Organist/Music Director

Covenant is pleased to welcome Donald Dillard as our new Interim Music Director. Mr. Dillard is already known to many of us for his fine music as a substitute organist on occasion.

A Philadelphia native, Mr. Dillard studied piano and voice at West Chester University and continued graduate studies in organ, conducting, and group vocal techniques at Westminster College at Rider University in Princeton, New Jersey.

He is also a composer of over 100 works for chorus, instruments, piano, organ, and voice, including cantatas, oratorios, a concerto, song cycles, and other orchestral works. His compositions have been performed throughout the United States and in several other countries, in recital halls, music educators' conventions, churches, and festivals. He has taught music on all levels and holds memberships in many musical professional organizations. He is married to pianist Yoko Nagashima-Dillard.

We are delighted to have Mr. Dillard with us for the next few months as organist and director of the sanctuary choir and handbell choir. He is looking forward to finding ways to increase involvement in our music programs. We hope you'll take a chance to get acquainted—and think about joining one of our choirs to help make some beautiful music happen at Covenant.

Covenant Choirs

The Covenant Presbyterian Church Choir, under the direction of Donald Dillard, has a tradition of excellence in performing choral music for worship services as well as for special events. Membership is open to anyone who loves to sing. The Covenant Choir practices on Thursday evenings 8:00 to 9:30 with a Sunday morning warmup at 10:00 a.m. The choir sings at Covenant services from September through mid-June.

Covenant Ringers, our handbell choir, rings out frequently at Covenant worship services and practices Thursday evenings from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. during the school year.

Previous experience is a plus but not required, especially if you read music and can carry a tune and count! Our choirs are a lively, friendly group who enjoy making music in worship. Why not join us?