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C.B. Fisk, Opus 150 (2018)
Photo: Dana Sigall
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C.B. Fisk, Opus 150 (2018)
Photo: Dana Sigall
Jubilee Artists
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Ken Cowan
Regarded as one of North America’s finest concert organists and praised for his dazzling artistry, impeccable technique, and imaginative programming by audiences and critics alike, Ken Cowan maintains a rigorous performing schedule that takes him to major concert venues in America, Canada, Europe, and Asia.
Recent feature performances have included appearances at Princeton University Chapel, The Wanamaker Organ in Philadelphia PA, San Francisco CA for the American Guild of Organists national convention, Baltimore MD for the Organ Historical Society’s national convention, Maison Symphonique in Montreal Canada, and St. Paul’s Cathedral, London.
Upcoming performances include recitals in Groton MA, Birmingham AL, Bethesda MD, Chestertown MD, Atlanta GA, Brevard NC, Fort Worth TX, and a performance for the Elgar Society’s gathering in Northeast Ohio.
Numerous critically acclaimed compact disc recordings by Mr. Cowan are available. Most recent, with Mr. Cowan serving as organ accompanist, is Maurice Duruflé: Complete Choral Works (Signum Records), recorded with Robert Simpson and the Houston Chamber Choir, for which the Houston Chamber Choir was awarded a GRAMMY award in 2020 for Best Choral Recording. Also available is Dynamic Duo, (Pro Organo), featuring Mr. Cowan and Bradley Hunter Welch in a program of original works and transcriptions for duo organists performed on the monumental Casavant organ at Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth, TX. Other recordings include Ken Cowan plays The Great Organ (Pro Organo), recorded on the newly-restored organ at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City; Works of Franz Liszt (JAV), recorded on the Michael Quimby organ at First Baptist church in Jackson Mississippi; and Ken Cowan Plays Romantic Masterworks (Raven), recorded on the 110-rank Schoenstein organ at First Plymouth Congregational Church in Lincoln, Nebraska. Mr. Cowan also joined organist Justin Bischof in the 1999 world-premiere recording of American composer Aaron Miller’s Double Concerto for organ, recorded with the Zurich Symphony Orchestra on the Kleuker organ in the Tonhalle, Zurich, Switzerland (Ethereal Recordings). Many of Mr. Cowan’s recordings and live performances have been regularly featured on the nationally distributed radio program PIPEDREAMS from American Public Media.
A native of Thorold, Ontario, Canada, Mr. Cowan received the Master’s degree and Artist Diploma from the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, studying organ with Thomas Murray. Prior to attending Yale, he graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia where he studied with John Weaver. Following initial studies with his father, David, his principal teacher during his high school years was James Bigham, Music Director at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, in Buffalo, NY.
In 2012 Mr. Cowan joined the keyboard faculty of the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, where he continues to serve as Professor of Organ and head of the organ program. He is additionally Organist and Artist-in-Residence at Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church in Houston, TX. Previous positions have included Associate Professor of Organ at Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton, NJ, where he was awarded the 2008 Rider University Distinguished Teaching Award, and Associate Organist and Artist in Residence at Saint Bartholomew’s Church in New York City.
Recent feature performances have included appearances at Princeton University Chapel, The Wanamaker Organ in Philadelphia PA, San Francisco CA for the American Guild of Organists national convention, Baltimore MD for the Organ Historical Society’s national convention, Maison Symphonique in Montreal Canada, and St. Paul’s Cathedral, London.
Upcoming performances include recitals in Groton MA, Birmingham AL, Bethesda MD, Chestertown MD, Atlanta GA, Brevard NC, Fort Worth TX, and a performance for the Elgar Society’s gathering in Northeast Ohio.
Numerous critically acclaimed compact disc recordings by Mr. Cowan are available. Most recent, with Mr. Cowan serving as organ accompanist, is Maurice Duruflé: Complete Choral Works (Signum Records), recorded with Robert Simpson and the Houston Chamber Choir, for which the Houston Chamber Choir was awarded a GRAMMY award in 2020 for Best Choral Recording. Also available is Dynamic Duo, (Pro Organo), featuring Mr. Cowan and Bradley Hunter Welch in a program of original works and transcriptions for duo organists performed on the monumental Casavant organ at Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth, TX. Other recordings include Ken Cowan plays The Great Organ (Pro Organo), recorded on the newly-restored organ at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City; Works of Franz Liszt (JAV), recorded on the Michael Quimby organ at First Baptist church in Jackson Mississippi; and Ken Cowan Plays Romantic Masterworks (Raven), recorded on the 110-rank Schoenstein organ at First Plymouth Congregational Church in Lincoln, Nebraska. Mr. Cowan also joined organist Justin Bischof in the 1999 world-premiere recording of American composer Aaron Miller’s Double Concerto for organ, recorded with the Zurich Symphony Orchestra on the Kleuker organ in the Tonhalle, Zurich, Switzerland (Ethereal Recordings). Many of Mr. Cowan’s recordings and live performances have been regularly featured on the nationally distributed radio program PIPEDREAMS from American Public Media.
