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wouldn’t have been the band 40 local women who loved to sing.
manager. I bet that honor would Instead, 80 singers showed up at
have gone to a young man back that first rehearsal on a hot
then. When I assumed that position, September evening and, ever since,
it was the first time I
had led a musical the ensemble has
ensemble and I was maintained its large
hooked immediately. membership and has
been wowing local
Writing about life audiences with its
after Girls’ High, Pat artfully blended
said: "I earned a voices and obvious
Bachelor’s Degree in love for singing…and
Music Education from for each other.
Westminster Choir College, Princeton,
NJ. I majored in organ with a minor But besides sharing a love of singing
in voice. At Westminster, as a and a great sisterhood, says their
member of the Symphonic Choir, I director, many of the women are
had the opportunity to sing with the united in a love of travel. Pat is an
New York Philharmonic and avid traveler as well and was more
Philadelphia than delighted to help fulfill the
Orchestra. I taught
elementary school dreams of many of
music for several her members by
years after I organizing choir
graduated. I stopped concert tours to
teaching to raise my Europe. In 2014,
children. I have members of the
served as Director of ensemble enjoyed an
Music at various inaugural tour to
churches in the Bucks Northern Italy. This
County area since my senior year at past spring, 45
Girls’ High (40 years). I also spent travelers headed to
several years working as an Budapest, Hungary and Vienna and
apprentice for a pipe organ builder Salzburg, Austria for the choir’s 2nd
and nine years as the artistic director tour. It was an unforgettable journey
of the Young Singers of Pennsylvania. to three cities where music, including
I write articles/blogs for websites and choral music, boasts such a rich
print publications, mostly for travel- history.
related sites/magazines. I’ve self-
published two children’s travel books. This time, the group used
I’m learning to play the harp! I’m performance tour company KI
also an avid amateur chef and love to Concerts of Colorado Springs as their
experiment in the kitchen. tour organizer. KI secured them a
spot in a gala choral festival in
Pat wrote that when she founded the Budapest, joining Bucks County
Bucks County Women’s Chorus in Women’s Chorus (BCWC) with four
September of 2012, she had hoped other U.S. choirs in a performance of
to spark the interest of maybe 30 or Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass. (That was
a huge change for the choir, which is
