The Reverend Dr Walter Hannam
Vicar, S. Bartholomew’s Anglican Church, Regent Park
Associate Priest, The Cathedral Church of S. James, Toronto
A native of Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley, Father Hannam held the chair of Theology and Anglican Studies at the College of Emmanuel and S. Chad in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan for seven years before his appointment at S. James Cathedral and S. Bart’s. He holds degrees from the University of King’s College (B.A. Classics, Philosophy), Dalhousie University (M.A. Classical and Patristic Philosophy), and Boston College (Ph.D. Theology). Father Hannam was made Deacon and ordained to the Sacred Priesthood in the Diocese of Saskatchewan, where he served as Chaplain of S. Mary’s Church, Prince Albert; he also served as Honorary Assistant at All Saints’ Parish in the Diocese of Saskatoon. Father Hannam is married to Sarah, a professional librarian.
Katherine Hill
Choir Director, S. Bartholomew’s Anglican Church, Regent Park
Katherine Hill enjoyed an early education in Anglican church music with Catherine Palmer (a student of Healey Willan’s), at Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, Toronto. This early influence led to a lifelong interest in early European text and music, both sacred and secular, and Katherine now maintains a freelance career as a performer with early music groups here in Canada, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Italy. She is also a graduate of the University of Toronto’s Centre for Medieval Studies, where she researched the presence of the oldest forms of Western musical notation in Old Saxon Gospel poetry.
Since 2003, Katherine has been particularly interested in music from medieval convents and women’s religious communities, and has researched and directed concert performances of this repertoire in Amsterdam, Calgary and Toronto. She sings regularly in the series Sacred Music in a Sacred Space at Trinity College Chapel.