"Teeters and his classy cast and players offered the first truly satisfying performance I’ve heard... If I ever forget what a superb programmer he's been over his 39 years of directing Boston Cecilia, remind me of this concert."

-Lloyd Schwartz, The Boston Phoenix, Apr. 5, 2007. Read the review!

The Boston Cecilia announces auditions for all parts for the 2009-2010 Season. For more information or to schedule an audition, visit the auditions page.

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Barbara Bruns, organist, the daughter of United Methodist missionaries, was born and raised in Japan where she spent the first 18 years of her life. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree in organ performance, magna cum laude, from Augustana College and a Master of Music degree, with honors, from the New England Conservatory where she was elected to Pi Kappa Lambda honorary. She is the recipient of the “Outstanding Alumni Award” from Augustana College. Her organ studies have been with Yuko Hayashi, Harald Vogel, Arthur Poister, and Tom R. Harris. Recognized as an accomplished recitalist, accompanist, and conductor, she has concertized extensively in the United States, Europe, and Japan and has performed as soloist for national conventions of the Organ Historical Society, the American Guild of Organists, and the Association of Anglican Musicians.

Since 1974 Ms. Bruns has served as Music Director at several Episcopal parishes including St. Stephen’s, Westborough, St. John’s, Gloucester, St. Michael’s, Marblehead, and St. Thomas’, Whitemarsh, PA. In 1977 she founded and directed the Cape Ann Singers, a seventeen-voice mixed vocal ensemble, which performed numerous concerts in Gloucester, Boston and the North Shore for a period of four years. From 2000-2005, she served as Associate Organist and Choirmaster at St. Michael’s Church in New York City, during which time she was appointed Music Director of AMUSE, a sixteen-voice vocal ensemble for amateur women in Manhattan. She was also Director of Training for Leadership Technologies, Inc., a consulting firm in New York City.

Currently Ms. Bruns is Minister of Music at the Parish of Christ Church in Andover, Massachusetts, Associate Conductor of The Boston Cecilia, and Visiting Professor of Church Music at Ferris University, Yokohama, Japan.