Idaho Choirs Perform at First United Methodist Church, Moorestown

The Epworth Chorale Youth Choir and Epworth Ringers will be presenting a concert of sacred music at First United Methodist Church, 446 E. Camden Ave., Moorestown, NJ on Sunday, June 2 at 7:00 p.m. The ensembles are comprised of 23 youths age 12-17 from Boise, Idaho, representing more than a dozen schools. The Epworth Chorale serves as the resident choir at the 9:00 service each week at the Cathedral of the Rockies in Boise, Idaho. These young men & women dedicate over 200 service hours each year to learning & performing top quality music.

The Epworth Chorale was formed in the 1950s under the direction of David and Nancy Wehr as part of a graded choir program offering professional musical education to those from age three to adulthood. The Epworth Chorale began touring in the early 1960s and have continued to travel annually ever since, sharing their ministry through music.

Under the direction of their current Director of Music, Dr. Paul Aitken, the choir has traveled to more than 30 U.S. states and 3 countries. Epworth has also been invited to sing at Carnegie Hall, where they will present a concert on June 15, 2020. The choir is accompanied by Stephen Kuykendall; Steve is also director of the Epworth Ringers, a six octave English handbell choir.

Composer/Conductor Paul A. Aitken is in his seventeenth year as Director of Music & Worship Arts at the Cathedral of the Rockies in Boise, Idaho, where he oversees more than twenty ensembles and seven staff at the church’s two campuses. His canata, “And None Shall Be Afraid” was premiered at Carnegie Hall under Aitken’s direction in 2010, and will be presented there again on the 2020 MidAmerica Productions’ season. In June 2019, Dr. Aitken will present “And None Shall Be Afraid” in Belgium and in France at his “Festival at Flanders.” In 2021, choirs from around the globe will sing a program of his music in the Holy Land as part of the International Choral Music for Peace in Jerusalem.