Saint James Adult Choir

A rich tradition of choral music

Saint James Adult Choir

The Saint James choir participates in our principal service on Sunday mornings at 10:30 AM. In addition, the group sings Lessons and Carols during the Advent season and participates in the Triduum, the three holy days leading up to Easter morning. They also sing choral evensongs several times during the year.   The group consists of approximately twenty well-trained volunteer singers supported by a section leader in each of the four sections.

The group rehearses weekly from 6:30 to 8:00 PM on Wednesday evenings during the Fall, Winter, and Spring. Summer services consist of weekly choir meetings before the 10:30 service, to which all interested singers are invited and encouraged to attend. If you'd like to join the choir, click here to email Peter Lewis, Organist and Choir Director.

Saint James Voices

Led by Kate Umble Smucker, Saint James Voices is an intergenerational choir that rehearses and sings at the 10:30 Mass on the fourth Sunday of each month. Singers aged 9 and older are welcome to join the group as their schedules allow. No prior experience is required. The group rehearses at 9:00 AM and then sings at the 10:30 AM Mass. This choir is ideal for individuals who enjoy singing but cannot commit to weekly practices. For more information, click here to email Kate Umble Smucker.

Peter Lewis, Organist

Peter Lewis graduated from the prestigious Eastman School of Music, studying organ with Russell Saunders and David Craighead, two eminent professors in organ performance at the time. At Eastman, he also studied choral conducting with Donald Neuen and voice with Marcia Baldwin. He has performed organ recitals in the Philharmonic Hall at Artis-Naples and at St. Thomas Church in New York City. He has worked as a choral director, piano soloist, organist, vocal coach, arranger, orchestra conductor, and piano teacher. In 2011, he recorded a compact disc of Christmas music for piano entitled Quiet Joy.

During the course of his wide-ranging career, Peter has coached professional singers and helped struggling adult volunteers develop rudimentary skills. For several years, he directed the concert series at Moorings Park, a continuing care retirement community in Naples, FL. For ten years, he served as faculty accompanist for George Fox University’s Choral Conductors’ Retreat in Alexandria, VA, under the guidance of Rodney Eichenberger.

Peter began his second career in 2011 in social work; he maintains a private psychotherapy practice in Bryn Mawr, PA. Click here to email Peter.