St. John's Staff

Meet our team!

Chrys Sparks

Office Manager
​admin@st-john-aptos.org
Office Hours:
Tues-Thurs 9 a.m.–2 p.m.
Office Phone: 831-708-2278

Nicola Canzano

Music Director
organist@st-john-aptos.org

Nico, is a graduate of the University of Michigan, where he studied music composition and physics. He graduated with Bachelor’s Degrees in both. Since 2015 he has been carrying out his PhD work in condensed matter experiments at UCSC Department of Physics.

Musically, he is especially interested in Early and Baroque music and after his Baroque Festival Debut in the 2016 Boomeria, is delighted to be performing in concert with the 2017 Baroque Festival. He continues to compose as well as perform on harpsichord.

Boomeria may be where Nico became acquainted with Bill Visscher, St John’s former longtime organist and music director, because it is through Bill he heard about St. John’s. Nico had been Music Director, Organist and Composer at St Stephens Episcopal Church in Wyandotte, MI beginning when he was only 14 (and they were desperate for an organist) and continuing until he graduated from university, July 2015.

Eileen Begley

Bookkeeper
​bookkeeper@st-john-aptos.org
Office Hours:
Tues. 10 a.m.–2 p.m.,
Wed 10 a.m.-11 a.m.
Office Phone: 831-708-2278