Music and the Arts

Pakachoag Church has a deep love for and commitment to music and the arts, supporting an excellent music program and an Arts Series of cultural events.

Paulo Gomes - Director of Music

Pakachoag Church welcomes Paulo Gomes as the new Music Director for Pakachoag Church. Mr. Gomes holds a Master of Music in Choral Conducting from Boston University, where he received the Departmental Honor Award for outstanding achievement.

Mr. Gomes is the Director of Choral Activities at Clark University and is a faculty member of the Worcester Public Schools being the department head of the music program at North High School. In 2003 Paulo Gomes was awarded Teacher of the Year by his faculty peers.

Originally from Brazil, Mr. Gomes has conducted professional groups in his country, Italy and United States. In 1992 he received a second prize on the “Premio Vicenzo Valenti” conducting the orchestra and choir Josquino Salépico, in Molffetta City, Italy. He has studied with Dr. Ann Howard Jones, David Hoose and Craig Smith, Dr. Joseph Flamerfelt, Dr. Laura Rexroth, Dr. Wayne Abercrombie, Dr. Eph Ehly, Katalin Kiss, Roberto Duarte, Sergio Magnani, and Carlos Alberto Pinto Fonseca.

Paulo Gomes was an assistant conductor at the Municipal Theater in Sao Paulo, where he had the opportunity to work with great singers such as Aprile Millo, Samuel Ramsey, Fernando Portari in the production of the operas: Un Ballo in Maschera, Elisir D’Amore, Otello, Aida, and Fidelio.

Our Adult Choir

Pakachoag Church Choir

The purpose of the Pakachoag Church Choir is to perform most weekly services on Sundays at 10:00 am, being part of the life and worship of the church. Membership in the choir is available to singers with a commitment to the choir’s schedule and love for music.

Auditions

Auditions are completely painless by singing some easy warm-up (scales) to demonstrate range and pitch-matching. It is not necessary to prepare anything. For additional information please contact the Music Director, Paulo Gomes at padew25@charter.net or contact the church office at (508) 755-8718..

Rehearsals

Rehearsals will be held on Thursdays from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. in the choir room at Pakachoag Church. Each Sunday the choir will meet before the service, at 9:30 a.m., to warm-up and refine the Anthem of the day.

If you are interested in becoming a member of the choir, contact Mr. Gomes at (508) 755-8718.

Dobson Organ

In March of 1997, we dedicated a new mechanical action pipe organ built by Dobson Organ Builders, Ltd. Featured on the cover of The American Organist magazine, this instrument is already nationally recognized and should prove to be a rich addition to the array of fine organs located in the Worcester area.

Pakachoag Community Music School

Our church facility houses Pakachoag Community Music School. PCMS is an independent, not-for-profit community school of the arts offering early childhood music and movement classes, special group programs, and private lessons to persons of all ages.

The School is funded through tuition, individual contributors, and various grants. This includes:

A Massachusetts Cultural Council Operations Support grant
Special program funding from the TJX Foundation and the Greater Worcester Community Foundation for early childhood music and movement outreach classes for young Worcester children of low income
In-kind support from the Church in the form of provision of space for the operation of the school programs

Further information can be obtained by visiting www.pakmusic.org.

Worship Service:
Sundays, 10:00 AM July - Aug, 10:00 AM

Church School:
Sundays, 10:00 AM

Communion:
First Sundays of
the Month

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