Summer 2022

The Reluctant Dragon by John Rutter performed at Emile United Methodist Church

Fall/Winter 2021
A Ceremony of Carols by Benjamin Britten and Candlelight Carol Sing-Along

Fall/Winter 2019
20th Annual Winter Concert at Pennsbury High School Keller Hall
G. F. Handel’s Messiah and Candlelight Carol Sing-Along

November 9th, 2019
Veterans Day Parade Ceremony
Veteran’s Square, Edgewood Road, Yardley, PA

November 2, 2019
Voices of Bucks Choral Festival
(PCC & six other choral groups)
Langhorne Presbyterian Church

May 4th 2019
19th Annual Spring Concert
"If Music Be the Food of Love" featuring Eric Whitacre's "Five Hebrew Love Songs" and selections from Brahms’ "Liebeslieder Waltzes"
William Phillips, violin; Beth LaPat, violin; Joel Rudin, viola; & David Inloes, violoncello
Soloists: Julianna Massielo, Soprano & Zachary Kent, Baritone

December 15, 2018
19th Annual Winter Concert
‘Twas The Night Before Christmas
With The Pennsbury High School Falconairs and Edgewood Elementary Children’s Choir

May 5, 2018
18th Annual Spring Concert:
BERNSTEIN at 100! A celebration of the music of Leonard Bernstein
featuring Chichester Psalms, Concert selections from MASS among others
Guests - The Pennsbury HS Concert Choir

December 16, 2017
18th Annual Winter Concert
GLORIA! Featuring the Gloria's of John Rutter and Randol Alan Bass, plus music of the season.
With the Pennsbury HS Chamber Choir, Guest Artists, and a Guest Brass and Percussion ensemble

May 6, 2017 - 4:00 PM
17th Annual Spring Concert Treasures of British Choral Music
Festival Te Deum - Sir Arthur Sullivan
And a variety of British composers including James Whitbourn, Paul Mealor, Meuryn Hughes, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Benjamin Britten, among others.
Guests - PHS Concert Choir

December 10, 2016
17th Annual Winter Concert
Christmas Oratorio - Camille Saint-Saëns, and Sounds of the Holidays
Featuring works by Alf Houkom, Jeffrey Van, Eleanor Whitsett, Eleanor Daley, Mack Wilberg, and others
Guests - Pennsbury HS Falconairs and Chamber Choir

May 21, 2016
Joint Concert with the Harrisburg Choral Society
Trinity Lutheran Church in Camp Hill, PA.
Carl Orff's "CARMINA BURANA"

May 7, 2016
16th Annual Spring Concert
Carl Orff's "CARMINA BURANA"
with guests The Harrisburg Choral Society
Dr. Jason Vodicka, conductor

December 12, 2015 (Moyer conducting)
16th Annual Winter Concert
Keller Hall, Pennsbury High School West
Home for the Holidays
With Pennsbury Middle School Honor Choir and Pennsbury High School Falconairs
Guest Soloist: John Villemaire, tenor

May 9, 2015 (Moyer conducting)
15th Annual Spring Concert
Keller Hall, Pennsbury High School West
Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich BWV 150 (For Thee, O Lord, I Long), Johann Sebastian Bach
The Mass No. 2 in G major, D 167, Franz Schubert

December 14, 2014 (Moyer conducting)
15th Annual Winter Concert
Keller Hall, Pennsbury High School West
Christmas Around the World

May 10, 2014 (Moyer conducting)
15th Annual Spring Concert
Keller Hall, Pennsbury High School West
Requiem – W. A. Mozart

December 15, 2013 (Moyer conducting)
14th Annual Winter Concert
Keller Hall, Pennsbury High School West
Missa Carolae by James Whitbourn
And other songs of the season
With Guest Brass Ensemble, Quarry Hill Select Choir, and The PHS Chamber Choir

May 11, 2013 (Moyer conducting)
14th Annual Spring Concert
Keller Hall, Pennsbury High School West
Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance In Concert
With Guest Musicians and The PHS Chamber Choir Men

January 21, 2013 (Jonathan Griffith conducting)
Pennsbury Community Chorus with Pennsbury High School Concert Choir and Women’s Ensemble performed the United States premiere of “Songs of the Earth” by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins.

