Garden & Music Festival Choir
Singers from throughout the greater Richmond area are invited to register for the Garden & Music Festival Choir under the direction of composer and choral clinician David Schwoebel.
Singers will attend one required rehearsal on Thursday, August 3rd, from 7-8:30pm, and our festival worship will be Friday, August 4th, at 7pm with a call time of 6pm for singers.
An optional rehearsal will be held on Saturday, July 29th, from 10am-12pm with Roshan Chakane at Chester Presbyterian Church. This will provide an opportunity for singers to ensure that they know their parts well so they can focus on musicianship when they meet with David Schwoebel.
Singers will prepare three anthems composed by David Schwoebel and offer them in a special festival worship service celebrating salvation history from the Garden of Eden to the Tree of Life in Revelation.
David Schwoebel
Composer and Choral Clinician
David Schwoebel is a Richmond, VA composer/arranger with over 200 choral, organ, piano and handbell selections in 30 different publisher’s catalogs. He is a graduate of McKendree University, Lebanon, IL and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Ft. Worth, TX where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Voice and Organ Performance, and a Master of Church Music with an emphasis in composition. A lover of hymnody, many of David’s hymn tunes have been included in the 1991 Baptist Hymnal, Celebrating Grace Hymnal and Glory to God: The Presbyterian Hymnal. He is an active choral clinician and adjudicator who also serves as an accompanist for several area high school programs, as well as district and all-state events.
Roshan Chakane
Director of Music,
Chester Presbyterian Church
A native of South Africa, Roshan comes to Chester Presbyterian following a doctoral residency as a Presidential Scholar in Organ Performance at the University of Notre Dame. An outstanding organist and pianist, with numerous awards and recognitions, he began his career at the prestigious Drakensberg Boys’ Choir School, followed by degrees from Stellenbosch University, and Rutgers University. Roshan also has conducted community youth choirs, church choirs and musical theater.