Summer/Fall 2015 Newsletter

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SUMMER/FALL 2015
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Choir School News
Avital Glibicky
A Newsletter for Alumni & Friends of Saint Thomas Choir School
FROM THE HEADMASTER’S DESK
The end of a school year is a curious time. As I write, the
halls are humming with activity. Yet by the time this edition
of the Choir School News arrives, quiet will have descended
on the school. Our graduates will have departed for the final
time as students, our rising fourth through eighth graders
will be with their families, reveling in a lengthy and well
deserved summer break, and our faculty and staff will have
embarked on their various summer plans.
they have made, their spiritual, moral, mental, and physical
development through the year. It is a time for looking back:
for goodbyes and good-lucks, for job-well-dones and hopeto-see-you-soons.
Each year in this liminal space between the end of term
and the beginning of summer, I encounter a richness of
emotion: a tinge of nostalgia, the barest hint of loss, but
always deep sense of satisfaction, joy, and gratitude.
In the pages of this newsletter, you will find chances to
look back, look ahead, and offer thanks for the opportunity
we all have to serve God and each other in this place. As the
academic year comes to an end, it is my prayer and confidence
that what each of our boys receives during his time at the
Choir School will continue to work in him for good.
–Charles Wallace
Commencement is a time to honor students’ academic
and musical achievements, as well as their less tangible,
but no less important, accomplishments: the friendships
And then it’s over. The school year ends, the building
empties, and almost imperceptibly we cross into summer.
We set our sights on a new school year, a fresh start, new
friendships, new challenges, and new opportunities for growth.
Prize Day & Graduation CeremonY
Commencement was held Saturday, June 6. The Rt. Rev. William H. Stokes,
DD, Episcopal Bishop of New Jersey, delivered the address. Bishop
Stokes is a 1987 graduate of Manhattan College, earned his Master of
Divinity from The General Theological Seminary in 1990, and was
awarded an honorary doctorate from the seminary last year. In 2013,
after a long tenure as a parish priest, he was consecrated the 12th Bishop
of the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey. He and his wife Susan have been
married for 39 years and have four grown children, one granddaughter,
and a grandson. For Bishop Stokes, commencement marked a return
to his spiritual home. He attended the Choir School from 1967 to 1970,
and “it was here, at Saint Thomas Fifth Avenue, that I came to faith,”
he noted in his address. “It was here that I discovered my love of Jesus
and my love for his Church.”
AN EXCERPT FROM BISHOP STOKES’S COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
The complete text is available on the school’s website
My life has been an adventure of ups and downs, of wanderings and journeys, of
successes and failures, of joys and sorrows. I know the story of the Prodigal Son
in Luke’s Gospel (Luke 15:11–32). I know it intimately. You know it, don’t you?
A younger son asks for his father’s inheritance and squanders it all. He ends up
feeding pigs in a field, which for a Jewish person is anathema. Luke writes, “When he
came to himself, he said, ‘I will arise and go to my father and say to him, Father, I have
sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son;
treat me like one of your hired hands.’”
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And you remember what happened, don’t you. As he got near to his home, his
father saw him and ran to him and embraced, calling out, “Put a ring on his finger, get
a robe for him, sandals for his feet…for this son of mine was dead and is alive again;
he was lost and is found!” That story is my story.
I believe in a God of grace and redemption. If my story illustrates anything for you,
it should be this: Never give up on yourself or anyone else. We are all beloved of God,
and God has dreams for us all. We all have vocations—callings—the things God has
specifically created us for in the world. We all have gifts and talents. Our task is to discover what these are, often through trial and error.
Our failures are always part of our learning, if we are smart enough to know that.
I consider it a singular grace and blessing that I had the incredible opportunity to attend Saint Thomas Choir School. In a short
while, we will sing the school hymn Ora Labora—Come, Labor On (Hymn 541 in The Hymnal 1982) as we did at every Choir School
graduation when I was a student here. That hymn, with words written by Jane L. Borthwick and music composed by the Choir School’s
founding Music Director, T. Tertius Noble, has lived in my soul from the time I was a fifth-grade choirboy to today. It was sung at my
ordination to the priesthood. It was sung at my installation as rector of St. Paul’s in Delray Beach, Florida, and on my last Sunday as
rector of that church. It was sung at my consecration as the 12th Bishop of New Jersey. By God’s grace, it will be sung at my funeral.
That hymn has been my life’s call and my life’s theme.
I received many blessings and gifts by having attended Saint Thomas Choir School. The greatest gift of all was the gift of God’s song
being placed in my heart. My heart was ready to sing that song. My heart continues to sing it still.
Luca, Kidron, Augustine—it is my hope and my prayer that each of you has received many lasting gifts from your time and
experiences at Saint Thomas Choir School. Most of all, I pray that God’s song will be a lifelong gift and grace that will sing in your
hearts for the rest of your lives. May God bless you and sing through you today, tomorrow, and always.
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The 96th Commencement Exercises of Saint Thomas Choir School
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Congratulations to our three graduates
Early in the spring, the three boys of this year’s eighth-grade class received excellent
news concerning high school admissions. In all, 14 independent schools offered
them places, along with generous financial aid offers totaling $650,000. Next fall,
Augie Segger will attend St. Andrew’s School (DE), Luca Cantone will attend Phillips
Exeter Academy (NH), and Kidron Kollin will attend Episcopal High School (VA).
Congratulations to all three, and many thanks to faculty, staff, and parents for their
guidance and support throughout this process.
Congratulations to these students whose achievements
were acknowledged during the 2015 Prize Day and Graduation Ceremony
Kidron Kollin
Augustine Segger
Robert Zahorsky
Luca Cantone
Sammy Jin
Kidron Kollin
Nicholas Rhodes
and Isaac Shin
Dylan
Cranston
Alumni Association
Music Awards
Donald S. Candlyn Sehjin Jo
T. Tertius Noble Augustine Segger
Gerre Hancock Luca Cantone
Choristership
Ogden Northrop Lewis, Jr. Leif Pedersen
ACADEMIC Prizes
Andrew Fong (Math) Nicholas Rhodes
and Nathan Park
Writing Luca Cantone
Science Luca Cantone
Instrumental Music Noah Yow and
Daniel Suter
Scott Eyerly (Music Theory) Ian Osborne
John Dreger (Latin) Augustine Segger
French Conor Frost
Art Noah Yow
History Nicholas Rhodes
Leslie Quick (English) Daniel Suter
Mayflower Compact Luca Cantone
(American History)
Olga Kalendova-Ramirez
Awards
Headmaster’s
Rector’s
James A. Fotinos (Service)
George A. Wilson (Scholarship)
Lois Ballinger (Citizenship)
Benjamin Fow (Athletics)
Faculty
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AT THE SCHOOL
©2015 Ira Lippke Studios
Lightbulb moments: How technology and teaching
converge to create opportunities for learning
Let us begin with a stipulation: There is no magic to teaching
or learning mathematics, no single sure-fire method to capture
a student’s inner mathematician. But let us also stipulate that
given a passionate teacher and a few simple tools, the joy of
mathematics is available to everyone. That’s where Choir School
math teacher Noah Appleton comes in.
Mr. Appleton, a 30-something career changer who once
worked as a sound designer and editor in Los Angeles, is
relentless in his goal of helping students cultivate a love of math.
“In my classroom, you can’t say ‘I’m bad at math’ or ‘I hate math,’ ”
he states. “I want to create problem-solvers. The world needs
people who can think logically and well, and the mathematics
classroom is a great place to do that with kids.”
Mr. Appleton came to the Choir School three years ago.
At the time, he was teaching technology and math enrichment
in Rye, NY, and was looking to bring his strengths to a wider
audience, one that wasn’t necessarily privileged. He first visited
the school over the summer break. “I came in and the place was
empty,” he recalls. “It was hard to imagine it with students. I was
also considering a school in Connecticut. So I was looking at
city versus not. Risk versus comfort. And then when Fr. Wallace
offered me the job, I just thought: Why not? And I have been
rewarded in spades.”
Part of what drew him to the Choir School was its small size
and the chance to work with students across multiple grades.
“Having them year after year, you can pick up where you left off,”
he points out. “They are yours for better and worse.” But the
school’s mission also played into his decision. “This is a ministry,”
he says. “We are doing serious work helping kids who wouldn’t
otherwise have these opportunities, and that feels really good.”
A small school also affords the opportunity to respond to
students’ individual strengths, interests, and learning styles—
and to depart from the prescribed curriculum to help students
learn in deeper ways.
An example: A fifth-grade lesson about coordinate planes,
the x and y axis, and finding one’s way around a graph. Using the
SMART Board® in his classroom, Mr. Appleton called up a map
of New York City and asked students how easy it would be to find
their way back to the school from different locations—the point
being that a grid makes navigation easier. “But then,” he recalls,
“the fantastic thing was that we could also go down a tangent.
We saw a restaurant on the map, The Spotted Pig, and decided
to look up its reviews on Yelp, which led us into a discussion of
math concepts like mean, median, and mode. The kids will say,
‘All we did was talk about a restaurant,’ but they got so much out
of that one conversation—and all of it was on a whim.”
Mr. Appleton is quick to draw on the real world to reach his
students. “I have to be an entertainer, an advisor, a mentor,
an alchemist,” he says. “I cultivate relationships around food,
games, sports, music, whatever, because relational learning is
huge, especially with boys.”
Mr. Appleton returned from a National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics (NCTM) conference “with a barrage of encryption
work” for his seventh graders, then supplemented the curriculum
with a trip to the movies to see The Imitation Game. “I gave them
code-breaking exercises, secret messages—they loved it! And they
were learning.”
He also routinely uses technology to capture and retain his
students’ attention. This year, he introduced the eighth graders
to Scratch, a free online programming language from MIT,
and challenged them to design their own game. “Computer
programming is so logical. They’ve been having fun with wizards
and mazes, but they have also been doing math, and they don’t
even know it.”
And while Mr. Appleton’s classroom has all the typical
manipulatives and math aids—dice, rectangular cubes, algebra
tiles, graphing calculators—he also takes advantage of a full
range of online tools, including Geogebra, a free, open-source
mathematics program that he can call up on the SMART Board®
to illustrate elements of geometry, algebra, spreadsheets,
graphing, statistics, and even calculus. “The manipulatives are
there,” he says, “but so is the screen. The screen is often easier,
and it’s very powerful.”
He also relies on Khan Academy, a site with instructional
videos and practice exercises aligned to Common Core and
NCTM standards, to monitor student progress through the
curriculum. “Kids learn by doing. They may have to crunch a
hundred problems before they really get a concept. I can’t create
problem sets as well as a computer, and I love Khan Academy
because it gives me all kinds of metrics for individual kids through
the year. It tells me about their struggles and their successes.”
All the bells and whistles aside, Mr. Appleton’s success comes
down to good teaching that creates opportunities for deep
learning. “I find so many joys in the classroom,” Mr. Appleton
says. “The best thing to happen is the lightbulb moments, when
someone makes the connection—and from there a whole series
of connections. I don’t have all the answers, but I teach them how
to find them. How to think, and know they’re right.” –Anne Stone
Everyone wins at the annual car derby
The day before the February half-term break is a highly
anticipated event at the Choir School, featuring the running
of the Pinewood Car Derby. The annual competition
requires weeks of preparation, during which the boys design
and build their own cars—conceptualizing, sketching,
carving, sanding, painting, and adding wheels and weights.
