Our Musicians

Rob oversees the music program at Saint Cecilia and also serves on the faculty at Brandeis University as associate professor of the practice of choral music. At Brandeis University Rob oversees the vocal program, conducts the Brandeis choral ensembles, teaches conducting and choral methods, and serves as the performance track adviser for vocalists. Rob has served on the faculties of Dartmouth College, Pomona College, Claremont Graduate University, and Mount St. Mary’s College. He holds degrees in conducting, piano, and voice from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Temple University, and the University of Southern California. Additionally, he served as director of music for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. An active commissioner of new music, Rob has given several world premieres of works for both orchestral and choral forces. He served as counsel to the New Hampshire Council on the Arts and is the past president of the Eastern Region of the American Choral Directors Association.

Tyler Cesario is a graduate student at Boston Conservatory studying Vocal Pedagogy and Opera. Graduating from Westminster Choir College in 2017 with a Bachelor’s in Music Education, Tyler has held positions as soloist/cantor at St. Paul’s in Princeton, NJ, paid chorister at the Episcopal Church of Princeton University, choral conductor of the First Presbyterian Church in Pitman, NJ and general music/choir/band teacher at National Park Elementary School. Tyler has been the tenor soloist in many major works including Bruckner’s Requiem and Te Deum, Mozart’s Missa Brevis in B flat, and Handel’s Messiah. He is extremely honored to be a part of the musical program at Saint Cecilia.

Daniel Lamoureux, a native of Chicago, is a Roman Catholic convert who went through the RCIA program at Boston’s Paulist Center in 1983. Daniel received an undergraduate degree from Brown University and graduate degrees in organ from Syracuse University and in harpsichord from the Conservatoire de Musique de Montréal. He has given organ recitals throughout the United States, including local venues like the Church of the Advent, and multiple appearances at Trinity Church, Copley Square, and the Methuen Memorial Music Hall. In addition to holding organist positions in different parishes in the Archdiocese, he spent twenty years on the faculty at Stonehill College. He also taught at the Longy School of Music and Northeastern University and has been a piano accompanist for ballet and modern dance classes at Emerson College and the Walnut Hill School. Now semi-retired, he continues as one of the pianists at the Symphony Café at Symphony Hall, Boston. Daniel was interim organist at Saint Cecilia in 2019 and became a parishioner at that time. He is delighted to return!

Since 2000, Penn has volunteered as an assistant organist for Saint Cecilia’s Sunday 8:00 a.m. Mass. He was welcomed onto the staff as assistant organist in June 2023. He minored in church music as an undergraduate at Harvard, where his practicum was at Church of the Advent (Boston) under John Cook. Since 1980, he has been Director of Music and/or organist at several churches in the Pacific Northwest.

Originally from Marietta, Georgia, Emma Robertson is a soprano living in Boston, MA. She holds a master’s degree in Vocal Performance from the New England Conservatory of Music and a bachelor’s degree in Music Performance from the University of Georgia.

While juggling school and part-time work, Ms. Robertson was enrolled in the Vinceró Online Vocal Academy. She had the privilege of studying three roles: Adina (L’Elisir), Susanna (Nozze di Figaro), and Musetta (Bohème), the latter for which she was offered a partial scholarship. She has been working with such notable instructors as Abdiel Vàzquez, Stefano de Peppo, and Irina Meachem. She also took part in masterclasses and seminars with Angel Blue, Pretty Yende, Craig Rutenburg, Ana de Archuleta, and David Lomelli. Emma made her Carnegie Hall Debut with the program in January 2023.

Learn more about Emma via her website: erobertsonsoprano.com

Harrison was raised in McDonough, Georgia with a multi-instrumental upbringing. He ultimately decided to focus on vocal studies and obtained a bachelor’s degree in music performance from The University of Georgia’s Hugh Hodgson School of Music. While at UGA, Harrison studied primarily with Dr. Gregory Broughton, but worked with and performed for Director of Opera Frederick Burchinal, Opera Coach Kathryn Wright, Director of Choral Activities Dr. Daniel Bara, and Associate Director of Choral Activities Dr. J.D. Burnett.

Harrison’s most notable performances at UGA include performing on stage along with The King Singers and Voces8 as well as in UGA’s productions of Don Giovanni, Don Pasquale, Le Nozze di Figaro, and Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Harrison also sang as a soloist with the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra in their joint concert with the UGA Hodgson Singers of Bach’s St. John Passion as well as many other Hodgson Singers concerts. Since moving to Boston in August 2021, Harrison has been taking lessons from New England Conservatory faculty member Michael Meraw, and is working at MSPCA’s Angell Animal Medical Center in Jamaica Plain.