A native of Thorold, Ontario, Canada, Mr. Cowan received the Master’s degree and Artist Diploma from the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, studying organ with Thomas Murray. Prior to attending Yale, he graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia where he studied with John Weaver. Following initial studies with his father, David, his principal teacher during his high school years was James Bigham, Music Director at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, in Buffalo, NY.
In 2012 Mr. Cowan joined the keyboard faculty of the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, where he continues to serve as Professor of Organ and head of the organ program. He is additionally Organist and Artist-in-Residence at Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church in Houston, TX. Previous positions have included Associate Professor of Organ at Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton, NJ, where he was awarded the 2008 Rider University Distinguished Teaching Award, and Associate Organist and Artist in Residence at Saint Bartholomew’s Church in New York City.
Regarded as one of North America’s finest concert organists and praised for his dazzling artistry, impeccable technique, and imaginative programming by audiences and critics alike, Ken Cowan maintains a rigorous performing schedule that takes him to major concert venues in America, Canada, Europe, and Asia.
Katelyn Emerson
Organist and pedagogue Katelyn Emerson, “a star of the first rank and an ambassador for the organ” (Orgue Canada), is internationally renowned for performances “thrilling from beginning to end” that feature repertoire spanning the 14th — 21st centuries with “impressive technical facility and musicianship” (Cleveland Classical) throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, in addition to presenting lectures on interpretation, healthy practice techniques, and sacred music. Upcoming and past concert venues include Walt Disney Hall (Los Angeles, California, USA), Longwood Gardens (Pennsylvania, USA), Basilica of Santa Maria de Montserrat (Spain), Musashino Civic Cultural Hall (Japan), Krasnoyarsk Philharmonic Hall (Russia), Västerås Cathedral (Sweden), among others.
Katelyn is laureate of organ competitions on three continents, including the American Guild of Organists’ (AGO) National Young Artists Competition (USA), Musashino International Organ Competition (Japan), International Organ Competition “Pierre de Manchicourt” (France), and Mikael Tariverdiev International Organ Competition (Russia). The Diapason magazine’s inaugural “20 under 30 – Class of 2015” featured Katelyn alongside many of her exceptional colleagues for her “superior accomplishments… and innovative thinking.” She regularly serves on the faculties of organ academies throughout the USA and Europe and her two CD recordings, Evocations (2017) and Inspirations (2018), appear on the Pro Organo label.
Katelyn is based in both the USA and the UK, having been awarded a Studentship to pursue an MPhil and PhD in Music at the University of Cambridge. She earned a Master Orgel from the Musikhochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst (Stuttgart, Germany), which was supported by a German Academic Exchange Scholarship (DAAD), and, as recipient of the prestigious J. William Fulbright Study/Research Grant, studied en perfectionnement at the Conservatoire de Toulouse (France). Katelyn holds double bachelors degrees in organ performance and French and minors in historical performance and music history from Oberlin College and Conservatory (Ohio), as well as a Certificate in Advanced Occupational Ergonomics from Colorado State University. Her former teachers include Ludger Lohmann, Hans-Ola Ericsson, Michel Bouvard, Jan Willem Jansen, James David Christie, Olivier Latry, Marie-Louise Langlais, and Ray Cornils. She is associate editor of the online editorial journal Vox Humana (voxhumanajournal.com).
Katelyn is laureate of organ competitions on three continents, including the American Guild of Organists’ (AGO) National Young Artists Competition (USA), Musashino International Organ Competition (Japan), International Organ Competition “Pierre de Manchicourt” (France), and Mikael Tariverdiev International Organ Competition (Russia). The Diapason magazine’s inaugural “20 under 30 – Class of 2015” featured Katelyn alongside many of her exceptional colleagues for her “superior accomplishments… and innovative thinking.” She regularly serves on the faculties of organ academies throughout the USA and Europe and her two CD recordings, Evocations (2017) and Inspirations (2018), appear on the Pro Organo label.
