TRIPLE CITIZENSHIP: BRITISH, IRISH, AND CANADIAN
Member of the Ulster Society of Organists
Member of the Royal Canadian College of Organists
Member of the Ontario College of Teachers
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Bachelor of Biblical Studies, Global University, Springfield, Missouri, USA 2003
Bachelor of Music (Honours), Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada 1984
I was a summer bursary student in Oral French Immersion at the University of Ottawa in 1972, immediately following graduation from high school. English and Guidance Counselling were my 2 teaching subjects for the Bachelor of Education degree completed at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, in 1981. Further to that, I fulfilled the requirements for an AQ (Additional Qualification) in French at York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, during the summer of 1988.
Bachelor of Arts (Music), Queen’s University. Kingston, Ontario 1977
Grade 9 level Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto in all of Piano/Organ/Voice
RECENT CHURCH EMPLOYMENT IN BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND
St Mary's Chapel Lane Roman Catholic Parish, situated in the City Centre beside Castle Court, beginning in June 2011
Townsend Street Presbyterian Church, Lower Shankill, beginning at Christmastime 2008
St Finnian’s Parish, Church of Ireland, Cregagh, supply organist during the Autumn of 2008
RECENT CHURCH EMPLOYMENT IN OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA
All Saints Lutheran Church, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, from January to June 2008
St Patrick’s Roman Catholic Basilica, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, from 1998 -2008
RECENT SCHOOL EMPLOYMENT IN OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA
Ottawa Catholic School Board, General Interest Program, music teacher for night classes for beginners (both adults and children) from 2007 to 2008
Ottawa Safety Council (Canada Safety Council), adult crossing guard (school patrol), First Avenue Public School, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, from 2004 to 2008
HOBBIES AND GENERAL INTERESTS
Anything musical: church services, masses, weddings, funerals, concerts, recitals, recordings and composition
Recordings
| Weddings | |
| Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin by Richard Wagner, arranged by Rob Roy Peery. | |
| Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's Dream by Felix Mendelssohn, arranged by Rob Roy Peery. | |
| Funerals | |
| Abide With Me - "Eventide" hymn tune with words by Henry Francis Lyte, music by William Henry Monk, and descant by Peggy Spencer Palmer. | |
| I Know That My Redeemer Liveth by Ellen Jane Lorenz, arranged by Ellen Jane Lorenz, featuring strains from The Messiah by George Frederic Handel. | |
| General Interest | |
| Reverie Religieuse by Charles Sergisson featuring a theme from "Nicaea" - Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty - hymn tune by John Bacchus Dykes. | |
| A Mighty Fortress Is Our God, by Roger C. Wilson, featuring the hymn tune "Ein' Feste Burg" by Martin Luther. |