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Meet Gloria Bridgestock, accompanist at St. Matthew, Farmington for 70-plus years

Gloria Bridgestock is shown in her familiar domain -- at the piano in the choir loft of St. Matthew Church in Farmington. The parish recently honored the 87-year-old musician for serving as accompanist at Masses for more than 70 years. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

FARMINGTON — More than 70 years ago, Gloria Muzzarelli — then barely a teenager — played the tiny one-octave pump organ at St. Matthew Church for the first time all on her own at a Sunday Mass. It didn’t go well. “When it was time for the Sanctus, I played too soon,” she recalls. A […]

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