Cathedral Music Staff
Michael Petrosh
Cathedral Musician
Michael Petrosh began serving at the Cathedral Church of St. Luke as the Assistant Musician under Benjamin T. Lane in September 2016. Following the sudden passing of Ben Lane in September 2019, Michael became Acting Cathedral Musician. After a national search process during the early months of COVID shutdowns, he was selected as Cathedral Musician in November 2020 and was made Canon Musician by Bishop Brewer in January 2023.
Michael’s degrees come from Sewanee: The University of the South, (BA, C’13, with majors in history and music), and from the Cleveland Institute of Music (MM, C’16), where he studied under Dr. Robbe Delcamp and Todd Wilson, respectively.
Prior to coming to Orlando, he held church positions as Assistant Organist/Choirmaster at St. Mark’s Cathedral (Episcopal) in Shreveport, Louisiana (2013–2014), as Interim Musician at St. Hubert’s Episcopal Church, Kirtland Hills (2014–2015), and as the Organist at Lakewood Presbyterian Church (2015–2016).
In addition to working with the Cathedral Choir, Michael assisted with and, following Ben Lane, directed the Orlando Boy’s and Girls’ choirs prior to COVID shutdowns. Michael has also participated in multiple choral residencies in English cathedrals: the Orlando Men’s Choir’s July 2018 week-long residency at Canterbury Cathedral (assisted in planning, accompanying, and directing), St. Mark’s Cathedral’s tour of Greater St. Mary’s (Cambridge) and Guildford Cathedral in July 2018 (accompanied), and the Cathedral Choir’s week-long residency at Durham Cathedral in August 2023 (planned and accompanied). Michael also composes and arranges choral and organ works, ranging from psalm tunes to full anthems and organ pieces, many of which have been heard in liturgies at the cathedral.
Outside of choral and organ duties, Michael oversees the cathedral’s online streaming hardware, software, and online platforms. He also organizes the Cathedral Concert Series, which provides free musical concerts and liturgies to the public about once a month from September to June.
Active in the local Central Florida chapter of the American Guild of Organists, Michael has served on the board over the years as a member-at-large, secretary, and dean. During his two-year stint as dean (August 2020–May 2022), he helped guide the chapter through the challenges of limited in-person events. Currently, he serves on the chapter’s board as the chair of the technology committee as well as the chapter’s contact for hosting and administering professional certification tests.
Melissa Ramb
Soprano and Director of The Cathedral Choristers
Soprano Melissa Ramb is the Director of Choristers at the Cathedral Church of St. Luke. She grew up at the Cathedral and feels blessed to serve in the parish that helped shape her both spiritually and musically. An honors graduate of both Wake Forest University (Bachelor of Arts) and University of Tennessee (Masters of Music), she has performed in opera, oratorio, concert, and musical theater throughout the United States and abroad.
She has directed the Children’s and Training Choirs at St. James Cathedral, teaches voice privately, is a certified Music Together teacher, and an author with articles published in the internationally distributed magazine, Classical Singer. As a soloist, she has performed with numerous groups including the Orlando Opera Company, Chattanooga Symphony & Opera, dell’Arte Opera Ensemble, the Lake Placid Institute, First Coast Opera, the Orlando Philharmonic, and First Presbyterian Church Orchestra and Choir.
An avid fan of modern music, she has collaborated to premiere and perform works by composers including Canon Benjamin Lane, Robert Schaefer, Dan Locklair, Dave Brubeck, and George Atwell. In 2008 she was granted a Professional Artist Grant from United Arts of Central Florida to help premiere Atwell’s Millennium Mass at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
Ms. Ramb has trained under internationally acclaimed Metropolitan Opera sopranos Pamela Coburn and Stella Zambalis. In addition to singing and choral training, she enjoys time with her husband and two daughters.