December 16, 2012, (Moyer conducting)
13th Annual Winter Concert
“Sounds of the Seasons”
Featuring: Pennsbury High School Chamber Choir,
Ewing Presbyterian Church Bell Choir (Carol Houghton, director), & Guest orchestra
Oh Come All Ye Faithful
Gloria in Excelsis - Vivaldi
Carol of the Bells
Magnificat in D, BWV 243 - J.S. Bach
Celebration - W. Payn
Change Ring Prelude on Divinium Mysterium - F. Gramann
The First Nowell - arr. Sir David Willcox
Ave Maria - T. L. De Victoria
While By My Sheep - H. Jungst
We Need a Little Christmas - J. Herman
The Shepherds’ Farewell to the Holy Family - H. Berlioz
Of The Father’s Love - B. Talley
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - arr. Sir David Willcox
On This Day the Earth Shall Ring - arr. W. Payn

Saturday, May 12, 2012 (Moyer conducting)
“Grand and Glorious Masterwork Choruses"
Featuring guest artists "The Mainstreet Brass"
Dona Nobis Pacem (Mass in B-minor) - Bach
How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place (Ein Deutsches Requiem) - Brahms
Lacrymosa (Requiem) - Mozart
Achieved is the Glorious Work (The Creation) - Haydn
Psalm 100 - Heinrich Schutz
He Watching Over Israel (Elijah) - Mendelssohn
Awake The Trumpets Lofty Sound - Handel
O Clap Your hands - Vaughan Williams
Sanctus - Schubert
O Fortuna (Carmina Burana) - Carl Orff
Hallelujah (Messiah) - Handel

Wednesday, April 25, 2012 (Moyer conducting)
“The Big Sing 4”
Princeton University Chapel
With Pennsbury High School Choral Groups

December 11, 2011 (Moyer conducting)
12th Annual Winter Concert
‘CRAFTS OF PRODIGIES - MUSIC BEYOND THEIR YEARS’,
With string quintet (Russell Hoffmann and Ileana Ciumac - violin, Marka Stepper - viola, Bruce Mikolon - cello, and Steven Kyle - bass), organist (Jason Vodicka), and soloists (soprano Kathryn Thomas Moyer, soprano Kelsey Hubsch, mezzo-soprano Meagan Lee Johnson, & baritone Christopher Villante)
Missa brevis in G, K49 - W. A. Mozart
Magnificat - F. Schubert
Gloria - F. Mendelssohn

May 21, 2011 (Moyer conducting)
11th Annual Spring Concert
Guest Soloist: Andrew Owens - tenor
A NIGHT AT THE OPERA
Chorus of Enchanted Islanders - Handel
Chorus of Wedding Guests - Donizetti
Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön - Mozart
Bridal Chorus - Wagner
Villager's Chorus - Rossini
Fisherman’s Aria - Rossini
Ring Forth, Ye Bells - Sullivan
Bell Chorus - Leoncavallo
Questa o quella - Verdi
Anvil Chorus - Verdi
Va Pensiero - Verdi
Nessun Dorma - Puccini
Anthem For Spring - Mascagni
Brindisi - Verdi

December 12, 2010 (Moyer & Martin conducting)
11th Annual Holiday Concert
“Gloria” - John Rutter
“Christmas Cantata” - Daniel Pinkham
Five Carols - arrangements by David Willcocks

November 17, 2010 (Moyer conducting)
CONCERT TO NAME KELLER HALL
With PHS Chorus & Soloists

May 22, 2010 (Moyer conducting)
10th Annual Spring Concert
AN EVENING WITH RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
With PCC and PHS soloists

April 28. 2010 (Moyer conducting)
At Princeton University Chapel, with Pennsbury High School Choirs
REQUIEM - Faure

March 16, 2010 (Moyer conducting)
HAITI BENEFIT CONCERT
REQUIEM - Faure
With the Pennsbury High School Concert Choir

March 6, 2010 (Griffith conducting)
At Carnegie Hall, New York
DEWI SANT (Saint David) - Arwel Hughes
With Pennsbury High School Concert Choir and guest orchestra

December 20, 2009 (Moyer conducting)
10th Annual Holiday Concert
MESSIAH - George Frederic Handel
With guest orchestra - soloists: TBA

November 18, 2009 (Moyer conducting) 

Dewi Sant (Saint David) - Arwel Hughes
Soloists: Kathryn Thomas Moyer, soprano; Scott Williamson, tenor; Jeff Morrisey, baritone

May 2, 2009 (Moyer conducting) 

9th Annual Spring Concert
United Methodist Church, Yardley, PA
Son of God Mass - James Whitbourn
Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo - Joseph Haydn

April 29, 2009 (Moyer conducting) 

“The Big Sing”, Princeton University Chapel
Son of God Mass - James Whitbourn
All Shall be Amen & Alleluia - James Whitbourn
(Commissioned work, World Premiere, with the Pennsbury High School Concert Chorus)
Improvisation on a Theme by Whitbourn - George Boyer

January 19, 2009 (Jonathan Griffith conducting) 

Distinguished Concerts International New York
The Music of Karl Jenkins
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC
U.S. Premiere of “Te Deum” and “Stabat Mater” - Karl Jenkins, with full orchestra

Sunday December 21, 2008 at 3:00 PM
9th Annual Holiday Concert
“Christmas Around the World”
United Methodist Church, Yardley, PA.
Featuring works of James Whitbourn (Missa Carolae), Mack Wilberg, John Rutter and others. Guest artists: The Mainstreet Brass and organist Jason Vodicka.

