{"id":46158,"date":"2025-11-27T13:34:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T13:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/46158\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T13:34:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T13:34:05","slug":"bach-choir-of-bethlehem-joins-forces-with-lehigh-valley-ironpigs-for-let-freedom-sing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/46158\/","title":{"rendered":"Bach Choir of Bethlehem Joins Forces With Lehigh Valley IronPigs for &#8216;Let Freedom Sing&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Lehigh Valley IronPigs and the Bach Choir of Bethlehem will present \u201cLet Freedom Sing\u201d on May 27, 2026, at 7 p.m. at Coca-Cola Park.<\/p>\n<p>The event will bring together more than 5,000 singers from community, school, and adult choirs across the Lehigh Valley and neighboring counties to celebrate America\u2019s 250th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>Conductor Christopher Jackson will lead the performance, which features patriotic repertoire with historical introductions preceding each selection. The showcase will also feature a mass community sing-along and fireworks display, with additional entertainment curated by the IronPigs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt its heart, this event is about bringing people together,\u201d said Leela Breithaupt, Executive Director of the Bach Choir of Bethlehem, per an official press release. \u201cWe are honored to partner with the IronPigs to unite thousands of voices in a celebration of American community, resilience, and shared history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m thrilled to help bring this once-in-a-lifetime event to life,\u201d added IronPigs President and General Manager Kurt Landes. \u201cTo hear and see Coca-Cola Park filled with local and regional choirs all passionately celebrating our country\u2019s 250th anniversary with song will be impactful and unique.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read Related Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Lehigh Valley IronPigs and the Bach Choir of Bethlehem will present \u201cLet Freedom Sing\u201d on May 27,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[23321,153,155,154],"class_list":{"0":"post-46158","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bethlehem","8":"tag-bach-choir-of-bethlehem","9":"tag-bethlehem","10":"tag-bethlehem-headlines","11":"tag-bethlehem-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}