Some boys strive for the most aerodynamic design, while
others sacrifice speed and aim to inspire laughter instead.
The faculty is invited to participate in their own race, the
victor of which faces off against the student champion. This year, the winner of the
Pinewood Car Derby was fourth-grader Darin (NY), who not only triumphed over
his peers, but also bested faculty winner Noah Appleton—twice. Runners-up were
seventh-grader Leif (NY) and fourth-grader Sammy (MI).
TWO BRIEF MUSICAL NOTES
Choir receives another standout review in The New York Times
On March 27, New York Times reviewer James R. Oestrich gave high marks to the choir’s performance of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion,
writing, among other accolades: “It is too easy to take this choir for granted, so fine are its performances year after year. Since
2004, these have been meticulously prepared by Mr. Scott, the church’s organist and director of music, right down to the seldomnoted commas in chorale texts, noted here without fussiness.” Read the whole review, entitled “Bach Passions in New York,” at
http://tinyurl.com/NYTReviewBachPassions2015.
Choir signs major recording contract
The Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys has signed a recording contract with Resonus Classics. The first album, which was to release
this May, features J.S. Bach Motets, while future releases will include Rachmaninov’s Vespers, Fauré’s Requiem, and Handel’s Messiah,
among other titles. In addition to the choral releases, Resonus classics will also offer a collection of solo performances of John Scott on
the church’s Taylor and Boody organ.
The Francis A. Robinson Opera Fund is named for a former assistant
director and announcer of the Met who attended Saint Thomas Church
before his death in 1980. The fund was established in 1986 by gifts from
friends and parishioners, and enables Choir School boys to attend opera
performances during the year.
A scene from Puccini’s “La Bohème,” performed by the Met.
Cory Weaver/Metropolitan Opera
A night to remember
For one night in January, the Choir School went to Paris—or, more precisely, the 1830s Paris of Giacomo Puccini’s immortal opera
“La Bohème,” seen in a performance by the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center.
Thanks to an endowment named in honor of Francis A. Robinson, the boys and members of the Choir School’s faculty and staff are
able to attend an opera every year—and not merely an “educational” matinee for students, but a regular evening performance, cast with
stars and attended by serious opera lovers. Such an experience is possible in only a few places in the world and is another benefit of
living in New York City.
On four occasions leading up to the big night, I provided introductory classes on “La Bohème.” Each boy received his own “Puccini
Pack” filled with questions, musical excerpts, and scenes to sketch, and the boys responded with wonderful curiosity and insight. For
obvious reasons, they could identify with the opera’s four buddies—
Marcello, Rodolfo, Colline, and Schaunard—who live together, forever
ribbing, challenging, and ultimately supporting one another.
The evening itself proved a hit. We can all take pride in the excellent
behavior of our boys, who sat engrossed throughout the opera,
admiring its singing, acting, and spectacular Franco Zeffirelli sets. As
a bonus, the second intermission brought a non-musical high point,
when we repaired to the Grand Tier Restaurant for a feast of ice cream
enjoyed beneath the famous Marc Chagall painting. All in all, it was a
night to remember for our once and future opera habitués. –Scott Eyerly
BY TROLLEY, BUS, AND TRAIN
On January 17, science teacher Mr. Matthew Gilbert took a group of students
on a Saturday outing to visit the New York Transit Museum. The boys explored
the history of the region’s public transportation system, including exhibits on
the rise of railroads, the building of the city’s 100-year-old subway system, and
New York’s extensive network of trolleys and buses. The museum is housed in a
historic 1936 subway station in Brooklyn, and the boys arrived via—what else?—
public transportation.
Courtesy of the New York State Office of General Services
On another note
Fifth-grader Conor (NY) performed “Prelude in
B Minor” by Alexander Morovsky as part of the
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Holiday Memorial
Observance at the Convention Center at Empire
State Plaza in New York in January.
New trophy case is a memorial gift
An elegant trophy case custom built for the school is a recent addition to the entry hall,
a gift in memory of William Minshall ’41. Jo Ann Minshall selected the case to display
treasures from the era of T. Tertius Noble, because her husband was so fond of his
choirmaster and proud to have been a chorister under his direction.
The trophy case is a true Choir School original, designed by Chris Chase (P ’02, ’06,
and ’10). Mr. Chase also arranged for the custom building, which required wood samples
and stains to be mailed to the school to obtain an exact match with the existing wood
paneling. Mr. Chase and his son Ian ’02 brought the finished case from Boston to New
York over Labor Day weekend to install it in the front entry.
Headmaster Charles Wallace has long had the goal of acquiring places to display
the treasures of the Choir School’s rich history. Fr. Wallace says he has received many
compliments that the new piece looks original to the building, and this has inspired
him to plan for similar additions to the sixth-floor balcony and the library as gifts
or funding become available. “It is my hope that alumni will assist us in providing
appropriate displays for the archives of previous choirmasters and headmasters,” says
Fr. Wallace, “so that their memories are always out and a part of us, not stashed away
in boxes and closets.”
Mrs. Minshall told Choir School staff that her husband spoke frequently of the Choir
School and his gratitude for the opportunities he had had as a young boy in New York
City. He sang for the king and queen of England at the 1939 World’s Fair and was offered
auditions with Robert Shaw and Fred Warring, but his love was broadcasting. An
entrepreneur, determined and hardworking, he started a television station with his wife
and became a pioneer in remote television technology. Mrs. Minshall said, “Bill always
felt that the Choir School set him on a path—not just education and music, but through
the school he formed a secure foundation that made for a happy and successful life.”
Choir School featured in The Living Church
Anyone who has experienced the Choir School knows what a special opportunity it provides—not just musical studies, but also strong
academics and a chance to learn some of life’s important intangibles: dedication, loyalty, hard work, faith, fortitude, and perseverance,
to name a few. Matthew Townsend, writing for The Living Church, captures the fullness of the Choir School experience in his article
“More than Music,” which highlights one family’s conversion from mild skeptics to ardent supporters and parents of not one, but two,
choristers. Read the article at http://livingchurch.org/more-music.
C ontact u s
Saint Thomas Choir School
202 West 58th Street, New York, NY 10019 • 212-247-3311 • www.choirschool.org
Charles F. Wallace, Headmaster • [email protected]
Lily Scott, Director of Admissions • [email protected]
Anne M. Stone, Communications Consultant • [email protected]
While the cats are away,
the mice will play
Summer is anything but quiet at the Choir School
Summer is upon us, and with it the departure of the boys for everything
from baseball and basketball camps to academic, instrument, and choir
camps, not to mention much-needed time at home with family. The
faculty and staff also have interesting plans for their summer months.
Here is a sampling of what they’ll be up to.
John Scott, director of music and organist, has planned
an extensive concert tour that will include stops in Austria,
Denmark, Finland, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Sweden,
Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and Vienna. An even
more exciting project awaits his return: He and wife Lily are
expecting their first child at the end of September.
Assistant organist Ben Sheen is heading on a solo tour to
Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, and Tasmania that stretches
from July 21 to August 7, during which time he promises to
promote Saint Thomas at every opportunity (of course!).
Stephen Buzard, assistant organist, will play at the RSCM
course in Charlotte, NC, where he will accompany the choir
and mentor two organ scholars. He will also serve as organist
for the Saint Thomas Girl Chorister Course. But much of
his summer will be spent preparing for his wedding to Lieve
Hendren, to take place September 4 in Louisville, KY. We look
forward to welcoming the soon-to-be Mrs. Buzard into the
Choir School family this fall.
Peter Dugan, music theory teacher, will perform recitals
throughout the United States and Canada, including a WWI
centenary tribute concert presented by Opera Saratoga at the
Military Museum in Saratoga Springs, NY. In June he will
record two albums to be released later this year. In July and
August he and his fiancée, mezzo-soprano Kara Sainz, will
be artists-in-residence at pianoSonoma, a music festival in
California. Their wedding will take place in May 2016.
Art teacher David Eppley is collaborating with the thirdthrough fifth-grade students at his neighborhood’s public
school to complete a public work of art for the Department of
Transportation. He will also be working on an animated video
for a piece of music the boys have sung. “Not sure which piece,”
he says, “but I’m looking forward to learning as much as I can
about animation.” He eagerly awaits the fall publication of a
book called Tape Art in which he will be featured.
Vocal coach Stephanie Tennill and her husband, David,
are looking forward to spending the summer in New York with
their daughter, Violet, who was born this past November.
And housemother Karen Wentling writes: “This summer
I have the opportunity to be part of a team of educators and
medical professionals going to Antananarivo, Madagascar. We
will be working alongside a local church and a Christian NGO,
Growing the Nations, whose focus is to provide therapeutic
services, programs, and medical assistive devices for children
with disabilities. These organizations have identified projects
for which they would like our assistance.
“My team will be leading several continuing education
courses for teachers, with an emphasis on teaching children
with cognitive and physical disabilities. We will also be
operating a week of camp for disabled children while
concurrently offering a series of classes for parents. Our work
with the parents will include suggestions and instruction
on how family members can effectively assist these children
in their growth, including information on normal human
development and strategies to maximize the physical and
cognitive capabilities of each child.
“I am excited by the opportunity to use my experiences as
a parent (and housemother) as well as my skills as a physical
therapist to assist this particular group of people. I am grateful
for the support and encouragement that I have received from
the Saint Thomas Choir School community, and I look forward
to reporting back in the fall!”
To all in the Saint Thomas community, we wish safe and happy vacation time and that you return refreshed this fall.
GIRL CHORISTER COURSE
We’ve got mail: Girl Chorister Course participants reflect on
10 years of singing together
This summer, the Girl Chorister Course celebrates a decade offering a unique opportunity for young women to have a parallel
experience to boy choristers at the only religiously affiliated boarding choir school in North America. Through the years, we have
received numerous testimonies that tell of the impact on a young woman’s life of singing sacred music in this setting. As the staff,
choristers, and alumnae gather to mark this anniversary, we let them tell the story in their own words.
We are grateful to the many music directors who refer their top
singers to the course each summer. Their parishes help raise
funds, prepare the music, and send the girls with their blessings.
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Shaker Heights, OH, is among them:
Preparing our girls to sing the music at the Saint
Thomas Girl Chorister Course has brought all of us in the
parish much closer together as musicians and Christians.
Since we have considered for decades that Saint Thomas
represents the epitome of Anglican music and liturgy, hearing
our choristers sing (sometimes solo passages!) in this glorious
church has been a moving experience. –Richard B. Nelson, PhD
Professor and Head of Music Theory, Cleveland Institute of Music
Two of our alumnae have returned as staff members. This is
a particularly proud moment for the “more mature” staff to
welcome once-girls back as adults.
In the summer of 2008, I stepped off the sweltering
streets of New York and into the wood-paneled front hall
of the Choir School, a nervous 12-year-old utterly terrified
of leaving home for the first time. Even stronger than my
memory of feeling frightened, however, was the sound that
resonated down the staircase: From the lower flights of those
punishing stairs, I heard singing. I remember that my first
thought was one of vague reassurance: Maybe I’d do okay
here after all. People who sing must be nice, right? My second
thought was, “Oh, God, they sound so much better than me.”
But of course, like any other camp jitters, this feeling went
away eventually—quickly, actually.
