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Orin grew up in Tyler Minnesota, in the Southwestern part of the state.
Tyler is in Lincoln County, the only county in all of Minnesota without a
stoplight. Yes, no stoplight. Unless you count the one at the Gas Station
Car Wash; most people don't.
His folks started him on organ and piano lessons when he was 6, with the
probable intent of his playing in his hometown parish, St. Dyonesius in
Tyler, Minnesota. He started playing there, for Stations of the Cross, when
he was 11, and started playing for Masses shortly after that. He also
played the trombone and sang through high school.
In college, Harvard University, he was active in the men's chorus, the
Catholic Student Association Choir and several other shows and other
musical tidbits. He began seriously writing music about this time, after
taking a few classes and realizing he had at least some little ability in the
area.
After 4 years at Harvard (AB in Music and Folklore and Mythology) and 2
at Radford (MA in Choral Conducting), Orin arrived at the National
Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows, in Bellville, IL, near St. Louis, MO. He
has been at the Shrine since 1998 as Coordinator of Music and Liturgy.
In December of 2000, he met Erin Hammond. To make a long story
ridiculously short, they are now married! The big day was November 27,
2004. They reside in St. Louis with two dogs, Penny and Gracie.
Beyond Erin and the Shrine, he also enjoys singing with the St. Louis
Chamber Chorus and serving as their Assistant Conductor. He holds an
MA in Theology from Aquinas Institute of Theology, and accompanies
services at Shaare Emeth Temple in St. Louis. He has been Assistant
Director for the St. Louis Archdiocesan Chorus; he's also sung with and
rehearsed with the St. Louis Symphony Chorus.
Tyler is in Lincoln County, the only county in all of Minnesota without a
stoplight. Yes, no stoplight. Unless you count the one at the Gas Station
Car Wash; most people don't.
His folks started him on organ and piano lessons when he was 6, with the
probable intent of his playing in his hometown parish, St. Dyonesius in
Tyler, Minnesota. He started playing there, for Stations of the Cross, when
he was 11, and started playing for Masses shortly after that. He also
played the trombone and sang through high school.
In college, Harvard University, he was active in the men's chorus, the
Catholic Student Association Choir and several other shows and other
musical tidbits. He began seriously writing music about this time, after
taking a few classes and realizing he had at least some little ability in the
area.
After 4 years at Harvard (AB in Music and Folklore and Mythology) and 2
at Radford (MA in Choral Conducting), Orin arrived at the National
Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows, in Bellville, IL, near St. Louis, MO. He
has been at the Shrine since 1998 as Coordinator of Music and Liturgy.
In December of 2000, he met Erin Hammond. To make a long story
ridiculously short, they are now married! The big day was November 27,
2004. They reside in St. Louis with two dogs, Penny and Gracie.
Beyond Erin and the Shrine, he also enjoys singing with the St. Louis
Chamber Chorus and serving as their Assistant Conductor. He holds an
MA in Theology from Aquinas Institute of Theology, and accompanies
services at Shaare Emeth Temple in St. Louis. He has been Assistant
Director for the St. Louis Archdiocesan Chorus; he's also sung with and
rehearsed with the St. Louis Symphony Chorus.
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