Katelyn is based in both the USA and the UK, having been awarded a Studentship to pursue an MPhil and PhD in Music at the University of Cambridge. She earned a Master Orgel from the Musikhochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst (Stuttgart, Germany), which was supported by a German Academic Exchange Scholarship (DAAD), and, as recipient of the prestigious J. William Fulbright Study/Research Grant, studied en perfectionnement at the Conservatoire de Toulouse (France). Katelyn holds double bachelors degrees in organ performance and French and minors in historical performance and music history from Oberlin College and Conservatory (Ohio), as well as a Certificate in Advanced Occupational Ergonomics from Colorado State University. Her former teachers include Ludger Lohmann, Hans-Ola Ericsson, Michel Bouvard, Jan Willem Jansen, James David Christie, Olivier Latry, Marie-Louise Langlais, and Ray Cornils. She is associate editor of the online editorial journal Vox Humana (voxhumanajournal.com).
Organist and pedagogue Katelyn Emerson, “a star of the first rank and an ambassador for the organ” (Orgue Canada), is internationally renowned for performances “thrilling from beginning to end”.
Damin Spritzer
Dr. Damin Spritzer is Area Chair and Associate Professor of Organ at the University of Oklahoma and holds degrees from the University of North Texas, the Eastman School of Music, and the Oberlin Conservatory.
She has performed abroad in Iceland, Belgium, Germany, France, England, Brazil, Israel, Italy, and Norway, and been honored to contribute to convention performances and lectures for the American Guild of Organists, the Organ Historical Society, and the Anglican Association of Musicians, all of which organizations she serves actively as a member. An ardent teacher, Spritzer is especially regarded as a scholar and champion of lesser-known composers from the Romantic eras of England and France, and her discography of internationally acclaimed recordings reflects this.
She recorded her seventh commercial CD in France on the 1849 John Abbey organ at the Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Châlons, released in fall of 2023. Her sixth CD, recorded in England, was released fall 2022 and received a 5-star review from British magazine, The Organ. Spritzer’s acclaimed fifth CD, recorded at England’s Hereford Cathedral in 2018, received five stars from Organists Review: “Damin Spritzer’s performance is spellbinding – and her wide-ranging program notes are fascinating…on so many levels this CD impresses as a serious undertaking.” She was the first American and first woman to record at Hereford, which boasts centuries of extraordinary organ and choral music since 1600. Alsatian-American composer René Louis Becker (1882-1956) was the topic of her doctoral research, leading to three world premier recordings of Becker’s music, two in France and the third in the United States. Her fourth CD, “Fantasia,” was a collaborative project with trombone, and she and Dr. Donald Pinson are planning a second volume. She is in the process of preparing her 8th recording focused exclusively on works by women composers from England, America, Germany, and France. Since arriving in Oklahoma, she has been pleased to be an assisting organist for St. Thomas More University Parish and St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral over the past eight years.
Damin Spritzer is represented in North America exclusively by Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists, LLC.
She has performed abroad in Iceland, Belgium, Germany, France, England, Brazil, Israel, Italy, and Norway, and been honored to contribute to convention performances and lectures for the American Guild of Organists, the Organ Historical Society, and the Anglican Association of Musicians, all of which organizations she serves actively as a member. An ardent teacher, Spritzer is especially regarded as a scholar and champion of lesser-known composers from the Romantic eras of England and France, and her discography of internationally acclaimed recordings reflects this.
She recorded her seventh commercial CD in France on the 1849 John Abbey organ at the Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Châlons, released in fall of 2023. Her sixth CD, recorded in England, was released fall 2022 and received a 5-star review from British magazine, The Organ. Spritzer’s acclaimed fifth CD, recorded at England’s Hereford Cathedral in 2018, received five stars from Organists Review: “Damin Spritzer’s performance is spellbinding – and her wide-ranging program notes are fascinating…on so many levels this CD impresses as a serious undertaking.” She was the first American and first woman to record at Hereford, which boasts centuries of extraordinary organ and choral music since 1600. Alsatian-American composer René Louis Becker (1882-1956) was the topic of her doctoral research, leading to three world premier recordings of Becker’s music, two in France and the third in the United States. Her fourth CD, “Fantasia,” was a collaborative project with trombone, and she and Dr. Donald Pinson are planning a second volume. She is in the process of preparing her 8th recording focused exclusively on works by women composers from England, America, Germany, and France. Since arriving in Oklahoma, she has been pleased to be an assisting organist for St. Thomas More University Parish and St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral over the past eight years.
