Music and Choir
Music is an extremely important part of our services – one of the unbreakable threads that connect us to centuries of Anglican and Episcopal tradition. It touches our hearts and lifts our souls, and we can easily imagine generations before us singing the same hymns that move us today.
Brother Rick – Organist and Choirmaster 
Br. Richard John Lorino, a Life Professed member of The Brotherhood of Saint Gregory (www.gregorians.org), began studying piano at the age of five at The Young People’s Academy of Music in New York City. He began studying organ at age 12 , and continued private study with various New York City organists until he was 25. Br. Rick is also a Board Certified Chaplain and Director of Pastoral Care at White Plains Hospital Center in White Plains, NY . He serves his order as Minister Provincial of Province II (NY/NJ/PA).
Adult Choir
The members of St. John’s choir continue to provide beautiful music for all of the services at St. John’s and for special occasions at St. Paul’s.
Many hours of practice go into perfecting the anthems and service music for the liturgies throughout the year, but this continues to be a work of dedication and love. The choir rehearses every Wednesday at 7pm and “warms up” every Sunday at 9am.
Singers are always needed – please contact Brother Rick if you would like to join.
The Organs 
The beautiful organs in each of our churches have fascinating histories, and each is unique in its own way. The century-old instrument in St. Paul’s Chapel is an antique treasure, one of only a handful of working reed organs of its kind in the country. Its rich sound is produced by air moving across reeds, movement that until the organ’s electrification had to be created manually; many of our parishioners still tell stories of manning the bellows at St. Paul’s during their youth.
The magnificent Peragallo & Sons pipe organ at St. John’s is of a more recent vintage. It was dedicated in a joyful service in 2003, though its builders employed techniques that go back two centuries. It took fifteen years of painstaking research and planning, several loving bequests and the generosity of many parishioners to make this towering musical dream a reality. Brother Rick, who was a guiding force in the acquisition and design of the organ, sums up its mission simply: “Its moving sounds, like those of its older sibling at St. Paul’s, give glory to God as we worship.”
The organ at St. John’s Church is Opus 645 of The Peragallo Pipe Organ Company of Paterson, NJ. It is a 16 ½ rank instrument with more than 1,000 pipes, some as tall as 8 feet and some smaller than a pencil. The console, in the tiered French style, is two manuals and pedal. The keys of the manuals and the foot pedals are wood, the naturals crafted of light Maple and the sharps/flats crafted of darker Padouk. The Swell division, which is under expression, is housed in the left case. The Great and Pedal divisions are housed in the right case. The Saint John Trompette, playable from all three divisions, joins the two cases together in a stately “en chamade” formation. The Organ Registration follows:
GREAT ORGAN
Bourdon 16’
Flute Harmonique 8’
Flute a Cheminee 8’
Principal 8’
Gemshorn 8’
Gemshorn Celeste 8’
Hautbois 8’
Gemshorn Celeste II 4’
Flute Octaviante 4’
Octave 4’
Super Octave 2’
Mixture II/IV
Saint John Trompette (en Chamade)
PEDAL ORGAN
Acoustic Basse 32’
Basse de Cornet 32’
Soubasse 16’
Basson 16’
Octav Basse 8’
Soubasse 8’
Bourdon 8’
Hautbois 8’
Hautbois Clarion 4’
Choral Basse 4’
Flute Ouverte 4’
Rausch Quinte III
Saint John Trompette
SWELL ORGAN
Basson 16’
Flute a Cheminee 8’
Hautbois 8’
Gemshorn 8’
Gemshorn Celeste 8’
Traversflote 4’
Spitz Prestant 4’
Octavin 2’
Nasard 2 2/3’
Tierce 1 3/5’
Larigot 1 3/5’
Tremblant
Saint John Trompette
ACCESSORIES
Great to Pedal Coupler
Swell to Pedal Coupler
Swell to Great Coupler
8 Bell Cymbelstern
General Pistons 1-10
Swell Pistons 1-5
Great Pistons 1-5
General Toe Studs 1-10
Sforzando
Swell Pedal
Crescendo Pedal
Midi