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Welcome from the Artistic Director and Conductor: 2026 – 2027 Season.
Dear Friends, Patrons and Sponsors,
I am pleased to welcome you to our 42nd year as the only semi professional chorale group in the Carbon County and surrounding areas. The town of Jim Thorpe is our home base, with rehearsal headquarters in St. John’s Lutheran Church, 319 South Avenue in Jim Thorpe, and our main concert venue in St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church on 526 Center Street in Jim Thorpe.
Our Christmas Concerts will be held in St. Joseph Roman Catholic in Jim Thorpe and Faith Alive Church in Bowmanstown. We will no longer be traveling to Tannersville or Trexlertown in December for Christmas concerts, which will be a change for us.
Our Palm Sunday afternoon concert will be once again be held in St. John’s Lutheran on South Avenue in Jim Thorpe, and our final concert for the end of our 2026-27 season, will be held in St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church on North Street in Jim Thorpe. Please consult our website at www.bhchorale.org for times and days of concerts.
It is becoming more difficult to obtain funding to support our group and its programs, and equally as difficult to bring in new singers, which is most disappointing. The state of music in our area has always been difficult but is now much worse than when we started. Any musical group is experiencing the same thing. What makes it a little bit more difficult for us is the music we sing is something that you must attend rehearsals to learn, you just can’t “pop in” when you want. Especially for the Bach and Handel works with the orchestra. We hope for the best and have no plans on disbanding.
The concerts we offer to you this season will explore the Advent and Christmas seasons, the passion and death of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the joy of Easter Resurrection.
Again, I welcome you to this season of wonderful choral music in some of the most beautiful Churches in our area. Acoustically stable, aesthetically superb and the ability to breathe in the presence of God. Thank you all for your support. Without you, we would not be able to sing with joy as we do. May the God of all love be with you and yours.
Faithfully,
Randall Douglas Perry
Randall Douglas Perry
Artistic Director and Conductor
Bach & Handel Office |
810 Carbon Avenue |
Jim Thorpe, PA 18229-1103 |