Damin Spritzer is represented in North America exclusively by Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists, LLC.
Dr. Damin Spritzer is Area Chair and Associate Professor of Organ at the University of Oklahoma and holds degrees from the University of North Texas, the Eastman School of Music, and the Oberlin Conservatory.
Nathan Laube
Nathan Laube is a leading performer and pedagogue who is beloved around the world. His extensive recital career includes major venues spanning four continents, with appearances at the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, the Berlin Philharmonie, the Maison Radio France in Paris, Auditorium Maurice Ravel in Lyon, Béla Bartók National Concert Hall in Budapest, the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, and the Sejong Center in Seoul. Highlight performances in the USA include Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles; Verizon Hall, Philadelphia; Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco; The Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas TX; Benaroya Hall, Seattle; the Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN; the Kauffman Center in Kansas City, MO; and Spivey Hall in Morrow, GA. He has performed in the most famous churches and cathedrals of Europe, including Notre-Dame Cathedral and Saint-Sulpice in Paris, St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, the Frauenkirche in Dresden, and the Berlin Dom. In 2017 he was chosen as the first Organist in Residence at the celebrated 1738 Christian Müller Organ of the St.-Bavokerk in Haarlem (NL). In August 2022 he performed a solo organ recital for the prestigious BBC Proms at Royal Albert Hall in London.
He is regularly called upon to inaugurate important organs across the world, including Canterbury Cathedral (UK) and King’s College Chapel, Cambridge (UK), York Minster (UK) Moscow’s new Zaryadye Concert Hall (RU), the Concert Hall in Göteborg (SE), and the Musiikkitalo in Helsinki (FI). In 2020 he had the honor of performing the first solo recital on Austria’s largest pipe organ built by the Rieger at St. Stephen’s Cathedral (Stephansdom) in Vienna, and in 2023 in the Cathedral in Graz. In the USA, dedications have included the new C.B. Fisk organ at The Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral in Raleigh, NC, the new Noack at St. Paul’s Cathedral in Birmingham, AL, and the restored Aeolian-Skinner at Northrop Auditorium at University of Minnesota. Passionate about organ design and aesthetics, he also serves as a consultant for new instruments in venues including the Concert Hall in Göteborg, Sweden, Field Hall at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, the American Cathedral in Paris, among many others.
He is regularly called upon to inaugurate important organs across the world, including Canterbury Cathedral (UK) and King’s College Chapel, Cambridge (UK), York Minster (UK) Moscow’s new Zaryadye Concert Hall (RU), the Concert Hall in Göteborg (SE), and the Musiikkitalo in Helsinki (FI). In 2020 he had the honor of performing the first solo recital on Austria’s largest pipe organ built by the Rieger at St. Stephen’s Cathedral (Stephansdom) in Vienna, and in 2023 in the Cathedral in Graz. In the USA, dedications have included the new C.B. Fisk organ at The Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral in Raleigh, NC, the new Noack at St. Paul’s Cathedral in Birmingham, AL, and the restored Aeolian-Skinner at Northrop Auditorium at University of Minnesota. Passionate about organ design and aesthetics, he also serves as a consultant for new instruments in venues including the Concert Hall in Göteborg, Sweden, Field Hall at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, the American Cathedral in Paris, among many others.
Nathan Laube is a leading performer and pedagogue who is beloved around the world.
