Join the Chorale
Perrysburg (Symphony) Chorale was founded in 1994 as a venue for musicians to share their passion for singing. The group was originally formed when four Perrysburg church choirs combined to become the voices for the Perrysburg Symphony Orchestra. Today, they are an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit presenting a wide variety of choral literature in Northwest Ohio. Concerts have included music from early renaissance and baroque to world music and living composers.
The Chorale has performed collaborative events with the Perrysburg Symphony Orchestra, Ballet Theatre of Toledo, Actor Collaborative Toledo, Clarence Smith Community Chorus, Owens Community College, the Perrysburg High School String Select, and others.
The Chorale has performed collaborative events with the Perrysburg Symphony Orchestra, Ballet Theatre of Toledo, Actor Collaborative Toledo, Clarence Smith Community Chorus, Owens Community College, the Perrysburg High School String Select, and others.
The group is happy to accept new members!
All singers are welcome! There is no formal audition necessary, but the director does need to hear you sing to know which section of the choir you belong in. This is a very simple meeting with director. Please contact director.perrysburgchorale@gmail.com to set up this meeting.
Fall 2025 First Rehearsal: _____ 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Spring 2026 First Rehearsal: ______
Fall 2025 First Rehearsal: _____ 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Spring 2026 First Rehearsal: ______
Staff and Leadership
Luke D. Rosen, Director
Luke D. Rosen received his BM in Choral Music Education and his MM in Choral Conducting Performance at Bowling Green State University, where he was also a composition student. Vocal teachers have included Mary Alexander (Cincinnati) and Christopher Scholl (BGSU), and conducting teachers have included Mark Munson and Emily Freeman Brown (both at BGSU).
Since 2019, he has served as the Director of Choral Music at Evergreen Local Schools, where he has taught middle school and high school choir, music theory, and is currently designing a songwriting class. For 15 years before that, he served as Director of Choral and Liturgical Music at St. John’s Jesuit High School.
He was Director of Music Ministry at Corpus Christi University Parish at the University of Toledo for 23 years before moving to the same position at All Saints Catholic Church in Rossford in 2022.
Over the last 20 years, he has music directed and conducted dozens of musicals for local companies, including the Toledo Rep, Waterville Playshop, Cutting Edge, and TBD Productions.
In addition to choral conducting, he is a published composer with multiple companies, including E.C. Schirmer, Santa Barbara Music Publishing, Oregon Catholic Press, Liturgical Press, and GIA. Premieres of his compositions have been given by the Tower Brass Quintet, Singing Men of Ohio (Ohio University), BGSU, Toledo School of the Arts, and many other schools and churches. He has scored incidental music for productions at both The Croswell and the Toledo Repertoire Theatre, and has written a full musical, Common Grounds, which was premiered and recorded by Evergreen High School in 2022.
Luke D. Rosen received his BM in Choral Music Education and his MM in Choral Conducting Performance at Bowling Green State University, where he was also a composition student. Vocal teachers have included Mary Alexander (Cincinnati) and Christopher Scholl (BGSU), and conducting teachers have included Mark Munson and Emily Freeman Brown (both at BGSU).
Since 2019, he has served as the Director of Choral Music at Evergreen Local Schools, where he has taught middle school and high school choir, music theory, and is currently designing a songwriting class. For 15 years before that, he served as Director of Choral and Liturgical Music at St. John’s Jesuit High School.
He was Director of Music Ministry at Corpus Christi University Parish at the University of Toledo for 23 years before moving to the same position at All Saints Catholic Church in Rossford in 2022.
Over the last 20 years, he has music directed and conducted dozens of musicals for local companies, including the Toledo Rep, Waterville Playshop, Cutting Edge, and TBD Productions.
In addition to choral conducting, he is a published composer with multiple companies, including E.C. Schirmer, Santa Barbara Music Publishing, Oregon Catholic Press, Liturgical Press, and GIA. Premieres of his compositions have been given by the Tower Brass Quintet, Singing Men of Ohio (Ohio University), BGSU, Toledo School of the Arts, and many other schools and churches. He has scored incidental music for productions at both The Croswell and the Toledo Repertoire Theatre, and has written a full musical, Common Grounds, which was premiered and recorded by Evergreen High School in 2022.
Jeff Bunke, Accompanist
Jeff Bunke studied at Valparaiso University, Seabury-Western Theological Seminary and Trinity School for Ministry in Ambridge, Pa. His musical adventures have included singing with Cincinnati’s Vocal Arts Ensemble, solo vocal work and organ performance in the Midwest, Florida and Central and Eastern Europe. When not exercising his avocation as a musician, he is an Episcopal priest, having previously served parishes in Maumee, Cuyahoga Falls, Port Orange (Fla.), West Chester, and Perrysburg.
Jeff Bunke studied at Valparaiso University, Seabury-Western Theological Seminary and Trinity School for Ministry in Ambridge, Pa. His musical adventures have included singing with Cincinnati’s Vocal Arts Ensemble, solo vocal work and organ performance in the Midwest, Florida and Central and Eastern Europe. When not exercising his avocation as a musician, he is an Episcopal priest, having previously served parishes in Maumee, Cuyahoga Falls, Port Orange (Fla.), West Chester, and Perrysburg.
Perrysburg Chorale Board of Directors:
Tolanda Kronfield, President
Jayce Bender, Vice President
Diane Spahr, Secretary
Mike Spahr, Treasurer
Kersten Davis, Multimedia Coordinator
Connie Ashbaugh
Bill Balla
Greg Fess
Dan Kronfield
Nichol Riston, Community Member
Becky Spencer
Maxine Zepeda, Community Member