Berkshire Children’s Chorus at the St. Mark’s Church
PITTSFIELD, Mass. - St. Mark’s Church, on West Street is pleased to host the Berkshire Children’s Chorus at the Church’s regular 11 am Mass on Sunday February 8. The Sheffield-based Chorus is directed by Nancy Loder of Egremont, and will sing before and during the Mass at St. Mark’s, both alone and along with St. Mark’s Choir.The church, located on West Street in Pittsfield has particularly fine acoustics, and the Music Office is pleased to have the Berkshire Children’s Chorus visit us. One of the only, mostly tuition-funded choruses in the Berkshires, the BCC includes children from Grade 3-12, and was established in 1990. They have traveled extensively, and have sung in various venues throughout the Berkshires and beyond, including Carnegie Hall and Westminster Cathedral in England. They were one of the featured Choruses at the Inauguration of Governor Deval Patrick in January of 2007 in Boston.
For more information about the chorus, they have a website: www.berkshirechildrenschorus.org or can be reached by calling the Chorus Office at 413-229-2465.
Jeff Hunt - St. Mark’s Organist can be reached at 413-499-7320.