April 27, 2008 (Moyer conducting) 

8th Annual Spring Concert
With the Pennsbury High School Concert Choir, the Pennsbury High School Chamber Choir, and the Falconairs
Requiem - Karl Jenkins
Guest Soloists: Kathryn Thomas Moyer, soprano, and James Thomas Moyer, treble

December 16, 2007 (Moyer conducting) 

8th Annual Winter Concert
Magnificat's Old and New
Magnificat - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Magnificat - John Rutter
Guest Soloist: Kathryn Thomas Moyer, soprano, Accompanist: Ryan Fleming, piano

May 20, 2007 (Moyer conducting) 

7th Annual Spring Concert
Out of the Darkness - Music of Hope and Understanding
Jason D. Vodicka, piano, and Katrina Kormanski, cello
Holocaust Cantata - Songs from the Camps - Donald McCullough
In Remembrance - Eleanor Daley
My Soul is Exceeding Sorrowful - Eleanor Daley
Set Me as a Seal - René Clausen
We Remember Them - Donald McCullough
I’ve Been ‘Buked, Children - Arr. Rollo Dilworth
River in Judea - Linda Marcus & Jack Feldman, Arr. John Leavitt

December 17, 2006 (Moyer conducting) 

7th Annual Winter Concert
(With the Newtown Chamber Orchestra)
Gloria - Vivaldi

May 2006 (Jason Vodicka conducting) 

6th Annual Spring Concert
Carousel - Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II

January 11, 2006 (James Jordan, guest conductor) 

Carmina Burana - Carl Orff

December 18, 2005 (Moyer conducting) 

6th Annual Winter Concert
Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light - Bach
(from the “Christmas Oratorio”)
Sicut locutus est from Magnificat - Bach
Audience Carol: O Come All Ye Faithful - arr. David Willcocks
The Shepherd’s Farewell from L’Enfance du Christ - Hector Berlioz
In the Bleak Mid-Winter - Harold Darke
Gloria - Randol Alan Bass
The Blessed Son of God from “Hodie” - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Audience Carol: The First Nowell - arr. David Willcocks
He Is Born - Barry Talley
Audience Carol: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - arr. David Willcocks
Hallelujah from Messiah - George Frederic Handel

May 22, 2005 (Moyer conducting) 

5th Annual Spring Concert
Requiem K. 626 - Mozart (Levin completion), featuring Jason Vodicka, organist

April 28, 2005 (Moyer conducting) 

Pennsbury Welsh Music Festival
Psalm 136 - Tann
Welsh hymns led by Welsh composer Meuryn Hughes, featuring Pennsbury HS Chamber Choir and Jason Vodicka, organist

December 19, 2004 (Moyer conducting) 

5th Annual Winter Concert
Festival Te Deum (second US performance) - Sir Arthur Sullivan
Personent Hodie - Rutter
Candlelight Carol - Rutter
Awake, Arise and Hail the Morn - arr. Ames
This Christmastide - Fraser
Joy to the World - arr. Kuykendall

May 16, 2004 (Moyer conducting) 

4th Annual Spring Concert
Music of Hollywood and Broadway
Exultate Justi - Williams
Lacrymosa - Mozart
Bogoroditse Devo - Rachmaninoff
Dixi Dominus and Alleluia - Rodgers & Hammerstein
Non Nobis Domine - Doyle
Dry Your Tears Afrika - Williams
Ol’ Man River - Kern/Hammerstein
Rhythm of Life - arr. Barnes
Seasons of Love - Larson
O Fortuna - Orff
You’ll Never Walk Alone - Rodgers/Hammerstein
Mack the Knife - Blitzstein/Weill
Make Them Hear You - Flaherty/Ahrens
Over the Rainbow - Arlen/Harburg
They Call the Wind Maria - Lerner & Loewe
Waitin’ for the Light to Shine - Miller

December 21, 2003 (Moyer & McDonnell conducting) 

