position will hold a Masters Degree in choral conducting, voice, or appropriate related field, [...]
World-renowned composer to work with BCCC
The Berks Classical Children’s Chorus will welcome world-renowned composer and conductor, David Brunner, on Monday, April 11, 2011, at 6:30 pm, at GoggleWorks, Reading. Brunner will coach the singers on “Spiritual Musick,” a piece that he wrote for them and for 11 other children’s choruses all across the country. The rehearsal with Brunner is scheduled [...]
