Church music has been part of Bobby DeRegis’ life from a very early age when he was recruited as a boy soprano at St. John the Evangelist Church in Syracuse, NY. He loved to sing, but watching the organist at work was his inspiration to study the instrument. Feeling the bass notes resonate through the floor of the choir and seeing the huge gold pipes gleaming overhead was the best experience of the service. He began to formally study organ in high school with David Enos, a cradle Episcopalian whose training began in St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral in Syracuse. Bobby is an alumnus of Syracuse University with a Bachelor of Arts. During his graduate studies at Boston University, Bobby served in several churches in the greater Boston area including Catholic, Christian Science, Congregational, Presbyterian ,and Unitarian/Universalist denominations. A member of the American Guild of Organists, he recently served on the Boston Chapter’s Executive Committee. He served at the Congregational Church of Needham as music director and organist for eight years, and then served as interim music director at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Jamaica Plain, and as substitute organist at Grace Episcopal Church in Newton Corner. Bobby feels quite at home in the Episcopal church, and is looking forward to serving St. Peter’s during this time of transition. Living in Everett and working in Lexington, he enjoys spending many late evenings practicing the organ. If you should see lights on in the church very late, don’t worry — most likely it is just Bobby!

To contact Robert DeRegis:

Church Office: (781)-891-3200

Email: drderegis@verizon.net

Angie Tyler recently moved to the Boston area and will soon begin her study for a Master’s degree in Historical Performance in Voice at Longy School of Music in Cambridge.

Rachel Marie Schachter is a vocalist whose passions straddle centuries of repertoire, from Renaissance and Baroque to modern folk, pop, and musical theatre. Recent performances range from a Fringe Concert at the Boston Early Music Festival to a night of original music at Club Passim entitled “All’s Not Lost: a musical exploration of compassionate, evolving faith.” As a songwriter, Rachel seeks to foster genuine human connection and encourage empathy, and she is grateful for the opportunity to sing in a congregation working to do the same. Rachel holds an MM in Early Music Performance from the Longy School of Music of Bard College.

Evan is an instrumental music teacher in the Waltham public schools and a freelance trumpet player in the Boston area, performing with the New Philharmonia Orchestra and Mercury Symphony Orchestra, the Harvard graduate big band, and various community theatre groups. In addition to singing with Saint Peter’s choir, Evan has also been a soloist with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus and a featured soloist in the New Philharmonia Orchestra’s Summer pops concerts. He received his BM degree from the Hartt school of Music and his MM degree from Boston University.

Scott Ballantine maintains a busy performing schedule year-round across the United States. He has worked with companies such as Utah Festival Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Connecticut Lyric Opera and the Janiec Opera Company. A recent young artist with the Natchez Festival of Music, Ballantine portrayed Miles Gloriosus in Sondheim’s A Funny Thing Happened and covered Marcello in La Bohème. Among his favorite credits are the title role in Don Giovanni, Mercutio in Roméo et Juliette, and the title role in Tobias Picker’s Fantastic Mr. Fox. A native of Colorado, Ballantine left the mountain west for his Masters of Music at The Boston Conservatory.