Joan Barton DeCaro - Music Director & Organist
Music Director of Our Lady of Good Counsel for the past 16 years, majored in voice and organ at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, N.J. and graduated from Rutgers University with a B.A. in Music History. She is a member of the American Guild of Organists. Ms. Barton DeCaro has been guest organist in many churches and synagogues in the metropolitan area. Before coming to Our Lady of Good Counsel she was Music Director of Guardian Angel Roman Catholic Church.
As mezzo-soprano soloist, Joan has toured in the Far East with the National Philharmonic of the Philippines, and also inaugurated the recital hall in Hong Kong’s Performing Arts Centre. She has appeared as soloist with the Little Orchestra Society in Avery Fisher Hall, New Jersey Opera Classics, Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia, Musica Bella Orchestra, and the Westchester Chamber Music Festival. She has performed in recital with clarinetist Stanley Drucker and violist Emanuel Vardi.
Joan can be heard on the soundtrack of the Samuel Goldwin film “Love Is All There Is” with Paul Sorvino, who is among her voice students. She was featured soloist for the telecast of the Ellis Island Awards Ceremony at St. Patrick’s Cathedral and can be heard on her own CD “How Can I Keep From Singing.” Ms. Barton DeCaro co-authored the book “The Way to Sing – Secrets of Bel Canto” with Jeanne Donato.