Artistic Staff
Artistic Director Barry L. Sawyer has had a varied musical career as soloist, cantor and artistic director. He has studied performance and direction in Germany and the US and over the years has served as choir director in numerous churches throughout Lancaster County.
His previous positions have included: Choirmaster at Emmanuel Lutheran Church and Grace Lutheran Church in Lancaster, Senior Choir Director at the Lititz Moravian Congregation, Director of the Ephrata Cloister Chorus, and Director of Music at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Lancaster.
Barry also currently serves as the Director of the Lancaster Liederkranz Chorus.
Accompanist Jordan Groh has been a piano accompanist for 20-plus years throughout Lancaster County. As a Penn Manor High School graduate in Millersville, PA, he worked alongside Choral Director Melissa Telesco during his four years of schooling and after accompanying the school’s concert choir, select vocal groups, and musical theater performances.
Jordan has also worked with Conestoga Valley High School, and Susquehannock High and Middle Schools in Southern York County. Jordan grew up as a church pianist at Pequea BIC Church in Conestoga, PA accompanying both youth and adult worship teams as well as simultaneously accompanying the vocal ensemble and choir at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Chester Springs, PA.