Welcome to the Berkeley Community Chorus

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Meet our Director

Dr. Jeffrey Poland is Professor Emeritus of Music and former Director of Choral Activities at Fairmont State University in Fairmont, WV, where he taught for twenty-two years. Previously, he had eleven years’ experience conducting high school, church, and community choirs in upstate New York, New Jersey, and Ohio. Poland holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Baldwin-Wallace University, a Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting from The Ohio State University, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Choral Conducting from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.

For two seasons, Poland was the assistant conductor of the May Festival Chorus, the resident choir of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. He was the founder and conductor of the Marion Chorale, a semi-professional ensemble in Fairmont. His conducting experience embraces many musical styles from Renaissance to contemporary classical music, masterworks with orchestra, and music theatre productions. He is a two-term Past President of the West Virginia-American Choral Directors Association, and a published author in state and national choral journals. After retiring to Martinsburg in 2010, he became the founder and music director of the Berkeley Community Chorus.

Meet our Accompanist

Heidi Stoika graduated from Shepherd University in 2018 where she studied under Dr. Yu-Hsuan Liao and received a B.A. in Piano Pedagogy. While attending Shepherd, she had the opportunity to accompany many different groups, including Women’s Camerata, Chamber Singers, and Masterworks Chorale. She has accompanied various groups and soloists, both instrumentalists and vocalists, as well as many school choirs, and she is currently the accompanist at Charles Town Middle School. Heidi is the adjunct piano instructor at Hagerstown Community College, and she has been teaching private piano lessons through the Community Music Program at Shepherd University since 2016. Since 2018, Heidi has served as the piano and organ accompanist for St. Luke’s United Methodist Church in Martinsburg, WV. She has performed at various concerts and recitals throughout Maryland, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania, performing solos, duets, and accompaniment for vocalists and instrumentalists. Heidi currently resides in Martinsburg with her husband, Anthony.

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Regards to Broadway

West Side Story                                                 Music: Leonard Bernstein  Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim                                 Arr. Len Thomas

My Fair Lady                                                Music: Frederick Loewe  Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner                                 Arr. Andy Beck

The Music Man                                            Music & Lyrics: Meredith Willson arr. Clay Warnick

Oklahoma (Oklahoma)                              Music: Richard Rodgers  Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein\                Arr. Mark Brymer

The Impossible Dream (Man of La Mancha)             Music: Mitch Leigh  Lyrics: Joe Darion Arr. Mark Hayes

Try to Remember (The Fantaasticks)     Music: Harvry Schmidt  Lyrics: Tom Jones Arr. Jay Althouse

Send in the Clowns (A Little Night Music)                 Music & Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim         Arr. Mac Huff

No One Is Alone (Into the Woods)                              Music & Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim        Arr. Mark Brymer

The Phantom of the Opera (Title Song)   Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber  Lyrics: Charles Hart Arr. Ed Lojeski

Memory (Cats)            Music: Andrew Loyd Webber  Lyrics: Trevor Nunn/T.S. Eliot Arr. John Leavitt

One Day More (Les Misérables)         Music: Claude-Michel Schönberg  Lyrics: Alain Boubil, Jean-Marc Natel, and Herbert Kretzmer; Arr. Mark Brymer

A Million Dreams (The Greatest Showman)     Music & Lyrics: Benj Pasek and Justin Paul       Arr. Mac Huff

Seize the Day (Newsies)                                     Music: Alan Menken  Lyrics: Jack Feldman Arr. Roger Emerson

For Good (Wicked)                               Music & Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz, Arr. Mac Huff

Defying Gravity (Wicked)                           Music & Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz, Arr. Roger Emerson