[Magdalen] New music director at our cathedral...some here may know of him...

[Grace Cangialosi]

Oops...I read it wrong; thought he was coming from St. James in Richmond. 
St. Stephen's also has good music, but it's also the "Country Club Church" of Virginia and not to my taste...

> On Jun 12, 2015, at 11:03 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I know St. Stephen's, and have mixed memories of it....their Sunday evening
> Celtic service was wonderful. Their outreach, not so much. Wouldn't know
> Brandon Dumas from Adam's off ox, as my friend Carol used to say. But I
> hope you at Ascension and he have a wonderful life together
> 
> On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 8:25 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Well, if he's at St. James, Richmond, he's got to be good; they have a
>> wonderful music program!
>> 
>> And you mentioned Jim Steen--I had wondered where he was now. His former
>> wife was our family therapist for a short time. He was the rector of St.
>> Patrick's in DC when I was in seminary, and two of my classmates did their
>> field work there. It was considered a plum assignment. Then he came out,
>> and the church was taken off the field work list. Jim had been considered
>> an excellent supervisor.
>> 
>> But, if course, the seminary wouldn't remove the churches that were
>> opposed to women's ordination and wouldn't take women seminarians...
>> 
>>>> On Jun 11, 2015, at 10:42 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hot off the wires, the naming of our cathedral's interim music
>>> director...just as our own parish's interim, Jeffrey Smith, begins his
>>> own year with us. Anyone know Brandon?
>>> 
>>> Brandon Dumas will become interim director of music at St. James
>>> Cathedral on July 1, announced the Very Rev. Jim Steen, acting dean,
>>> today.
>>> 
>>> Dumas comes to St. James from St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in
>>> Richmond, Virginia, where he was associate director of music and
>>> subsequently interim director of music. He is also director of the
>>> Virginia Girls Choir through the 2014-2015 season, and was previously
>>> associate organist and choirmaster at the Cathedral of the Incarnation
>>> in Garden City, Long Island. He holds both the Master of Arts and
>>> Licentiate (LRAM) diplomas in choral conducting from the Royal Academy
>>> of Music and the Master of Music in advanced musical studies and
>>> performance from Royal Holloway, University of London.Learn more about
>>> Brandon.
>>> 
>>> "Brandon will be in residence beginning July 1 and his firstSunday
>>> will be July 19. He will be interim director of music for
>>> approximately one year, with the possibility of assuming the permanent
>>> position," wrote Steen in his announcement. "On July 12 we will have
>>> the opportunity to give thanks for and celebrate the ministries of
>>> Marjorie Johnston, who has served as acting music director since
>>> January, Sean Knudson, who has served as organist at the 11 am service
>>> and the 10 am summer service and Sharon Peterson, who served as
>>> organist at the 9 amservice. Happily, all three will continue to be
>>> involved at the Cathedral."
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Scott R. Knitter
>>> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>>