Andrew Sheranian
Since 2010, Andrew Sheranian has been Organist and Master of Choristers at the Parish of All Saints, Ashmont (Episcopal) in Boston, a church known for its commitment to excellence in liturgy and music. His duties at Ashmont include recruiting, training, and conducting the choir, as well as playing the parish’s two pipe organs: C.B. Fisk Opus 103 of 1995 and Skinner Opus 708 of 1929, the latter installed in 2015 during Mr. Sheranian’s tenure. He is also organist on staff at The College Church of Seventh-Day Adventists in Lancaster, MA, and at the Parish of St. Ignatius of Loyola (RC) in Chestnut Hill.
Prior to Ashmont, Mr. Sheranian served seven years as Organist and Choirmaster at Christ’s Church in Rye, New York. Mr. Sheranian holds degrees in organ performance from New England Conservatory and Yale University, and as a student held positions at the Parish of All Saints in Boston, and Christ Church in New Haven.
As a recitalist, Mr. Sheranian has performed at major venues throughout the United States, Asia, and Europe. In late spring of this year, he concluded a tour of Sweden and the United Kingdom with the performance at Westminster Abbey in London. A lifelong disciple of Johann Sebastian Bach, Mr. Sheranian is the founding director of The Bach Project, a baroque ensemble of instrumentalists and singers aiming to perform the full spectrum of Bach’s music in performances in the greater Boston area, now in its seventh season. Recent concerts have included such works as the St. John Passion, Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, as well as the Coffee Cantata. He is also in demand as an accompanist, continuo player, guest conductor, teacher, and coach; and has worked in Jewish liturgical music for the past twenty years.
Mr. Sheranian is a member of the Association of Anglican Musicians, and has served as a Regional Chair of that organization. He has also served as co-manager and manager of the Massachusetts (formerly Montreal) Boys Choir Course, is one of the founding directors of the St. Thomas Girls’ Choir Course in NYC, and has guest conducted the Dallas’ Boys Choir Course and Nashville Diocesan Chorister Festival. He is currently serving on the Board of the Early Music America, as well as on being a member of the Young Organists’ Initiative and on the Executive Committee of the Boston Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. Passions include languages, weight-lifting, cycling, travel, and performing in a band, or solo on keys in night clubs and cabarets, with his husband and better half, jazz vocalist and songwriter João Santos.
Andrew Sheranian has been Organist and Master of Choristers since 2010.
