President - Terry Levitt
Vice President - David Duke
Publicity - Maureen Yearby
Treasurer - Dick Jarvies
Secretary - Jean Hermann
Corresponding Secretary - Mary Potter
Cumberland Oratorio Singers
People
Artistic Director and Conductor
Alan M. Porter, artistic director and conductor of the Cumberland
Oratorio Singers, has taught music for over forty years. He holds the rank of
Professor Emeritus of Music at Methodist University, where he taught voice and
conducting until his retirement in May 1998. For many years he was the Head of
the Music Department and Director of the Division of Fine Arts. His degrees are
from Mount Union College and the University of Illinois and he has further
studied at Ball State University. He is active as a tenor soloist and is in
demand as a vocal and choral clinician. Mr. Porter retired as Director of Music
at Hay Street United Methodist Church in Fayetteville in 2004, after 41 years
of service. He is also Director of the Wilmington Choral Society in
Wilmington, NC.
Phone the director in Wilmington at 910-458-5912 for an audition, or
come at least half an hour early to one of the first three rehearsals of the semester. New
singers are accepted through the first three rehearsals for the fall or spring
concerts. Returning singers who have missed a complete season need to audition
again.
Singers pay dues
of $35 each season, or $65 for the full year. Dues include the cost of music,
which is yours to keep. Rehearsals are held every Monday night from 7-9 p.m. in
the chorus room (basement of Reeves Auditorium) on the Methodist University
campus.
Artistic Director - Alan Porter
President - Terry Levitt
Vice President - David Duke
Publicity - Maureen Yearby
Treasurer - Dick Jarvies
Secretary - Jean Hermann
Corresponding Secretary - Mary Potter
Other board members: Mary Ann Coffield, Kathy Dickson, Gert Eyman (newsletter (Sotto Voce) editor), John Fields (grant writer), Doug Fox, Frances Hunter, Sharon McNair, Joanna Nehilla, Betty Neill Parsons, Vanda Thompson, Robert Williams, Maureen Yearby, Elaine Bryant (honorary member), Cynthia Billings (honorary member)
Other volunteers:
- Historian: Elaine Porter
- Web site: Arleen Fields