
Southeastern Massachusetts Festival Chorus
ARTISTIC STAFF

Eric Brown
Artistic & Music Director

Dan Mitchell
Assistant Manager

Tess Andersen
Art Director

Noah Patterson
Programming Editor
A native of East Freetown, Massachusetts, Mr. Brown is the founding music director of the Southeastern Massachusetts Festival Chorus. Under his leadership, the group has grown to 100 singers and has performed at numerous venues across the region including the Godspeed Sail Landing Festival in Boston, Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts (Xfinity Center), Martha’s Vineyard Tabernacle,Providence Performing Arts Center and Dunkin’ Donuts Center. As a conductor and music director, Brown has led productions for Star Players of Bristol County, Heart to Heart Productions and Fairhaven High School Drama Club. A 35-year veteran church organist, Mr. Brown has held positions with churches in Raynham, Taunton, and East Bridgewater and is currently Organist-Choir Director at First Congregational Church of Raynham UCC (“The Stone Church”). He is the former director of the Christian Hill Singers, who were featured performers in the Society of Historically Informed Performers' Concert Series at Boston's "First Night 2001” and was music director for the Taunton Civic Chorus from 2012 to 2017. Brown has performed vocally as a soloist with the Mansfield Choral Society and the Mayflower Chorale and has sung with the Greater New Bedford Choral Society and Oure Pleasure Singers. A recorder enthusiast, he was a founding member of the Mill River Consort and Hockomock Recorder Consort. Brown is employed full-time as a Benefits Manager for National Amusements. In his spare time, he enjoys cooking, reading, and historical dramas.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President
Deb DeFilippo
Vice President
Jenifer Lovely​
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Treasurer
Molly Riordan
Secretaries
Teri A. Kinder
Caitlin Komm
Wayne Arsenault
Brad Barnsley
Laura Cassiani
RoseMary Fletcher
Laurie A. Gagne’
Jessica L. Hamel
Karl Pelletier
Pam Ten Eyck
Robyn Waters