12/15/2023
It's Messiah week and we hope you will join us at tomorrow's performance at First Congregational Church of Greenwich at 4 p.m.
The conductor for our 57th annual Messiah concert is the Minister of Music at First Congregational Church of Greenwich, Dr. Craig Scott Symons. Craig is a native of Michigan, where he served as Director of Music for over 15 years at First United Methodist Church in Royal Oak, a suburb north of Detroit.
Craig attended the prestigious Interlochen Arts Academy for four years and graduated in 1980. He received his Bachelor of Music degree from Wayne State University as a student of Ray Ferguson and went on to receive a Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from University of Michigan, where he studied with Robert Glasgow and James Kibbie.
From 1990-2007, Craig was the founder and conductor of Ars Nova, an auditioned group of 24 singers which presented concerts of music ranging from chant to vocal jazz and everything in between. He also sang for 9 seasons with sounding light, a professional chamber choir in Detroit. He was also Pianist/Director for the Blue Notes, a women’s vocal ensemble based in Darien, from 2011-2015.
Craig has served on the board of the Connecticut chapter of the American Choral Director’s Association as Repertoire and Standards Chair for Music in Worship. Prior to his move to Connecticut, he served on the boards for Michigan Chapter ACDA as Music in Worship chair, and the Detroit chapters of Chorister’s Guild, Presbyterian Association of Musicians, Fellowship of United Methodist Musicians, and as Dean for the Detroit Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.
