Michael Smith
Minister of Music
Michael oversees our choirs and liturgical music. Before coming to St. Thomas he served as Chair of Performing Arts at The Shipley School in Bryn Mawr, where he oversaw all aspects of the PreK-12 Music and Theater programs while serving concurrently as Organist/Choirmaster at The Church of the Good Shepherd, Rosemont. Before moving to the Philadelphia area, he served as Director of Music at Groton School, where he held the Pratt Endowed Chair of Music. Michael earned his undergraduate degree in organ performance at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. He went on to earn graduate degrees in organ and conducting at Yale University, where he served as graduate assistant conductor of the Glee Club. He has performed recitals and accompanied and conducted choirs internationally, and is a Past President of the Royal School of Church Music in America.
Michael, collaborates closely with the Rector to ensure excellence in worship and faith formation for all ages as an integral part of our music ministry at St. Thomas’. Contact him about the choristers program and teen/adult choir ministry, the worship bulletin, the altar and flower guilds, music at weddings or funerals, and more.
(215) 233-3970, ext. 113
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