James Kennerley is Minister of Music at the historical Saint Mary's Episcopal Church in Falmouth, Maine. Previously he was Director of Music and Master of the Choristers at St. Paul’s Church and Choir School in Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA, where he directed the choir of boy choristers and professional men in daily masses and performances, regular concert tours, recordings, and broadcasts. Mr. Kennerley holds degrees from Cambridge University and The Juilliard School.
An internationally known organist, vocalist, and music director, Mr. Kennerley is rooted in the English choir school tradition, having sung as a chorister under Graham Elliott and Barry Rose at Chelmsford Cathedral. He later served as Organ Scholar at Jesus College, Cambridge, and at Saint Paul’s Cathedral, London. Most recently he served as Music Director at three influential Episcopal churches in the United States. Additionally, he has provided professional leadership as Dean of the New York City Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and as Director of the New Jersey State Children’s Chorus.
James Kennerley has frequently given solo organ concerts throughout the U.S. and Europe. As a composer, he has enjoyed a particularly fruitful period in the last few years. His setting of Adam lay ybounden sold hundreds of copies internationally since its first performance in 2016. His hymn arrangements for choir, brass, and organ have been performed in the U.S., Australia, and the United Kingdom, and his upper voices Evening Canticles, composed in 2013 for the Choir of Ely Cathedral, are now in the repertory of choirs in the U.K.
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