I arrived at the course in one
of the first years of the leadership
program, and so I was able to benefit
from the mentorship, support, and
encouragement of returning students,
who quickly made me feel at home.
(Eating three meals a day of Heidi’s
cooking certainly didn’t hurt.) I went
home at the end of that week already
looking forward to the next summer—
and returned again, and again, and
again, like so many other girls who
come to know and love this program.
I think this is one of the greatest
gifts the Girls’ Course has given us:
the gift of growing together. Each
summer, we challenge one another to grow as musicians and
choristers. We revisit some annual challenges, like figuring out
how to get 12 people in and out of two showers in 45 minutes.
We share stories over tea of our choirs back home. We goof off
in the park, lament the loss of our cell phones, and fight (ever
so politely) over the last muffin in the morning. We grow as
individuals—from girls to young women over the course of a
year or two or five.
It never ceases to amaze me how much we accomplish in
a week under the musical leadership of our fabulous Sarahs
(MacDonald and Baldock, the alternating choir directors).
By the time our Sunday Eucharist rolls around, we have grown
from a group of girls from across the country and around
the world into a musical family. We learn to raise our voices
together, to listen across the aisle of Saint Thomas (while
Photos: Andie Slein
I remember the first time
I heard about the Girl Chorister
Course. “What? We get to live like a
choirboy for a week? Sign me up!”
My experiences for the four years I
attended exceeded my expectations
and have led to lifelong friendships.
The course gave me musical and
liturgical experiences that changed
my life and shaped my future as a
church musician. As I anticipate
beginning my graduate studies at
the Yale Institute of Sacred Music
this fall, I look back fondly and with
a profound sense of gratitude for my
time at the Girls’ Course!”
–Jane Meditz, Westminster Choir School ’14
keeping a watchful eye on the conductor, of course), to keep
our eyes out of our music and our ears attuned to our harmony.
We learn to support one another, to trust, to give praise when
recognition is due and offer comfort when homesickness
strikes. And each year we take the lessons we learn home with
us, to our churches and schools, to our family and friends,
and to each other, across social media and choral festivals and
crashing on couches during college visits.
The Girls’ Course is first and foremost a community of
musicians and friends, and I feel so blessed to have been a part
of this community in the past 10 years. Here’s hoping that the
next 10 bring these same gifts to a new generation of young
women, as we lift our voices in song for another decade yet.
–Angharad Rebholz, Yale University ’14
I first came to the course as a 14-year-old in 2008,
under the direction of Sarah MacDonald, and by the end of
the week I went home and asked my mom why there were no
choir schools for high school girls! I returned four more times
and am psyched beyond belief to attend for the first time as an
official staff member.
In my five years at the Girls’ Course, I learned so much
from the Sarahs that I could, seriously, fill an entire book. But
at my very first course, the most important thing I took back
home with me was a rekindled appreciation of choir. I learned
what amazing music hard-working young women could make
together, how rewarding it was, and that I would never stop
singing in choirs. Each year I arrived home from the course
already dreaming of the next one: the music, the food (ask
anyone, it’s the best ever), and the memories that I knew would
last a lifetime.
But the Girls’ Course is about much more than singing.
Although choir is what initially brings us together, no choir
can ever be exceptional without a tight sense of community
and respect. The girls at the course learn this in the best ways
young women can, through sports and impromptu dance
parties every day, boating in Central Park, and getting to know
whoever sits next to you at dinner. It’s encouraged and expected
Certainly any tribute to the course would be incomplete without
a word from parents and a huge thank you to them—the ones
who provide the fees, transportation (from as far as the UK,
Germany, and California) and most importantly, trust. They
place their most cherished loved ones in the care of people many
of them have never met. Most can only afford to send their
daughter and listen from home, although some cannot resist
making the trip to hear the final Sunday service when the girls
are joined by the gentlemen of the Saint Thomas Choir of Men
and Boys to sing what may be the most spectacular Episcopal
service sung on any first Sunday of August.
My daughter Marcia, now finishing her senior year in
high school, will be singing for the sixth consecutive summer.
Singing with talented conductors has enriched her musical
training, and she has enjoyed every minute—Chef Heidi, the
New York life, and singing great music in a beautiful place.
–Robert Clarke Brown
Father of Marcia Brown, Princeton ’19 (anticipated)
Finally, to John Scott, Director of Music, and the Rev. Charles
Wallace, Headmaster, who agreed to give this idea their support
and space to flourish, and to the parish of Saint Thomas Church
Fifth Avenue, who welcome the girls each year and underwrite
a good number of the expenses occurred: Thank you!
We will close with the words of the late Fr. John Andrew
at the announcements during the final Sunday service a few
years ago: “These young ladies are giving the boys quite a run
for the money!”
Emma Barnaby
Andie Slein
that the girls come together to form a community. Anyone
who has attended the course can tell you how wonderful
that community is—from getting one another through
homesickness to crashing on each other’s couches while visiting
colleges years later. Some of the friends I have made at the Girls’
Course I know I’ll have forever, and I’ll always remember the
incredible experiences—musical and non—that we shared.
–Emma Barnaby
Trinity College, University of Toronto ’16 (anticipated)
Recruitment
Memorable moments
Spring recruitment tour offers inspiration to travelers and hosts alike
Ahhhh, Florida in March!
Warm temperatures, bright
sunshine, palm trees,
beaches, convertibles,
and shorts, T-shirts,
and sandals. The perfect
setting for singing and
swimming—and so much
better than the brutal
snow of New York.
That brutal snow, in
fact, almost kept us from reaching Florida. We were scheduled
to leave for our Florida tour on Thursday, March 4. After an
early wakeup, however, it became increasingly clear that the
snow which had started the day before was not going to stop.
As the morning progressed, the runways of LaGuardia became
icier. Airlines began grounding their fleets. A Delta jet slid off
the runway—and the airport closed shortly thereafter. By Friday
the snow had lightened, and by Sunday morning, we were on
a flight to Florida. We had missed our first- and second-day
performances in Jacksonville, but were able to pick up the last
three concerts of the tour.
First off on our abbreviated tour: Tampa. Once we stepped
off the bus to unload our luggage, we were greeted by warm
weather and a cool breeze. We sang at a local church, St. John’s,
and enjoyed the care and devotion of everyone who helped
us there. While in Tampa, some of us went to the aquarium
and some of us stopped by the Yankees spring training game.
Yum, hotdogs!
Next came the sun and surf of Sarasota, where we spent much
of the day at the beach. We built sand castles and moats, played
Frisbee in the sea, and got badly sunburned—so much so that
we were almost as red as our choir robes when we sang at the
Church of the Redeemer, the home church of my seventh-grade
classmate Noah (FL)
and his brother,
Andrew, a 2014 Saint
Thomas graduate.
Two weeks later
many of us were still
peeling from the
intense Florida sun.
Our final stop was
Coral Gables, where
we performed an
evening concert at
St. Philip’s, where
Luca (NY), one of
our eighth-grade
choristers, played
J.S. Bach’s intriguing
and enthusiastic “Prelude and Fugue in A Major.” We also had
the privilege of singing the next day at the morning Eucharist in
the St. Philip’s School chapel. It was fun to sing with these young
elementary students—their voices were so sweet, and they were
such enthusiastic singers!
Coral Gables wasn’t all work. While there, seventh-grade
chorister Dylan (CT) and I stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Hennessy,
friends of Saint Thomas parishioner Susan Clearwater. The
Hennessys bought us more ice cream than I have ever eaten
at one time, showed us around the opulent Biltmore Hotel,
showered us with hospitality (I have never slept in such a nice
bed!), and bestowed upon us an extraordinary amount of
devotion and kindness. I will never forget them—or any of the
people who supported us on our Florida tour: You helped to
create one of our favorite experiences of the year.
Thank you, Saint Thomas Choir School and Saint Thomas
Church, for yet another opportunity of a lifetime. –Leif (NY)
St. Philip’s Episcopal Church and School
The St. Philip’s Church and School community greatly enjoyed
hosting the treble choristers from the Saint Thomas Choir of
Men and Boys in March. It was wonderful for our choristers
to hear the boys sing in concert Tuesday evening and at our
Wednesday morning Eucharist. In April, our fifth-grade choristers
sang Evensong with the boy choristers of Washington National
Cathedral as part of their class trip to Washington, DC. Having
heard your choir perform the previous month was a tremendous
encouragement and inspiration for our choristers as they prepared
for singing at the National Cathedral. We would love to host the
choir again on your next tour to Florida.
–Christopher Harrell, Director of Liturgy & Music,
St. Philip’s Church and School, Coral Gables, FL
If you wish to support chorister recruitment – or anything else – at the Choir School, please visit our website (www.choirschool.org) and click the Giving tab.
ALUMNI
Shaping lives and characters
A filmmaker reflects on interviews with Choir School alumni
I’ve always been interested in the visual arts. In college I narrowed my focus,
majoring in film and media studies (in addition to psychology) at Washington
University in St. Louis, before earning an MFA in social documentary filmmaking
from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Since then, I’ve been doing
freelance work—directing, producing, shooting, and editing. I am most drawn to
work with individuals who may not have a platform to share their stories.
My original task for this particular project was to interview Choir School alumni
who had been students under T. Tertius Noble and to use those interviews as
the basis of a film for the school’s upcoming centennial—to tell the story of this
impressive institution from its inception nearly 100 years ago to the present day.
Far and away the most memorable part of the process was meeting the alumni and hearing stories from when they were just
young boys. It was remarkable to learn from these 70- and 80-year-old men how their time at the Choir School had shaped their
lives and characters.
In many ways, the older alums lived a different school life than more recent graduates and currents students (see next article), yet
the similarities across the ages are striking. Students at the school continue to learn the same timeless values and lessons—and to enjoy
many of the same traditions—despite the intervening decades. I find it incredibly moving to see the impact the Choir School has had
by teaching boys the importance of being driven, curious, dedicated, and kind. –Lindsay Lindenbaum, Filmmaker
Knickers and knee socks
Reminiscing on the school’s early years
My name is Charles Whitney Walton, known at the Choir School as Whitney. I entered the Choir School in the fall of 1937, when
I was 10 years old. I was recruited from Ridgewood, NJ, by a friend of Dr. T. Tertius Noble who was the organist and choirmaster
of an Episcopal church in Paterson, NJ.
In the fall of 1937, the Choir School at 121–123 West 55th Street opened its new building connected to the old six-story (no elevator)
building and fronting on 56th Street. The new building contained the study hall, classrooms, and a combined gymnasium and
auditorium on two floors. That year the school increased its enrollment from 30 boys to 40.
During my three years at Saint Thomas, we slept in two dormitories on the fifth and sixth floors. We had no radios or TVs, and
computers did not exist. We were allowed to go home after Sunday evensong and required to return for study hall at 7 pm on Monday.
I wonder if this is still the routine.
There were three masters: the headmaster, Charles Benham, and Ralston Coles and Thomas E. Berry, two sports masters who
coached us in football, basketball, and baseball. We also had a housemother, Florence Atwater. Students started in the sixth form
(grade). Many left after eighth form as their voices changed. My last year (1939–40), there were four boys in ninth form. I heard that
a few years later the school had a student in 10th form.
