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Roberts, a Little Rock native, was organist and choirmaster at St. Luke’s from 2017-19 before returning to school to complete his master’s degree.
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Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 26 Apr. 2025
Casper Nielsen, the scorer of the winning goal, is given the privilege of acting as choirmaster and conductor.
—Sam Lee, The Athletic, 12 Dec. 2024
There are choirmasters and deep, dark forests and parents quite literally split in half by the love of their children.
—Robert Rubsam, Washington Post, 24 June 2024
While working on his bachelor’s degree, he got hired as organist and choirmaster for Westminster Presbyterian Church and its roughly 2,000-member congregation in nearby Greensboro, and after graduating moved to the Gate City full-time.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 9 Feb. 2024
Presented in the Robert T. Anderson series sponsored by the Dallas Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, Tarrant is organist and choirmaster of St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral in Detroit and a lecturer in organ at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
—Dallas News, 15 Feb. 2023
Sherilyn Stewart, the church’s organist and choirmaster since 2014, said the organ became far more difficult to play — its pedal board almost unusable — in the years prior to Jim’s work.
—Dallas News, 23 Nov. 2022
The National Confectioners Association says a choirmaster originally gave the red-and-white-striped candies to young children to keep them quiet during marathon church services.
—Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 23 Sep. 2022
Encouraged by her choirmaster (Eugenio Derbez), Ruby applies to a prestigious music school, only to be torn between the obligations of family and pursuing her own dreams.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Mar. 2022
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Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 26 Apr. 2025
Casper Nielsen, the scorer of the winning goal, is given the privilege of acting as choirmaster and conductor.
—Sam Lee, The Athletic, 12 Dec. 2024
There are choirmasters and deep, dark forests and parents quite literally split in half by the love of their children.
—Robert Rubsam, Washington Post, 24 June 2024
While working on his bachelor’s degree, he got hired as organist and choirmaster for Westminster Presbyterian Church and its roughly 2,000-member congregation in nearby Greensboro, and after graduating moved to the Gate City full-time.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 9 Feb. 2024
Presented in the Robert T. Anderson series sponsored by the Dallas Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, Tarrant is organist and choirmaster of St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral in Detroit and a lecturer in organ at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
—Dallas News, 15 Feb. 2023
Sherilyn Stewart, the church’s organist and choirmaster since 2014, said the organ became far more difficult to play — its pedal board almost unusable — in the years prior to Jim’s work.
—Dallas News, 23 Nov. 2022
The National Confectioners Association says a choirmaster originally gave the red-and-white-striped candies to young children to keep them quiet during marathon church services.
—Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 23 Sep. 2022
Encouraged by her choirmaster (Eugenio Derbez), Ruby applies to a prestigious music school, only to be torn between the obligations of family and pursuing her own dreams.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Mar. 2022
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“Choirmaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/choirmaster. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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choirmaster
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choir·mas·ter
-ˌmas-tər 
: the director of a choir
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