Rector and Staff
The Rev. Amy Dafler Meaux
The Reverend Amy Dafler Meaux
The Reverend Amy Dafler Meaux was born in Beaufort, South Carolina and over the years has lived in varied places ranging from Southeast North Carolina to Louisiana to Texas. She received her Masters of Divinity from The Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, Texas. She has served two Episcopal Churches: Trinity Episcopal Church, New Orleans, Louisiana and Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, Dallas, Texas. As a priest, Amy is passionate about sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ so that others can know the deep love of God. She is married with two children and is an avid knitter. Her sermons and other musings are posted here: revmeaux.blogspot.com She can be reached at 859-236-3374 or office@trinitydanville.org.
Choirmaster/Organist: Maria LeRose
Maria LeRose.
Maria LeRose serves as the Music Director/Organist. She completed her Master of Music in Sacred Music with an emphasis in organ as well as a Certificate in Music Theory Pedagogy at the University of Kentucky in 2006. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from UK with a Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance in 2004. She is currently an organ student of Dr. Schuyler Robinson at UK.
Maria’s previous teachers include Wayne Halstead of Summersville, WV; Julie Janisch of Charleston, WV; Dr. Shelly Moorman-Stahlman at Lebanon Valley College in Annville, PA, and Dr. John Turnbull at Converse College in Spartanburg, SC. In summer 2004, Maria studied organ in Salzburg, Austria with Bernhard Gfrerer. She has been the organist at several churches in WV and SC.
From 2003 - 2009 she was the organist and handbell director at Trinity Hill United Methodist Church in Lexington, KY. She has taught piano and organ lessons at the Music Institute of Lexington since 2004. Maria is currently working toward a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Organ Performance at UK. She has completed her course work and passed her qualifying exams in December 2009. She is currently researching and writing her dissertation.