Free Coventry Singers Concerts Bring Promise, Hope

The Coventry Singers

Blogger's Note: The following was provided by the Coventry Singers.

The Coventry Singers present their spring concert “Promise and Hope”, April 14th in Boyertown and April 15th in Pottstown. 

The concert is comprised of music of historical significance and emotional impact. Pieces include Mozart’s “Ave Verum”, Handel’s “Hallelujah Amen”, and more contemporary pieces such as Stroope’s “Lamentations of Jeremiah” and Horvit’s “Even When God is Silent”, in honor of the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht, The Night of Broken Glass. 

The concert concludes with traditional spiritual music including “There is a Balm in Gilead” and “I Hear a Voice A-Prayin”.

The Coventry Singers, a choir of about 40 voices, have been performing in the Pottstown area since 1972. They have performed with the Pottstown Symphony, the Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra, and at Longwood Gardens Christmas Concert Series. 

More recently they have performed Handel’s Messiah with the Reading Choral Society, the National Anthem at the Reading Royals hockey games and participated in the Pottstown Relay for Life luminaria lighting ceremony. 

 
Dan Kershetsky is returning as director in his second season with the Coventry Singers. Dan, a 1981 graduate of the Pennsylvania State University, with a Bachelor of Science in Music Education, and a 1993 graduate of West Chester University, with a Master of Music Degree in Music Education, has spent 33 years in public education, most recently teaching in the Boyertown Area School District for 26 years. 

Nadine Lydic returns as piano accompanist. Nadine holds a bachelor’s degree in music education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Her master’s degree in music is from West Chester University. She also is a retired teacher from the Boyertown School District and has been a member of the Coventry Singers for many years.

Featured musicians for this concert include Violinist Christopher Cinquini, orchestra director for the Reading Symphony Youth Orchestra and Boyertown Area Senior High School; Cellist Daniel Bishop of Exeter Senior High School; Clarinetist Robert Schwanger, a private woodwind teacher from Boyertown; and organist Matthew Wary, music director at Good Shepherd UCC.

Performances take place Saturday April 14th at 7 p.m. at Good Shepherd UCC, 35 W. Philadelphia Ave. Boyertown, and Sunday April 15th at 3 p.m. at St. James Lutheran Church, 1101 E. High St. Pottstown. 

 The concerts are free and open to the public. A freewill offering will be accepted. For more information about the Coventry Singers, visit their website www.coventrysingers.org or find them on Facebook at Coventry Singers-Pottstown, Pa.