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Corinne Smith
  • education and American studies double
  • Concord, NH

Corinne Smith of Concord participates in Saint Michael's College Liturgical Choir Massachusetts tour

2011 Jan 21

Corinne Smith, daughter of Boyd Smith and Annette Zamarchi of Concord, is amongst the 38 members of the Saint Michael's College Liturgical Choir who will sing in schools and churches in Braintree, Milton, Weymouth and Dedham, Mass., Feb. 4, 5, & 6.

The group of singers and instrumentalists will be accompanied by the Rev. Brian Cummings, SSE, Saint Michael's director of Edmundite Campus Ministry, who will preside and preach at the Masses to be celebrated. Choir Director Jerome Monachino, Saint Michael's associate director of Edmundite Campus Ministry for Liturgical Music, will lead the choir. The group is traveling from Saint Michael's College, a liberal arts residential Catholic college located in the Burlington area of Vermont.

Smith, a first-year student education and American studies double major, graduated from Concord High School before coming to Saint Michael's.

The choir including Saint Michael's students and alumni, will follow this schedule:

  • 9 a.m. Mass on Friday, Feb. 4 at:
    Archbishop Williams High School
    80 Independence Avenue
    Braintree, MA 02184
    (781) 843-363

    1 p.m. Mass on Friday, Feb. 4 at:
    Fontbonne Academy
    930 Brook Road
    Milton, MA 02186
    (617) 696-3241
  • 4 p.m. Mass on Saturday, Feb. 5 at:
    Sacred Heart Church
    55 Commercial Street
    Weymouth, MA 02188
    (781) 337-6333
  • Two Masses: 9 a.m. & 11 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 6 at:
    St. Mary's Church
    420 High Street
    Dedham, MA 02026
    (781) 326-0551
    Music at Mass

The Saint Michael's Liturgical Choir and Ensemble performs in its own eclectic and popular musical style, using a combination of African, Brazilian, and American Swing flavors to compliment traditional hymn singing. Guided by their mission of inspiring sung prayer, they perform with great enthusiasm. The group was one of the select few choirs invited to perform for Pope John Paul II at World Youth Day in Denver, Colo., in the 90's.

Learn What Matters at Saint Michael's College, The Edmundite Catholic liberal arts college, www.smcvt.edu . Saint Michael's provides education with a social conscience, producing graduates with the intellectual tools to lead successful, purposeful lives that will contribute to peace and justice in our world. Founded in 1904 by the Society of St. Edmund and headed by President John J. Neuhauser, Saint Michael's College is located three miles from Burlington, Vermont, one of America's top college towns. It is identified by the Princeton Review as one of the nations Best 371 Colleges, and is included in the 2011 Fiske Guide to Colleges. Saint Michael's is one of only 280 colleges and universities nationwide, one of only 20 Catholic colleges, with a Phi Beta Kappa chapter. Saint Michael's has 1,900 undergraduate students, some 500 graduate students and 100 international students. Saint Michael's students and professors have received Rhodes, Woodrow Wilson, Pickering, Guggenheim, Fulbright, and other grants. The college is one of the nation's top-100, Best Liberal Arts Colleges as listed in the 2011 U.S. News & World Report rankings.

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