{"id":1354,"date":"2016-04-20T13:47:12","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T17:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/?p=1354"},"modified":"2016-04-20T13:47:12","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T17:47:12","slug":"get-know-frank-deprospo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/mandarin\/get-know-frank-deprospo\/","title":{"rendered":"Get to Know\u2026.Frank DeProspo"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Cassy Fiano<\/em>
\nmail@floridanewsline.com<\/em><\/p>\n

Frank DeProspo grew up in Patterson, New Jersey. His mother immigrated from the Philippines in the 1960s, where she married his dad. She was a stay at home mom while his father worked for Nabisco as a baker. After his dad retired, his mother insisted on moving to a warmer climate and they decided to relocate to Palm Coast in 1982. <\/span><\/p>\n

His mother, who had taught DeProspo to play the piano, was serving as the organist at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Palm Coast. At age 12, he asked if he could replace her, which thrilled her. He became the church\u2019s organist and he kept the job through the years, even as he attended Florida State University, where he majored in pre-med chemistry. He played over the summers each year.<\/span><\/p>\n

After he graduated, he got a job with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement as a forensic serologist and then changed careers to work in information technology. In 1996, he was hired as the music director at St. Joseph\u2019s Catholic Church in Mandarin, helping the music ministry to grow and gain a reputation as one of the best choirs in the diocese; they were invited to play for the Pope at the Vatican. \u00a0DeProspo is married, and he and his wife Nicole have one daughter, Olivia.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. What originally drew you to music?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Well, my mom, who was a very good pianist, really got me interested in it when I was four. She gave me all these classical pieces to learn. I liked it, but I didn\u2019t love it. When I got the job at Mother Seton, it kept me playing because it gave me a reason to play. That\u2019s really why a lot of kids stop. When you get to those pre-teen years, there\u2019s really no incentive to continue. So working for the church, it kept me playing, because it gave me a reason to do it. Then I was asked to do a show, a little theater production when I was a teenager, and that sparked my interest in playing jazz and show tunes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. What do you think has been your proudest accomplishment as music director?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      It\u2019s very rewarding to see people who wouldn\u2019t normally get up in front of a group and sing and to work with them and convince them they have the ability to do this. So when we took the choir to Italy, it was a group of people who aren\u2019t professional singers, who just worked really hard \u2014 and they sang in front of the Pope. Different people from different backgrounds, like a senior executive at a bank or a senior vice president at Florida Blue, are interacting with someone who is a florist at Winn-Dixie and they\u2019re all having a great time together. They\u2019re working together towards this goal of making a joyful sound. <\/span><\/p>\n

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      1. Why do you think that music is so important in a church?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        All throughout the church\u2019s history, music has been so integral to prayer. It\u2019s going off of what, I believe, St. Augustine says: \u201cHe who sings, prays twice.\u201d I agree with that kind of mindset where singing reinforces the prayers that are spoken. <\/span><\/p>\n

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        1. What does music do for you?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          It\u2019s a great outlet. It\u2019s a way for me to pray during the Mass. Just sitting there, just playing, just very thankful to God that I have that opportunity to do work with this choir.. And hopefully, I can make a difference in the liturgy, that when people come to St. Joseph\u2019s, they\u2019ll get something out of it. Someone came to me once and said that their husband came to St. Joseph\u2019s and became Catholic because of the music. Stories like that are why I love doing this. <\/span><\/p>\n

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          1. Do you have a favorite hymn or song to play, and why?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            It\u2019s funny, because I like some songs in their entirety, but mostly I like pieces of songs. I\u2019d say one of my newer favorites is the one we did on Holy Thursday, \u201cFrom an Upper Room.\u201d It has this beautiful feel to it and the music paints the text so beautifully. It\u2019s got all of these running notes, this sense of urgency to it, that really puts you in the frame of the Last Supper and what\u2019s about to happen after the Last Supper in the Garden of Gethsemane. It\u2019s a powerful song and it blends in another traditional melody of \u201clet all mortal flesh keep silent.\u201d It\u2019s such a powerful song.<\/span><\/p>\n

            Photo courtesy Frank DeProspo<\/em><\/p>\n

            Frank DeProspo with his wife Nicole and daughter Olivia.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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