Shir Joy’s Director: Nan AK Gibbons
There’s awesome power in the weekly gathering of diverse, welcoming singers working together to create harmony, beauty, laughter, sanctuary, and community. In each rehearsal, we experience more and more of this until we are so full of joy that it must overflow! We call that a concert. ~ Nan AK Gibbons
Nan is a gifted choral director, teacher, storyteller, composer, visual artist, and listener. After receiving a BA in Music and Art and a Masters in Education from Lesley University, Nan received an MA in Theology, Worship and Arts from Andover Newton Theological School. She is a highly spiritual person and has used her education along with her creativity and passion to create, develop, lead and support many different music and art programs across Central Massachusetts for the past 20 years. Participants in these programs vary widely in age, religion, education and artistic/musical ability but Nan finds connections between group members and builds communities that bond as they learn and grow together.