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Andrew Shenton is a scholar, prize-winning author, performer and educator based in Boston, Massachusetts. Born in England, his first professional music training was at The Royal College of Music in London, where he studied under a scholarship from The Royal College of Organists. While at the RCM he read for a B.Mus. degree at London University and was an organ scholar at St. Paul’s Cathedral. After graduating he was appointed Director of Music at St. Matthew’s Church in Northampton and Lecturer in the Humanities at Leicester University. In 1991 Andrew Shenton moved to the US to study for a Master’s degree at the Institute for Sacred Music, Worship and the Arts at Yale University and then for a Ph.D. in musicology at Harvard University. As a student at the ISM he prepared for a ministry involved with the arts (with music as a primary focus), as he is interested in all aspects of spirituality and the arts. This is reflected in his Master’s thesis, which concerns the renaissance of sacred art in post-war Britain, and in his doctoral dissertation, which is a musico-linguistic study of the twentieth-century French mystic composer Olivier Messiaen. Dr. Shenton has a Master’s degree in organ performance from Yale, and holds the Fellowship diploma of the Royal College of Organists. He has given recitals in such venues as King’s College, Cambridge, Westminster Abbey, St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue (New York debut), and Washington National Cathedral. He has toured extensively in Europe and the US as a conductor, recitalist and clinician, and his two solo organ recordings have received international acclaim. In addition to diplomas in both piano and organ Dr. Shenton holds the Choir Training diploma of the Royal College of Organists. He has been the recipient of numerous scholarships and awards including a Harvard Merit Fellowship, and Harvard’s Certificate of Distinction in Teaching. Throughout his studies he has been particularly concerned with issues of historically informed performance practice. In addition, he has made an extensive study of voice production and vocal technique, and frequently acts as a repetiteur, coach and accompanist for singers. He has pioneered contemporary music in a variety of styles and has given more than forty world premieres by composers such as Geoffrey Burgon, Joe Utterback and John Tavener. His teaching specialties include sacred music, sacred art, performance practice, twentieth- and twenty-first century music, Olivier Messiaen, Arvo Pärt, and music of the world’s religions. Dr. Shenton is Director of Music at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Weston, MA. At Boston University, Dr. Shenton holds appointments in the School of Theology, School of Music (College of Fine Arts) and CAS/GRS. He is an Associate Professor of Music, the James R. Houghton Scholar of Sacred Music, Director of the Master of Sacred Music program and Director of the Boston University Messiaen Project [BUMP].
Michael Dauterman, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, earned his Bachelor of Music from the College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), summa cum laude, where he studied voice, conducting, and music education. Currently, he is pursuing his Master of Sacred Music degree at Boston University where his major teachers are Dr. Andrew Shenton and Dr. Ann Howard Jones. Previously, Michael has studied conducting with Dr. Donald Nally, Dr. Earl Rivers, and Dr. Brett Scott. In addition to his degree program, Michael is actively engaged in the professional music community in Boston. He sings with the Handel and Haydn Society, America’s oldest performing arts organization, and serves as the Director of Music and Organist at First United Methodist Church, Melrose. A multi-faceted musician, his conducting engagements have spanned a wide variety of styles from children’s choir to sacred music to musical theater. Before moving to Boston, Michael taught high school choral music and served as the Assistant Director of the renowned Cincinnati Boychoir. A testament to his strong vocal background, Michael was invited to sing in the finals of Chanticleer’s national auditions in 2010. In Cincinnati, he has sung professionally with the Vocal Arts Ensemble, at Cincinnati’s Christ Church Episcopal Cathedral, as well as with various CCM ensembles. As a pianist, Michael has been afforded the opportunity to accompany a variety of singers, choirs, and musical theater productions. Michael served as a studio accompanist for the CCM musical theater department in addition to playing shows for the department. Michael is a member of MENC, ACDA, American Orff-Schulwerk Association, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. |
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A Choral HolidayJoin BCE and the Choirs of Marlborough High School for a concert of music to celebrate the holidays, including carols for congregation and organ.
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