We wore two-piece suits with knickers. Only students in seventh form or above and taller than 5'7" were permitted to wear long pants
on school days. I was big enough for long pants. On Sundays we all wore black knicker suits, black shoes, black knee-high socks, the
dreaded Eton collars, and black ties. We had only white shirts with banded collars to accommodate the required stiffly starched Eton
collars that we wore for dinner and all day Sunday. The shirts accommodated
soft collars for school days. Neckties were one color—black—and worn even
on weekdays.
As we arrived for the evening meal, we formed two lines for inspection by
Mrs. Atwater and one of the older boys to be sure our hands and fingernails
were clean, our shoes polished, and our starched collars free of water or other
stains. Students who were sloppy eaters were humiliated by being assigned
to the housemother’s table. The older boys were privileged to be at the
headmaster’s table. And boys who did not greet Mrs. Atwater with a cheery
“good morning!” on the way to their breakfast tables were reprimanded.
Discipline was maintained in each dormitory by an older boy called a
prefect with authority over students who talked after lights out or other
minor infractions in the dorms. A study hall prefect could issue demerits
for misbehavior in study hall.
More than five demerits in a week
meant being sent to bed early on
Saturday night. An especially high
number of demerits resulted in the
additional penalty of early to bed
without dinner.
Dr. Noble was a strict
disciplinarian in choir, as well as
a wonderful teacher. All 40 of us
sang the two Sunday services. A
smaller number took turns singing
at weekday services during Lent.
When we returned from summer
vacations, Dr. Noble listened for
cracking voices. He heard mine
crack in my last year, at which point
I was removed from the end of a
front row choir stall and placed in
the second row.
We did not travel far from the
city, but a select group of older boys sang at an occasional wedding or funeral service and sang each year at Christmastime at Elizabeth
Arden’s salon on Fifth Avenue, receiving monetary compensation and gifts to take home to our mothers. Money accumulated for extra
appearances was paid to us by check when we graduated, and in some cases totaled a few hundred dollars.
The academics were excellent. We had Latin in seventh and eighth form, French and algebra in eighth form, with regular doses of
English, geography, history, hygiene, and music theory classes on Saturday. The academic level was so advanced that several of us from
Ridgewood were able to skip ninth grade and enter Ridgewood High as sophomores.
The education and discipline I learned at Saint Thomas have been a constant throughout my life. By skipping ninth grade, I
graduated from Ridgewood High in 1943 at age 16. Because of the war, I entered the University of Michigan in the summer of 1943
and graduated in 1946 at age 19. I went on to Columbia Law School, which was running an accelerated program for returning
veterans, so that I earned my law degree at the young age of 21. Due to a fifth-grade knee injury, I did not serve in the military.
I credit Saint Thomas with providing me with a strong education at a young age and a disciplined approach to my studies, leading
to the career as a corporate legal counsel that I pursued for more than 40 years.
The personal neatness that I learned at the school has also stayed with me, and
meant that my wife of 60 years never had to pick up my clothes or bath towels.
I retired in 1992 and now live in a senior retirement community in a suburb of
Tucson, AZ. My first wife (who died in 2009) and I visited the Choir School in 2003.
The young man who conducted our tour was rightfully proud of the magnificent
facilities. I remarried in 2012 and still enjoy frequent travels, which have in the past
four years included China, Russia, France, and several European river cruises.
To hear other remembrances, visit our website and watch the newly released 25-minute
film “T. Tertius Noble and the Saint Thomas Choir School: The First Century” that
features interviews with a number of alumni about their time at the school.
DON’T MISS THIS LIMITED-TIME ALUMNI DISCOUNT
Gerre Hancock CDs on sale through Saint Thomas Church
The Church Music Office is offering a sale to alumni and their families on CD recordings conducted
by beloved maestro Gerre Hancock—or, as we knew him, Uncle Gerre. For a list of available titles,
click on the Shop tab at www.saintthomaschurch.org. To place an order, call Laurel Scarozza at
the Church Music Office (212-757-7013, ext. 403) with your name, graduation year, and mailing
address. CDs are $10 each, or $8 each when you purchase three or more.
Introducing three new officers in the alumni association
Christiaan Heijmen ’94 is the managing director of executive search for Vaco, a company that manages
placements of accounting, financial, IT, and administrative professionals. He has also worked as a human capital
advisor for such clients as Aetna, CIGNA, Gap, Health Alliance Plan, Hewlett-Packard, New York Life, Major
League Soccer, and the International Olympic Committee. Christiaan has a BA in English and a BS in management
from the University of Massachusetts, where he was a summa cum laude honors scholar and a four-year Division I
rugby player. He was president of the rugby team and president of the Navigators, a national faith-based community
service organization. He also holds an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, where he served in a
variety of leadership positions, including as a leadership and ethics fellow, co-chair of admissions, board member for
First in Families North Carolina, and a Habitat for Humanity volunteer. In 2013, he was honored with the Business
Award for Exemplary Alumni Service to the business school. In his spare time, Christiaan enjoys boxing, hiking, reading, and staying
engaged with men and women with disabilities. Christiaan, his wife Linzy, and son Andrew live in Durham, NC.
John C. (Chad) Newsome, III ’81 is happy to return to the board of directors of the Saint Thomas Choir School
Alumni Association. His prior involvement included serving on the board’s steering committee in 2003 and as
the first president of the association in 2006. Chad and his wife, Carrie, live in Manasquan, NJ. Carrie works at
Bracco Diagnostics Inc., an international company that develops and markets imaging agents for use in x-ray/
computed tomography (CT), nuclear medicine, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the US and Canada.
Chad is the national sales manager for P.L. Custom Body and Equipment Co., Inc., a privately held manufacturer
of emergency vehicles. They have three children, Abby (17), Ryan (16), and Kate (12). Ryan graduated from the
Choir School in 2013. Chad has recently started singing again as a member of the choir at All Saints Episcopal
Church in Bay Head, NJ.
J. Timothy (Tim) Snavely ’89, wife Sara, and three-year-old son Wiley live in Atlanta, GA, where they are
members of All Saints’ Episcopal Church. After Saint Thomas, Tim graduated from St. Mark’s School in
Southborough, MA, and Emory University in Atlanta. Tim is a CFA charter holder and a portfolio manager at
Crawford Investment Counsel, where he manages investment portfolios. He is a member of the Atlanta Society of
Finance and Investment Professionals, and also the Market Technicians Association, a New York-based association
for financial market analysts. Prior to joining Crawford Investment Counsel, Tim spent 14 years working at
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, where he began his career working in equity research and investment strategy. Tim
travels to New York City regularly for client meetings, which also allows him the opportunity to enjoy evensong
and visit the Choir School several times a year.
Choir School Alumni Reunion
Saturday & Sunday, October 10 & 11, 2015
We welcome all alumni, but especially classes celebrating five-year anniversaries
(years ending in 0 or 5). Register by emailing [email protected], and keep in
touch with all reunion news at tinyurl.com/2015AnnualReunion. Please contact
[email protected] if you are interested in serving as your class agent.
Saturday events
2 pm Welcome
2:30 pm Alumni Association Annual Meeting
4:30 pm Basketball game with grades 7 and 8
6:30 pmHeadmaster’s Reception
(RSVP required; there is a charge for this event)
Sunday events
11 am Choral Eucharist
3 pm Rehearsal at the church
4 pmAlumni join the choir in singing Evensong
OTHER UPCOMING ALUMNI EVENTS
Thursday, October 15, 2015
Boston Regional Meeting
Church of the Advent
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
New York Regional Meeting Lecture and Guild Meeting—
Speaker: Dr. Sean (Sapone) McFate ’84 (see Class Notes, page 14)
CLASS NOTES
Alumni are encouraged to register on the online community at www.choirschool.org. There you may find your classmates, photos of
graduating classes, and a list of “lost alumni,” as well as current school information. Highlights of alumni activities are listed below.
To submit your own class notes, send an email to [email protected].
On May 9, 2015, the Choir of Trinity Wall Street, under the
direction of Julian Wachner ’83, presented an entire concert
of the music of Trevor Weston ’81. The “Composer Portrait”
concert was featured in Trinity Wall Street’s “By the Waters of
Babylon Festival,” celebrating the power of black music. David
Willis ’80 was in attendance. In June, Julian and the Trinity
Choir will record a CD of Trevor’s choral music.
Dr. Sean (Sapone) McFate ’84 was interviewed in January
on The Diane Rehm show about his recently published book
entitled The Modern Mercenary: Private Armies and What
They Mean for World Order (Oxford University Press). Listen
to the interview at http://tinyurl.com/seanmcfateinterview.
Sean is an assistant professor at the College of International
Security Affairs, National Defense University, and an adjunct
professor at the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown
University. He is also an adjunct social scientist at the RAND
Corporation. Previously, he was a Bernard L. Schwartz Fellow
at the New America Foundation and a program director of
national security at the Bipartisan Policy Center, both in
Washington, DC. He holds a double BA from Brown University,
an MPP from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard
University, and a PhD in international relations from the
London School of Economics.
Seth Lynn III ’94 and Sarah
Gliech were married at the
United States Naval Academy
in Annapolis, MD, this May.
Seth serves as a major in
the Marine Corps Reserve
and is a founder and the
executive director of Veterans
Campaign, a non-profit
based in Washington, DC,
that trains veterans to run for
public office.
David Shaw ’95 and wife Tricia are
pleased to announce the birth of
their first child, Claire Celia, who
was born in New York on January 5
and apologizes in advance for not
being a boy and future Saint Thomas
chorister. Dave enjoys his work as a
financial advisor at the UBS Wealth
Management office at Rockefeller
Center and was recently recalled to
active duty from the Navy Reserve.
This summer, he will make his
fifth (and hopefully final) overseas
deployment and expects to return summer of 2016.
Philip Bell ’02 started training in 2006 in martial arts, which
eventually led to his winning a provincial championship in
Ontario in 2009, a bronze in a world championship in 2011,
and a professional career that ended in 2012 due to a spinal
injury. He moved to Sydney in 2010 to pursue a career in
nursing, working as an aide to developmentally delayed
students in a Sydney high school, providing home care to
adults with acquired brain injuries, and eventually working in
the emergency department in Canterbury Hospital. In 2015 he
graduated from the University of Tasmania with a bachelor’s
degree in paramedic practice. He has since moved to London
to pursue a career as a paramedic.
George Toothman ’02 begins full-time
coursework at the Flatiron School in late
July, leaving his appointment of three
years as the Choir School’s Finance and
Alumni Assistant. This transition can be
best summarized as a swap from singing
to programming, Midtown Manhattan
to the Financial District, and Heidi’s
cooking to Soylent.™ George most fondly
recollects his residential work and time as
a teacher of sports and technology.
Nathan Fletcher ’07 graduated from the University of
Connecticut as an honors scholar with a bachelor of music
degree in composition, with applied studies in voice. He was
a finalist in two recent national competitions: the ASCAP
Foundation’s 2015 Morton Gould Young Composer Awards and
the American Choral Directors Association’s 2014 Raymond
W. Brock Student Composition Competition. His “O Gracious
Light” was premiered at the ACDA National Conference
in Salt Lake City in February 2015 by NOTUS, the Indiana
University Contemporary Vocal Ensemble, under the direction
of Dominick DiOrio. In the fall, Nathan will begin working
toward a master of music degree in composition at Mannes
College, The New
School for Music,
where he will
study with Lowell
Liebermann. He
is looking forward
to being back
in the city and
reconnecting with
his Saint Thomas
family!
