St. Dunstan's Choir
Music, particularly singing, is a fundamental part of the worship experience at St. Dunstan's. Three groups of people share in singing in most liturgies: the priest and other worship leaders, the choir, and the gathered worshipers. The choir's primary function is to support congregational singing -- hymns, canticles, psalms, etc. -- while also offering anthems and other special music to enhance the service. The organ, the most visible musical presence in the church's worship space, also primarily encourages the people to sing while also offering preludes, postludes, and interludes.
Members and friends are encouraged to consider joining the choir.
Dr. Frederick Burgomaster - Music Director
Frederick Burgomaster is Music Director of St. Dunstan's. He also is Canon Organist and Choirmaster Emeritus of Christ Church Cathedral, Indianapolis, and former conductor and music director of the Indianapolis Festival Chorus and Orchestra and the Indianapolis Baroque Singers. Prior to his Indianapolis tenure, he was organist and choirmaster of St. Paul’s Cathedral, Buffalo, NY, and served as conductor and music director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Chorus (under orchestra conductor Michael Tilson Thomas). While in Buffalo, he was also organist and music director at Temple Beth Zion.
Dr. Burgomaster holds a DMA (Doctor of Musical Arts) degree from the University of Southern California; an SMM (Master of Sacred Music) degree from New York’s Union Theological Seminary; and an Associate degree from the American Guild of Organists. As a Fulbright Scholar, he studied organ and conducting with noted Bach interpreter Karl Richter and sang with the Munich Bach Choir. As an organist, he was a finalist in the Bruges International Music Competition and has played recitals throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. He has conducted major works for chorus and orchestra and has composed several anthems for mixed chorus.
