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| Louis
Lawrence Perazza |
| Objective |
To secure a position in a Christian Community
where I may share my gifts with God's Faithful.
My gift is one that has been given to me and one that is to be shared
to Glorify the Almighty God. I enjoy working with children's voices, both boys
and girls using RSCM and Voices for Life programs.
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| Experience |
March 1, 2010 - Present
Christ Church Ithan Villanova, PA
Choir Director and Organist
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September 2008 to September 2009
The Church of St. Paul Boston Archdiocesan Boy Choir School Harvard Square, Boston, MA
Principal Organist, Church of St. Paul
Associate Director of Music
Director of St. Paul's Adult Choir
Accompanist for St. Paul's Famed Boy's Choir and Men's Schola
Teaching in the Archdiocesan Boy Choir School
Directing beginner, intermediate, and advanced bell choirs
Recitalist
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August 2001 to August 17,2008
St. Ignatius of Antioch Catholic Church Organist and Master
of Choirs Yardley, Pa.
Direct Adult Choir
Direct Children’s Choir Grades 3,4 and 5 Boy’s and Girls Choirs
Direct Youth Choir Grades 6,7 and 8 Boy’s and Girls Choirs
Direct Children’s Hand Bell Choir
Direct Adult Hand Bell Choir
Direct Liturgical Flute Choir
Direct Brass Choir
Oversee Contemporary Ensemble
Oversee Youth Band
Direct Cantor Program |
| Organ Recitalist, |
St. Ignatius of Antioch, Yardley, Pennsylvania
St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York
The National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa,
Trinity Cathedral, Trenton, New Jersey
National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception,
Washington, D.C.
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Baltimore, MD
Washington National Cathedral
Princeton University Chapel
Calvary Episcopal Church, Summit, New Jersey
Saint Bede’s Catholic Church, Williamsburg, Virginia
Church of St. Thomas, New York City (April 2009)
St. Peter's Church, Columbia, South Carolina
June 2008, Artist in Residence
Turo Cathedral, Turo England, June 2009
Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris Date to be announced
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart Date to be announced
St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Atlanta, Georgia
(September, 2008)
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December 2002 to June
2007
Buck’s County Motet Singers
Artistic Director/Conductor Yardley, Pa.
Music Director of 30 voice semi-professional choir
Ensemble provides two concerts per season as a cultural and educational
Outreach to the community. Responsible for numerous Philadelphia
Premieres of several choral compositions. Ensemble grew from six
Members to 30 and has been recorded on compact disk. Established
Board of Directors. Received constant stellar reviews from area news
Papers.
December 1995-1999
St. George Episcopal Church
Organist and Master of Choirs Ardmore, Pa.
Established first-rate adult choir with professional soloists.
Established graded children’s program using the method established
by
The Royal School of Church Music, England.
Established organ and recital series using members of the Philadelphia
Orchestra.
Guided the Vestry through the restoration of the church’s three-manual
Austin Pipe Organ.
Organ Recitalist.
September 1995 to June 1999
Delaware County Choral Society
Music Director/Conductor Philadelphia, Pa.
Music Director of 85 voice community choir.
Ensemble provided two concerts per season as a cultural and educational
Outreach to the community.
August 1987 to September 1995
St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church
Organist and Master of Choirs Danbury, Conn.
Established forty-voice adult choir with professional soloists and
Implemented cantor training program.
Established graded children’s program in the parish school
Successfully raised $300,000.00 for the installation of a new Peragallo
Pipe Organ.
Founded the St. Peter’s Chamber Music Society, a group of thirty-five
Professional instrumentalists.
Established concert and organ recital series, including such programs
as
The annual, fully-staged production of Amahl and the Night Visitors and
The fund raising performance of Gustav Mahler’s Resurrection
Symphony.
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| Education |
2005-2007
1983-1987
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Peabody Conservatory of Music
Graduate Program in Organ Performance
Temple University, College of Music
B.M. in Organ Performance
Secondary concentration in conducting and flute.
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| Continuing Education |
Private coaching with Dr. John Walker, Brown
Memorial Church, Baltimore, Maryland
Private instruction, Donald Sutherland, Peabody Conservatory
Private instruction, John Binsfeld, III, Christ Church, Philadelphia
Private flute study with Adrian Greenbaum, New Haven Symphony
Private flute study, Murray Panitz, Philadelphia Orchestra, Curtis Institute
of Music, Philadelphia, Pa.
Private organ instruction with Alec Whyton, Ridgefield, CT
Private instruction in orchestral conducting at the New York School
Of Conducting, with Harold Farbermann at the Hartt College of Music,
And with Otto Werner-Mueller at Le Domaine Forget,Canada
Continuing study of church music at the First and Second Congress of
Music at the Vatican, Rome Italy.
Studied conducting at Peter the Great Academy in St. Petersburg, Russia
As one of only eight selected for this special program.
Workshop instruction in Children’s Voices with James Little, American
Boy Choir School, Princeton, New Jersey
Private instruction in Children’s Voices with John Bertalott, Trinity
Episcopal Church, Princeton, New Jersey
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| Teachers |
Organ Teachers:
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John J. Binsfeld, III Organist/Choir Director of
Christ Church, Philadelphia, Pa
J. Earl Ness, Jr., Organist/Choir Director of First Baptist Church and
Professor of Organ, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa.
Alec Whyton, Organist/Choir Director of the Cathedral of St. John the
Divine, New York City, NY and Dr. Harry Wilkinson, Chair, Organ
Department of West Chester State University and Organist/Choir Director
Of St. Martin in the Fields and Old St. Mary’s Church in Philadelphia,
Pa.
Donald Sutherland, Peabody Conservatory of Music, Baltimore, MD
Dr. John Walker, Brown Memorial Church, Baltimore, Maryland
Organ Performance in Master Class with Dame Gillian Wier, Marie Clare
Alain and Gere Hancock and Cherry Rhodes.
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| Flute Teachers: |
Wendy Stern, private instruction; Debra Carter-Smith,
New School of Music; Murray Panitz, Principal Flute, Philadelphia
Orchestra; Adrian Greenbaum, Principal Flute of the New Haven
Symphony
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| Awards |
2006 and 2007 Recipient of the James Winship
Lewis Endowed Memorial Prize
For “outstanding contribution to the musical and educational life
of the
Peabody Conservatory of Music and for outstanding accomplishments”
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