Director & Accompanist
Chris Roberts. director of music for the Cape Cod Chorale since 1999, is a native of Wrexham, North Wales. From the age of seven he was involved in music as a singer (he is a bass) and director, in church and in local eisteddfodau (music competitions). He has been a school music teacher since 1978, first in Wrexham (where he founded the Wrexham Music School in 1986) and since 1995 in Chatham Middle and High Schools, where he directs both vocal and instrumental music.
Mr. Roberts has directed choral and orchestral groups, has been a judge in many musical competitions. Currently he also directs We Are the Men, a Cape Cod male choir in the Welsh tradition.
Mr. Roberts has a bachelor’s degree in music from the University of London, a master of music degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and is currently pursuing a doctorate of music degree at Boston University.
Cathy Bonnett has been the Chorale’s talented, sensitive and versatile accompanist since 2000. In a lifelong musical career she was musical director of US Coast Guard Base Chapel for 22 years and has directed several church choirs, currently the Mashpee Congregational UCC church choir. In addition, Cathy has been involved in musical theatre activities for more than 25 years.