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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) The Beaver Valley Choral Society formally announced last week that Pittsburgh resident Dr. Douglas-Jayd Burn has been appointed the organization’s new Artistic Director and Principal Conductor, effective June 1st. Sharon R. Burchill is retiring from these positions to devote more time to her family and teaching career. Dr. Burn will conduct the BVCS Principal Choir and supervise the BVCS Orchestra, Jubilation Bells! Mary Inman Honors Hand Bell Choir, and Treble Youth Chorale. Dr. Burn will lead the BVCS organization in several appearances as part of Beaver County’s America 250 celebratory events this summer. The native of Richmond, Virginia previously served on the collaborative piano faculty at Westminster College, as an instructor at the University of Arizona, and as a teaching fellow at the Hartt School. He has performed with members of the Zurich Opera Orchestra; Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Deutsch Oper Berlin, Las Colinas Symphony Orchestra, Tucson Symphony, Hartford Symphony Orchestra, and Richmond Symphony Orchestra.