Berks Classical Children’s Chorus

Berks Classical Children’s Chorus Newsletter, February, 2011

In this issue

Upcoming BCCC Events

  • MASTERSINGERS, CHORALE AND CHORISTERS, Sunday, March 6, 4 p.m.
    Advent Lutheran Church, 16 Telford Avenue, West Lawn, PA

    Berks Classical Children’s Chorus is pleased to present three of its choirs, MasterSingers, Chorale, and Choristers, in performance on Sunday, March 6, at 4 p.m., at Advent Lutheran Church, West Lawn, PA.

    The program will include selections from fall and holiday repertoire, with a sprinkling of music to be performed in the spring concert.

    There will be no admission fee, but a free-will offering will be collected.

    Advent Lutheran is located at 16 Telford Avenue in West Lawn, just one block off of Penn Avenue near the Wachovia/Wells Fargo Bank. There are three parking lots: one with an entrance off of Penn Avenue, one on the corner of Telford Avenue and Noble Street, and a handicapped lot directly behind the church.

  • MOZART’S MASTERPIECES, Sunday, April 10, 4:00 p.m.
    Reading Choral Society with BCCC MasterSingers and chamber orchestra
    Sacred Heart Church, Lakeview Drive and Franklin Street, West Reading, PA

    Requiem & Vesperae solennes de confessore

    The Requiem Mass in D minor (K. 626) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was composed in Vienna in 1791 and left unfinished at the composer’s death. A completion by Franz Xaver Süssmayr was delivered to Count Franz von Walsegg, who had anonymously commissioned the piece for a requiem mass to commemorate the February 14 anniversary of his wife’s death.

    The Reading Choral Society is proud to present a twentieth century completion of the Requiem by Robert D. Levin, who reconstructed an Amen fugue from Mozart’s own sketches.

    The concert will also include a performance of Mozart’s beloved Vesperae solennes de confessore.

    Call 610-898-1939 for tickets.

  • SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW, Sunday, May 1, 4:00 p.m.
    Atonement Lutheran Church, 5 Wyomissing Boulevard, Wyomissing, PA

    BCCC is proud to have participated in two nationwide children’s chorus consortiums to commission works by world renowned composers, David Brunner and Rollo Dilworth. Come hear the local premieres of these exciting two pieces!

    Also hear the lovely voices of all our singers as they sing beautiful and exquisite music from the past and present.

    See below for tickets.

Tickets

Call 610-898-7664 to place your ticket order for Something Old, Something New. Order your tickets early to secure the seating section you want! VIP Seating will be in the front center.

  • $25 VIP Seating
  • $14 Adult
  • $10 Student

Upcoming Community Events

  • A LOVE STORY IN FOUR COURSES, Valentine’s Day at Simmeria
    A collaboration between Berks Opera Workshop and Simmeria Café and Bistro
    Simmeria Café and Bistro, 24 E. Main Street, Fleetwood PA

    Join BOW for a unique Valentine’s Day celebration as beautiful music and exquisite food combine for an evening you’ll never forget. Members of Berks Opera Workshop-Tamara Black, Lyle Ingram, and Matt Samluk-will tell a love story in song as guests dine on a romantic, four-course dinner for two. Enchanting. Mesmerizing. The perfect way to show your love.

    $75.00 per person for dinner and a show!

    This event is filling up quickly!

    Make your reservations today by calling Simmeria at 484-575-8555.

Photo Album

BCCC members Schuyler Osgood (left) and Hannah Schreffler show their love before the BCCC Holiday Concert, Here We Come A-Caroling, at Trinity Lutheran Church, Wyomissing, PA, on December 10, 2010.

Click here to view photos taken at Here We Come A-Caroling by BCCC photographer, William Coughlin.

Berks Classical Children’s Chorus Mission: to enrich our community by fostering and promoting choral excellence in young people through music education and quality performances.