Composer-conductor
Stephen Sturk is currently Director of Music
at Saint Thomas of Canterbury Episcopal
Church in Temecula, California, and
“composer-in-residence” at St. Paul's
Episcopal Cathedral in San Diego. His
co-founder and director of Cappella Gloriana
[www.cappella-gloriana.org], San Diego’s
professional chamber choir, and was recently
named Artistic Director of the San Clemente
(Calif.) Choral Society. He is also a
Founding Director of the Pacific Academy of
Ecclesiastical Music (PACEM), and a former
music professor at the University of San
Diego.
A recognized composer of church music with
works available from four different
publishers, Sturk has received commissions
from churches, organizations and individuals
nationwide. In October 2008, Sturk’s alma
mater, North Central College, honored his
achievement as a composer by awarding him
the college’s prestigious Fine Arts Medal.
Before moving to California in 1991, Sturk
had a successful musical career in New York
City, holding positions with The New York
Motet Choir, the Cathedral Church of St.
John the Divine, and The Juilliard School of
Music. Sturk appears as conductor or singer
on more than 60 recordings, most notably on
the soundtrack of the Disney animated
feature "Beauty and the Beast."
Dr. Sturk holds degrees from North Central
College in Naperville, Illinois (B.A. in
Classics), San Diego State University (M.A.
in Music History and Literature) and North
Dakota State University (D.M.A. in choral
conducting).
Nancy
Rohr received a Master of Music Degree in Piano
Performance from CSU Fullerton, where she
was given an award for “Outstanding Graduate
Keyboard Student” by the faculty. She has
maintained her own piano studio for over
thirty-five years and served as President of
the Orange Coast Cities Branch of the Music
Teachers Association of California from
1992-1994. Nancy has played at four Orange
County Methodist churches over the past
twenty-four years, and has been with St.
Andrew’s By-The-Sea UMC since 1998. Her
occasional duet partner and husband of
twenty-five years, Grant, is also a
professional musician and accompanist.
A twenty-three year resident of San
Clemente, Nancy can be seen around town
walking her standard poodle or taxiing her
teenagers, Hallie and Perry, (also budding
musicians) to surf contests. Nancy is
delighted to have accompanied the SCCS since
last summer.

The San Clemente Choral Society (SCCS) was created in 2004 to serve as an educational setting for the South Orange County community to study and enjoy choral music. Our group is made up of honored musicians and those who simply have a passion for music and love to sing. We believe that choral music lifts the human spirit and is a universal language that both spans borders and unites cultures.
We
hope that you will join the San Clemente Choral Society either in the Audience or on the Risers.

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