Personnel Claremont Chorale Members Board of Directors Janet Grausam, President Elizabeth Kitch, Vice President Paul Royalty, Treasurer Diana Montoya, Secretary Members at Large: Jan Aldrich Melinda Ayers Elaine Bumiller Karen Dalton Bruce Mount Stu Oscamp Staff Gregory Norton, Music Director Barbara Durost, Accompanist Gregory Norton, Music Director Gregory Norton has been Music Director of the Claremont Chorale since 1993. Under his leadership the Chorale has consistently offered a wide variety of choral music to the Claremont community and collaborated with musical organizations from the Los Angeles area and beyond. Mr. Norton has for many year conducted choirs and orchestras in community and church settings in the states of California and Colorado. His performing life has led him from the adobe churches of Santa Fe, New Mexico to the cathedrals of England, and choirs under his direction have toured Germany, Austria and Mexico. He is a published composer and is frequently invited to write and speak on musical topics. A full-time church musician, he is Minister of Music at Pasadena Presbyterian Church where he oversees a comprehensive choir program and a long-established community concert series. He holds degrees in conducting from Chapman College and the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California. Barbara Durost, Accompanist This is Barbara Durost's second season with the Chorale. With degrees in piano performance and pedagogy, she came to Claremont from her native Massachusetts to complete a doctoral degree in conducting at Claremont Graduate University. She performs frequently as accompanist and is currently music director of Claremont United Methodist Church where she oversees a comprehensive program of vocal and instrumental music. Having served on the faculties of Claremont School of Theology, Claremont Graduate University, and California State University at San Bernardino, she is in her twelfth year as an instructor of piano and voice at Claremont Community School of Music, where she has been appointed a Master Teacher. A conductor and music director for regional and community theaters throughout the country, Dr. Durost is co-founder and director of Youth Theatre Works, a non-profit community theater program for children and youth in the greater Claremont area.