Artistic
Personnel
 Dr.
Jacques Voois (Music Director/Conductor)
began his musical training at age 6.
He served as conductor of the West Chester University
Orchestra, music director of the Lansdowne (PA)
Symphony, and as guest conductor for numerous
academic festivals and regional orchestras.
Shortly after his retirement
from West Chester University’s School of
Music in May of 2004, Dr. Voois was contacted
by several Chester County musicians interested
in launching a new orchestra in Chester County.
Given the presence of three established symphony
orchestras in the area, the idea of a county-wide
pops orchestra had great appeal. The Chesco Pops
presented its Inaugural Concert Series in September
of 2005 to county-wide acclaim.
Dr. Voois is a founding member
of the Conductors Guild, an educational and service
organization for conductors. In 1980 he founded
and, until 2001, served as editor of the Journal
of the Conductors Guild. At its 25th Anniversary
in 2000, he was presented the Conductors Guild’s
first “Distinguished Service Award,”
in recognition of 25 years of uninterrupted service
to the organization.
Joseph Gehring
(Assistant Conductor) is a graduate of West
Chester University’s School of Music, where
he studied piano and tuba. He is a teacher of
instrumental and general music at Renaissance
Academy Edison Charter School in Phoenixville.
Joe is also Director of Music Ministries at the
United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in
Exton, conductor of the West Chester Community
Band and assistant conductor of the Immaculata
Symphony
Mr. Gehring has also conducted
the Pennsylvania Flute Choir and the ImBRASSadors,
a brass ensemble composed of the principal players
of the Immaculata Symphony.
 Tina
Garrity (Soprano Soloist)
is a resident of Thornton and cantor at St. Maximillian
Kolbe Church in Westtown. She has sung at Sts.
Peter and Paul Cathedral in Philadelphia and is
a liturgical soloist throughout the Delaware Valley.
Born in Drexel Hill and raised in Springfield,
Delaware County, Tina holds a Bachelor of Science
in Marketing from Penn State University. While
her professional background is rooted in sales
and marketing, her heart has always been in music.
Before moving back to this
area, Tina was Cantor and Music Director at St.
Denis Church in Hopewell Junction, NY. While in
the Hudson Valley, she also performed at the Music
Box School and Saint Joseph’s Schola in
Kingston, NY and founded the Exultet Ensemble.
In addition to her musical
passion, she embraces and enjoys the roles of
wife to husband, Andy and mother to Danny (age
8) and Christina (age 4).
Tina is presently the lead
singer of Celtic Trinity, a traditional
Irish band formed recently and modeled after Primarily
Irish, with which Tina sang for 15 years. Primarily
Irish performed in various settings, including
Penn’s Landing, Paoli Junction and Hennessy’s.
In addition to Tina, Celtic Trinity includes Jason
Buck on guitar and vocals and Alice Quirk on strings
and vocals and performs throughout the Delaware
Valley in Irish Festivals and many pubs including
Nicky Bigs (formerly McGee’s Irish Pub).
The trio is the process of recording their first
CD with several new Irish songs written and arranged
by Jason Buck.
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