What former choristers Are Saying
“Faith is an accomplished musician and vocalist who creates beautiful original arrangements for the choir. She is flexible to adjust her teaching style for each song depending on its complexity and works with individual members of the group to address any personal needs. For example, non-native speakers might focus on pronunciation, breathing, and rhythm while more advanced singers work on expression and dynamics. For the more musically inclined members of the group, Faith provides sheet music for her arrangements while for others she prepares audio clips and backing tracks so that individuals can practice on their own.”
- Ioannis Baltopoulos, former member of the Greek Chorale Boston
"After 10 years of playing the organ and singing in my Greek church choir, I knew I needed a new venue to become musically creative, so I joined the Greek Chorale of Boston and met an inspirational talent in Faith who has transformed my abilities to sing with passion and precision. This has been a personal journey involving true mind and body training that Faith has developed and expertly shares joyously as an extraordinary mentor and coach to myself and all the members of the Greek Chorale.
Faith, a brilliant vocalist herself, has taught me the importance of preparing your whole body, to relax, to warm up with new vocal sounds, to learn how to breathe, and how to sustain various sounds and notes. She created personal recordings for me and all the members to listen to, to train us by moving from spoken word in rhythm, to carefully singing a phrase, and then singing a whole line. This level of personalized training helps offer us concrete skills to capture the rich details of tempo and styles of new and old Greek folk music pieces.
It has been a magical experience to "learn how to sing alto and master harmony," for the first time in my life thanks to my amazing coach Faith. […] She offered incredibly encouraging "personalized feedback" which guided me to memorizing lyrics and melodies that I am now proud to sing for others."
- Evangeline Harris, former member of the Greek Chorale Boston