Liv Schachter, Music Director
Liv began learning piano at four years old and flute at eight. She earned a BFA from Mount Allison University, and has been awarded the ARCT diploma from the Royal Conservatory of Toronto, a professional credential attesting the level of proficiency of a concert performer. Liv has over twenty-five years experience working as a musician in the GTA as a relief organist, as a piano accompanist to various musicians, singers and ballet studios, as a chamber musician including one half of a flute/harp duo, and as a flute and piano teacher. She lives in Georgetown where she is involved in several local groups including the Halton Hills Concert Band, the Halton Hills Flute Ensemble, and the Georgetown Folk Collective. She's been the Music Director at St. Stephen's since 2019. |
Julie Zarins, Rector's Warden
Julie was born in England, and emigrated to Montreal in 1984 with her husband Peter. In 1996 they relocated to Georgetown, Ontario, where soon after they joined St. Stephen’s Church. From the warm, friendly welcome they received from the very beginning at St. Stephen’s, they knew this was the right church for them! In addition to a heavy responsibility as rector's warden Julie is a member of the choir and a member of the Altar Guild. Julie is a Registered Nurse, now semi-retired and working at Georgetown Hospital. Her hobbies include gardening, reading, puzzles (particularly Sudoku), playing the tenor recorder (a new venture since COVID), and volunteering at the Bennett Long Term Care Facility (gardening) and the Halton Radial Railway Museum (serving ice cream!). She and Peter have a son, Michael. Also an elderly, beloved dog called Ramsey and two very mischievous young cats called Ruby and Wegz (rescued from Egypt)! |