An interactive lecture/demonstration of the life and works of teacher/conductor/composer Everett Titcomb, long-time music director (1910-1960) at St John’s Bowdoin St, and instructor of music at Boston University and New England Conservatory. Sponsored by the Boston Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, chief presenter will be William Harris and will include moderator Jonathan Ambrosino and panelists Richard Grant and Frederick MacArthur, students of Titcomb. Coffee and Donuts will be provided.

Everett Titcomb (1884-1968) occupies a unique place in the history of the music of the Episcopal Church and the wider Anglican Communion. Far less well known and studied than his colleagues Healey Willan and Francis Burgess, his work with the monks of the Society of St. John the Evangelist at their mission church in Boston’s West End and his tireless devotion to his students and to the repertoire of Gregorian Chant and Renaissance polyphony at a time when very few choirmasters were exploring the liturgical application of this literature has left a rich heritage not only among church musicians in Boston, but in the Anglican Communion at large. In this workshop presented by William Harris,  Titcomb’s legacy will be explored through live choral and organ music, historical recordings and a panel discussion moderated by Jonathan Ambrosino. The workshop is open to the public, free of charge and coffee and tea will be served.