'We Learned How to Sing the Meaning of Music'

In this day and time it seems very hard to keep friends close forever. Just like Jim Bradley: he will be missed, but we have to move on with our lives knowing that things will get better here. As you can see today is Mrs. Coffin's lsat day of being our choir teacher.

As the head chorister, I want to say that you will be missed. We appreciate all those six years that we got to enjoy with you.

I can just remember my first time coming into choir. I wasn't really interested, but something about it made me come back for more. I really didn't know how to sing. To be honest, I didn't even k now how to hold a piece of music paper. But look at us now. Our voices changed, and we learned how to sing the meaning of music.

Music is my passion, and it always will be.

Mrs. Coffin, you will not be forgotten. Your love and support have been appreciated. Please know that you will always be in our hearts and in our prayers. We want to wish you the best in life.

I wish you could stay with us but it was your decision to move on with life, and we all accept it. The choristers will miss you a lot. You are one of a kind.

We love you, Mrs. Coffin, and we wish you the best.

-Diana Hernandez, Head Chorister

Festival of Choirs

FESTIVAL OF CHOIRS

October 19 and 20, 2007
St. John's Church, Waterbury, Connecticut

St. John's, Waterbury, Connecticut
St. Luke's, East Greenwich, Rhode Island
St. Peter's, Cheshire, Connecticut
Trinity, Hartford, Connecticut
Trinity, Newtown, Connecticut

a two-day festival for 80 young singers
from five churches and towns

Richard Webster, Director
Matthew Brown, Organist

Maria Coffin, Coordinator

concluding with a service of
EVENSONG
the ancient Anglican service of sung evening prayers
Saturday, October 20, 4 p.m.
All are welcome.

Click here to print a flyer.

203-754-3116

Choristers Look Forward to a Busy Spring

Chorister Academy Director Maria Coffin has many plans in the works for the spring. The choristers will be conducting fundraisers, preparing for concerts at St. John's and elsewhere, and rehearsing every week until the end of the school year. Chorister parents, keep an eye out for the details here and in Maria's newsletter.

(Here are the Choristers on Palm Sunday, 2007.)

Maria Coffin, Director

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.