Left to right: Composer David Conte, head of the composition department at
San Francisco Conservatory; Nathan Fletcher ’07; and Dominick DiOrio, assistant
professor of choral conducting at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.
In Memoriam: Gunther Schuller ’40
We are saddened to report that composer, conductor, author, educator, and Choir School alumnus Gunther Schuller died from
complications of leukemia on June 21, at age 89. His music drew on both classical and jazz traditions and was known for unusual
combinations of instruments. He coined the term the Third Stream to refer to the musical hybrid of classical and jazz.
Mr. Schuller’s list of accomplishments is long: According to The New York Times, he won a MacArthur Foundation grant
in 1991, a Pulitzer Prize in 1994, a Jazz Masters Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts in 2008, and lifetime
achievement medal from the MacDowell Colony earlier this year, among other accolades.
In addition to composing, he held positions as principal hornist of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and the Metropolitan
Opera, taught at the Manhattan School of Music and Yale University, served as president of the New England Conservatory, and
was the artistic director of the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood. He also wrote and arranged pieces for jazz artists such as
the Modern Jazz Quartet. In all, he composed nearly 200 pieces during his career. He also published an autobiography in 2011,
Gunther Schuller: A Life in Pursuit of Music and Beauty.
For more on Mr. Schuller’s life and legacy:
http://tinyurl.com/GuntherSchullerNYTObituary
http://tinyurl.com/GuntherSchullerNPR
Zachary Fletcher ’07 graduated from Harvard College with
an honors degree in classical languages and literatures. He is
currently touring with all-male a cappella group The Harvard
Krokodiloes and hopes to show his fellow Kroks the glory of
the Anglican choral tradition by dragging them to an Evensong
during their trip. This September, Zachary will begin a master
of arts in religion degree at Yale University, where he will be
co-enrolled at the Institute of Sacred Music and Yale Divinity
School. While his concentration will be liturgical studies, he
plans to squeeze in a certificate in Anglican studies, staying true
to his Choir School roots.
Will Paris ’11 has graduated from
Trinity High School (Louisville, KY)
with high honors and has received a
presidential appointment to the United
States Naval Academy. In Annapolis,
Will intends to study nuclear
engineering, leading to designation as a
submarine officer upon graduating with
the class of 2019.
Jan-Carlos Ramirez ’14
received an academic award
from his Greek and Roman
history teacher at Avon Old
Farms School (CT) and was
recognized also for community
service. This past February, he
performed with the American
Choral Directors Association
(ACDA) National Youth Honor
Choir in Salt Lake City under
Bob Chilcott. He has also been
invited to participate in the
ACDA National Youth Honor
Choir’s 2016 European tour,
with scheduled performances
in Prague, Česky Krumlov, Vienna, and Salzburg. He has
just completed a singing tour in Ireland with The Riddlers.
Jan-Carlos also enjoys photography and playing soccer,
basketball, squash, and tennis.
OU R M I S SI ON
The Saint Thomas Choir School houses, nurtures, and educates the boy choristers of the world-renowned choir of Saint
Thomas Church Fifth Avenue. Through rigorous musical training and highly individualized classroom instruction in a familial,
Christian environment, the school instills in its students the intellectual skills and ethical values that will enable them to
embrace life with confidence, responsibility, and joy.
Donations
A note about gifts to the Choir School
Saint Thomas Choir School acknowledges the many faithful and generous people who contribute to the mission of the school.
The list below includes all people who have made gifts from January 1, 2014, to April 30, 2015. Please contact Kevin Hearne
([email protected]) to report any discrepancies.
Annual pledges made through Saint Thomas Church are noted in the Every Member Canvass section and provide for the ongoing
expenses of the school through the General Operating Fund. Gifts made directly to the Choir School are designated to specific funds
and may be put to immediate use or held (as in the case of camp funds, which are used each spring). Designated gifts are always used
for the purpose intended by the donor.
Recognizes those donors who
have contributed $1,000 or more
in the current giving year.
Ambassador &
Mrs. Thomas H. Anderson, Jr.
Mr. Nicholas G. Browne
The William A.M. Burden III
Scholarship Fund
Ms. Deirdre Byrne
Beatrice L. Carson, PhD*
Mr. Howard G. Chua-Eoan
Ms. Susan B. Clearwater
The Estate of Mr. Gordon H. Clem
The Rev. & Mrs. David C. Cobb PA ’01 & ’03
Mr. Jeffrey Figley
George Forrest Chichester Trust
Mr. & Mrs. Alan F. Gettner
Mr. Frank C. Goodwin
Ms. Marilyn J. Heineman
Miss Rita A. Hughes
Mr. Keith R. Johnson
Mr. Christian K. Keesee
Mr. Stephen T. Kelly & Mr. Joseph D. Gioe
Dr. & Mrs. G. Gregory Lozier ’58
Ms. Karen Metcalf
Mr. & Mrs. Chad Newsome ’81 & PA ’13
Mr. Alan T. Parish
Ms. Janice Parkinson-Tucker
& Mr. James S. Tucker
Ms. Laura J. Pels
Mr. Richard W. Pendleton, Jr.
Mr. B. Franklin Reinauer III
Mr. & Mrs. Allan G. Sawatzky
St. Emilion Macaroon Co., Inc.
Mrs. Cecilia D. Sweeney PA ’82
The Inner Circle, Inc.
Ms. Theresa S. Thompson
The Honorable Farley D. Toothman, Esq.
& Dr. Ingrid K. Toothman PA ’03 & 02
United Way of the Bay Area
Mrs. Joanne Zorn
* Deceased
THE CANDLYN SOCIETY
Recognizes those donors who
have contributed $500 or more
in the current giving year.
Dr. Barry John Capella
Mr. & Mrs. Doug Daugherty ’48
Mr. Russell E. Dreikorn, Jr. ’68
Mr. Scott F. Eyerly & Ms. Suzanne C. Redgen
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Fletcher PA ’07
Mr. & Mrs. Murray Hood
Mr. & Mrs. James A. Hug
Mr. James G. Janossy, Jr.
Mr. Joseph Kucharski
Ms. Esther J. Long & Mr. Steve Long PA ’13
Mr. & Mrs. John L. A. Lyddane
Marsh & McLennan Companies
Ms. Edith L. Morrill
Mr. Ian Murphy ’73
Miss Jessye Norman
Mr. Abayomi Olusegun Odunuga
Mr. Frank Petito
Mr. Philip T. Ragland
Dr. & Mrs. Karl C. Saunders
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Sawatzki PA ’08
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond D. Smoot, Jr.
The New York Community Trust-Albion
& Natalie Metcalf Fund
THE CENTENNIAL CLUB
Recognizes alumni who contribute
at least $100 each year until the
school’s 2019 centennial.
Mr. Anthony Joseph Accinno ’93 2011-2013
Mr. George O. Allaman II ’67* 2013
Mr. Daniel Bachman ’66 2014
Mr. Dana S. Bailey ’73 2009, 2013
Mr. Philip H. Baldwin, Jr. ’57 2008-2013
Mr. William C. Berry ’61 2009
Mr. Eric P. Bierrie ’43 2008
The Rev. John B. Birdsall ’40 2012-2014
Mr. Roger D. Black ’62 2008
Mr. Karl Boulware &
Dr. Leotta W. Jones-Boulware ’93 2013
Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Bristol ’47 2013
Mr. John P. Burlington ’91 2008-2010, 2012, 2014-2015
Mr. Robert C. Burlington, Jr. ’84 2014
Mr. & Mrs. Jerome C. Buttrick ’73 2009
Mr. Teo Camporeale ’79 2008
Dr. & Mr. Thomas L. Carroll ’88 2010-2014
Mr. Andrew Sheridan Cobb ’03 2010, 2012, 2014-2015
Mr. John F. Cobb ’01 2010
Mr. George W. Cogan ’71 2008-2011, 2013
Mr. Richard A. Daily ’46 2013-2014
Mr. & Mrs. Doug Daugherty ’48 2008, 2010-2011, 2013-2015
Mr. & Mrs. James R. Davis ’56 2008
Mr. Richard DeVillafranca ’64 2014
Mr. & Mrs. James J. Douglas ’99 2013
Mr. Edward N. Draffin ’46* 2008-2009, 2011-2012
Mr. Russell E. Dreikorn, Jr. ’68 2014
Mr. & Mrs. John E. Duffy ’73 2008
Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Edmonds ’58 2009-2015
Col. Thomas C. Fields ’42* 2008-2012
The Rev. Brent Fisher ’53 2011
Mr. Ian R. Fisher ’95 2008-2009, 2011-2014
Mr. Alan Edward Fleisig ’72 2012, 2014
Mr. Robert E. L. Fow ’62* 2008-2009, 2010
Mr. Thomas Godfrey ’80 2012, 2015
The Rev. Gregory A. Gresko, O.S.B. ’84 2012-2013
Mr. Gregory Guy ’62 2012
Mr. Jonathan D. Hall &
Ms. Amy M. Waterman 2010
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Heijmen ’92 2014
Mr. Theodore S. Hewson ’70 2012-2014
Mr. Richard Jarrett ’05 2011
Andie Slein
THE SELF SOCIETY
Avital Glibicky
Mr. Donald Jelliffe ’43 2008-2014
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Jillson ’49 2008, 2010
Mr. & Mrs. C. William Jones ’52 2008-2015
Mr. Douglas B. Jones ’66 2011
Mr. Stefan B.E. Karlsson ’94 2009-2014
Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Ker III ’73 2009, 2012
Mr. Victor E.D. King ’87 2011
Mr. & Mrs. David A. Klement ’80 2008, 2012-2014
Mr. William C.W. Lamb ’92 2013
Mr. & Mrs. John H. Low ’78 2014
Dr. & Mrs. G. Gregory Lozier ’58 2008-2009, 2014
Mr. Dual A. MacIntyre Jr. ’52 2011-2012, 2014
Mr. Dylan T. McKeon ’98 2014
Mr. William G. Mead ’46 2011-2012
Mr. & Mrs. Edward C. Morgan ’52 2008, 2010, 2012-2013
Mr. Greg Moten ’75 2013
Mr. Steven Mueller ’74 2011-2012
Dr. & Mrs. John J. Mulhern III PA 2008
The Rev. Sean Edward Mullen ’81 2010
Mr. William E. Mullestein ’25* 2008
Mr. Alan C. Murchie ’77 2009-2012
Mr. Ian Murphy ’73 2008, 2013-2015
Mr. Grant T. Murray ’89 2014
Mr. Jack Neithammer ’60 2012, 2014
Mr. & Mrs. Chad Newsome ’81
& PA ’13 2008, 2010, 2012-2014
Mr. Timothy E. Noble ’50 2009-2011
Mr. & Mrs. William L. Noble ’45 2009-2010, 2012
Mr. Christopher D. O’Meara ’85 2008
Mr. Frederick B. Onderdonk ’49 2011
Mr. Jon D. Papps ’44 2008
Mr. Andrew Pierre ’47 2012-2015
Mr. Aaron C. Primero ’05 2012
Mr. Kenneth F. Pyle ’64 2013
Dr. Douglas L. Relyea ’52 2009-2014
Mr. Calvin Reynolds ’42* 2012
Mr. James A. Riddell, Jr. ’32 2012
Mr. William T. Robinson ’42 2008-2014
Mr. Detrick T. Rothacker ’74 2008-2014
Mr. Treadwell Ruml II ’66 2008, 2011-2012
Mr. Atticus Sawatzki ’07 2011, 2013-2014
Mr. Augustus G. Sawatzki ’08 2011, 2013-2014
Dr. Stephen G. Schaeffer ’61 2009, 2011-2012, 2014
Mr. Edmund P. Scharpf ’80 2008-2014
Mr. Allen E. Schepper ’38 2010-2011, 2014
Dr. Michael H. Scholla ’69 2013
Dr. James R. Schreppler ’75 2010, 2012-2013
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Schreppler ’74
PA ’09 2009, 2011-2015
Mr. W.P. Schultz ’59 2009
Mr. Stephen L. Shafer ’80 2012-2013
Mr. David Shaw ’95 2013-2014
Mr. John Darrell Sherwood ’81 2008, 2010-2014
The Rev. Geoffrey S. Simpson ’78 2011-2014
Mr. J. Snavely ’89 2012
Mr. David G. Soderberg ’93 2013
Mr. Charles W. Soltis ’52 2008-2014
Mr. Thomas Homer Stires ’76 2008
Mr. Clark Taylor ’65 2010, 2012
Mr. William J. Taylor ’47 2013
Mr. Donald R. Tench ’37 2011-2014
Mr. David Thomson ’71 2009, 2011
Mr. George E. Toothman, ’02 2010, 2014
Mr. Henry G. Toothman ’03 2013-2014
Mr. & Mrs. James Van Gaasbeek ’62 2008-2014
The Rev. Richard Van Wely ’48 2010, 2013-2014
Mr. Richard Verdery ’40 2008
Dr. Julian Wachner ’83 2011
Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Walton III ’40 2008-2014
Mr. William Wamester ’59 2014
Mr. William H. Warren ’73 2008-2014
Mr. Justin Windholtz ’93 2013
Mr. Robert M. Wohlforth ’38 2008-2013
Mr. John Yong ’95 2011
T. Tertius Noble Guild
Acknowledges & thanks those who
have remembered the Choir School
in planning their estates.
