The Choir sings almost exclusively a cappella, and presents a wide range of musical styles spanning 500 years of musical composition.
The core of the Music Ministry is the Choir, a dedicated group currently comprised of 24-28 members and 4 professional soloists/section leaders. The Choir meets Thursday nights from 7:30pm-8:30pm and on Sunday mornings at 9:15am from mid-September to mid-May.
Each year the Minister of Music chooses a “musical theme” for the coming season – past themes have included Music of the British Isles, Music by Women Composers, Americana, and By Request (congregants submitted musical requests that were then presented by the Choir, soloists, and Dr. Larson on organ and piano). The majority of the works presented are in English
The Choir sings in worship each Sunday providing the “Musical Call to Worship” at the opening of the service, “Word through Music” before the sermon, “Communion Music” on the first Sunday of each month, and music during special events. The members of the Choir are devoted to making music, and enjoy the fellowship that comes with that artistic fulfillment.
Anthony Pilcher, baritone, was most recently a Young Artist with Opera Saratoga’s 2025 Education Tour, bringing interactive children’s opera performances to New York State’s Capital Region. This season, he also participated as a Vocal Fellow at Emmanuel Music’s Bach Institute in Boston, MA, and portrayed Ben Upthegrove in Boston Opera Collaborative’s production of Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Telephone. He has performed numerous operatic and concert works with companies such as Boston Opera Collaborative, Boston University’s Opera Institute, Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra, Odyssey Opera, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, and the Bay View Music Festival. Originally from Buffalo, NY, he holds degrees from Ithaca College and Boston University.
Angela Gooch has spent a great deal of her career as an operatic soprano. An avid performer, Ms. Gooch has appeared in many opera’s with Boston’s most innovative company, Opera Boston, dedicated to presenting innovative repertoire choices and important but rarely performed works. Ms. Gooch has performed with various symphonies and festivals including the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival, Red Mountain Chamber Orchestra, The Florestan Project and most recently, at the Monadnock Festival. She has also appeared as a featured performer at international venues including Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, the United States Presidential Yacht, the U.S.S. Sequoia, and in Italy at the Casa Verdi. Ms. Gooch has served on the faculties at Boston University, Boston Conservatory, Longy School of Music of Bard College and The Walnut Hill School for the Arts, for which she served ten years as the Head of the Voice Program. Ms. Gooch is also an accomplished pianist. She currently serves as a pianist and music staff for the Boston Symphony Orchestra Tanglewood Festival Chorus. Read more about Angela’s work HERE.
Emily Harmon is an operatic mezzo-soprano and crossover artist who has been praised for her “velvety mezzo-soprano voice” (Pittsburgh in the Round), “scene-stealing performances” (Schmopera and bachtrack.com), and “sharp [comedic] timing” (Boston Classical Review). She has performed with the Glimmerglass Festival, Virginia Opera, Central City Opera, Winter Opera St. Louis, and with many organizations in the Greater Boston Area. She won Third Place in the 2020 Mildred Miller International Voice Competition and was a semifinalist in both the 2022 Annapolis Opera Vocal Competition and the 2021 James Toland Vocal Arts Competition. Emily received both her M.M. and her B.M. (magna cum laude) in Voice Performance from Boston University. She is represented by Atwater Reed Artists. Read more about Emily’s work HERE.
Described as “warm, earnest, and confident” onstage (Boston Music Intelligencer), Marcus Huber is a Boston-based singer, performer, and voice teacher. Marcus began the 2024-25 season performing the role of Benjamin Guggenheim in Titanic at North Shore Music Theatre. In the spring, he will compete as a semifinalist in the Lotte Lenya Competition, and will perform Shepherd’s Triptych and Faure’s Poeme d’un jour with Seaglass Theatre Company and New Bedford Symphony. Past concert performances include the tenor solos in Handel’s Messiah with Rhode Island Civic Chorale and Orchestra, Mozart’s Waisenhausmesse with the Boston University Singers and Chamber Orchestra, Haydn’s Paukenmesse with Temple University Concert Choir, and Mozart’s Missa longa with Thomas Jefferson University Choir. Marcus holds a Master of Music degree from Boston University and a Bachelor of Music degree from Temple University. Read more about Marcus HERE.
