(Englewood, NJ) -- Bergen Performing Arts Center located at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood, New Jersey presents Peniel Choir “Messiah”, Sunday, December 13, 2015 at 7:30PM. Purchase tickets to see the Peniel Choir at www.ticketmaster.com or Box Office at 201.227.1030. For more information contact June Rhee at jrhee@bergenpac.org or 201.503.8328.
The Peniel Choir was founded in June 1986 by Mr. Byung Choun Lee. Presently he is emeritus conductor and Mr. Jin H Byun is the current choir director.
Peniel Choir has performed numerous concerts in New York, New Jersey, Georgia, Canada and Korea in the past 29 years, including performances of Handel's Messiah, Haydn's Creation, Mendelssohn's Elijah and masses by Mozart, Schubert, Gounod, Beethoven, Ramirez and Puccini.
The Choir has performed in such places as Seoul Art Center, bergenPAC, Carnegie Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, Atlanta Symphony Hall, Roy Thomson Hall, Alice Tully Hall and Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center. The Choir has performed Handel's Messiah at Lincoln Center for the last 20 years. This performance marks the choir’s 31st performance of Handel's Messiah. The Choir also has participated in numerous choral festivals and has held 57 regular concerts and 43 guest performances.
Founded in 2003, the 1,367-seat Bergen Performing Arts Center, or bergenPAC, located at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood, is the area’s cultural mecca. Housed in a historic Art Deco-style theater boasting one of the finest acoustic halls in the United States, bergenPAC attracts a stellar roster of world-class entertainment. The jewel in our crown is The Performing Arts School at bergenPAC – the innovative, educational performing arts initiative that reaches more than 30,000 students annually. The Performing Arts School provides community youth, age 2 months to 21 years, with unique, “hands-on” training in music, dance and theater by industry professionals. It is through the ongoing generosity of sponsors, donors, members, and patrons that the not-for-profit 501 (c)(3) corporation bergenPAC and The Performing Arts School are able to thrive and enrich our community.