Alan Morrison
Alan Morrison is recognized as one of America's premier concert organists and enjoys a versatile career and his concert performances throughout North America, South America, Europe and Russia have all been received with enthusiastic praise for his quality programming, colorful use of the organ and interpretive integrity. Morrison was recently honored by the Philadelphia Chapter of The American Guild of Organists with the Distinguished Achievement Award in recognition of his teaching and career. He has appeared in concert with groups such as Chanticleer, Empire Brass, Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass, and the U.S. Army Chorus as well as with orchestras throughout the United States performing concertos by Jongen, Poulenc, Paulus, Barber, Sessler, Handel, Chilcott and others. He is a regular performer at Philadelphia’s Verizon Hall where he performs as soloist, concerto soloist, with choral and brass groups and with The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Collaboration with other artists plays a major role in Morrison’s career. For over a decade he toured with his mother, pianist Jeannine Morrison, performing major works and transcriptions for piano and organ. They were featured at the 2006 National AGO Convention in Chicago and recorded a CD (“Festive Duo”) in Spivey Hall. In Philadelphia he has collaborated with all the major choral ensembles: Choral Arts Philadelphia, The Philadelphia Singers, Mendelssohn Club, and Singing City. He has also appeared with Dolce Suono Ensemble several times as harpsichordist and organist. As a pianist he has been featured as concerto soloist performing works such as Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto #1, Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Gershwin’s Concerto in F (all with the DeKalb Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fyodor Cherniavsky), Mozart’s Concerto for Two Pianos and Three Pianos (Atlanta Chamber Symphony conducted by Juan Ramirez), Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy (Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia conducted by Jeffery Brillhart), and Gillingham’s Concerto for Piano and Percussion Orchestra (Orlando, FL). As winner of the GMEA Concerto Competition he performed the Piano Concerto #1 by Shostakovich (Larry Newland conducting the Georgia All State Orchestra) which was broadcast on TV. Other TV appearances include two episodes of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood as both pianist and organist. He was subsequently invited to play for his memorial service at Heinz Hall in Pittsburgh where other guests included Yo-Yo Ma, Hillary Hahn and Isaac Stern. He currently collaborates regularly with The Orlando Chambers Soloists as a founding member. They have recently received awards from Chamber Music America and National Endowment for the Arts. He has also partnered several times with renowned cellist Andres Diaz at Brevard Music Festival and Spivey Hall among other venues playing major works of Rachmaninoff, Martinu, Lutosalwski, and Debussy. Recent collaborations include concerts with soprano Karen Slack, Principal Trumpet Christopher Martin (NY Phil), Principal Flutist Christina Smith and Concertmaster David Coucheron (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra), and pianists Min Kwon and Michelle Cann.
A champion of American composers, Alan Morrison has premiered important new works by William Bolcom, Adolphus Hailstork, Rachel Laurin, Dan Locklair, Emily Maxson-Porter, Mary Beth Bennett, Eric Sessler, Kyle Smith, Jon Spong, Brent Weaver, Daniel Crozier, as well as the American premier of Dances for Organ and Orchestra by Bob Chilcott. One of Morrison’s CD recordings, “American Voyage” features an all-American program with works by Creston, King, Crozier, Locklair, Stover and Sessler. His numerous CD recordings are currently available through the internet or on iTunes.
Morrison has been chosen by his peers to perform for five national conventions of the AGO (Atlanta ’92, New York City ’96, Philadelphia ’02, Chicago ’06 and Atlanta 2020 (as the Saint Cecilia Recitalist/Artist) as well as numerous regional conventions. In 2002, Alan Morrison was appointed head of the organ department at the world-renowned conservatory, The Curtis Institute of Music, where he holds the Haas Charitable Trust Chair in Organ Studies. He has served as College Organist at Ursinus College in Collegeville, PA since 1995 and was most recently appointed Organist-in-Residence at Spivey Hall where he holds the McGehee Family Organist Residency. A graduate of both Curtis Institute of Music (BMus in Organ and MMus in Piano Accompanying) and Juilliard School of Music (Professional Studies in Organ), his teachers were Sarah Martin, Cherry Rhodes and John Weaver (organ) and Robert Harvey, Vladimir Sokoloff and Susan Starr (piano).
Alan Morrison is under the exclusive management of Karen McFarlane Artists, Inc. (Cleveland).
