Phillip Bettencourt
Youth Choir Director

Phillip has been part of the SCC community since 2002, and has been a church member for many years. He started working for the church as the Senior Choir’s tenor section leader in 2007 and served in that position for four years. His enthusiasm and experience as a music and theater teacher in Manhattan and Southport led to the church hiring him as the Youth Choir Director in 2011. Phillip is known for being an effective teacher who creates a supportive learning environment. His high musical standards and compassionate nature have resulted in many SCC youths earning coveted spots in a cappella groups and choruses, and roles in various theater productions. Students of Phillip have worked on Broadway, off-Broadway, in television, major motion pictures, at New York City Ballet and the Metropolitan Opera Children’s Chorus, and many have attended theater programs in colleges across the country. Phillip is the Artistic Director of Broadway Bootcamp, a beloved summer program and area institution that has called SCC its home for over twenty years. Much like our church, Phillip is committed to community outreach. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the People’s Theater Project, a theater production, education and advocacy organization working with and for immigrant communities to make a more just and equitable world.