Scott Tucker, Choir Director:

Scott Tucker is the P.E. Browning Director of Choral Music at Cornell University where he conducts the Cornell University Chorus and Glee Club. He also oversees the activities of the Cornell Chorale, Chamber Singers, and music for Sage Chapel.

Professor Tucker is an active clinician in areas as diverse as male singing, new repertoire for women’s choirs, and traditional African music. He has been the Repertoire and Standards Chair for Male Choirs in the Eastern Division of the American Choral Directors Association and is a board member of Intercollegiate Men’s Choirs. He is also an active member of the International Federation of Choral Music and a charter member of the National Choral Conductor’s Organization.

Professor Tucker received a Master of Music degree in choral conducting from the from the New England Conservatory of Music, a Bachelor of Music degree in trumpet performance from the New England Conservatory, and a Bachelor of Science degree from Tufts University where he was a Presser Scholar. His awards include Milton Academy’s Talbot Baker Award for excellence in teaching, the St. Botolph Award for notable artists in the Boston area, the Cornell Student Activities Outstanding Advisor Award, and Cornell’s Stephen and Margery Russell Distinguished Teaching Award.

Jean Radice, Organist:

Jean Clay Radice, returned as organist for the First Presbyterian Church in June 2010, she held this position from 1991-1998, working under the direction of Larry Doebler.  She has taught organ and harpsichord at Ithaca College since 2007. She studied organ at Syracuse University before obtaining a bachelor’s degree in organ performance from Boston University and a master’s degree in organ performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. She has been an accomplished church musician and most recently has served as organist and choir director at the Episcopal Church at Cornell. She specializes in the historical keyboard literature for organ and harpsichord up to and including Johann Sebastian Bach, and has performed in many all-Bach recitals at Ithaca College, including collaborative performances of the complete Book II of The Well-Tempered Clavier, the Goldberg Variations, recitals of solo cantatas with other faculty, and accompanying choral groups. She maintains a large private teaching studio, and is an active recitalist in area churches.

Pamela Palmer, Handbell Choir and Children's Music Director:

Pamela Palmer has been involved in church music for the past twenty years and considers it a great privilege to continue her journey of ministry by working at First Presbyterian Church.  She holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ and a Master of Music degree from Ithaca College.  Both of her degrees focused on Music Education.  She has taught music in public and private institutions and has served as director for several adult and children’s choirs in various churches throughout the years.  While attending Ithaca College, Pamela sang with the Women’s Chorale and the College Choir.  It was through these ensembles that she worked with Lawrence Doebler and is delighted to be working with him now at First Presbyterian.  

Her prayer as she ministers in music at First Presbyterian is that God will use her to bring hope and joy to people’s lives.