Meet Our Director, Lorraine C. Nanko

         LORRAINE C. NANKO, A NATIVE NEW YORKER, IS A VOICE TEACHER, PIANIST, ORGANIST AND CHORAL CONDUCTOR.  SHE STUDIED AT MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC WHERE SHE RECEIVED BOTH HER B.M. AND M.M. DEGREES.  SHE ALSO ATTENDED THE HIGH SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND ART AND HAS STUDIED WITH ARTIST TEACHERS IN NEW YORK CITY.

         SHE IS THE ORGANIST/CHOIR DIRECTOR AT THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF THROGG'S NECK AND IS THE FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT CHAIRPERSON AT CARDINAL HAYES HIGH SCHOOL WHERE SHE IS ON THE MUSIC FACULTY.

         LORRAINE HAS BEEN MUSICAL DIRECTOR FOR SCORES OF SHOWS SUCH AS "OLIVER", "MY FAIR LADY", "PIPPIN", "GODSPELL", "MAN OF LAMANCHA" AND "ANYTHING GOES" TO NAME ONLY A FEW.  SHE HAS FILLED THE POST OF MUSICAL DIRECTOR FOR THE THROGG'S NECK COMMUNITY PLAYERS, THE ST. BARNABAS PLAYERS, THE NEW YORK PLAYERS (IN MANHATTAN) AND THE HARTSDALE PLAYERS.

          AS A CHORAL DIRECTOR, LORRAINE HAS A 30-VOICE MEN'S CHOIR AT HAYES AND HAS BEEN THE RECIPIENT OF THE OUTSTANDING HIGH SCHOOL CHORAL CONDUCTOR AWARD.  SHE WAS NAMED DISTINGUISHED FACULTY MEMBER IN 2004. SHE BECAME THE DIRECTOR OF THE PARKCHESTER CHORUS AT THE BEGINNING OF ITS 50TH SEASON IN 1989

           LORRAINE TEACHES GROUP VOCAL TECHNIQUE TO CHORUSES, CHOIRS, AND THEATRE GROUPS AND TEACHES VOICE PRIVATELY.  SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE VOICE FOUNDATION, THE AMERICAN CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION, THE PRESBYTERIAN ASSOCIATION OF MUSICIANS, AND THE AMERICAN GUILD OF ORGANISTS.