The Rev. John B. Birdsall ’40
The Rev. & Mrs. R. Craig
Burlington PA ’84 & ’91
Mr. Darby Cannon III
The Rev. & Mrs. David C. Cobb PA ’01 & 03
Ms. Martha J. Dodge
Mr. Paul R. Emmons
Mr. Bruce Englebrecht, Esq. ’57
Mr. Donald H. Goodyear, Jr.
Mrs. Judith Hancock
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Jones PA ’10
Mr. Christopher M. King
Mr. Kenneth F. Koen
Mr. & Mrs. Ogden N. Lewis
Ms. Karen Metcalf
Miss Zina Michajliczenko
Mr. & Mrs. William R. Miller
Mrs. JoAnn Minshall
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene G. Mintz
Ms. Janice Parkinson-Tucker &
Mr. James S. Tucker
Mr. Andrew Pierre ’47
Edmée B. Reit
Dr. Stephen G. Schaeffer ’61
Miss Susan E. Seaman
Eleanor, Lady Shearing
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Slattery
Mr. Charles W. Soltis ’52
Mr. Robert G. Strachan
Mr. & Mrs. Neal Stuber PA ’86
St. Philip’s Episcopal Church and School
Mr. J. Stanley Tucker
The Rev. Charles Wallace
Ms. Charlotte W. Wiggers
ALUMNI Scholarship Fund
Founded in 2007 by the Alumni Board
of Directors & funded by the generosity
of Choir School alumni, this fund allows
a scholarship to be presented annually
through the Alumni Award.
Mr. William C. Amos &
Ms. Josephine Eccel PA ’06
The Rev. & Mrs. R. Craig Burlington
PA ’84 & ’91
Mr. Alan Edward Fleisig ’72
Mrs. Eunice Kempa PA
In honor of Steven Mueller
In memory of Richard Daily
Mr. & Mrs. David A. Klement ’80
In memory of Gerre Hancock
Mr. Dual A. MacIntyre, Jr. ’52
In memory of Dr. Candlyn
Mr. Frederick L. Roberts ’60
Mr. Detrick T. Rothacker ’74
In memory of George Decker
Mr. Allen E. Schepper ’38
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Schreppler ’74 PA ’09
Mr. David Shearouse ’97
Mr. & Mrs. James Van Gaasbeek ’62
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Whalen
Boys Education Fund
Established by members of the Choir
School community in recognition of the
need for a fund to support an enriched
education for every boy.
Mr. & Mrs. James V. Alimena
Ambassador & Mrs. Thomas H. Anderson, Jr.
Ms. Betsy F. Ashton
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Burdick PA ’14
Mr. Michael T. Cappiello
Mr. Christopher Chase &
Ms. Jane Money PA ’02 & ’06
Ms. Elizabeth A. Clark
Mr. & Ms. Maxwell R. David
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen W. Gauster
Miss Jean C. Grainger
The Rev. William & Jane Greenlaw
Mr. & Mrs. John C. Harvey
Ms. Olga Kalandova-Ramirez &
Mr. Carlos Ramirez PA ’14
Mr. & Mrs. John Klinger PA ’12
Mr. Kenneth F. Koen
Mr. Dylan T. McKeon ’98
In honor of Mr. Scott Eyerly
Mrs. Inna M. Noble PA ’14
Mr. Abayomi Olusegun Odunuga
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew C. Palmer
Mr. Alan T. Parish
Mr. David Parker Pengilly
Mr. Drew S. Popjoy
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Potters
Dr. Douglas L. Relyea ’52
Ms. Jean Savage
Mr. Edmund P. Scharpf ’80
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Slattery PA ’01
Ms. Esther W. Spaulding
Mr. Richard C. Squire
Mr. & Mrs. John M. Vance PA ’83
In memory of John M. Vance,
father of David M. Vance
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas P. Warwick
Dr. Andrew T. Weller
Mr. Matthew Ailey & Mr. Greg Zaffiro
Bursary
Mr. Jonathan W. Chapman ’74
Girl Chorister Course
Acknowledging gifts in support of
the annual nine-day residential
summer course for girl choristers.
The Rev. & Mrs. Brian K. Burgess
Ms. Deirdre Byrne
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick A. Fellowes
Ms. Janice Parkinson-Tucker &
Mr. James S. Tucker
Mr. Richard Perrier
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Sikula
In memory of Bromley Lowe
Mr. Michael Wustrow
Headmaster’s Award
Mr. Daniel Bachman ’66
Mr. Robert C. Burlington, Jr. ’84
Mr. Richard DeVillafranca ’64
Mr. Russell E. Dreikorn, Jr. ’68
Mr. Thomas Godfrey ’80
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Heijmen ’92
Ms. Karen Metcalf
Mr. Grant T. Murray ’89
Mr. & Mrs. Elidoro Primero PA ’01
Mr. Detrick T. Rothacker ’74
Mr. George E. Toothman, ’02
Dr. Yuri Yamamoto &
Dr. Akihiko Yamamoto PA ’11
Mr. Justin Y. Yoo ’12
Camp Fund
Laura Pels, a generous supporter of the
Choir School, inspired this fund to secure
the continuation of the school’s annual
stay at Camp Incarnation in Connecticut.
Mr. John P. Burlington ’91
Mr. Edward DeVillafranca ’36*
In honor of Judith Hancock
Mr. David K. Dimmock
Mr. Harland H. Eastman
Ms. Amy M. Waterman
Mr. Donald Jelliffe ’43
In memory of Chas. M. Benham
Mr. Jonathan Lillpopp ’79
Ms. Laura J. Pels
In memory of Gordon Clem
Learning Assistance
Established with a gift from Johnnie
Zorn in memory of her son, Trent, a
faithful parishioner and support of the
Choir School.
The Rev. & Mrs. David C. Cobb PA ’01 & ’03
Miss Margaret P. High
In memory of Ogden Northrop Lewis, Jr.
Additions to Invested
Funds
Beatrice L. Carson, PhD*
The Estate of Mr. Gordon H. Clem
Mr. Lebogang S. Montjane
In memory of and in thanksgiving
for the life of Gordon Clem
Miss Claire H. Anderson
Unrestricted
Ms. Phyllis Mattill
Ms. Marilyn Meyer
In memory of Forest Warren
Mrs. Joanne Zorn
In memory of Trent Zorn
Boys Recruitment Fund
Inspired by the generous gift of Frank
Goodwin, a long-time friend of the school.
Mr. Ronald Lorton
Ms. Marilyn Meyer
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph G. Pike
In honor of Frank Goodwin
Mr. Peter L. Wilson
In honor of Dylan Cranston
Mr. Anthony Joseph Accinno ’93
Other Restricted Funds
Mr. Stephen T. Kelly & Mr. Joseph D. Gioe
Mr. Richard Perrier
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Sawatzki PA ’08
The William A.M. Burden III
Scholarship Fund
Mr. John P. Burlington ’91
Mr. & Mrs. Steven Ausnit
In memory of Mary Lee Thune
Mr. & Mrs. Ken Baldeosingh PA ’14
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel P. Barbiero ’58
Mrs. Deanna Bates
The Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Bauer, Sr.
The Rev. John B. Birdsall ’40
In memory of T. Tertius Noble
Mr. & Mrs. Harold Bontekoe
Boston Duck Tours
Mr. Alan M. Bradshaw
In memory of Canon John Andrew
The Rev. & Mrs. R. Craig Burlington
PA ’84 & 91
In honor of JP & RC
Ms. Madeline Camporeale PA ’75
In memory of Marc L. Camporeale
Mr. Darby Cannon III
Dr. & Mr. Thomas L. Carroll ’88
Mrs. Isabela Castellanos PA ’09
In memory of Fr. Andrew
Mr. Howard G. Chua-Eoan
Mr. Allen E. Cleghorn
Mr. Andrew Sheridan Cobb ’03
Mr. Richard A. Daily ’46
Ms. Beatrix Davies PA ’13
Dr. John A. Deaver
Mr. Ronald E. DeVeau &
Ms. Catherine Doyle PA ’10
Dr. Kevin R. Dungey ’64
Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Edmonds ’58
Ms. Eleanor Ellis
In memory of Jackson Balestier
Mr. Bruce T. Endicott
Mrs. Mae Lorraine Hall Eversley
Mr. Hugh B. Eyerly
Mr. Scott F. Eyerly &
Ms. Suzanne C. Redgen
Mr. Matthew Eynon
In memory of Mr. Jackson “Jack” Balestier
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Mr. Jeffrey Figley
Mr. A. Brooks Firestone
Mr. Ian R. Fisher ’95
Ms. Cynthia W. Fitzgerald
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Fletcher PA ’07
Mr. Raymond Foye
George Forrest Chichester Trust
Mr. & Mrs. Alan F. Gettner
Mr. Edward E. Gill
In memory of the Rev. Canon John G. Andrew
Mr. Richard A. Givens II
Dr. A. William Godfrey PA ’75
Ms. Amy M. Waterman
Mr. & Ms. James B. Healy
Mr. Theodore S. Hewson ’70
Ms. Kathryn A. Higgins PA ’13
In honor of Matthew Higgins Iati
In memory of Ogden Northrop Lewis, Jr.
Mr. John L. Hoffman
In memory of Joan Everett Hoffman
Mr. Albert T. Holtz ’52
Miss Rita A. Hughes
Mr. Harrison Hunt
In memory of John A. Hunt ’36
Ms. Ying Ling Hwang
Mr. James G. Janossy Jr.
