The Professional Choristers of the Choir School of Newport County
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Th e Professional Choristers of Th e Choir School of Newport County, the adult choir of Th e Church of Saint John the Evangelist, Newport and Friends of Music at St. John’s welcome you to these events in the exciting 2017-2018 program season! As Th e Choir School prepares for a major educational trip to England in August 2018, we hope you will enjoy this news of our progress since forming three years ago, and previews of some outstanding musical off erings to the Newport County community. Civic Proclamations pages 2-3 Who’s Who in the Choir 4 Tour Goals and Itinerary 11 How you can help 13 2017-2018 Programs October 20 Pipescreams on the Point 17 Th e St. John’s Hook & Hastings organ November 5 Candlelight Concert of Remembrance 19 November 19 Evensong for St. John’s 123rd Anniversary December 3 Advent Lessons & Carols 21 December 14 Christmas on the Point Concert Christmastide January 28 An Aft ernoon with Barry Rose, O.B.E. 23 February Mardi Gras, Winter Festival 25 March Diocesan Festival, Holy Week, Easter April 22 Daff odil Days 27 May 19 Fourth Annual Spring Concert June 9 Clam Boil Dinner June 23 Th e Hymnathon 28 July 10 Concert with St. Marylebone Girls Choir (London, UK); Bon Voyage & return events Choir School History and Faculty 29 Newportopoly© 33 Friends of Music at St. John’s 34 Joining the choirs 35 Advertising Directory St. John’s adult choir and the Professional Choristers provide music at St. John’s each Sunday at 10:00 a.m. on a rotating schedule. For choir confi guration and weekly music notes, please visit www.saintjohns-newport.org. singing singing 2 3 Front row, left to right: Margaret H., Colm N., Andrew H., Ainsley M., Eden C. Second row: Isabella S., Orlaith N., Sophie B., Juno C., Sabrina S. Th ird row: Peter Berton, Jennifer Berton, Sybille Pierre, Lindsay Cohn, Anne Stone. Top row: Th omas Burdick, Jr., Chris Scott, Pel Boyer, Rob Currier, Bill Karner, Joseph Burdick. Absent from picture: Regan L., Mack W., Ann Boyer. Th e inscription on the eagle shield above the entrance, and front cover of this book, is Sanctus Ioannes (Saint John). Photo: Zach Allen 4 Who’s Who in the Choir and fi nally at Saint John’s in Newport, where for 20- plus years she held down the alto section. Now semi- Sophie B., 10 years old, is a 6th grade homeschooler retired and with a voice that slid south, she enjoys with a long musical pedigree. She has been singing being a “third string” tenor, fi lling out the section and in the RCSM tradition since the age of 6, earning her delighting in the choir’s camaraderie. dark blue ribbon last year. She began the piano at age 6, the cello at age 8, and hopes to begin learning the Pelham “Pel” Boyer, tenor emeritus, joined the newly organ next year. When not playing music, Sophie loves formed St. John the Evangelist choir in 1991, to be outdoors, especially in the company of trees, ice thereaft er singing continuously and simultaneously skating, running 5ks, drawing and sometimes playing there, in the choir of Grace Church Providence, Rhode with her little sister. But her biggest passion concerns Island, and in the Swanhurst Chorus of Newport, for animals, particularly riding horses. Sophie volunteers almost a quarter-century. In those years he “studied” at a barn and Th e Potter League, has built her own pet (trained on the job, by immersion) under choirmasters sitting business, and aspires to own a barn one day. Brady Johnson, Mark Johnson, and Jono Babbitt. Joining the present group in early 2017, he is “called Jennifer Delmhorst Berton studied voice, fl ute, and up” for services when a slow uptake can be tolerated. piano at Packer Collegiate Institute, Manhattan School of Music and Skidmore College. She has been a Joseph Burdick has been singing since he was two member and soloist in choirs, both sacred and secular, years old, and is currently a senior at Bishop since she was six years old. Jennifer has performed Hendricken High School, where he is a member of solos in all four vocal ranges. She has performed in the Arts Academy Chorus, a capella group, and has musical theatre since age seven, carrying leading roles performed in numerous theater productions. Joseph throughout high school before turning to directing graduated from the renowned Saint Th omas Choir and producing, including vocal direction, throughout School under the direction of John Scott, where he college. She also enjoyed a position as Technical studied choral music, piano, composition, and theory. Director for all productions in the dance and musical He toured with Saint Th omas domestically and across theatre departments. A dance