Collaboration with other artists plays a major role in Morrison’s career. For over a decade he toured with his mother, pianist Jeannine Morrison, performing major works and transcriptions for piano and organ. They were featured at the 2006 National AGO Convention in Chicago and recorded a CD (“Festive Duo”) in Spivey Hall. In Philadelphia he has collaborated with all the major choral ensembles: Choral Arts Philadelphia, The Philadelphia Singers, Mendelssohn Club, and Singing City. He has also appeared with Dolce Suono Ensemble several times as harpsichordist and organist. As a pianist he has been featured as concerto soloist performing works such as Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto #1, Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Gershwin’s Concerto in F (all with the DeKalb Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fyodor Cherniavsky), Mozart’s Concerto for Two Pianos and Three Pianos (Atlanta Chamber Symphony conducted by Juan Ramirez), Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy (Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia conducted by Jeffery Brillhart), and Gillingham’s Concerto for Piano and Percussion Orchestra (Orlando, FL). As winner of the GMEA Concerto Competition he performed the Piano Concerto #1 by Shostakovich (Larry Newland conducting the Georgia All State Orchestra) which was broadcast on TV. Other TV appearances include two episodes of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood as both pianist and organist. He was subsequently invited to play for his memorial service at Heinz Hall in Pittsburgh where other guests included Yo-Yo Ma, Hillary Hahn and Isaac Stern. He currently collaborates regularly with The Orlando Chambers Soloists as a founding member. They have recently received awards from Chamber Music America and National Endowment for the Arts. He has also partnered several times with renowned cellist Andres Diaz at Brevard Music Festival and Spivey Hall among other venues playing major works of Rachmaninoff, Martinu, Lutosalwski, and Debussy. Recent collaborations include concerts with soprano Karen Slack, Principal Trumpet Christopher Martin (NY Phil), Principal Flutist Christina Smith and Concertmaster David Coucheron (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra), and pianists Min Kwon and Michelle Cann.
A champion of American composers, Alan Morrison has premiered important new works by William Bolcom, Adolphus Hailstork, Rachel Laurin, Dan Locklair, Emily Maxson-Porter, Mary Beth Bennett, Eric Sessler, Kyle Smith, Jon Spong, Brent Weaver, Daniel Crozier, as well as the American premier of Dances for Organ and Orchestra by Bob Chilcott. One of Morrison’s CD recordings, “American Voyage” features an all-American program with works by Creston, King, Crozier, Locklair, Stover and Sessler. His numerous CD recordings are currently available through the internet or on iTunes.
Morrison has been chosen by his peers to perform for five national conventions of the AGO (Atlanta ’92, New York City ’96, Philadelphia ’02, Chicago ’06 and Atlanta 2020 (as the Saint Cecilia Recitalist/Artist) as well as numerous regional conventions. In 2002, Alan Morrison was appointed head of the organ department at the world-renowned conservatory, The Curtis Institute of Music, where he holds the Haas Charitable Trust Chair in Organ Studies. He has served as College Organist at Ursinus College in Collegeville, PA since 1995 and was most recently appointed Organist-in-Residence at Spivey Hall where he holds the McGehee Family Organist Residency. A graduate of both Curtis Institute of Music (BMus in Organ and MMus in Piano Accompanying) and Juilliard School of Music (Professional Studies in Organ), his teachers were Sarah Martin, Cherry Rhodes and John Weaver (organ) and Robert Harvey, Vladimir Sokoloff and Susan Starr (piano).
Alan Morrison is under the exclusive management of Karen McFarlane Artists, Inc. (Cleveland).
Alan Morrison is recognized as one of America's premier concert organists and enjoys a versatile career and his concert performances throughout North America, South America, Europe and Russia have all been received with enthusiastic praise for his quality programming, colorful use of the organ and interpretive integrity.
Bradley Hunter Welch
Hailed as “A world-class virtuoso” (The American Organist) and “an expert at defining darks, lights, shadows and colors,” (Birmingham News, Alabama), Bradley Hunter Welch is in continual demand as a recitalist, concerto soloist, and collaborative artist. He is the 2003 First Place winner of the Dallas International Organ Competition and was also awarded the Audience Prize for the second time, having previously won it in 2000.
In August 2018, Bradley Hunter Welch was named Resident Organist and holder of the Lay Family Chair by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, where he’ll perform with the DSO and oversee the Meyerson Symphony Center’s Lay Family Concert Organ, built by C.B. Fisk. Dr. Welch also serves as Artist-in-Residence at Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church in Dallas. He has taught at Southern Methodist University and Baylor University and was Director of Music & Arts at Highland Park United Methodist Church in Dallas, TX from 2009-2014.
A native of Knoxville, TN, Dr. Welch holds the Doctor of Musical Arts, Master of Musical Arts, and Master of Music degrees, as well as the coveted Artist Diploma from Yale University where he studied with Thomas Murray and Martin Jean. He also holds the Bachelor of Music degree from Baylor University where he studied with Joyce Jones.
His debut CD recording is the first solo organ recording made on the Rildia Bee O’Bryan Cliburn Organ at Broadway Baptist Church, Fort Worth on the Loft Recordings label. In 2016 he released a CD, entitled “Dynamic Duo”, of large-scale orchestral transcriptions with duo-organist Ken Cowan on the Pro Organo label.
