There’s nothing to build community like a group of people uniting to enjoy a common interest. BCCC is no different—quite simply, it’s a group of friends who “just gotta sing!” Don’t miss these upcoming performances. You’re sure to be uplifted as you join our community of friends.
Summer 2011
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August 8-12; Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Choristers and Chorale Summer Camp 2011
Atonement Lutheran Church, Wyomissing
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August 26, 27, 28
MasterSingers Summer Retreat
Friday, 6:00-8:30 p.m., GoggleWorks;
Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, Reading;
Sunday, 10 a.m.-2:00 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, Reading -
August 29, Sunday, 11 a.m.
Worship Service, Trinity Lutheran Church, Reading
Concerts
Click here for tickets for season concerts.
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November 13, Sunday, 4 p.m.
To This We Come–Fall Concert
Atonement Lutheran Church, Wyomissing, PA
Join BCCC as it begins its celebration of its Twentieth Anniversary season. Enjoy hearing music favorites from the past and soon to become favorites of the future!
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December 9, Friday, 7:30 p.m.
Choristers, Chorale, and MasterSingers; “Here We Come A-Caroling”—Music and Reading of the Season
Trinity Lutheran Church, Reading, PA
Rejoice and be glad as we welcome in the holidays. BCCC is delighted to present this program as part of the annual Fall Festival of the Arts, sponsored by Trinity Lutheran and Christ Episcopal churches. Favorite carols will alternate with traditional readings, narrated by special friends, including:
- Michelle Mart—BCCC Parent, Associate Professor, Penn State Berks
- The Rev. Canon Walter L. Krieger—President, BCCC Board of Directors; Retired, Rector, Christ Episcopal Church
- Joe Tackett—Executive Director, Reading Symphony Orchestra
- Jo Painter—Radio Talk Show Host, WEEU
- Donna Osborne—Daughter of BCCC Founder Donald Hinkle
- Elizabeth Angstadt Carroll—BCCC Graduate
- James Wilson—BCCC Parent, Former Director of BCCC Chorale; Organist and Choir Director, Christ Church
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May 6, Sunday, 3 p.m.
Twentieth Anniversary Season Celebration
Sovereign Performing Arts Center, Reading, PA, 3 p.m., Brundibar, one act opera; Reading Symphony Orchestra and Berks Opera Workshop, 4:30 p.m., Twentieth Anniversary Spring Concert
The season ends with an afternoon of collaborations and world premieres—open FREE to the public! At 3 p.m., BCCC joins the Reading Symphony Orchestra and the Berks Opera Workshop in a production of Burndibar, an opera for young people originally performed by the children of the Theresienstadt concentration camp in occupied Czechoslovakia during World War II.
At 4:30 p.m., BCCC presents its Twentieth Anniversary Spring Concert with the premieres of commissioned works by world renowned Stephen Hatfield and Eleanor Daly, and Berks County’s own, David Himes.
Alumni are invited back to sing BCCC’s signature song, “Blessing.”
APPEARANCES
- December 3, Saturday, 6:30 p.m., Choristers and Chorale, Snowman
- December 4, Sunday, 3 p.m., KU Presents!, Kutztown University, Kutztown
- December 11, Sunday, 3 p.m., All Choirs, Carol Sing, GoggleWorks Open House
- December 16, Friday, 7:30 p.m., Choristers and Chorale, Nutcracker
- December 17, Saturday, 2:00 p.m., Reading Symphony Orchestra and Berks Ballet Theatre, Sovereign Performing Arts Center, Reading, PA
- March 4, Sunday, 4 p.m., Choristers, Chorale, and MasterSingers, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Orwigsburg, PA
- April 15, Sunday, 3 p.m., MasterSingers Ringgold Band Concert, Scottish Rite Cathedral, West Reading, PA
- April 28, Saturday, 8 p.m., Choristers and Chorale, Reading Symphony Orchestra Concert, Sovereign Performing Arts Center, Reading, PA
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
- Sept.-April, Neighborhood Duets, Lauer’s Park and 10th & Penn Elementary Schools, Reading, PA
- February 25, Saturday, Choristers and Chorale Programs; Noon, Reading Public Library, Reading, PA; 2:00 p.m., Berks Heim, Leesport, PA
- June Dates TBA, Summer Sing!, Hope Lutheran Church, Reading, PA
