Music

Choir: St. James’ adult choir provides music for the 10 a.m. Eucharist, as well as special events such as Advent Lessons and Carols, Holy Week services, Taize services and Evensong. The choir is open to all who have a sincere desire to assist in leading sung worship; previous vocal experience is helpful but not necessary. The choir rehearses upstairs in St. James’ choir room from 7 to 9 p.m. on Wednesdays, and from 9 to 9:45 a.m. on Sundays before the 10:15 a.m. Eucharist. For more information about the choir, contact Minister of Music Daniel Roihl at (213) 435-9570 or roihl@usc.edu.

Choristers: The choristers program at St. James’ is open to girls and boys (with unchanged voices) ages 8 and up. Previous singing experience is helpful but not required. The choristers perform in services on Christmas Eve, Easter Sunday and Pentecost. Prior to each of those services, they rehearse for four Sundays from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. after the 10:15 a.m. Eucharist. In addition to preparing music for worship, choristers receive instruction in vocal production, musicianship, sight reading and ensemble singing. For more information on the choristers program or to enroll your child, please contact Minister of Music Daniel Roihl at (213) 435-9570 or roihl@usc.edu.

About the director: Minister of Music Daniel Roihl came to Southern California in 2005 and is pursuing a doctoral degree in Choral Music from USC. After growing up in south Florida, Roihl spent 15 years in New England, where he earned a B.A. in Music from Harvard and an M.M. in Choral Conducting from Yale.
Before coming to Los Angeles, he served as a conductor of the Elm City Girls’ Choirs in New Haven, Conn.; Music Director of Lexington United Methodist Church in Lexington, Mass., and Assistant Conductor/Vocal Instructor for the Chorus Angelicus children’s choir in Torrington, Conn.
As a professional singer (countertenor), Roihl has performed extensively in opera, oratorio, musical theater and early music, appearing as a soloist with several professional choirs in New England and performing with conductors such as Seiji Ozawa, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos and Helmuth Rilling. He is a member of the USC Chamber Choir and the professional vocal ensemble De Angelis.
Roihl is also an active and published composer, whose works include commissions for St. Stephen’s Church in Providence, R.I.; Lexington United Methodist Church; the Harvard University Choir; Boston’s Youth Pro Musica; and St. Andrew’s Youth Choirs of Wellesley, Mass.