Warde Product Announces First Annual Guest Artist Day at St. Emery Church

Andrew Warde 1976 classmate Anthony Procaccini, Music Director of Saint Emery Church, Fairfield, has announced that the parish will hold its first annual Guest Artist Day on Sunday, June 23, at their regular 9:00 AM mass.

"The day is set aside for all to thank the choir for their season, which ends on that day, and to add an outstanding talent to the mix, too. I'm ecstatic that soprano Elizabeth Knauer (pictured to the left) accepted our invitation," Procaccini notes.

Musical selections will include, among others, Mozart's "Ave Verum" (choir), and the Bach-Gounod version of "Ave Maria" by Ms. Knauer.

Elizabeth Knauer's musical training includes an advanced degree from the Peabody Conservatory of Music of Johns Hopkins University, a Rotary Graduate Scholarship to the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria and an Artist's Residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts in Alberta, Canada.

Elizabeth has performed and recorded opera, oratorio, contemporary and improvisatory music throughout the U.S. and abroad. She is currently performing, teaching and conducting in New York City and New Jersey as a free-lance musician.

Anthony Procaccini, pictured below at the organ of St. Monica's Cathedral in New York City, graduated summa cum laude from the University of Bridgeport Music Department, and has been organist or music director in a number of churches in New York City and Fairfield County.

He also plays piano, string bass and bass guitar, is a Frank Sinatra historian, a veteran of ten years with Benny Rae, and, in addition to playing liturgical music, performs Jazz, opera, and classical music.

The public is cordially invited. A free "coffee and" reception, provided by the parish council and volunteers, will follow the mass.

The church address is 838 Kings Highway East. Street parking only is available, and arriving early is recommended.