Leadership

Marie Bernadett is the Director of Music and Liturgy at the church of St. Vincent de Paul in Albany NY, and serves on the Music Subcommittee of the Diocesan Liturgical Commission. She teaches in the Liturgical Music Certificate program at the College of St. Rose in Albany, NY, and is Co-Director of Music and Liturgy at Pyramid Lake: a Program for Youth. She holds a Masters degree in Liturgical Music from the University of Santa Clara, CA. Prior to her move to Albany from CA, she worked in Campus Ministry at the Newman Center at the University of California, Davis. Marie can be reached at mbernadett@nycap.rr.com.

Richard Putorti, Assistant Director for Recruiting

Richard has served the diocese and diocesan parishes for many years and currently serves as the Ensemble Director at St. Mary’s Church in Crescent. He has been Director of Music for three parishes, the 2007 Diocesan Youth Rally, the 1997 Albany Sesquicentennial Liturgy, and Christian Leadership Institutes (CLI) from 1996-2004. He founded an annual choral concert Tuned For Praise (1998 – 2004) and a liturgical music experience for youth, Music and Liturgy at Pyramid Lake, that began in 2000. Richard is also a composer of inspirational and liturgical music. “Follow The Light” written with Chris Dukes is published by G.I.A., and “Instruments of Christ” can be found in the St. Augustine Hymnal published by I.L.P. Richard can be reached at songman@nycap.rr.com.

Tony Koslowski, Assistant Director for Events

Tony Koslowski has been an active member of the Music Ministry in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany for several years. He served as the Assistant Director of Music at the Parish of Saint Pius X in Loudonville from 2005 until 2011, as well as organist at St. Joseph’s Provincial House, Our Lady of Victory, St. Mary’s Downtown, and Our Lady of the Assumption. He is a member of the Diocesan Liturgical Commission Music Subcommittee, American Guild of Organists, and the National Pastoral Musicians Albany Chapter. Since 2011, Tony has served as the Director of Music and Liturgy at All Saints Catholic Church in Albany, NY until the end of 2014, when he moved to All Saints on the Hudson Catholic Communities serving St. Paul's and St. Peter's in Mechanicville and Stillwater. Tony can be reached at tonykoslowski@gmail.com.

Patricia Rein, Secretary/Treasurer

Patricia Rein is a graduate of SUNY Potsdam Crane School of Music. Recently retired, she was the music minister at the Church of St. Madeleine Sophie for 43 Years, 35 as the director. She taught one year of public school in Hudson, and three years at the Yamaha Music School, and has been an accompanist at the Menands Free School for 14 years, 2 years Schenectady City Schools. She serves on Diocesan Liturgical Commission Music Subcomittee, is a member of NPM and teaches private lessons in piano and guitar. She is married and has 3 children and 1 grandchild. Patricia can be reached at musiklady12306@gmail.com.

Albany Chapter NPM

National Association of Pastoral Musicians

Leadership