New Director of Music - Jim Douglas
St. Margaret's is excited to welcome Jim Douglas, a New Jersey native who enjoys an active career as a church musician, professional singer, keyboardist, conductor and composer/arranger. He will serve as parish organist, director of adult and children's choirs, and the point person for music used in liturgy, services, as well as for musical groups wishing to perform at St. Margaret's.
Jim was Director of Music and Organist most recently at St. Matthew's in Pennington, New Jersey and served at St. James’ Church, Long Branch, NJ, where he was parish organist, choirmaster and cantor. There he established a high school choral scholar program, reestablished a children’s choir and coordinated a highly-regarded recital and concert series.
Jim received his initial musical training at Saint Thomas Choir School in New York City and he became head treble chorister in the Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys under Gerre Hancock, singing five weekly services and more than 400 choral pieces each season. He performed with the likes of Carly Simon and Jessye Norman, and can be heard as a treble soloist on the recording “Christ the Fair Glory.” He studied multiple instruments and played and conducted for weekly chapel services while in high school at Saint James School, Hagerstown, MD, studying voice with Corey Rotz and keyboard with Susan Gable and Barbara Wischmeier. He studied sacred music, organ, piano, voice and conducting at Westminster Choir College, Princeton, NJ, and was a soloist in several of the school’s renowned ensembles. Conducting, vocal and keyboard studies were with James Jordan, Thomas Faracco and Eric Plutz.
Jim has performed under such renowned conductors as Robert Spano, Neeme Järvi, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Lorin Maazel, Harry Bicket, Joseph Flummerfelt, Joe Miller, Andrew Megill and John Scott, among others, and has performed, recorded and toured with numerous ensembles, including the Saint Thomas Choir, Trinity Wall Street Choir, Vox Vocal Ensemble, Kinnara Ensemble and the Westminster Choir, among others. He has also performed in American premieres of choral works by John Tavener and Tarik O’Regan.
He has served on the Bishop’s Advisory Commission on Music for the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey and is an active member of the Association of Anglican Musicians (AAM) and the Royal School of Church Music (RSCM) in America. He has served on the music facutly of the RSCM America King’s College Course since 2010 and served as Director of the 2018 Diocese of New Jersey Summer Choir Camp in Cape May, NJ.
We are excited to welcome Jim on Sunday, Sept. 30, as well as his wife Abbie, son Oliver, and daughter Charlotte. You can contact him at music@st-margarets.org.
Jim was Director of Music and Organist most recently at St. Matthew's in Pennington, New Jersey and served at St. James’ Church, Long Branch, NJ, where he was parish organist, choirmaster and cantor. There he established a high school choral scholar program, reestablished a children’s choir and coordinated a highly-regarded recital and concert series.
Jim received his initial musical training at Saint Thomas Choir School in New York City and he became head treble chorister in the Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys under Gerre Hancock, singing five weekly services and more than 400 choral pieces each season. He performed with the likes of Carly Simon and Jessye Norman, and can be heard as a treble soloist on the recording “Christ the Fair Glory.” He studied multiple instruments and played and conducted for weekly chapel services while in high school at Saint James School, Hagerstown, MD, studying voice with Corey Rotz and keyboard with Susan Gable and Barbara Wischmeier. He studied sacred music, organ, piano, voice and conducting at Westminster Choir College, Princeton, NJ, and was a soloist in several of the school’s renowned ensembles. Conducting, vocal and keyboard studies were with James Jordan, Thomas Faracco and Eric Plutz.
Jim has performed under such renowned conductors as Robert Spano, Neeme Järvi, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Lorin Maazel, Harry Bicket, Joseph Flummerfelt, Joe Miller, Andrew Megill and John Scott, among others, and has performed, recorded and toured with numerous ensembles, including the Saint Thomas Choir, Trinity Wall Street Choir, Vox Vocal Ensemble, Kinnara Ensemble and the Westminster Choir, among others. He has also performed in American premieres of choral works by John Tavener and Tarik O’Regan.
He has served on the Bishop’s Advisory Commission on Music for the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey and is an active member of the Association of Anglican Musicians (AAM) and the Royal School of Church Music (RSCM) in America. He has served on the music facutly of the RSCM America King’s College Course since 2010 and served as Director of the 2018 Diocese of New Jersey Summer Choir Camp in Cape May, NJ.
We are excited to welcome Jim on Sunday, Sept. 30, as well as his wife Abbie, son Oliver, and daughter Charlotte. You can contact him at music@st-margarets.org.
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Adult Choirs of St. Margaret's
From September through June, the 9:00 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. services of The Holy Eucharist, Rite II include service music and special offerings by the various choirs and musical groups of St. Margaret’s Church. Each Sunday has a different musical focus with the Chancel Choir serving as the anchor choir and offering traditional church anthems. Their practice is on Thursdays at 7 p.m. The Motet Ensemble, which meets on Mondays at 6:45 p.m., offers music from the Renaissance, Baroque and classic Anglican choral traditions. Children/Youth Choirs Our young Spirit Singers, who practice on Mondays at 5 p.m., offer a variety of music especially written for children’s voices and the St. Margaret’s Chorale, who meets on Mondays at 5:30 p.m., perform anthems by youth up to high school age. The Third Sunday Band This group regularly offers contemporary Christian music to accompany worship. Occasionally special worship services feature additional soloists and instrumentalists. Contact: Al Todd, hydroman1037@gmail.com Wire Choir Our Wire Choir, made up of both youth and adults who play a string instrument, provide music occasionally for Sunday services at 9 & 11:15 a.m. Special Music Services 2017-2018
Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018 9 & 11:15 a.m. Dixieland Mass Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018 5 p.m. Advent Lessons & Carols Sunday, Dec. 24, 2018 10, 4, 7:30, 10:30 Christmas Eve Services Sunday, April 14, 2019 9 & 11:15 a.m. Palm Sunday with the Combined Choirs Thursday, April 18, 2019 7 p.m. Maundy Thursday with the Third Sunday Band Friday, April 19, 2019 7 p.m. Good Friday with the Chancel Choir Saturday, April 20, 2019 8 p.m. The Great Vigil of Easter with the Motet Ensemble Sunday, April 21, 2019 9 & 11:15 a.m. Easter Sunday with the Combined Choirs Sunday, June 3, 2019 11:15 a.m. Bluegrass Mass with the Third Sunday Band/Guests |
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