Dennis Boyle, Musical Director

Dennis Boyle, music director and conductor of Philomusica since 1982, has studied with such world-class conductor/teachers of the choral art as Robert Shaw, Vance George, Margaret Hillis, Dennis Keene, Robert Page, Gregg Smith and Jon Washburn. He has adapted and shaped their techniques into his own unique style for achieving a translucent ensemble sound.

Mr. Boyle has considerable experience as a choral singer who well understands vocal problems and potentials. He has sung under Dave Brubeck, Margaret Hillis, Henry Lewis, and Robert Shaw with the Mostly Mozart Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, and the New Jersey Symphony in such venues as New York’s Carnegie and Avery Fisher Halls, the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, and on England’s BBC Cambridge Radio Station.

A well-respected conductor in New Jersey, Mr. Boyle founded and served as Music Director and Conductor of the Woodlyn Chorale, was Assistant Conductor of the Summit Chorale, was the first Music Director and Conductor of the Highland Park Community Chorus, founded and currently directs Diaden, a chamber choir. He served as Choral Director at East Brunswick and Highland Park High Schools, where enrollment in both choral programs more than doubled during his tenure. Mr. Boyle was selected for inclusion in Who’s Who in American Teaching 1996, was an Adjunct Professor of Music at Seton Hall University and currently teaches at Rutgers Prep. Mr. Boyle was one of 16 conductors chosen nationwide to be a Conducting Fellow at the 1998 and 1999 Dennis Keene Choral Festivals.

Under Mr. Boyle’s direction, Philomusica has performed in St. Peters Basilica in Rome, St. Mark’s Cathedral in Venice, the Duomo in Florence, and Canterbury Cathedral in England. He made his Lincoln Center conducting debut with Philomusica in Avery Fisher Hall on May 28, 2001.


Shea Velloso, Assistant to the Director, Rehearsal Accompanist

Shea Velloso is in his final year of studies as an Organ Performance major at Mason Gross School of the Arts, where he studies with Dr. Antonius Bittmann. He has previously studied with Mark Trautman and Dr. Paul Hollman, and has taken numberous masterclasses. In 2004, Shea was the recipient of the Elizabeth W. Durmam Award for Performance. He has performed recitals in Jamesburg, New Brunswick, Red Bank, South Amboy, and has performed on the show Pipedreams.


The Voices of Philomusica
The Philomusica singers come from a wide variety of ages, backgrounds, professions, and musical experience from across New Jersey.  This season's singers include:

  Soprano

Leah Beardsley

Jennifer Chapman

Rebecca Chapman Smith

Ann Chicchi

Betsy Dixon

Marcia Feldman

Julie Ann Glaz

Harriet Lindblom

Olivia Marmara

Jean Meyers

Lisa Miller

Judith Pastorio

   Alto

Olga Bakina

Janice Barth

Linda Gabriel

Diane Hubert

Louise Hyland

Heidi Lindbloom Meyer

Fran Nimeck

Michele Olivieri

Stephanie Pavlakos

Marcy Pell

Lora Zaccagnino


  
         
  Tenor

Clif Ashcraft

Tim Cohen

Miguel Cruz

Arnold Feldman

Kenneth Kohler

Fred Lawson

Michael Weaver


   Bass

Jeffrey Aaron

Hal Albenberg

Andrey Bakin

Greg Brail

Jim Brittain

John Chapman

Josh Ehrlich

  

Philomusica's Executive Board Members

  • President: Arnold Feldman
  • Vice President: Judy Pastorio
  • Treasurer: Andrew Laschuk
  • Secretary: Ann Chicchi
  • Members-at-Large: Louise Hyland, Harriet Lindblom

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