Director Maria Coffin has worked with choruses of children in Greater Waterbury for many years. A graduate of Calvin College, she has done graduate work in the organ and choir leadership in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the School of the Chorus of Westminster; and the University of Connecticut. Ms. Coffin is in her third year as director of the Chorister Academy, which formed in 2004.
Ms. Coffin is the Region One (New England) director of the Association of Anglican Musicians. The Association of Anglican Musicians is an organization for professional musicians and clergy who are members of the Anglican Communion or who work in a cathedral or parish within the Communion.