At St. Thomas a'Becket, our Director of Music, Anne Marie Merenda:
provides piano/organ accompaniment for all weekend Masses.
provides music for all funeral liturgies and assists in planning the music;
provides music for weddings and meets with each couple to plan all of their wedding music;
provides music for all holy days of obligation, holidays, and special services during Lent and Advent such as Taize services, 40 hour devotion and reconciliation services;
directs the choirs, which entails planning the music for their Mass, teaching them their music, and training them in basic choral and musical principles;
shapes the music department as a whole, which includes helping to plan music for all liturgies, directing major music events like the Christmas Concert and Holy Week, and giving ideas on how we can keep trying to improve and grow our ministry;
trains our Cantors for their ministry.