4th Annual Winter Concert
With Mainstreet Brass (Kevin Long & Gary Ross - trumpets, Lawrence Kursar - French horn, Bryan Hay - trombone, Ronald Demkee - tuba)
Hodie - Stroope
Gloria - Rutter
Various carols - arr. Willcocks

May 18, 2003 (McDonnell conducting) 

3rd Annual Spring Concert
Requiem - Fauré
Mass in G - Schubert (Moyer conducting)

December 15, 2002 (McDonnell conducting) 

3rd Annual Winter Concert
Messiah (Parts 1 & 3 + Hallelujah) - Handel

November 7, 2003 (McDonnell conducting) 

Pennsbury Bernstein Festival
Selections from “Candide” - Bernstein
Take Care of This House - Bernstein

May 5, 2002 (McDonnell conducting) 

2nd Annual Spring Concert
Hallelujah (Mount of Olives) - Beethoven
Locus Iste - Bruckner
Dona Nobis Pacem - Bach
Laudate Dominum - Mozart
He Watching Over Israel - Mendelssohn
Salmo 150 - Aguiar
Ubi Caritas - Duruflé
Two Chanson (Doe, Since All is Passing) - Hindemith
And So It Goes - arr. Chilcott
My Soul’s Been Anchored - arr. Hogan
Secret Garden medley - arr. Lojeski
I Got a Key - arr. Shaw
Shenandoah - arr. Erb
The Argument - Nesta

December 16, 2001 (McDonnell conducting) 

2nd Annual Winter Concert
Christmas Cantata - Pinkham
Ceremony of Carols - Britten
The Bells - Ahrold
Still, Still, Still - Rutter
Christmas Carol - Dello Joio
Go Tell It on the Mountain - Vangeloff
Joy to the World - arr. Kuykendall
Various carols - arr. Willcocks

May 6, 2001 (McDonnell conducting) 

The Heavens Are Telling - Haydn
O Sacred Head Now Wounded - Bach
How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place - Brahms
Pie Jesu - Rutter
O Clap Your Hands - Vaughan Williams
Wade in the Water - arr. Hogan
Sing Me to Heaven - Gawthrop
Neighbor’s Chorus - Offenbach
Les Misérables medley - arr. Lojeski

December 2000 (Moyer conducting) 

Messiah (Part 1 + Hallelujah) - Handel

Guest Conductors

• Jonathan Griffith

• Meuryn Hughes

• James Jordan

• Jason Vodicka

• Zerrin Agabigum Martin, 2010-11 Conducting Intern

• Melissa Richardson, 2011-12 Conducting Intern

• Michelle Di Bona - 2012-13 Conducting Intern

Guest Soloists

• Elem Eley, baritone

• Alyson Harvey, mezzo-soprano   

• Kelsey Hubsch, soprano

• Meagan Lee Johnson, mezzo-soprano

• Robin Massie, soprano

• Jeff Morrisey, baritone

• James Thomas Moyer, treble

• Kathryn Thomas Moyer, soprano

• Andrew Owens, tenor

• Christopher Villante, baritone

• Justin Vickers, tenor

• Leon Williams, baritone

• Scott Williamson, tenor

• John Villemaire, tenor

• Julianna Massielo, Soprano & Zachary Kent, Baritone

Guest Accompanists

• Ryan Fleming, piano

• Leone Lee, piano

• Katrina Kormanski, cello

• Leslie McDonnell, piano

• Diane Thomas, piano

• Jason Vodicka, organ & piano

• Brian Krajcik, piano

• Arlo Ehly, piano

Guest Orchestras

• Mainstreet Brass: Kevin Long & Gary Ross, trumpets; Lawrence Kursar, French horn; Bryan Hay, trombone; Ronald Demkee, tuba.

• Newtown Chamber Orchestra: Russell Hoffmann, conductor; Milton Schwartz, concertmaster.

• String Quintet: Russell Hoffmann and Ileana Ciumac - violin, Marka Stepper - viola, Bruce Mikolon - cello and Steven Kyle - bass.

• String Quartet: William Phillips, violin, Beth LaPat, violin, Joel Rudin, viola & David Inloes, violoncello.

Guest & Collaborative Choral Groups

• Pennsbury High School Concert Chorus

• Pennsbury Middle School Honor Choir

• Pennsbury High School Falconairs

• Quarry Hill Select Choir

• The PHS Chamber Choir

• The Harrisburg Choral Society

• Edgewood Elementary School Select Choir

• Eleanor Roosevelt Elementary Select Choir

• Penn Valley Elementary Select Choir