BMPC Senior Choir
Comprised of 110 adults, the Senior Choir sings every Sunday morning, from the beginning of September to mid-June. Rehearsals are held Thursday evenings,
7:00-8:30 PM.
The Senior
Choir sings more than 40 services each season, presenting over
90 anthems, from Bach to Brubeck. In addition, the choir presents two major concerts with orchestra each season in the Vespers series. Recent seasons have included Verdi's "Requiem," Berlioz's "Te Deum," Mozart's "C minor Mass",
Brahms' "Requiem", Barber's
"Prayers of Kierkegaard, and David Brubeck's "La Fiesta de la Posada," with the
Brubeck at the piano. Committed to new
choral works, the choir has presented
the world premiers of works by Tina
Davidson, Alice Jordan, Amy Scurria, Rob
Maggio, Jonathan Trumbull, Jason Wilber, David Thomas, and Jeffrey
Brillhart.
Seasoned
travelers, the choir has toured
Russia, Northern Ireland, Great Britain, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Brazil and Cuba. In June-July 2007 the choir
traveled to S. Africa for performances
in Johannesburg, Kwa Thema, Knysna,
Capetown, Guguletu, and in Grahamstown
with an acclaimed concert in the
Grahamstown Arts Festival. In May 2011, members of the choir traveled through the American South, visiting major monuments of the Civil Rights Movement in Atlanta, Montgomery, Selma, Birmingham, and New Orleans.
The
Senior Choir has been featured at the national conventions of the American Choral Director's Association
(1999) and The Hymn Society of America
(1988). In January 2003, the Senior
Choir made its debut with The
Philadelphia Orchestra, under the
direction of Bobby McFerrin.
If you would like to see information on purchasing recordings of the Senior Choir, click here.
Directed by Jeffrey Brillhart
Artwork on this page by Maritza Morgan
