
Concerts
Vox Philia has been performing several concerts annually in the
Spring and Winter.
Past Concerts
ANNELIES
October 15, 2022
Reform Congregation Oheb Sholom
THE STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY
October 16, 2021
Virtual Performance
WHAT SWEETER MUSIC
December 20, 2020
Virtual Performance
WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS
February 15th & 16th, 2020
Immanuel UCC; Shillington
Lincoln University; Oxford
ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT
Dec 15th, 2019
Immanuel UCC; Shillington
MOZART'S REQUIEM
Oct 19th, 2019
Christ Episcopal; Reading
NOW IS THE MONTH OF MAYING
May 17th, 2019
Trinity Lutheran; Reading
AMERICANS ALIVE!
April 7th, 2019
Atonement Lutheran; Wyomissing
THE WAILING WOMAN
February 16th & 17th, 2019
Immanuel UCC; Shillington
Lincoln University; Oxford
WAR AND RECONCILIATION
May 19th, 2018
Immanuel UCC; Shillington
MUSIC FOR PASSIONTIDE
March 25th, 2018
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church;
Reading
MUSIC FOR PASSIONTIDE
March 25th, 2018
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church;
Reading
O RADIANT DAWN
December 16th, 2017
Immanuel UCC; Shillington
A REFORMATION CELEBRATION
October 29th, 2017
Atonement Lutheran; Wyomissing
CHRISTMAS IS HERE
December 17th, 2016
Immanuel UCC; Shillington
A TIME TO DANCE
May 20th, 2017
Immanuel UCC; Shillington
WILL TODD WEEKEND
May 20th-22nd, 2016
Immanuel UCC; Shillington
MAGNIFICAT
December 18, 2015
St. John's Lutheran Church; Allentown
December 19, 2015
Immanuel UCC; Shillington

VOX PHILIA PRESENTS
THE LIGHT OF LOVE
MAY 21, 2023 AT 7:30PM
IMMANUEL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
Join us on Sunday, May 21 at 7:30 pm for Vox Philia’s The Light of Love. The performance includes two major works by living composers: James Whitbourn’s Luminosity and Jake Runestad’s The Hope of Loving, in its regional premiere. The choir will also present the world premiere of Berks County composer David Himes’ Euclid.
Luminosity is a multi-media work that premiered at the Philadelphia Cathedral in April 2008. Its text, compiled and edited by the composer, centers on the transcendent beauty of creation expressed by luminaries down the ages, with texts by St. John, St. Teresa of Avila, Ryonen, St Augustine, Julian of Norwich, and St Isaac of Nineveh. The concert includes dance, choreographed by Jennifer Parker Scott.
Euclid is an energetic, rhythmic a cappella SATB choral piece by David Himes. The text, a children's poem by American Nicholas Vachel Lindsay, tells of Euclid and his grey-bearded friends drawing circles on a beach and arguing about geometry. All the while, a child stands nearby and tries to figure out why they are drawing pictures of the moon.
Jake Runestad’s The Hope of Loving is written for chorus, solo voices, and string quartet. The composer writes that the texts he sets are “writings inspired by spiritual mystics throughout history to explore the idea of love and its manifestation in our lives…I have endeavored to capture various ways we, as humans, respond to and act on our idea of love; hopefully creating opportunities for introspection and realization.”
Join Vox Philia and members of Berks Sinfonietta for an evening of inspired music that explores themes of light and love. All ticket revenue will be donated to Helping Harvest. Tickets are $15/Adult and $5/Students, and can be purchased in advance at https://buytickets.at/voxphilia/876835 or at the door.