ST. ANN YOUTH CHOIR

Christopher Hogan - Director

Christopher Hogan is the Director of Music at St. Ann Catholic School in West Palm Beach, Florida, and the founding director of the St. Ann Youth Choir. He has taught music students of all ages up through the undergraduate level, and he continues to teach privately and direct a variety of choral and instrumental ensembles in the West Palm Beach area. He holds degrees from the University of Louisville (M.M./Music Composition), UCLA Extension (Graduate Certificate/Film Scoring), and Mary Washington College (B.A./Music).

A regularly commissioned composer, especially of sacred music, Hogan’s works have been performed throughout the United States and in Europe. His music can be heard in commercial advertisements and has been used in national television programs on the Discovery Channel, CNBC and TLC. Hogan has written and arranged music for multiple Broadway performers as well as Emmy Award winning songwriters in Los Angeles. He is published by Choristers Guild, Shawnee Press and Gentry Publications.

Jennifer Loyless - Managing Director

Jennifer Loyless has been Managing Director for SAYC since 2018. Her work for SAYC includes developing performance opportunities, fundraising, coordinating volunteers and managing the children’s choir activities internally and externally. Since joining SAYC, the children have participated in two successful Diocesan singing tours, released their second album titled Follow Me (2019) and traveled to Rome for a performance tour ending at the Epiphany Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica in 2019.

Her efforts have been instrumental in coordinating SAYC’s upcoming singing tour of Ireland in May and June of this year. Mrs. Loyless’s two children are SAYC members: Grayson, 12th grade, Upper Choir and Avery, 7th grade, Middle Choir.