Songs of Summer Travel

This Wednesday, August 8, St. John's welcomes tenor Robert Scherr and pianist Edwin Lawrence, who will present a free concert of "Songs for Summer Travel". This concert is part of the Summer Noontime Concert Series, which will continue on Wednesdays throughout August. The concert will begin at noon, and end by 12:45. You are welcome to bring a lunch to eat, and St. John's will provide drinks and cookies.

Robert Scherr, tenor, has been heard in concert and many venues of musical performance throughout America for over three decades. Comfortably at home in classical recital, he also has appeared in musical theater productions and opera. Cantor Robert Scherr served congregations for thirty-five years, distinguishing himself as a creative artist, innovative programmer, sensitive spiritual leader, and gifted singer. Since 2004, he has served Williams College as Jewish Chaplain.

Edwin Lawrence, piano, is Adjunct Teacher of Piano, Organ and Harpsichord, and Teaching Assistant in Theory and Eartraining at Williams College, and is a member of the Williams Chamber Players. His teachers include Gabriel Chodos (piano), Preethi de Silva (harpsichord) and William Porter (organ). He is Minister of Music at the First Congregational Church in Williamstown, and Music Director of the Bennington County Choral Society. He is a producer with Dorian Recordings. Lawrence is a founding member of the Consortium of Vermont Composers and has conducted the Vermont Symphony. In 1990 he received the Citation of Merit from the Vermont Council on the Arts.