Boston Singers' Relief Fund
Oversight Committee

Murray Kidd

Murray Kidd, Acting Chair and Executive Director of the Boston Singers’ Relief Fund
Murray Kidd has been active in the singing community participating on the board of Boston Singers’ Resource (starting Fall of 2009) and NATS-Boston, as well as acting as a Choral Liaison for the Handel & Haydn Society of Boston. He created the long-standing Song Recital Workshop – approaching its tenth year - for the New England Conservatory of Music Summer School. He is currently Director of Choirs at University of Massachusetts at Lowell and is conductor of Polymnia Choral Society. Murray Kidd has been a performer and educator in New England since 1992.

Erica Finn, treasurer
Saugus resident Erica Finn is currently a Senior Accountant for Best Doctors, Inc. in Boston. After singing for with the St. Anthony’s Church Choir in Revere for many years, she now sings with the Polymnia Choral Society in Melrose and will begin performing this season as a cellist with the Melrose Symphony Orchestra.

Gail Abbey
Gail Abbey has performed regularly with many of Boston’s renowned music organizations including Emmanuel Music, Boston Baroque and the Handel & Haydn Society. She is a graduate of Westminster Choir College. She currently teaches voice at Pine Manor College, and in her home in Holliston, MA, and is the Office Administrator for Blue Heron Renaissance Choir

Peter Gibson
Newton resident Peter Gibson is a former financial and investment advisor who now manages the Student Billing Department at Andover Newton Theological School. He currently serves on the Board of Overseers of Boston Baroque, has sung for many years in the choruses of Boston Baroque and the Handel and Haydn Society, and is Cantor at St. Stephen's Church in Providence, RI

Clifford Rust
Clifford Rust sings with the Handel and Haydn Society, the Choir of the Church of the Advent and Boston Baroque. He holds degrees from Dartmouth College and the FW Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College and is currently the Director of Finance and Administration with the Handel and Haydn Society.