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GRCMB Staff Artistic Director - Scott Bosscher
A Grand Rapids native, Scott Bosscher attended Grand Rapids Christian Schools and graduated with a degree in both choral and solo voice from Calvin College. Scott went on to earn a Master of Music in Vocal performance and opera from Oklahoma City University where he studied with Dr. Inez Silberg. Subsequent teachers include vocal coach John Wustman and voice teacher Diane Forlano whith whom he spent five years in Chicago and three more years in London. While in Chicago, Scott sang for six years with St. Luke's Choir of Men & Boys, Richard Webster, director; five years with His Majesties' Clerkes, Richard Childress and Anne Heider, co-directors; and two years with Music of the Baroque, Thomas Wickman, director. In 1991, Scott took up a dual post at the Wells Cathedral Music School in Somerset England, where he taught academic music and trained the boy and girl choristers at Wells Cathedral in weekly voice lessons. He also sang as a soloist and regular member of the Wells Cathedral Choir until his return to the States in 1995. Scott has been a soloist throughout Europe and South America performing with various orchestras, including the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and the City of London Sinfonia, singing such roles as the tenor in Britten's War Requiem and the Evangelist roles in Bach's St. Matthew and St. John Passions. In addition to his work as director of the Grand Rapids Choir of Men & Boys, Scott also teaches academic music at Grand Rapids Community College, and is active in the music at his church, Thornapple Evangelical Covenant. Scott and his wife Jane reside in Cascade, and have 3 sons: Ryan, a former chorister, and Jamie and Christopher, current choristers.
Organ Fellow - Ken Bos
Kenneth Bos is an active pianist, organist, and accompanist who has performed in concerts throughout the United States as well as in Europe, the Orient, and the British Virgin Islands. He has accompanied the Calvin College Alumni Choir since 1980 and served for over twenty years as the accompanist for the Calvin College Oratorio Society. His performances in 2004 include accompanying at the ACDA Regional Convention in Indianapolis with conductor Robert Ward, at Carnegie Hall with Anton Armstrong, and in various venues in the Netherlands with Pearl Shangkuan and the Calvin Alumni Choir. Dr. Bos has recently been selected to be the professional accompanist for the Music Department at Grand Rapids Community College. He has served as an adjunct professor of piano at Calvin College and has been part of the faculty at Grace Bible College, Reformed Bible College, and Northwestern College. In the fall of 2001 he was appointed to be Organ Fellow for the Grand Rapids Choir of Men and Boys. He is a member of the American Guild of Organists and currently serves as Director of Music and Organist at Calvin Christian Reformed Church in Grand Rapids. A graduate of Calvin College and the University of Michigan, he also holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in piano performance from Michigan State University
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