Ware Episcopal Church, Gloucester, has named Charles Humphries as Director of the Music Ministry for the parish. He will be installed during the 10:30 a.m. Sunday worship service on Nov. 26 and will offer an inaugural concert later that day at the church, beginning at 4 o’clock.
According to Beth Richardson, director of Christian Education for Ware, Humphries will be the parish organist, direct the children’s and adult choirs, and will oversee all aspects of musical programming at Ware including special choral services, concerts and music education.
Humphries, born in England, has studied music since the age of seven, when he was a chorister at Salisbury Cathedral. According to Richardson, Humphries continued his education at one of the top public schools in that country and won a scholarship to study voice at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
He has worked in various opera houses, concert halls and recital venues, collaborating with some of the world’s leading co...