05/03/2026
The next meeting for the San Diego County Recorder Society will be on Saturday, May 16, 2026, from 1:00 - 4:00pm in the Great Hall at St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral, 2728 Sixth Ave, San Diego, CA 92103.
Our guest conductor for the month is Juan Carlos Acosta. He was appointed Director of Worship Ministry at The Village Church in April 2015. Since that time the Chancel Choir and Village Community Chorale have experienced remarkable growth under his leadership. Juan Carlos has led the choirs in critically acclaimed performances of the Brahms Requiem, the Saint-Säens Christmas Oratorio, Haydn Lord Nelson Mass and Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors, as well as their first international tour in June 2017. Mr. Acosta currently directs the Chancel Choir, Village Community Chorale, the Youth Choir and oversees the church concert series. Juan Carlos has been active as a church musician nearly all of his life and prior to coming to The Village Church he served as Director of Music Ministries at First United Methodist Church, Chula Vista, Pacific Beach Presbyterian Church and St. John’s Lutheran Church. Currently Juan Carlos is the Associate Artistic Director of the professional choir SACRA/PROFANA, and serves on the faculty of the University of San Diego where he directs the Concert Choir. Previous positions include Director of the Cuyamaca College Choir, Choral Director at the Chula Vista School for the Creative and Performing Arts, and Conductor with the San Diego Children’s Choir. Juan Carlos holds a Bachelor of Music Education and a Masters of Music in Choral Conducting from San Diego State University, and has done additional study with Charles Bruffy at the Westminster Conducting Institute, and Jon Washburn at the Vancouver Chamber Choir Conductor’s Symposium.
Here is part of an interview he gave several years ago to The Faces of San
Diego https://thefacesofsandiego.com/juan-carlos-acosta/
(click on link for entire interview):
I am a lifelong San Diego native, and have been involved in music more or less my whole life. I have taken advantage of just about every type of musical experience San Diego has to offer; from singing as a boy soprano at St. Paul’s Cathedral, to playing punk and ska at Soma, and just about everything in between. Currently I serve as the Artistic Director of SACRA/PROFANA a nationally recognized professional choir that specializes in contemporary choral music and supports our music education community through workshops, and a summer choral intensive. I am also the Director of Worship at the Village Community Presbyterian Church in Rancho Santa Fe, where I direct the Chancel Choir, the Village Community Chorale, Youth Choir, and oversee the two worship services. In addition to music, I love being outdoors; and have been an avid cyclist, hiker, surfer, rock climber and camper at various points in my life. Although family and work schedules are demanding, I try to carve out as much time as I can to be outdoors.
Logistics:
BRING YOUR OWN MUSIC STAND AND YOUR OWN PRINTED COPY OF THE MUSIC TO BE PLAYED (OR YOUR E-READER WITH THE MUSIC). If you are interested in joining us, let us know and we can send you the music.
*IMPORTANT FREE PARKING CHANGE:
St. Paul’s now offers SDCRS members free meeting parking in their overflow lot behind St. Paul’s Senior Services Corporate Office at 328 Maple St.
- Enter the parking lot from 3rd Avenue between Maple and Nutmeg Sts.
- Walk several blocks East on Nutmeg St. toward Balboa Park to St. Paul’s Cathedral.
Free parking during meetings is no longer available for SDCRS members in the underground garage at 525 Olive St. Anyone who still wants to park there in Cathedral spaces must use the public QR code payment system ($10 for four hours). Metered street parking in the area is also available.
I am a lifelong San Diego native, and have been involved in music more or less my whole life. I have taken advantage of just about every type of musical experience San Diego has...
