Orlando Deanery Boychoir and Girls Choir

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The Orlando Deanery Boychoir and Girls Choir are founded on European models and affiliated with the Royal School of Church Music in England. This music outreach program of the Cathedral Church of St. Luke in downtown Orlando serves the community, nation & world. Creating beautiful music of the highest standards, the choirs develop musicianship, vocal skills, teamwork, responsibility, leadership, courtesy, respect for other cultures, poise and professionalism. Performances include civic festivals, opera and symphony, charity concerts, private parties, weddings, religious services, conventions, TV commercials and Disney events, often with prominent local orchestras.		Orlando Deanery Boychoir & Girls Choir in Vienna.
As cultural ambassadors of the United States and the City of Orlando, we have toured Japan, England, Ireland, Wales, Austria, Germany, Czech Republic, Canada, New York City (and Carnegie Hall), Washington DC, Niagara Falls, New England, the Bahamas, Florida, Atlanta, Nashville and New Orleans. Tours are funded entirely by fundraising efforts and individual and corporate contributions. Tours play an integral part in our musical education, cultural enrichment, and outreach mission. The choirs are currently preparing for their tour to England in August, 2012.
Below is a sample of music for your listening pleasure
Go Where I Send thee	Silent Night	Looka That Star	Walk in the Light

We are very proud
to announce that
the BoyChoir and Girls Choir
was issued a special invitation
and performed in the
East Wing of the White House
in Washington D.C.
for a 2-hour concert
on December 20, 2011.

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Biographies

Benjamin Lane

Ben Lane is the Canon Musician at the Cathedral Church of St. Luke, where he has directed a diverse music ministry since 1991. As the director of several concert series and many choirs, including the Orlando Deanery Boychoir, his concerts are broadcast occasionally on Orlando’s classical public radio station. Each year his choirs tour to cathedrals and concert halls in places such as England, Central Europe, Japan, Canada, New York City, Washington, the Bahamas, all over Florida and the eastern US.

Canon Lane chaired the Diocesan Liturgy and Music Commission of the Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida. He also serves as Diocesan Coordinator and as a faculty member for the nationally acclaimed Leadership Program for Musicians, offering continuing education for professional church musicians. He is also the Chaplain for the Central Florida Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. He has recorded eight CDs with Saint Luke’s choirs.

Canon Lane has served churches in Chicago and Wisconsin, and previously taught
and directed music at Nashotah House Episcopal Seminary near Milwaukee. He holds degrees in organ and church music from the University of Southern Mississippi and Northwestern University. He studied musicology for a Ph.D. at the University of Chicago. His compositions include choral, vocal, and liturgical works, and some are published by St. James Press.

Claire Hodge

Claire Hodge, soprano, is a private voice teacher with over thirty years experience as soloist, teacher, conductor, clinician and vocal coach. A graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Claire has enjoyed performing with the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops Orchestra under renowned conductors.

Claire currently directs the Orlando Deanery Girls Choir working closely with Canon Benjamin Lane and the Orlando Deanery Boychoir at The Cathedral Church of St. Luke. Together, the choirs have toured Canada, Austria, Germany, The Czech Republic and
the United States under her direction since 1999. In conjunction with her work with the choir, Claire has served as voice teacher and vocal coach for summer courses with the Royal School of Church Music in America in New York City, Boston, North Carolina, and Alabama.

Claire is excited to be working under the direction of Janice Stieber Rous with whom she is learning Janice’s technique, Body Dialogue, to bring a new level of body awareness and breathing coordination to help singers gain more confidence, control, resonance,
and freedom while singing. She is currently teaching private voice lessons in southwest Orlando as well as downtown Orlando.

Contact the Music Department

The Cathedral Church of St. Luke
Attn: Music Dept.
130 N. Magnolia Ave., Orlando, FL 32801

Phone: 407.849.0680

music@stlukescathedral.org