The Association of Anglican Musicians (AAM) announces Renée Rybolt as the recipient of its 2025 James Litton Grant for Choral Training. Rybolt is utilizing the grant to attend the 2025 Cambridge Summer Choral Course. The annual Litton Grant honors the late James Litton, one of the co-founders of the Association of Anglican Musicians and a generational leader in church and choral music. Its purpose is to aid musicians in developing their own choir training skills, building a chorister program for young singers, or for another endeavor.
Renée Rybolt is director of music at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Houston, Texas. In the nine years Rybolt has held the position, she has increased the size of the parish choir, instituted new traditions of choral liturgies such as evensong, compline, and lessons and carols, and has hosted musicians and ensembles at St. Mark’s. She was traditional music coordinator and conductor for the Episcopal Diocese of Texas Clergy Conference in 2022 as well as for diocesan council worship services in 2023 and 2024. She frequently sings with Houston-area ensembles and throughout the United States as a choral artist and soloist.
For information: anglicanmusicians.org and https://www.reneerybolt.com/home.
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