major in college, Europe. He has worked with the Providence Singers, Jennifer danced with Paul Taylor’s second company and the Ecclesia Consort of New England under the before hanging up her dance shoes. An avid mom and direction of Pierre Massé; he works with Pierre weekly runner, she has completed two full marathons. on vocal and piano repertoire. When not singing in Church or in School, you can fi nd Joseph performing Peter Stoltzfus Berton has been founding executive with his brother Th omas as Stray Endeavor at director of Th e Choir School of Newport County and diff erent galas, fundraisers, parties, or concerts of their organist/choirmaster for St. John’s Church since June own. He looks forward to graduating high school and 2014, prior to which he developed intergenerational continuing his music career. choir programs in CT, MA and NYC. He studied music at the University of Michigan and Yale, and caught the Th omas Burdick, Jr. has always had a deep love for ‘bug’ of choir directing as assistant musician in three music. He is a senior at Bishop Hendricken High amazing programs: Th e Cathedral Church of St. Paul, School where he is a part of the Arts Academy Detroit, Trinity Church on the Green, New Haven, and Chorus, with which he had the great fortune to tour Saint Th omas Church, Fift h Avenue. He enjoys Italy and conduct a mass in St. Peter’s Basilica. He is composing, reading, and model railroading for relative also a part of the school’s a cappella group and has sanity, and lives in Middletown with his musical family, performed in numerous theatre productions. He is a two cats and a regularly evolving number of fi sh. graduate of Saint Th omas Choir School in New York City, where he extensively studied choral music, vocal Ann Boyer began her musical education while listening repertoire, music theory, composition, and classical to her mother and grandmother harmonize shape-note piano. As well as being a part of the St. John’s choir, music in front of the family pump organ. She joined Th omas has sung with Providence Singers, and is an the choir at her North Carolina Methodist church (with active member of Ecclesia Consort of New England. an Episcopal choir director however) at age 5. Aft er You can fi nd him performing at various concerts, “joining” the Navy as a wife, she sang in choirs from galas, fundraisers, and weddings throughout the state, Charleston, South Carolina, to Monterey, California, or with his brother as Stray Endeavor. 5 JOY • UNDERSTANDING • RESPECT where discovery happens inside and outside the classroom To learn more, call 401-849-4646 or email [email protected]. MILITARY DISCOUNTS & FINANCIAL AID AVAILABLE www.pennfield.org AN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL IN PORTSMOUTH, RI FOR PRESCHOOL (AGE 3)– EIGHTH GRADE 6 Lindsay P. Cohn sang in children’s church choir from building LEGO creations, or picking up sticks, rocks, ages eight to fi ft een, in an Irish traditional band and a and shells. His favorite class is P.E., but he also loves Medieval music ensemble in college, and in a chamber science and language arts. He is a huge fan of the Harry ensemble focusing on Renaissance and Baroque music Potter, Percy Jackson, and Narnia series, and in his spare in graduate school. She joined St. John’s adult choir in time he loves to play Newportopoly (on sale today for 2014, and still grumbles if made to sing anything just $35)! Th is is Andrew’s fi rst year as a professional composed later than 1850 (exceptions for Irish music). chorister, aft er singing two years in the Angel Choir at She would have trouble naming a favorite musical Emmanuel Church. When he is not singing, you can fi nd period, but the 16th and 17th centuries are the primary him serving as acolyte and unoffi cial ambassador for St. contenders. John’s. Juno C. was born in Singapore and moved to America Margaret H. is ten years old, in the fi ft h grade, and a when she was 3. She has two sisters and one baby self-taught artist. Her specialty is three-dimensional brother. Juno has been singing as a chorister for 3 years, paper and cardboard creations, but she also enjoys and now has achieved her light blue ribbon. For painting, drawing, sculpting with clay, and writing. She hobbies, she enjoys singing, dancing, reading, drawing, recently produced her fi rst original theatrical work, a and more. She has been playing piano for 3 years and brief adaptation of the climactic battle scene from C.S. violin for 2 years. Her other adventures include travel Lewis’s Th e Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, starring with the family to China in the past 3 summers, (among others) the neighbors’ two Jack Russell terriers speaking Chinese and sailing.