About Our Music Director

Our parish music director, Tony Sievert, has been at our Our Lady of the Rosary since 2010.  He moved here from Dexter, Michigan with his wife, Kimberly and three children, Carmen, Dominic, and Alicia.  Prior to arriving at Our Lady of the Rosary he worked for 11 years at St. Joseph Parish in Dexter, Michigan.  He received his undergraduate education at Eastern Michigan University, and his Master's Degree in Pastoral Liturgy and Music from St. Joseph's College in Rennselaer, Indiana.  It was in his graduate work that he worked closely with composer, liturgist, and fellow liturgical musician, Dr. Steven Janco, whose Mass settings, "Mass of the Angels and Saints" and "Mass of Wisdom" are regularly used at our weekend liturgies.

Tony currently serves on the board of the Tampa Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.  He has also been a presenter at the national convention for the National  Association of Pastoral Musicians (NPM).    He has served as cantor for diocesan liturgies in the St. Petersburg diocese, and while in Michigan served on the Diocesan Worship Commission for the Diocese of Lansing, Michigan.  In addition to this parish work, he has served as music director on the diocesean level in Michigan for the Diaconate Ordination liturgy in 2005 and 2008.  He served 10 years as music leader for the Presbyeteral Convocation in the Diocese of Lansing.  He has been a presenter for the Diocese of Lansing's annual Liturgy and Music Conference and was presented with an "Alleluia" award from the Diocese of Lansing in 2010 for outstanding achievement in music and liturgy.  

Tony has training as a vocalist, pianist, and organist, having studied organ with University of Michigan organist Dr. Marilyn Mason.  He has also studied under Dr. Donald Williams and Keith Branson.   He also plays guitar, drums, and saxophone.