04.15.08  Mark your calendars now for our exciting 2008-2009 season.

Friday, Dec. 5, 8:00 p.m., Trinity Episcopal Church, New Hope, PA
Saturday, Dec. 6, 8:00 p.m., Newtown Presbyterian Church, Newtown, PA

Friday, May 8, 2009, 8:00 p.m., Trinity Episcopal Church,
New Hope, PA
Saturday, May 9, 2009. 8:00 p.m., Newtown Presbyterian Church, Newtown, PA

 02.24.08 The BCMS is happy to announce their spring 2008 concerts—8:00 p.m. Saturday, Saturday, April 26 at Trinity Episcopal Church, Solebury, PA and 4:00 p.m., Sunday, April 27 at Newtown Presbyterian Church, Newtown, PA, which will feature soprano soloist Rochelle Ellis in Aaron Copland’s “In the Beginning.” Copland described this work an extended motet for chorus and mezzo-soprano “storyteller” and used as its text verses from the first chapter of Genesis which recount the story of the seven days of the creation of the world. Continuing the theme of “beginnings,” we have included motets from the 16^th-19^th centuries, which help trace the movement of choral music toward the present day; some enticing new arrangements of traditional spirituals and folk songs, which reflect our American choral roots; and some modern masterpieces from such composers as Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, Morten Lauridsen and Randall Thompson.

 10.24.07 This fall has brought new energy and enthusiasm to our group of singers.  Under the leadership of our new music director, Ed McCall, we are preparing a program of  Christmas traditions, featuring works of Bach, Victoria, Handel, Sweelinck, and Lauridsen, together with sparkling new arrangements of familiar carols.

We have also welcomed several singers from Council Rock North High School, who are serving as interns with our chorus.  We are enjoying their voices while they have the benefit of singing with a more mature group of musicians

 06.11.07 We have just finished up another fabulous year and are in the midst of planning our 2007-2008 season. Check back in July for updates on next season's dates and programming. If you are interested in auditioning for us for the fall, audition information will be posted shortly.

 9.5.06  It's been a few months but here are some new things going on with the BCMS. Check out our new audition details on the membership page! We are always looking for fresh folks.

As for music, we are preparing a great holiday concert featuring Camille Saint-Saens' Christmas Oratorio with harp and strings.

 2.3.06   Next up! BCMS turns its attention to the Mass in C Minor by Wolfgang A. Mozart and the Symphony of Psalms by Stravinsky. you'll want to be there. details to come. This concert will be taking place at St. Martin of Tours Roman Catholic Church in New Hope. Here are the directions and we'll see you there! can't find a bcms member to shake down for tickets? call 215-968-3874. master card and visa are accepted.

 10.4.05   check out our upcoming concert this christmas season featuring Pachelbel's Magnificat and Respighi's Laud to the Nativity. watch out! and look for the big mozart weekend coming up in may.

 1.11.05   it's a new year and we are already looking forward to our spring presentation. the dates are set for the 21st and 22nd of May and the main works to be presented are the Messa Di Requiem by Ildebrando Pizzetti, Three American Folk Hymns by Ronald Staheli, and the Song for Athene by John Tavener. please look for the final program on the concerts section of our site.

 9.19.04   welcome back for another exciting season of music with the bucks county motet signers! after a restful summer we are already busy preparing an outstanding christmas program for you. please take a moment to check out our line up for december in our concerts section. we would also like to thank all those who gave generously in support of bcms for the 2003/2004 academic year and encourage you to continue your patronage so that we can keep bringing you the exciting programs that you have come to expect.

 3.22.04   please note a revision on the concerts page regarding the dates of our upcoming concerts. due to error they were listed on the siteas one week later than they will take place. please also note that the venues have been selected and the full program has been listed under its new title: American Composers: Poem & Liturgy. while we will not be able to premiere Dominick Argneto's "On Walden Pond" due to publishing problems, we will be bringing you the area premiere of Daniel Pinkham's "A Small Passion", a set of 8 bits of poetry all approximately one minute each in length. a musical spice rack. we look forward to seeing you at the concert! please feel free to email us for tickets or to be a donor for this calendar year.

 1.8.04   thanks for everyone who participated in and attended our christmas concert in december! we will have some sound bytes up in the concert section as soon as they are available. although the weather prevented us from performing both of our scheduled concerts what music was made was well worth the hard work. we would like to thank all of our donors and advertisers for their support and we encourage anyone who attended our concert to join the BCMS family with a donation to go towards our spring concert costs.

now on the concerts page you can find the tentative program for this upcoming spring concert. this program includes works you will hear next to nowhere else and the philadelphia premeire of dominick argento's "on walden pond"! prose pulled from henry david thoreau's best know work set to music and performed with chorus, three cellos and a harp.

 12.6.03   ATTENTION! the BCMS Holiday Concert that was scheduled for Saturday December 6th at St. Ignatius in Yardley, PA has been CANCELED due to severe weather conditions.

the concert scheduled for Sunday, December 7th at Trinity Cathedral in Trenton, NJ will proceed as scheduled at 3 PM.

updates on rescheduling the concert that was canceled will be provided on the our website.

 10.2.03   The BCMS' Board of Directors is pleased to announce a benefit concert to be given by our artistic director, louis lawrence perrazza. we cordially invite you to "an evening with the french masters" with works by tournemire, bonnet, alain, gigout, jongen, and franck on the magnificent 80-rank austin pipe organ at our lady of czestochowa in doylestown pennsylvania. it will take place on october 24th at half past seven oclock in the evening with a suggested donation of fifteen dollars to benefit the operation budget of the bucks county motet singers. see you there!

 9.13.03   welcome to our new members at the BCMS!! check out our posted concert dates and also some new audio clips from the cd of our spring 03 concert.

we now have cds available for sale of the spring concert as well as a collection of music on the organ by our artistic director, louis perazza. contact the secretary about your cd order.

look for brief bios of our BCMS members to arrive soon in the membership page.

 8.6.03   we announce our concert schedule for the christmas season, 2003. check out our program listing on the concerts page. look for audio files to be uploaded in the next few weeks and member bios to be added to the members section.

our new season starts in september, and we are looking for a few good men and women. contact the membership chair for more info.

 6.30.03   the inauguration of the bucks county motet singers' very own web site. a location for all things 'mo' and all things 'tet'!