Mr. Donald Jelliffe ’43
In honor of the headmaster
In memory of Chas. M. Benham
Mr. & Mrs. C. William Jones ’52
Mr. Gerald P. Jones
Mr. Stefan B.E. Karlsson ’94
Ms. Jamie Kiebler
In memory of Jack Balestier
Ms. Zosera A. Kirkland
Mr. & Mrs. Garrard Kramer
Mr. Joseph Kucharski
Dr. Christine Lamos
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Laubach
In memory of Jack Balestier
Mr. Hendrik Laverge
Ms. Valerie A. Lettan
Dr. & Mrs. Dan S. Locklair
Mr. J. Larry Loftis
Mr. & Mrs. Chester S. Logan
Mr. & Mrs. John H. Low ’78
Dr. & Mrs. G. Gregory Lozier ’58
Mr. & Mrs. John L. A. Lyddane
Mr. Cide He & Ms. Yong C. Ma
Mr. Dual A. MacIntyre Jr. ’52
Marsh & McLennan Companies
Ms. Phyllis Mattill
Mr. & Mrs. John C. McGuire
Mr. & Mrs. W. Gerard McKernan
Mr. & Mrs. Antonio Melo
Ms. Marilyn Meyer
Miss Zina Michajliczenko
Mrs. JoAnn Minshall
Mrs. Olga Mora PA ’86
Mr. Lee M. Morgan PA ’87
Ms. Eleanor V. Mulhern
Ms. Ann Munkenbeck
In memory of Gordon H. Clem
Mr. Haig R. Nalbantian
Mr. Jack Neithammer ’60
Mr. Christopher Noble PA ’14
Miss Jessye Norman
Mrs. George R. Patterson, Jr. PA
Ms. Laura J. Pels
Ms. Jacqueline Y. Pelzer
Mr. Frank Petito
Mr. David Pittsinger &
Ms. Patricia Schuman-Pittsinger PA ’13
Mr. Drew S. Popjoy
Miss Lucinda S. Priess
Mr. Joshua C. Primero ’01
Mr. Kevin Purrone
Mr. Thomas A. Purvis
In honor of the school
Mr. & Ms. Carlos Ramirez PA ’14
In honor of the Rev. Charles Wallace
Edmée B. Reit
Mr. William T. Robinson ’42
Mr. Donald J. Rogers
In memory of Cynthia Lodge
Ms. Carmen Ross
In honor of Raymond Matta
Mr. & Mrs. Dwayne Ross PA ’10
Mr. Atticus Sawatzki ’07
Mr. Augustus G. Sawatzki ’08
Mr. James Schreppler ’09
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Schreppler ’74 PA ’09
Ms. Elizabeth Schulte
Mr. & Mrs. Nathaniel Seeley PA ’14
Mr. & Mrs. Glen Segger PA ’15
Mr. David Shaw ’95
Mr. John Darrell Sherwood ’81
The Rev. Geoffrey S. Simpson ’78
The Rev. Geoffrey S. Simpson ’78
SLV Sunshine Club
In memory of Jackson “Jack” Balestier
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond D. Smoot, Jr.
In honor of Fr. Mead
Mr. Charles W. Soltis ’52
St. Emilion Macaroon Co., Inc.
Mr. Lloyd G. Stanford
Ms. Andrea Stephaich
Mrs. Priscilla W. Stumm
Mr. William J. Taylor ’47
Mr. Donald R. Tench ’37
The Dana Foundation
The Inner Circle, Inc.
The New York Community
Trust-Albion & Natalie Metcalf Fund
Ms. Ileen M. Thompson
In memory of Elsa & Eileen Grant
Thrivent Choice
Mr. Lucien Todman
In memory of E. Vanterpool
The Honorable Farley D. Toothman, Esq. &
Dr. Ingrid K. Toothman PA ’03 & ’02
Mr. George E. Toothman ’02
In honor of Mr. Scott F. Eyerly
Mr. Henry G. Toothman ’03
In honor of Mr. Scott F. Eyerly
Miss Albertha S. Toppins
Mr. Craig A. Tozzo
UBS Matching Gift Program
United Way of the Bay Area
Mr. George W. van der Ploeg
The Rev. Richard Van Wely ’48
W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Walton III ’40
Mr. William Wamester ’59
Mr. William H. Warren ’73
Dr. & Mrs. John A. Weaver
Mr. & Mrs. William M. Welter
Mr. Jeffrey C. Wentling PA ’10
Mr. & Mrs. Laurence Dale Wiley
In loving memory of Gerre Hancock
William E. Mullestein Fund
Mr. Peter L. Wilson
Mr. William Lee Younger
In memory of Joseph A. Henehan
Mr. & Mrs. Scott Yow PA ’14
Mr. Wilson Zhou
EVERY MEMBER CANVASS
Recognizes those donors who have
contributed to the Choir School by making
an annual pledge through the Church.
Ms. Rita M. Abbott
Miss Ruta Abolins & Miss Brigita Abolins
Mr. Jesse Adelaar
Ms. Terry D. Adkins
Dr. & Dr. Theodore K. Agble
Mr. Noel D. Aguilar
Dr. & Mrs. Gregory Alexander
Ms. Barbara A. Anderson
Miss Claire H. Anderson
Ms. Linn Anderson
Miss Rose Anderson
The Rev. Canon John G.B. Andrew, OBE, DD*
Hubert Kretzschmar
Mr. & Mrs. Rand V. Araskog
Ms. Betsy F. Ashton
The Rev. Victor L. Austin
Miss Elizabeth N. Ayiteyfio
Mr. Joseph C. Balbo, Jr.
Mrs. Kathleen M. Balestier
Mr. George W. Bang
Mr. David J. Barger
Mr. Sam Bartlett
Mr. John M. Basnage de Beauval
Mrs. Deanna Bates
Dr. Barbara H. Battle
Mr. Matthew Bauersfeld
Ms. Diana Lee Beck
Mr. & Mrs. David M. Bender
Ms. Myra Berman
Mrs. Ellen D. Beschler PA ’84
Mrs. Marion Biallot
Mr. & Mrs. J. Truman Bidwell, Jr.
Dr. Stephen Bates Billick
Dr. & Mrs. Robert C. Blackwood
Mr. William P. Blair
Mr. Benjamin Eric Blair-Joannou
Mr. & Mrs. Paul W. Brandow
Mr. & Mrs. Willem Brans
Mr. Dominic Brenton
Ms. Roberta S. Brill
Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Bristol ’47
Mr. & Mrs. James E. Buck
Mr. John F. Bullough, Sr.
Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Butner
Mr. Troy A. Buttone
Mr. & Mrs. Harold R. Byers PA ’97
Ms. Elizabeth Varley Camp
Mr. & Mrs. Howard Campbell
Mr. Michael T. Cappiello
Ms. Jeanne B. Caraley
Mr. Gregg M. Carder
Mr. Ronald W. Carroll
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas T. Carroll
Mr. & Mrs. John Henry Carter, Jr.
Mrs. Isabela Castellanos PA ’09
Ms. Diana Castro
Ms. Ai Dee Chan & Mr. Sean Chan
Ms. Susan Charette
Miss Siqi Chen
Mr. C. Rick Chittum
Mrs. Blanche Lark Christerson
Ms. Elizabeth A. Clark
Mr. & Mrs. George Erskine Clarke
Ms. Joan C. Clarke
Ms. Barbara Clarkin
Mr. John Chester Cleaver
Ms. Cristina C. Clement
Mr. Peter C. R. Clunie
Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Clute, Jr.
Mr. Oliver Cobb
Mr. Paul Colombo
Miss Barbara L. Como
Mr. & Mrs. James F. Cornwell
Mr. Ivan W. Cort & Ms. Cora E. Jackson
Mr. Gerald Craft
Mr. William C. Creevy, Jr.
Dr. Jere L. Crook
Ms. Heather Cross
Mr. Robert E. Crozier
Mr. John Francis Vance Cupschalk
Mr. David M. Daniel
Mr. & Mrs. James D. Daniels
The Rev. Joel C. Daniels & Ms. Lystra Batchoo
Mr. Sterling P. A. Darling, Jr.
Mr. Dennis A. Daugherty
Mr. Stephen Davis & Ms. Melanie Brown
Mr. Thomas M. Dean
Mr. Kenneth Decina
Mr. Glenn A. Deibert
Ms. Patricia Y. Demmitt
Mr. Ronald E. DeVeau &
Ms. Catherine Doyle PA ’10
Ms. Thelma Dixon
Ms. Martha J. Dodge
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph William Donner
Mr. Ernest James Duckett
Mr. Kirk M. Duffy
Ms. Karen Duncan
Ms. Tessa Dunning
Ms. Catherine M. Durgin
Dr. Robert F. Duvall
Ms. Claire Elizabeth Edwards
Miss Victoria C. Ekwey
The Honorable & Mrs. Thomas E. Engel
Mr. Thomas W. Ennis
Mr. & Mrs. Carlos de Leon Esguerra
Mr. Curtis M. Estes
Mr. Dan Evans
Ms. Melinda G. Ewing
Mr. Silas M. Farley
Dr. Helen M. Ference
Mr. & Mrs. Colin Fergus
Dr. Ana E. Ferreira
Mr. Michael G. Ferry
Mr. James Norwood Finklea II
Dr. & Mrs. James N. Finklea
Mr. Joel Aron Flashman
Mr. Michael A. Flores
Ms. Chris Ford
Mr. & Mrs. George D. Fosdick
Miss Karen L. Fosdick
Dr. & Mrs. Brian J. Foster
Mr. V. Taylor Foster
Mr. Daniel L. Fowler
Mrs. Keith Francis
Mr. Edward S. Frese, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Frost
Mr. & Mrs. Glenn T. Fuller
Mr. John A. Fulton
Mrs. Ann T. Furr
Mr. Virtue G. Gabbidon
Mr. Daniel E. Gabriele, Jr.
Mr. Adam R. Gale
Mr. Michael William Galligan
Mr. Alberto Garcia
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen W. Gauster
Ms. Barbara A. Genco
Mr. Thomas Giallorenzi
Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Giannetta
Mrs. Jane Hughes Gignoux
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen E. Gilhuley
Mr. Joseph D. Gioe & Mr. Stephen T. Kelly
Mr. David Glass
Mr. Stephen A. Glauber
& Ms. Nancy C. Bredar
Mr. & Mrs. Gary A. Glynn
Mr. & Mrs. Brian C. Goehring
Mr. & Mrs. Lucky Gold
Mr. & Mrs. Chadd L. Gorden
Mr. Joseph Grafwallner
Miss Jean C. Grainger
Mr. William M. Green
Mr. Wilson Green
Ms. Damara L. Greene
Mr. Gary E. Greene
The Rev. William & Jane Greenlaw
Ms. Nina Griscom & Mr. Leonel Piraino
Ms. Amy Gruszewski
Mr. & Mrs. Theo Gruttman
Ms. Betsy Gude & Mr. Gabriel Piedrahita
Mr. G. W. Haas & Mr. George J. Moeschlin III
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth C. Halcom
Mr. & Mrs. John H. Hall
Mr. & Mrs. John R. Hall
Mrs. Judith Hancock
Mrs. Walter H.B. Hansen
Mr. Michael A. Harris
The Rev. Canon John G. Hartnett
Miss Alexandra B. Harvey
Mr. & Mrs. John C. Harvey
Miss Katherine St. John Harvey
Mr. Theodore R. Harvey
Miss Laura D. Heineman
Mr. & Mrs. Roland Henderson
Miss Lieve M. Hendren
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick C. Herman
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Rowland Hill, Jr.
