Music

Music is a vitally important part of the worship experience at St. Peter’s. All are enriched by participating in and being inspired by vocal and instrumental music. At St. Peter’s we are proud to offer music representative of the Anglican Choral Tradition, where the best is selected from many periods, cultures and languages.

Choir

The Parish Choir includes four professional section leaders who enrich the worship of the congregation by offering choral music at the 10:00 AM service and on special occasions. From September through June, choir rehearsals are held on Sunday mornings at 8:30 AM before the 10:00 AM Service. 

There are also opportunities for those who may be not able to make a regular commitment to singing, but are able to join us for special services on holidays and other occasions, as well as for special musical events. Rehearsals are scheduled as needed.

Music (and recordings, where available) will be provided in advance via Dropbox.

Instrumental Music

The 10:00 AM Sunday service includes both organ and piano music, as well as instrumental music before and after the service and on special occasions, especially at Christmas and Easter services. Performers of all ages and abilities are encouraged to offer their music during our worship.

If you have any questions regarding the St. Peter’s music program, or wish to participate as a singer or instrumentalist, please contact the Director of Music, Robert DeRegis.

Director of Music

Bobby DeRegis - Director of Music

Church music has been part of Bobby DeRegis’ life from a very early age when he was recruited as a boy soprano at St. John the Evangelist Church in Syracuse, NY. He loved to sing, but watching the organist at work was his inspiration to study the instrument. Feeling the bass notes resonate through the floor of the choir and seeing the huge gold pipes gleaming overhead was the best experience of the service. He began to formally study organ in high school with David Enos, a cradle Episcopalian whose training began in St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral in Syracuse.

Bobby is an alumnus of Syracuse University with a Bachelor of Arts. During his graduate studies at Boston University, Bobby served in several churches in the greater Boston area including Catholic, Christian Science, Congregational, Presbyterian ,and Unitarian/Universalist denominations. A member of the American Guild of Organists, he recently served on the Boston Chapter’s Executive Committee. He served at the Congregational Church of Needham as music director and organist for eight years, and then served as interim music director at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Jamaica Plain, and as substitute organist at Grace Episcopal Church in Newton Corner.

Bobby feels quite at home in the Episcopal church, and is looking forward to serving St. Peter’s during this time of transition. If you should see lights on in the church very late, don’t worry — most likely it is just Bobby!

To contact Robert DeRegis:

Church Office: (781)-891-3200

Email: drderegis@verizon.net

Sectional Leaders

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    Evan Biela - Tenor

    Evan is an instrumental music teacher in the Waltham public schools and a freelance trumpet player in the Boston area, performing with the New Philharmonia Orchestra and Mercury Symphony Orchestra, the Harvard graduate big band, and various community theatre groups. In addition to singing with Saint Peter’s choir, Evan has also been a soloist with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus and a featured soloist in the New Philharmonia Orchestra’s Summer pops concerts. He received his BM degree from the Hartt school of Music and his MM degree from Boston University.

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    Rachel Marie Schachter - Alto

    Rachel Marie Schachter is a vocalist whose passions straddle centuries of repertoire, from Renaissance and Baroque to modern folk, pop, and musical theatre. Recent performances range from a Fringe Concert at the Boston Early Music Festival to a night of original music at Club Passim entitled “All’s Not Lost: a musical exploration of compassionate, evolving faith.” As a songwriter, Rachel seeks to foster genuine human connection and encourage empathy, and she is grateful for the opportunity to sing in a congregation working to do the same. Rachel holds an MM in Early Music Performance from the Longy School of Music of Bard College.

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    Rena Cohen - Soprano

    Rena Cohen is a soprano with a strong affinity for sacred choral music. Originally from Gainesville, Florida, she moved to Boston to attend Harvard University, where she sang as a choral fellow with the Harvard University Choir at Memorial Church. Prior to singing at St. Peter’s, she was a staff singer at Christ Church Cambridge. Rena currently works as a publicist at the Boston Symphony Orchestra and looks forward to beginning law school at Boston University in the fall of 2026.

  • Danny Green - Bass

    Danny Green is a lawyer by training with a passion for singing and making music outside of his work life. Normally a Tenor, he is happy to expand his range by singing Bass at St. Peter's. Outside of St. Peter's, Danny has been singing with the Boston Choral Ensemble since 2011 and currently serves as their president. Before that, Danny was the music director for the UMass Vocal Suspects, and sang briefly with the London Philharmonic Choir while living abroad.

    Danny is a native of Swampscott, MA and is a proud graduate of UMass Amherst and Northeastern University School of Law. He currently serves as the Executive Secretary and legal counsel for the Boston Licensing Board, which regulates various industries within the City of Boston including alcohol, restaurant, and cannabis licensing.

About the Organ at St. Peter’s Church

Builder: Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.Year: 1956
Opus: 1332
No. manuals: 3
No. stops: 35
No. ranks: 36
No. pipes: 2,105

The dedication recital was played by Virgil Fox on January 12, 1959

For further information on the St. Peter’s parish music program, please contact the Church Office at 781-891-3200 or by email at office@stpetersweston.org.

Specifications

Great
16′ Quintade 61
8′ Spitzprinzipal 61
8′ Holzgedeckt 61
4′ Octave 61
4′ Spillflote 61
II Rauschquinte 122
III-V Plein Jeu 245
Unison Off
Super
Chimes SW

Choir
8′ Nason Flute 68
8′ Spitzgamba 68
8′ Flauto Dolce 68
8′ Flute Celeste 56 tc
4′ Koppelflote 68
2′ Principal 61
1 3/5′ Tierce 61
8′ Krummhorn 68
Tremulant
Sub
Unison off
Super

Swell
8′ Rohrflote 68
8′ Viola Pomposa 68
8′ Viola Celeste 56
4′ Spitzflote 68
2′ Octavin 61
III Scharf 183
16′ Bassoon 68
8′ Trompette 68
4′ Rohrschalmei 68
Tremulant
Sub
Unison Off
Super

Pedal
16′ Contrabasse 32
16′ Quintade GT
16′ Rohrbass 12 SW
8′ Octave 32
8′ Rohrflote SW
4′ Super Octave 12
II Fourniture 64
16′ Posaune 32
16′ Bassoon SW
8′ Trumpet 12
4′ Rohrschalmei SW
Chimes GT