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Categories: Executive BoardDavid Shuler was educated at the Eastman School of Music, Columbia University, and the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood. He studied organ with David Craighead and Leonard Raver, and composition with Joseph Schwantner, Samuel Adler and Gunther Schuller. Mr. Shuler is presently Director of Music and Organist at the historic Church of Saint…
Categories: Class of 2026, Current Board Members, Executive BoardBased in Brooklyn, Jim Hopkins enjoys playing all keyboard instruments, conducting and singing polyphony, and currently serves as Music Director and Director of the Levy Choir School at All Saints Episcopal Church in Manhattan. He especially enjoys collaborating with other musicians, whether that be in a chamber music context,…
Categories: Executive BoardLena Tharp was born and educated in Germany. She received her Diploma in Sacred Music from the Hochschule für Musik, Detmold in 2001. She also holds the Cultural Assistant degree, with emphasis in foreign languages, from the European Language School, Dortmund, Germany, and the London Chamber of Commerce Business English Certificate. After holding…
Categories: Executive BoardAndrew Henderson is Director of Music & Organist at Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City, where he oversees an extensive liturgical and choral program, including the Saint Andrew Chorale, the New York City Children’s Chorus, in addition to the Saint Andrew Music Society’s Music on Madison concert series. He also serves…
Categories: Executive BoardPaolo Bordignon is Organist & Choirmaster of Saint Bartholomew’s Church and harpsichordist of the New York Philharmonic. He has appeared with Camerata Pacifica, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Boston Symphony Chamber Players, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, the All‐Star Orchestra, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Lincoln Center’s…
Categories: Executive BoardChristopher Creaghan is a New York City based recitalist, accompanist, and church musician. For twelve years he was organist for The Riverside Church where he weekly played in a service webcast live each Sunday on its renowned Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ. He concluded his tenure there as Director of Music overseeing the administration of…
Categories: Executive BoardRaymond Nagem is Minister of Music at The Brick Presbyterian Church in New York City, and a member of the organ faculty at Manhattan School of Music, where he teaches organ literature, service playing, and improvisation. He completed his D.M.A. at The Juilliard School in 2016, where he was a student of Paul Jacobs. A native of Medford,…
Categories: Current Board Members, Executive BoardJames D. Wetzel is the director of music and organist of the Parish of Saint Vincent Ferrer and Saint Catherine of Siena. He formerly served as the organist and choirmaster of midtown’s Church of Saint Agnes and as organ scholar of the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine, where he…
Categories: Current Board Members, Executive BoardJames Kennerley is a multi-faceted musician, working as a conductor, organist, singer, coach, and educator. A native of the United Kingdom, Mr. Kennerley is Organist and Choirmaster at Saint Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church, where he directs the professional choir and coordinates the church’s extensive concert series. Previously, he held…
