CONDUCTOR
Audiences crave variety and connection, and I am happy to deliver!  My choirs sing music spanning 10 centuries, 6 continents, and over 30 languages.   Across genres, I love to share with audiences the physical feel of each new song, as every style brings its unique gestures and grooves to entrance our emotions.   

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CURRENT APPOINTMENTS

Professor of Music and Choral Director
Wheaton College, Norton, MA  (1995-present)
  • Wheaton College Chorale
  • Wheaton College Chamber Singers
Old South Church Gospel Choir
​Old South Church, Boston, MA  (2012-present)
  • In collaboration with vocalists Sayida Rivers Farmer and Jordan Pettis, and the Willie Sordillo Ensemble 
Additional appointments have included
  • ​Oure Pleasure Singers, Attleboro, MA
  • Old South Church Choir, Boston, MA (interim position)
  • UMass Dartmouth Chorus, Chamber Singers and Gospel Choir, Dartmouth, MA
Featured Video:
​Wheaton Chamber Singers present and past join to sing Whitacre's Go Lovely Rose. 

SAMPLE RECORDINGS

The following recordings provide just a small sampling my diverse repertoire.

​COLLEGIATE CHOIRS
​Wheaton College Chorale & Chamber Singers

Overview video for Wheaton choral's program:

New England Conservatory Chorus

with soloist Karen Tobin pianist  Phillip Woods.

Sampling of Wheaton Virtual Choir Projects from 2020-21

COMMUNITY CHOIRS
​​Oure Pleasure Singers
Chamber choir in Attleboro, MA

CHURCH CHOIRS
​​Old South Church in Boston

with soloists Sayida Rivers Farmer and
Jordan Pettis, and the Willie Sordillo jazz trio

INSTRUMENTALS

ADDITIONAL REPERTOIRE

My performing specialties include classical, pop, gospel and spirituals, musical theatre, and jazz standards.  But there's a world of music to explore, and I think it's it's vital to continually explore new literature and acquire new skills.  At Wheaton, our Visiting Artist program has allowed me to collaborate with specialists in traditions spanning the globe, picking up new ideas and experience each time.  Visiting Artists in recent years have incuded Skylark Vocal Ensemble, Roomful of Teeth, the King's Singers, Rockapella and Take 6, Tatiana Sarbinska (Bulgarian), Celia Malheiro (Brazilian jazz), Dominique Eade and Time Out (vocal jazz), Donnell Patterson, Jonathan Singleton and Phillip Woods (gospel), Karan Casey (Celtic folk), Issa Coulibaly (West African), Orchid Ensemble & Jing Ling Tam (southeast Asian), Valerie Naranjo (Native American), and many more.  

Shorter Classical Works, partial listing
Works of Adams, Adler, Barber, Bartok, Bateson, Belmont, Bennet, Bernstein, Boulanger, Brahms, Byrd, Cage, Chilcott, Cima, Costeley, Convery, Darke, Dett, Distler, Dowland, Dufay, Duruflé, Eccard, Elder, Encina, Gabrieli, Gallus, Gastoldi, Gramann, Grieg, Guastavino, J. Hagen, Hagenberg, Harbold, Hassler, Haydn, Hensel, Hildegard of Bingen, Holst, Howells, Jannequin, Janowski, Josquin, Kim, LaBarr, Lauridsen, Leonarda, Madkour, Marenzio, Marshall, Martinson, Mendelssohn, U. S. Moore, Morley, Morrison, Mozart, Mundy, Navok, Palestrina, Parry, Pärt, Patriquin, Persichetti, Poulenc, R. Powell, Praetorius, Purcell, Rabuck, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Rutter, Sherck, Schickele, Schütz,  Senfl, Stanford, Susa, Tallis, R. Thompson, Vandervelde, Van Ness, Vaughan Williams, Victoria, Vulpius, Walker, Walther, Whitacre, Willan, Work, and much more
Larger Classical Works, partial listing
Bach, Der Herr denket an uns (Cantata 196),  Johannespassion BWV 245.  Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (Cantata 61), Magnificat BWV 243, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Cantata 140) • Barber, Reincarnations • Bartok,  Slovak Songs • Beethoven, Mass in C, Ninth Symphony Choral • Bernstein, Chichester Psalms • Brahms, Ein Deutsches Requiem, Fest’ und Gedenkspruche, Liebeslieder, Schicksalslied, Zigeunerlieder • Britten,  Ceremony of Carols, Rejoice in the Lamb • Cooman, There Will Be Stars • Corigliano, Fern Hill  • Duruflé, Requiem • Fauré, Requiem  • Dove, The Passing of the Year • Durante, Magnificat  • Handel, Messiah (Part 1), My Song Shall Be Always (Chandos Anthem 7) • Harbold, Song of My Heart • Haydn, Missa Brevis Saint Joannis de Deo, Missa in Tempore Belli, Theresienmesse, Te Deum in C  • Kim, Some Thoughts on Keats and Coleridge • Lauridsen, Chansons des Roses • Madkour, Lovers’ Tales (premiere)  • Mozart, Requiem K626, Vesperae Solennes de Confessore  • Near, Cum Novo Cantico • Orff, Carmina Burana • Persichetti, Flower Songs, Winter Cantata (selections) • Pinkham, Christmas Cantata, Wedding Cantata • Poulenc, Chansons Françaises • Purcell, Come, Ye Sons of Art  • Ramirez, Navidad Nuestra • Ravel, Trois Chansons • Ray, Gospel Mass • Schubert, Mass in G • Stravinsky, Mass • Susa, Carols and Lullabies: Christmas in the Southwest  • Tallis, Spem in alium • Thompson, Frostiana • Vaughan Williams, Five English Folk Songs, Mass in G Minor for Double Choir • Vivaldi, Gloria, Magnificat  • Whitacre, Five Hebrew Love Songs, Flower Songs