PA ’97 & 98
Mr. John L. Hoffman
Mr. Chistopher W. Hofmann
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Holland
Mr. Mark Holup
Miss Kristina Ilse Horn
Mr. Robert E. Howard
Ms. Sarah S. Hsu & Mr. Frank Provenzano
Mr. & Mrs. Derek Hughes
Miss Rita A. Hughes
Ms. Robin J. Humble
Ms. Jill V. Hunt
Ms. Ying Ling Hwang
Mr. Dmytro Iershov
Mr. Harry M. Inglis
Mr. Fred Taylor Isquith
Mr. Christopher Jackson
Mr. Matthew Jaroszewicz
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Jones PA ’10
Ms. Katherine R. Jordon
Mr. Savvas Kaminarides
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Kamm
Ms. Ann Hall Kaplan
Mr. Lawrence Keigwin
Mrs. Linda E. Ketchum-Pompili
& Mr. Paul M. Pompili
Mr. Joonhyeon Kim
Ms. Karen Beecher Kimber
Mr. Christopher M. King
Mr. Frank Cecil Percival Kippins
Mr. K. Bryan Kirk
Dr. John Kittrell
Mr. Richard W. Knapp
Mr. Stephen John Koch
Mr. Kenneth F. Koen
Mrs. Sheila Kohler
Mr. & Mrs. James Kollin PA ’16
Mr. Michael Kolzet & Ms. Lindsay Kolzet
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Konney
Mrs. Imre C. Kovacs
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Kramer
Mr. John F. Kreutz
Mr. David Krohne
Mr. Andrew A. Kryzak
Ms. Rebecca LaReau & Mr. Marc Taslit
The Very Rev. C. Alexis LaRue, Jr.
Mr. David J. Laurenson
Mr. Richard J. Lawson
Mr. William J. Lawson
Mrs. Shauna Lazarus
Ms. Bonnie B. Lee
Ms. Phoebe H. Legere
Mr. William Lemmon
Richard D. Lester, MD
& Mr. Willem P. Pruissers
Ms. Valerie A. Lettan
Miss Fay M. Lewis
Mr. & Mrs. Ogden N. Lewis
Miss Pamela A. Lewis
Liberty Settlement Inc.
Mr. Thomas M. Littlewood
Mrs. Nicole Louras
Ms. Colette Lumsby
Mr. Berry C. Lynch
Mr. Henry S. Lynn, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Macris
Miss Paige C. Mallory
Mr. Stuart Manger
Mr. R. Zachary Manna
Mr. Michael Manning
Mr. Clyde Vernon March
Mr. W. Michael Margolin
& Mr. Michael H. Charles
Mr. Peter Martin
Ms. Judith V. Mason
Mr. Michael R. Mattern
Dr. Mary C. Mattis
Ms. June Hunt Mayer
Mr. John H. McCann, Jr.
Ms. Kathleen D. McCarthy
Mr. J. Bruce McClelland
Mr. Charles F. McCown
Mr. Dennis McCrary
Mrs. Margaret M. McDonald
Ms. Mary Lou McFate PA ’84
Ms. Anne McIlvaine
Mr. Robert Foster McKeon
Mr. Easton T. McMahon
Mr. Nathan McNair & Ms. Molly Wardlaw
Dr. Marise B. McNeeley &
The Rev. Dr. David F. McNeeley PA ’08
The Rev. & Mrs. Andrew C. Mead
Mr. & Mrs. John C. Mehrling
Ms. Luchette V. Meili
Ms. Elizabeth G. Melillo, PhD
Ms. Karen Metcalf
Mr. James C. Michael, Jr.
Ms. Ginger F. C. Miller
Mr. Glenn A. Miller
Mr. Harold W. Miller
Mr. Richard W. Miller
Mr. & Mrs. William R. Miller
Mr. & Mrs. Leon Millis PA ’99
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene G. Mintz
Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Moehlman
Mr. Stuart E. Money
Ms. Sarah Mook
Dr. & Mrs. Robert O. Mooney
Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Moore
Mrs. Olga Mora PA ’86
Mr. Brian Patrick Mullaney
Ms. Ann Munkenbeck
Ms. Allison Murray
Ms. Marty F. Myers
Mr. & Mrs. Peter A. Nadosy
Mr. Mark Nattier
Mr. Charles R. Nelson
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Nelson
Miss Ellen P. Nelson
Dr. Richard B. Nelson & Dr. Beth Nelson
Mr. William P. Nelson
Ms. Martha Nesbitt
Ms. Louise Nicholson &
Mr. Nicholas Wapshott
Dr. Charles Nicolson
Mr. & Mrs. John P. North, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. John Nozell
Mr. Chauncey G. Olinger, Jr.
Mrs. Linda Bolles O’Neill PA ’01
Ms. Celia Ong
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce H. Osborne
Mr. & Mrs. James D. Otton
Miss Linda Virginia Otway
Mr. J. Leonard Oxley
Ms. Noele Padgett
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew C. Palmer
Ms. Lucia M. Paolise
Mr. Michael D. Parent
Mr. David S. Patterson
Dr. & Mrs. Russel H. Patterson, Jr.
Mr. David Pauley
Ms. Kristin M. Paulus
Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Pearse
Ms. Laura J. Pels
Ms. Jacqueline Y. Pelzer
Miss Eleanor Pennell
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Pepe, Sr.
Ms. Barbara W. Pettus
Miss Susan Lynn Phillips
Mr. Michael E. Pippenger
& Ms. Andrea Crawford
Mr. Anthony P. Polito
Mr. Drew S. Popjoy
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Potters
Ms. Virginia Puelle
Mr. P. Michael Puleo
Ms. Sarah Quinlan
Mr. & Mrs. David M. Quon
Mr. Paul A. Randour
Ms. Cynthia A. Read & Mr. Richard Secare
Mr. Andrew B. Reed
Ms. Inge Reist & Mr. Rob Freeman
Dr. Douglas L. Relyea ’52
Ms. Judith Rhedin
Mr. & Mrs. James M. Rhodes
Mr. Barry E. Richardson
Mr. Rodman Richter
Mr. Donald J. Rogers
Mrs. Joan S. Rothermel
Mr. & Mrs. John Rousmaniere
Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Russell PA ’80
Mr. George Salley
Mrs. Joan M. Saunders
Ms. Jean Savage
Ms. Patricia S. Schaefer
Mr. Charles D. Scheips, Jr.
Ms. Bonnie Lee Schiffer
Miss Hazel E. Schleifer
Mr. & Mrs. David Schraa
Mr. & Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott
Mr. & Mrs. Gil Seadale
Miss Susan E. Seaman
Mr. & Mrs. David See
Mr. Webb Cranston Segur
R. Stephen Seibt, MD
Mr. Jesse G. Selzer
Mr. David Servis
Ms. Nawal Shalabi
Mr. John McC. Shannon
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald D. Shepherd
Mr. & Mrs. Stan Shimkus
Mr. John H. Silvis
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Sinclair
Ms. Susanne Singleton
Miss Christine A. Smith
Ms. Myra S. Smith
Ms. Patricia L. Smith
Mr. Sid Sogue
Mrs. Georgeann C. Sohn
Mr. Chenault Spence & Mr. Guido Aren
Mr. Lloyd G. Stanford
Mr. Christopher E. Sterling
Mr. & Mrs. John C. Sterling III
Mr. Randall Lee Stewart
Mr. Gregory A. Stoskopf
Mr. Robert G. Strachan
Mr. Evan Strano
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Streator
Mr. & Mrs. Henry M. Strouss III
Mr. Robert Sutherland
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Sweeney
Mr. Daniel J. Tarapacki & Mr. Jarrad Scott
Mr. James D. Taylor
Mr. Richard P. Tegtmeyer
Mr. John C. Thomas, Jr.
Ms. Ileen M. Thompson
Mr. & Mrs. Anthony R. Thompson
Mrs. Janet P. Tidwell
Messieurs David N. & Gary L. Tisdale-Woods
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Tolentino
Loretta A. Tomasiello, PhD
Mr. & Mrs. James S. Trager
Ms. Anne K. Treantafeles
Mrs. Beverly Benz Treuille
Mr. J. Stanley Tucker
Mr. John G. Turnbull
Mr. & Mrs. Oliver Tyler
Mr. Charles J. Updegraph
Mr. Samuel E. Urmey
Ms. Lynn C. Valenti
Edward S. Valentine, MD
Mr. George W. van der Ploeg
Mr. John W. Van Sant
Dr. Jeremy Waldron
Mrs. Barbara Walker PA ’86
Mr. Robert Kent Walkup
The Rev. Charles Wallace
Mr. Christopher D. Wallace
Ms. Taylorrose Walsh
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas P. Warwick
Ms. Teri Weaver
Mr. & Mrs. Oliver Wendell Welch
Dr. Andrew T. Weller
Mrs. Karen L. Wentling PA ’10
Dr. Eugenia West
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence N. Weston
Mr. John P. White Jr.
The Whitehead Foundation
Ms. Mildred L. Whiteley
Dr. & Mrs. Peter M. Whiteley
Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. Whittaker
Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Widdicombe
Ms. Charlotte W. Wiggers
Mr. William A. C. Williams
Mr. John R. Wilson, Jr.
Mr. Joseph Wisniewski
Mr. William H. A. Wright II
Ms. Janet H. Young
Mr. William Lee Younger
Mr. Matthew Ailey & Mr. Greg Zaffiro
Mr. Craig Zeichner
Mr. & Mrs. Frederic Zonsius
*Tickets required. Contact local church or the concert series office.
Sunday, September 13
11 am First Eucharist of the 97th academic year
Thursday–Saturday, September 24–26
Audition weekend
Contact [email protected] for details.
Saturday & Sunday, October 10 & 11
Alumni Reunion Weekend (see page 13)
Treble Recruitment Concert Tour
Tuesday, October 13
St. Paul’s Cathedral, Burlington, VT
Wednesday, October 14
St. Paul’s School, Concord, NH
Thursday, October 15
Church of the Advent, Boston, MA
Thursday, November 12, 7:30 pm
Mozart’s Requiem and Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass
with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s*
Tuesday, November 17
Chorister for a Day: Open House at the Choir School
Contact [email protected] with questions or to RSVP.
Friday, November 20
Treble Recruitment Concert
Zion Episcopal Church, Wappingers Falls, NY
Sunday, November 29, 11 am & 4pm
Advent Procession
Tuesday & Thursday, December 8 & 10, 7:30 pm
Handel’s Messiah*
Wednesday, December 16, 12:10 am
Carol Service
Thursday, December 17, 5:30 pm
Ceremony of Carols and Dancing Day*
Saturday, December 19, 4 pm
Carol Service
Thursday, December 24, 4 pm & 11 pm
Christmas Eve Services
Friday, December 25, 11 am
Christmas Day Eucharist
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
New York Regional Meeting Lecture and Guild Meeting
Speaker: Dr. Sean (Sapone) McFate ’84
SUMMer /FALL 2015
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