IMG_0858 ed 5x5Pamela is an accomplished accompanist, vocal coach and church musician.  She has recently moved to Rhode Island.  Her previous six years in Santa Fe, New Mexico brought engaging musical activities:  in the TGIF Series at First Prebysterian Church, a performance of Debussy’s charming ballet La boite a joujoux (The Toybox) with narration, a solo program of largely unknown music for children, and narrating Peter and the Wolf with the extraordinary pianist Marina Magazinnik.  Also a joyful seven years playing the best of Jewish music for the High Holy Days at Beit Tikva, with brilliant soloists, the well-loved conductor Kay Fowler, and a great tenor cantor, Ephraim Herrera.  She was honored to play for masses at the Catheral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi (enjoying practicing among the crowds of tourists) and accompanying local singers in the Santa Fe area and its schools.  She was organist at First Congregational United Church of Christ in Albuquerque, but earlier than that, she had a cherished job as director of music at St. Luke Lutheran Church in Richmond, Virginia, where she also developed the venue for concerts.  She attracted and produced the Alexander Paley Music Festival at St. Luke.  The Festival is a 22-year old annual festival showcasing Russian virtuoso pianist, Alexander Paley.  She narrated in two performances with him in January 2016 and another two in January of 2017 and brought him to Santa Fe for two concerts.  During her last eight years in Richmond she performed 126 times in senior residential homes, most with soprano Carole Wyncoop, an endeavor that came to be a deeply meaningful ministry.