DESCRIPTION:
Peter Browne was Church Musician at Trinity Memorial Church, Binghamton, from 1981 to 2015. Prior to coming to Binghamton, he served churches in New York, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. A graduate of Bard College, he earned a Master's Degree in Organ from Binghamton University in 1980. His teachers included Searle Wright and Paul Jordan in organ, Jacob Druckman in music theory, and David Buttolph in choral conducting. In 1993, he was awarded a fellowship to study choral conducting with Sir David Willcocks , former director of the Choir of Kings College, Cambridge, and the Bach Choir, London. As a faculty member at Binghamton University, he directed the Harpur Chorale and taught musicianship in the theory program. Mr Browne performed as a soloist, director and accompanist throughout the eastern United States, as well as Canada, England and Wales. He also appeared frequently as an organ soloist and guest conductor with the Madrigal Choir of Binghamton, He was a founding member of Binghamton's Early On music ensemble. His compositions for choir will be released in publication in 2017.

0:00:20 Early On:
Seele, Lerne dich erkennen!; Georg P. Telemann

0:12:13 Trinity Ringers:
The Agincourt Hymn; arr. Peter Browne

0:16:00 Ladene Miles Bourne:
Amazing Grace; John Newton

0:18:48 The Trinity Choir:
Wondrous Love; Peter Browne
Veni, Creator Spiritus; Peter Browne

0:29:09 The Trinity Ringers:
A Modal Canon; Peter Browne

0:32:25 Early On:
Pecorelle Che pascete; Benedetto Marcello

0:43:00 The Harpur Chorale:
Shenandoah; arr. James Erb
Tourdion; Pierre Attaignant
Behold, Thou Art Fair; Paul Bassler
I Got a Home In-a Dat Rock; arr. Moses Hogan
Balulalow; arr. Peter Browne

1:05:00 Ladene Miles Bourne:
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot; African American Spiritual

1:08:30 Early On:
Corcovado; Antonio Carlos Chobim

1:12:52 The Trinity Choir - current and prior members
How Dear to Me is Your Dwelling; Peter Browne
23 Psalm - St. Columba; Peter Browne

1:22:08 Peter Browne, Organ
Dieux Parmi Nous (from: La Nativité du Seigneur); Olivier Messiaen


Early On: Barbara Kaufmann, recorder; Christina Salasny, soparano; Stephen Stalker, cello; Paul Sweeney, guitar;

The Trinity Choir and Trinity Ringers; Timothy Smith, organist and choir master

The Harpur Chorale; Jennifer Chudazik, conductor; William Lawson, accompanist