A Community of Voices
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Looking Forward…
Coming up in 2024-2025 for our 52nd season:
The Soul Cries Out -
Celebrating the African American Spiritual
Sunday, October 20 at 4:00pm
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church, Doylestown
with special guest soloist Ruth Naomi Floyd
and the Pine Forge Academy Choir,
Jarrett Roseborough, director
Annual Festival of Christmas Music
A revival of Thomas Lloyd’s popular cantata
As Well for the Poore as the Peere
Saturday, December 14 at 7:30pm
Sunday, December 15 at 4:00pm
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church, Doylestown
with the Fairmount Brass Quintet
the Treble Choir of the Princeton Boychoir,
Adam Good, director
and Timothy Urban, hurdy-gurdy (mechanical violin)
Our annual choral-orchestral concert:
Carl Orff - Carmina Burana
Roxanna Panufnik - Love Abide
Sunday, April 6, 2025 at 4:00pm
Council Rock North High School Auditorium, Newtown
with the Council Rock North and South combined choirs
Heather Brewer and Corey Axler, directors
Kayla Harriott, soprano
Brian Major, baritone
Symphony in C
Our season finale:
Leonard Bernstein - From Broadway to Lincoln Center
Sunday, June 1, 2025 at 4:00pm
featuring 2024 Voices of the Future soloists
venue and guest soloists tba
Stay tuned for details to come!
Thank you for supporting
the Bucks County Choral Society!
Our Choir
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Audition For The Choir
We are now planning auditions for the first two Tuesdays in September with openings in all parts! Click “read more” below to find out more about membership and apply for an audition time. read more…
Audio and Video clips
Hear what we sound like in a wide variety of musical styles. For audio and video clips of Choral Society performances, click here...
repertoire and collaborations
Innovative programming, major works, collaborations with choirs all over the world: here are complete lists of repertoire and partners since 2000. read more…
our volunteer leadership
Meet our Board of Directors and Choir Council who keep us going and make sure ‘the trains run on time’ (Choir President Susan McDonnell and Board Chair Amy Schmidt pictured above) read more...
Our staff
Our professional musical staff includes Artistic Director Thomas Lloyd, Assistant Conductor Susan Johnson, accompanist Tim Harrell, and a quartet of section leaders. read more...
Our history and Mission
Read about how our choir started in 1973 and how our mission has carried us forward since then! read more…
Outreach to Our Extended Family
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singing for seniors
Since 2005, the Choral Society’s Singing for Seniors program has held two festivals annually. Since the first festival, over 3,000 seniors have participated. We are excited to announce our first in-person festival since the Covid pandemic on Thursday, May 16, 2024 at Peter Becker Community, 800 Maple Ave. Harleysville, PA 19438. For details and registration click here…
Master Teacher Suzanne DuPlantis with 2023 Voices of the Future finalists and event sponsors Alice and Bob Vernon.
voices of the future
Our 7th annual Voices of the Future program for Bucks County will place at the James Lorah Memorial Home in Doylestown on Saturday, March 30, 2024 in a public master class with acclaimed teacher Paul Spencer Adkins. Click here for more information and an application for next year’s competition!
Our Music: shared resources for learning
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A History of the african-american spiritual
An extended multi-media website on the history of the African American Spiritual. read more…
A listener’s guide to
Cesar Franck’s The Beatitudes
elgar’s the apostleS
A multi-media walk through the unique history of both the music and the composer of this late-Romantic masterwork. read more…
Berlioz Requiem
A podcast with musical exceprts comparing Berlioz' setting of the requiem texts those of Mozart and Verdi. read more…
J. S. Bach: Mass in B Minor
An introduction to what Bach saw as his finest work. read more…
St. Matthew Passion
An 8-part video introduction to this iconic work. read more…
Your Support
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your gift makes a difference!
Your contribution will help assure that the Choral Society can continue to play a pivotal role in the artistic vitality of Bucks County, bringing together outstanding professional and avocational musicians in performances of great music from across the stylistic spectrum (and without the commute time or expense to New York or Philly!) read more…