Mission Statement
Our mission is to foster and share the art of choral music, as well as serve the Brandywine Valley community, through the pursuit of musical excellence in a wide variety of repertoire and performance opportunities.
Jason Throne received his Bachelor of Music in Music Education at Temple University. While teaching in Baltimore, he studied conducting under the direction of Edward Polochick, the director of the Baltimore Symphony Chorus, and performed with the Baltimore Symphony and Chamber Chorus. After receiving his Masters in Choral Conducting, also at Temple, Mr. Throne was apprentice and program editor with Berkshire Choral International (in Great Barrington, Massachusetts), where he lectured on the choral music of Brahms and Bach, as well as music technology. Mr. Throne has worked with renowned conductors, including Robert Page, Marvin Hamlisch, Joseph Flummerfelt, Vance George, David Zinman, and John Rutter. As assistant conductor of the Bucks County Choral Society, he performed and conducted the group during their tour of Estonia and Russia. Mr. Throne is choral director at Unionville High School in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, where he leads five different award-winning choirs. He made his Carnegie Hall debut in June 2010, with the UHS Chorale, performing in the New York City premiere of a work by Grammy Award-winning artist and conductor, Eric Whitacre. Throughout Brandywine Valley Chorale’s history, Mr. Throne continues to be a champion of new music, and strongly believes in supporting modern artists — having collaborated with Scandinavian composers Ola Gjeilo and Kim André Arnesen, and British maestro Will Todd, along with local composers, Thomas Lloyd, David Bennett Thomas, John Conahan, and Joseph Eckman. He has also pioneered programs joining the BVC with neighboring choruses. Past combined concerts have included Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man, Donald McCullough’s Holocaust Cantata, Dan Forrest’s Jubilate Deo, and Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana. Linda Young Lorgus retired as the music director and organist at St. Michael Lutheran Church in Unionville, Pennsylvania where she led an active choral and handbell choir program for twelve years. Prior to St. Michael, she was principal organist and handbell director at Westminster Presbyterian Church in West Chester, Pennsylvania. This extensive church and handbell experience led Ms. Lorgus to her current position as church music and handbell editor at J.W. Pepper, Inc., the world’s largest sheet music distributor. Ms. Lorgus is also a freelance accompanist, working not only with the Brandywine Valley Chorale, but with several vocal studios and regional high school choral programs. She holds a music degree from Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, where she majored in piano and organ performance. Ashley Vogel is a teacher and soprano soloist in the area. She received her bachelor’s degree in Music Education at the University of Maryland and her Masters in Music Education from West Chester University. She is currently the high school music teacher at Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School after serving 15 years as the choral director at Great Valley High School. She has directed concert choirs, chorales, women’s choirs, men’s choir, chamber choirs, a cappella choirs, musical theater productions, and handbell choirs throughout her years of teaching. She has been the assistant director of the Valley Forge Chorale, a soloist for the Brandywine Singers and Brandywine Valley Chorale as well as a soloist and section leader for both Westminster Presbyterian Church and Cedarville Methodist Church. Most recently she was a part of Christ Church Christiana Hundred’s professional choir performing in concerts under Sir John Rutter and Philip Moore. She also enjoys singing professionally as a freelance singer in the Tri-State area and Southern New Jersey. Outside of performing and directing, she and her husband own a recording company and a private voice studio. Mrs. Vogel loves helping students develop their voice to its full potential. It is her hope that she can instill a love of music in them, as she was awarded as a young singer.
Jason Throne · Founder & Artistic Director
Linda Lorgus · Collaborative Accompanist
Ashley Vogel · Assistant Director
Our mission is to foster and share the art of choral music, as well as serve the Brandywine Valley community, through the pursuit of musical excellence in a wide variety of repertoire and performance opportunities.