Robert Elmore was a fine Philadelphia organist and composer, at 10th Presbyterian Church in Philly (near Curtis Institute) for a long time. I sang in his church choir when beginning to write music, and he and his assistant and his professional soloists and his choir were kind enough to include the first anthem I wrote in a service -- leading me to think that most professionals would turn out to be genuinely interested in helping young musicians develop. Later I learned that his generosity and openness were not as common in other professionals as I had at first thought! William Copper