Wednesday, August 15, 2012

2012 Fall Season

Buffalo Valley Singers invites all who enjoy choral singing to join for the 2012 Christmas concert season by attending weekly Monday rehearsals starting on September 17 at 7 PM at St. John’s United Church of Christ, 1050 Buffalo Rd., Lewisburg. No auditions are necessary, and there is a $10 annual membership fee.

The Christmas concert, which will include performances by the Buffalo Valley Brass, will be on Saturday, December 15 at 7:30 PM and Sunday, December 16 at 3 PM at St. John’s UCC. BVS will also sing in the Evangelical Hospice Lights of Love program on December 2nd.

The repertoire includes:


Blessed Be the Name of the Lord.......................................... Dale Grotenhuis
And the Glory of the Lord......................................... George Grideric Handel
Christmas In Killarney..................................................... .arr. Carl Strommen
Love Came Down
Bell Carol of The Kings........................................ Traditional arr./Philip Kern
For the Trumpet Shall Sound............................................... Sally K. Albrecht
An American Christmas Portrait....................................... arr. Roger Emerson
 
Heilig................................................................................ Felix Mendelssohn
Song of Devotion.......................................................................... Tom Fettke
Hava Nagila............................ Traditional Hebrew Folk arr. David Eddleman
Lord of The Dance........................................ Shaker Melody arr./John Rutter
Carol of the Faithful....................... from Canticle of Joy   arr. Joseph Martin
Christmas In The Air............................................................ arr. John Higgins
          Rockin’Around the Christmas Tree
          A Holly Jolly Christmas
          I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
          Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Directed by Connie Pawling-Young, BVS is a community choir of 70-90 members from several counties in the Susquehanna Valley area begun in 1973. Connie became the fourth director of Buffalo Valley Singers succeeding Tom Ruhl. Known to many area singers as the director of the annual pops concert at the Milton Harvest Festival for the last 25 years, she earned a bachelor’s degree in music (piano major and voice minor) from Mansfield University and did graduate work at Penn State and Westminster Choir College. She retired from teaching vocal music in the Warrior Run School District, but continues to direct junior and senior high county festivals. She has also been the choir director at the First Baptist Church of Milton since 1988.
Anyone wishing to join for this season needs to contact one of these people by September 10:
Connie Pawling-Young, Director, at 568-2183;
Martha Hass, Librarian, at 768-4569, email mhass219@gmail.com;
Judy Patton, Publicity Coordinator, at 966-4770, email nittnut@dejazzd.com.