Chorus Director
Albert E. Packard
Albert
Packard holds a BA in Music from the University of Maine and BS in
Education from Gorham State College with graduate studies in choral
conducting from Boston University and the Academy of Music in Vienna,
Austria. He taught public school music and performed in professional
summer stock theater for eighteen years. He has sung in or directed
church choirs for over forty years. Currently he is director of Music
Ministries at the Orange Presbyterian Church.
Band Director
Charles Torian
Charles Torian is a native of Hampton, Virginia and holds B.S. degree in Music from Frederick College in Portsmouth, Virginia; and a Masters degree in Music from Virginia Commonwealth University. Charles attended the Navy School of Music and as a member of the U.S. Navy Band in Washington D.C. was designated as Oboist and Solo English Hornist. He taught band at several high schools from 1966 - 1990 in Virginia and Tennessee. From that time until now he has been employed as Music Director in a few United Methodist Churches including those in Boonesboro, MD; Oakton, VA; and finally at Aldergate U.M.C., Charlottesville, VA where he and wife, Theresa, served as Co-Music Directors from August 1998 until December 2008 In addition to his current responsibilities as Director of the Orange Community Band, he plays Principal Oboe in the Charlottesville Municipal Band where he also serves as one of the two Assistant Conductors.