Pennsbury Vocal Music department
PENNSBURY HIGH SCHOOL VOCAL MUSIC DEPARTMENT PRESENTS:
THE ADDAMS FAMILY: A MUSICAL
Click the link below to be redirected to Audition Information and Practice Tracks
Click this link to register for our NYC Broadway trip
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
https://tripcomposers.groupcollect.com/v2/go/pennsburyhsny25
Videos from the Choir Department's recent collaboration with the PHS Orchestra December 20, 2023
IMG_2560.MOVIMG_2567.MOVCourse Offerings and extracurriculars
Academic Offerings
PHS Singers (9-10th grade)
Varsity Singers (9-10th grade)
Bella Voce (Honors Credit Available)
Concert Choir (Honors Credit Available)
Piano Skills
Music Theory I, II and AP
Music Technology
Extracurricular Activities
Chamber Choir
Annual Spring Musical Production, featuring "The Addams Family"
ANNOUNCEMENTS
IMG_2226.MOVThe Falconairs performing "The Climb" at Curriculum Night in Keller Hall
Highlights from our Fall 2022 Concert featuring the Treble Choir, Chamber Choir, Concert Choir and Glee Club.
Click the link below to watch the Pennsbury Concert Choir and Treble Choir perform James Whitbourn's Missa Carolae at St. Patrick's Cathedral in NYC. Also performing is the PHS Chamber Choir featuring selected holiday repertoire.
Pennsbury High School Vocal Music Staff
Lindsey Strauss, Choral Director
Lindsey graduated from Pennsbury High School in 2001 and earned a B.S. in Music Education, a B.A. in Vocal Performance from Lebanon Valley College, and a master's degree in Choral Education from Virginia Commonwealth University. She also served as Choral Director and Music Theory Teacher at North Stafford High School in Stafford, Virginia from 2005-2014. She was honored to be named "Teacher of the Year" in 2010.
Lindsey is currently serving as a Choral Director at Pennsbury High School where she directs several choirs, is the Music Director for the Annual Spring Musical Production and is the Artistic Director of the Pennsbury Community Chorus. She resides in Yardley, PA with her two sons Benjamin and Jackson.
Josh Suslak, Collaborative Pianist and Vocal Instructor
Josh joined the Pennsbury Choral staff in 2020 as Accompanist and Vocal Teacher. He graduated from the Eastman School of Music and University of Rochester with degrees in Music Education and Brain and Cognitive Sciences. Outside of school, Josh is the organist at the Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville as well as a freelance pianist and accompanist across New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York. Prior to joining Pennsbury, he was the Singer Musicianship Coordinator and Accompanist for the Commonwealth Youthchoirs, he has served as a Staff Pianist at Westminster Choir College, Rider University, and Rowan University, and he was the accompanist for the American Boychoir School. His work has taken him on international tours to China, Scotland, Austria, Italy, Germany, Lithuania, Russia, Poland, and Slovenia. Apart from his main concentration in classical piano, Joshua enjoys playing jazz, rock, pop, and musical theater music.
Derek Cressman, Music Theory and Technology
Derek Cressman graduated from Westminster Choir College of Rider University in 2003 with a bachelors in Music Education and from Teacher’s College of Columbia University in 2009 with a Master of the Arts in Music Education. Mr. Cressman has been teaching In Pennsbury since 2004. He taught at William Penn Middle School until January of 2021 when he moved to teach Music Theory and Music Technology at Pennsbury High School. A “retired” church musician, Mr. Cressman was the director of music at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Trenton, NJ where he directed vocal and Handbell choirs.
For several summers, Mr. Cressman taught elective classes at the Susquehanna Summer Choral Institute. Before that, Mr. Cressman was the music director for the Westminster Middle School Music Theatre Camp for five summers. In his spare time Mr. Cressman enjoys cooking, baking, crosswords, gardening, reading, gaming and listening to an eclectic assortment of podcasts.
