This piece was written by Stuart Alexander GARDNER. On Saturday, October 26, 2019, a resident of Mt. Maunganui who had reached the age of 81 years old at the time of her passing passed away peacefully around the house.
Since the month of May, he has been a treasured and adored husband by a great number of people. Both Brendon and Helen, as well as Mike and Michelle, had a deep and abiding affection for their father. He held a special place in the hearts of Aisha, Aidan, Anna, and Alex as their grandfather.
Extremely treasured He received his Bachelor of Music degree from Westminster Choir College in 1947 and then went on to earn his Master of Music degree from Yale University. He was born and raised in West Hartford, Connecticut. During his time at Yale, he served as the musician and choirmaster at St. Paul’s-on-the-Green, which is located in Norwalk, Connecticut. After serving as a pastor at St. Paul’s Church in Flatbush, Brooklyn, he was given a position at the Church of the Transfiguration in New York City, which is also commonly referred to as the Little Church Around the Corner.
This appointment took place in the year 1955. He remained at Transfiguration for almost to twenty-five years after he had been there. Within the state of New York, he was also a teacher at the McBurney School and the Trinity School. A choir of men and boys that had been created in the middle of the 19th century, shortly after the church was erected, was under Stuart’s direction at Transfiguration.
Additionally, he cooperated with the New York Pro Musica, which was founded in 1952 and led by Noah Greenberg (1919-1966), and was in residency at the church at the time. During that period of time, the New York Pro Musica was at the vanguard of the early music movement that was just beginning to emerge in New York.
Despite the fact that they were not officially a part of the parish music programme, a number of professional singers sang in the church choir and in the Pro Musica. Additionally, boys from the church choir frequently participated in the Pro Musica’s concerts, recordings, and tours
