Bridget in the Gardens in Scotland
Bridget George came to The Bach Choir as Executive Director in September 1997. She has led the administration of The Choir through the implementation of three strategic plans and ten concert seasons that have included the Centennial Celebration (1998-2000), performances at Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall, the release of six recordings, the Lehigh Valley PBS production of Make a Joyful Noise—an Emmy-award winning documentary on The Choir, expansion of The Choir’s educational programs with annual Family Concerts and the Bach at Noon free concert series, the 100th Bethlehem Bach Festival in May 2007, and the successful completion of The Choir’s Second Century Fund Campaign. Ms. George was responsible for booking and administering The Choir’s eight-concert United Kingdom tour in 2003, including a performance for the BBC Proms in Royal Albert Hall, London. Most recently, she was executive producer of the live action film Mr. Bach Comes to Call, based on the award–winning Classical Kids CD, produced by The Bach Choir in collaboration with Touchstone Theatre, GreenTreks Network Inc, and The Children’s Group, and broadcast nationwide on PBS in 2007.
Born in England and educated at Oxford University, with a BA in Philosophy and Psychology, Ms. George sang with Oxford’s Schola Cantorum and the Oxford University Opera. She also has a Diploma of Education from Goldsmiths College, London and was a teacher at Coburg Primary School, London, specializing in music and drama education. Since moving to Bethlehem in 1976, Ms. George has worked full-time in the field of arts administration. She co-founded Touchstone Theatre in 1981 and was the company’s Producing Director from 1990-95. Her accomplishments at Touchstone included producing Theatre of Creation, a two-week international festival celebrating the work of the renowned Ecole Jacques Lecoq, co-producing a play with Chile’s Teatro la Memoria that toured in New York City, Baltimore, and Santiago, and two successful capital campaigns. Ms. George has served on panels for the National Endowment for the Arts and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.