Photo by Tony Allen Photography

Dr. John T. King

Artistic Director & Conductor

Dr. King founded The New Choral Society in 1994. He has performed and guest conducted for several American Guild of Organists workshops and choral festivals. He has been responsible for two choral commissions from Stephen Paulus, Mass for Chorus and Orchestra and You Shall Love for chorus and organ, having conducted their world premieres.

Dr. King has worked with renowned conductors Dennis Keene, Gregg Smith, Joseph Flummerfelt and Vance George, and conducted the Gregg Smith Singers and the Adirondack Chamber Orchestra. His CD recordings include Handel's Messiah, Mozart's Requiem, Bach's Cantata No. 147 Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Haydn's Utrecht Te Deum, Gounod's St. Cecilia Mass, Brahms' Requiem, Rossini's Stabat Mater and the world premiere recording of Paulus' Mass for Chorus and Orchestra. Equally accomplished as an organist, Dr. King has given concerts throughout the United States and Europe. His performances have been heard in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, St. John the Divine, New York City, and St. James' Cathedral, Chicago.

Dr. King currently serves as full-time Minster of Music at Hitchcock Presbyterian Church, Scarsdale, where he administers and conducts the multiple choir program. He holds a bachelor of music degree from University of Louisville, a master of music degree from Yale University and doctor of musical arts from Manhattan School of Music, all in organ. He has been the recipient of a number of prizes in organ performance, and has served as an adjunct lecturer at Concordia College, Bronxville, New York. He is a lecturer with the Scarsdale Adult School where he teaches classes on a variety of music subjects. Dr. King is active in many service organizations as a member of Chorus America, American Choral Directors Association, Choristers Guild, and American Guild of Organists. He served as a former Dean of the Westchester Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, and served as a member of the Music Committee of Yale Westchester Alumni Association.

Photo by Jen Parente

Erica Westcott Kelly

Executive Director

Erica has been singing in choirs since the age of 4 and has a passion for supporting choral music.

In addition to her position with the New Choral Society, she is currently the Assistant to the CFO at Purchase College (SUNY). She previously served on the board of the New York Choral Consortium and worked as the Director of Operations for the Westchester Children’s Chorus, the Executive Director of the New York City Master Chorale, as well as in the education departments at Carnegie Hall, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. Before moving to New York, Erica was the Executive Director of the Tallahassee Community Chorus under the direction of Dr. André J. Thomas, as well as Camp Director for Shrine Mont’s Music and Drama camp.

Erica holds a Master of Arts degree in Arts Administration from Florida State University and a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Music Education from James Madison University in Virginia.

THE STAFF

Dr. John T. King
Conductor and Artistic Director

Erica Westcott Kelly
Executive Director

THE BOARD

Betsy Hills Bush, President
Erica Westcott Kelly, Executive Director
Stephen A. Landon, Treasurer
Mary Jean Howland
Gerry Mullen
Douglass Reitter

Sopranos

Judith Ballan
Margaret Black*
Amanda Burrows-Fowler
Denise DeSimone
Anita Kaplan
Yuko Kingsbury
Dorothy Kroenlein*
Emera LaSalle
Lesley Mazzotta
Angela Nally*
Lisa Pell
Eui Pfeffer
Colleen Kirk Roeschel
Valerie Samn
Kyung Scalia
Abbey Spurrell
Lisa Waterworth

Altos

Sarah Assalone
Martha Binder*
Pat Buxton
Patricia Chalifoux
Bonnie Gould*
Susan Halpern
Debra Hess
Holly Hesse
Anli Hsu
Erica Westcott Kelly
Sara Lehman
Alyssa Morin
Alison Rose
Andrea Taber
Kimberly Tucker
Giselle Vagnini