Category: Artists

Thomas Spafford, tenor, is a lifelong choral musician who has sung with a variety of choirs ranging in size from 8 to 150+ singers, and styles from early music through classical, contemporary, and Broadway. His first love, though, is small ensemble singing of early music. Thomas is a recent transplant to Maine, having moved from…

Nicole Rabata has appeared with critical acclaim on International stages in the United States, Europe and Asia. Notable highlights include the International Flute Festival of Lund and the Magic Flute Festival in Sweden; Portland Chamber Music Festival; White Mountain Bach Festival; Acadia Festival of Traditional Music and Arts; Festival Interceltique du L’Orient in France; Hebridean…

A life long learner and lover of the arts, Jess Hunt studied music education and vocal performance at the University of Southern Maine. Born into a musical family, their formative music education in flute, piano and guitar paralleled their ballet career interpreting roles in Peter and the Wolf, Coppélia, and The Nutcracker. Jess’ range of artistic experiences collectively inform their…

Rachel Sarracco studied music at The University of Texas at Austin under the direction of Craig Hella Johnson where she earned both an undergraduate and graduate degree.  Soon after, she auditioned for and won her job with the U.S. Navy Sea Chanters Chorus in Washington, D.C. where she spent 21 years as both a section alto and soloist.  Highlights…

Aaren Rivard, Tenor, is a Maine native praised for a “full and clear” sound. He has appeared with prominent companies such as Chautauqua Opera Company, Pensacola Opera, Opera Colorado, Central City Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Wichita Grand Opera, and Opera Maine. Mr. Rivard’s growing list of concert credits include: Handel’s Messiah, Mozart’s Requiem, various Bach Cantatas, Whitbourn’s Magnificat,…

Composer and double bassist Joshua DeScherer (b. 1977) began his musical studies in the preparatory division at Manhattan School of Music, and has earned degrees in music from Colby College, Tufts University, and the University at Buffalo. His compositions have been performed by The Sage City Symphony and the Tufts University New Music Ensemble, as…

Dr. Hentus van Rooyen, a native of South Africa, is the Director of Music Ministries and Organist at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, Cape Elizabeth, ME, and teaches Organ Performance at Bowdoin College. He holds the degrees Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music in organ performance from the University of North Texas. His other degrees in…

Christian M. Clough, B.A., M.M., M.A.R., has been active as a choral conductor, singer and keyboardist for over three decades. He holds the Master of Music degree, with a double concentration in Organ Performance and Choral Conducting, from the Yale University School of Music, where his conducting teacher was Marguerite Brooks. The primary focus of…

Anna Maria Amoroso-Noyes is from Gorham, Maine. She is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College. She is very excited to be playing the viola for St Mary Schola.

Stephen White, baritone, has been singing with Schola for six years. He has sung all his life and combined singing quite naturally with his vocation as an Episcopal priest, serving parishes for forty years mainly in New England. Presently he sings with the choir at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church in Yarmouth while also serving as part-time Chaplain…