Historic Trinity Lutheran Church

Chris Chandler, violinist, is debuting as a soloist upon his return to Reading. As a youth, he was the concertmaster of Governor Mifflin's orchestra and participated in Pennsylvania's All-State Orchestras. Most recently, he taught at the A.W. Spalding Elementary School in Collegedale, TN. Soon he will complete all v...olumes of teacher training with the Suzuki Association of America. He has recently performed with the Reading Pops Orchestra and for the Highlands at Wyomissing. He is a past winner of Reading's Courtner Scholarship. His teachers have included Linda Fiore, Laurie Redmer Minner and Marc Reneau. Now he is developing a private music studio in Sinking Spring and is also organist at Kissinger's Lutheran Church in Wyomissing and the Kenhorst Blvd. Seventh-day Adventist Church in Reading.

Rebecca Gass Butler: After graduating from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music Rebecca Butler received her Master’s Degree in Accompanying and Chamber Music from Temple University in 1987, where she studied with Lambert Orkis, Natalie Hinderas and Harvey Wedeen. She has been active as a collaborative pianist in southeastern Pennsylvania since her return to her hometown of Reading in 1979, serving as principal keyboardist for the Reading Symphony Orchestra since that time. As an accompanist, she’s toured occasionally with groups from the American Boychoir School of Princeton, and has been the accompanist for the Berks Classical Children’s Chorus, Reading Choral Society and the New England Music Camp in Waterville, Maine. She has appeared in the area with violinist Christopher Collins Lee, tenor Jeffrey Lentz and the Reading Symphony Trio. She has enjoyed working with a variety of talented high school and college musicians in recitals. In addition to performing, Ms. Butler has been on the faculty of the Albright College Department of Music for the past 26 years.Read More

The RHS Chamber Singers is an ensemble, chosen by audition, of twenty singers ranging from grades ten through twelve. The music performed by this small ensemble ranges from a cappella madrigals to contemporary vocal ensemble literature. Each of these singers is an integral part of the larger Concert Choir at Reading ...High. The Chamber Singers rehearse weekly for only two hours as an ensemble. In addition, students are expected to review and spend time on their own working with the musical selections. Many of these talented students have participated in the County, District, Regional, and even All-State Choir Festivals. In addition, most of these young scholars are academically in the top tenth percentile of their classes.

Joseph S. Smith, Director of Choral Activities and central PA native, is delighted to be entering his fourth year teaching at Reading High School. Mr. Smith is a very active musician, songwriter, and pianist. He holds a B.S. in music education from Penn State University and has studied songwriting at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. Before moving to southeast PA, Joseph worked in musical theatre as a pianist and music director in theatres across the Northeast and Midwest. Favorite past musical director credits include: “Chicago,” “My Fair Lady” (Northern Lights Playhouse), and “Smokey Joe’s Café” (Millbrook Playhouse). Mr. Smith just finished a summer workshop in Musical Theatre Writing at NYU and continues to make many trips a year to Nashville and NYC to write and record. Check it out – www.josephssmith.comRead More

The Exeter Township Senior High School Eagleaires are a select group of vocalists chosen from a pool of 300 concert choir members. They meet twice a week after school and perform at various community events around the Commonwealth. In September they performed at the Courthouse for a Naturalization Ceremony. They ha...ve been chosen to perform at the Pennsylvania Music Educator's National Conference and the Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officers Conference.

The group performs various repertoire from the Renaissance to Jazz. Under the direction of Andrea C. Brumbach, the Eagleaires have been in existence since 1996 and the name was derived from the Reading High School "Castleaires" jazz band. For more information please see www.teacherweb.com/pa/exeter/brumbach.
This recital will be held in the upstairs nave (sanctuary) of Trinity.
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