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Term
2009
Mr. Michael H. Yoh, Senior Warden
Mr. Louis S. Croce, Clerk of the
Vestry
Mrs. Ranson C. Fasoldt
Dr. Robert F. Marvin |
Term 2008
Mrs. Michael W. Freeland, Accounting Warden
Mr. Perrin C. Hamilton, Jr.
Miss Kathleen A. Stephans
Mr. Jonathan Wistar
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Mr. Franklin J.
Zigman, Organist and Choirmaster
Franklin Zigman came to All Saints'
Church in 1990 when he joined the choir as bass-baritone section leader
and soloist. In subsequent years he was sometime sub-organist and in 1992
and 1993 acted as Interim Organist. In 1994 he assumed the position of
Organist and Choirmaster at the then Rector's request.
Mr. Zigman began organ studies at the age
of 14 and began his first unofficial appointment as sub-organist when he
was 15 for Westminster Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia. His first
official appointment as Organist and Choirmaster was at the age of 16 for
Colwyn Baptist Church, Darby. During his tenure at Colwyn Baptist, he was
able to grow the choir from 12 to over 35 members and add two special
choral events each year. Having been raised Roman Catholic, Mr. Zigman
found an affinity for the Episcopal Church and accepted the appointment as
Organist and Choirmaster for St. Giles Episcopal Church, Stonehurst Hills.
While at St. Giles, Mr. Zigman implemented a dynamic music program that
involved the local community and presented a yearly concert series. Having
embraced the "Anglican Way," he continued his association with the
Episcopal church and joined the choir of St. Clement's Church,
Philadelphia as baritone soloist and cantor. In addition to his duties as
chorister and cantor at St. Clement's, he was sometime sub-organist for
Sunday Evensong and Benediction. During graduate school in the late
eighties and early nineties, he became section leader and soloist for the
choir at Trinity Episcopal Church, Wilmington, DE.
Mr. Zigman studied the organ with some of the leading organists of the U.
S. and Canada, including John Tuttle, Robert Plimpton and the late Keith
Chapman. He studied choral conducting with Lois Williams, David Sprenkle
and Alan Harler. He has appeared in recital throughout the greater
Philadelphia Area, including playing the magnificent Wanamaker Organ in
downtown Philadelphia. In Europe, he has played at the Stephans Dom (The
Cathedral of St. Stephen) and the Augustiner Kirche in Vienna, Austria and
at Durham Cathedral in Durham, England. As well, he has been a guest
conductor at The University of Glasgow, Scotland; Sydney Sussex College,
Cambridge University and at the church of St. Mary the Virgin in
Woodbridge, England.
Mr. Zigman's DMA (abd) studies at Temple University included his major in
Voice Performance with minors in Choral Conducting and Vocal Pedagogy. He
has been teaching at the college level since 1991, when he was appointed
to the adjunct faculty of the Music Department at Valley Forge Christian
College. He taught at Temple University from 1995 to 2002 as a member of
the affiliate faculty teaching Voice and Undergraduate Vocal Repertoire.
Currently, he is Director of the University Singers and Chamber Ensemble
at St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, where he also teaches a course
on Choral Music as an adjunct faculty member. In addition to his DMA
studies, Mr. Zigman has received a MM in Voice Performance from Temple
University in 1991 and a BM in Voice Performance from West Chester
University in 1988
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