Bradley Hunter Welch is represented in North America exclusively by Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists, LLC.
In August 2018, Bradley Hunter Welch was named Resident Organist and holder of the Lay Family Chair by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, where he’ll perform with the DSO and oversee the Meyerson Symphony Center’s Lay Family Concert Organ, built by C.B. Fisk. Dr. Welch also serves as Artist-in-Residence at Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church in Dallas. He has taught at Southern Methodist University and Baylor University and was Director of Music & Arts at Highland Park United Methodist Church in Dallas, TX from 2009-2014.
A native of Knoxville, TN, Dr. Welch holds the Doctor of Musical Arts, Master of Musical Arts, and Master of Music degrees, as well as the coveted Artist Diploma from Yale University where he studied with Thomas Murray and Martin Jean. He also holds the Bachelor of Music degree from Baylor University where he studied with Joyce Jones.
His debut CD recording is the first solo organ recording made on the Rildia Bee O’Bryan Cliburn Organ at Broadway Baptist Church, Fort Worth on the Loft Recordings label. In 2016 he released a CD, entitled “Dynamic Duo”, of large-scale orchestral transcriptions with duo-organist Ken Cowan on the Pro Organo label.
Bradley Hunter Welch is represented in North America exclusively by Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists, LLC.
Hailed as “A world-class virtuoso” (The American Organist) and “an expert at defining darks, lights, shadows and colors,” (Birmingham News, Alabama), Bradley Hunter Welch is in continual demand as a recitalist, concerto soloist, and collaborative artist.
James Kealey
Winner of the First Prize and Audience Prize at the 2022 American Guild of Organists’ National Young Artists Competition in Organ performance (NYACOP), James Kealey is a young artist of great distinction who has appeared in recital in England, the U.S.A., and in Europe.
Previous highlight engagements include recitals at Westminster Abbey UK; Methuen Memorial Music Hall, MA; St John the Divine, NYC, the Spreckels Organ Pavilion, and recitals for many AGO chapters around the country. Performances this season include stops in Potsdam NY, Birmingham, AL, Bryn Mawr PA, Lubbock TX, Princeton NJ, Nashville TN, and Norfolk VA.
A native of Great Britain, James came to the U.S.A. having held positions at notable English Cathedrals. He received his undergraduate degree from Royal Holloway, University of London, and worked as Senior Organ Scholar to the Chapel Choir there in their series of live broadcasts, international tours, CD recordings, weekly services, and concerts.
In the spring of 2020, James completed his Master of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music in Organ Performance and Literature, having studied with David Higgs. In 2021 he was honored to be named one of The Diapason’s “20 under 30”, an accolade awarded to the most successful young artists in the field.
In the summer of 2023, his debut CD “Rhapsodic” was released on the Pro Organo recording label. Performed on the incredible E. & G. G. Hook & Hastings / Andover organ at St. Joseph’s Cathedral, Buffalo NY, it features works by Whitlock, Delius, Price, Howells, Vierne, Still, and Franck.
James serves as Co-Director of Music & Fine Arts at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church in Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania (with Jeffrey Brillhart). He is represented in North America by Karen McFarlane Artists, Inc.
Previous highlight engagements include recitals at Westminster Abbey UK; Methuen Memorial Music Hall, MA; St John the Divine, NYC, the Spreckels Organ Pavilion, and recitals for many AGO chapters around the country. Performances this season include stops in Potsdam NY, Birmingham, AL, Bryn Mawr PA, Lubbock TX, Princeton NJ, Nashville TN, and Norfolk VA.
A native of Great Britain, James came to the U.S.A. having held positions at notable English Cathedrals. He received his undergraduate degree from Royal Holloway, University of London, and worked as Senior Organ Scholar to the Chapel Choir there in their series of live broadcasts, international tours, CD recordings, weekly services, and concerts.
In the spring of 2020, James completed his Master of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music in Organ Performance and Literature, having studied with David Higgs. In 2021 he was honored to be named one of The Diapason’s “20 under 30”, an accolade awarded to the most successful young artists in the field.
In the summer of 2023, his debut CD “Rhapsodic” was released on the Pro Organo recording label. Performed on the incredible E. & G. G. Hook & Hastings / Andover organ at St. Joseph’s Cathedral, Buffalo NY, it features works by Whitlock, Delius, Price, Howells, Vierne, Still, and Franck.
James serves as Co-Director of Music & Fine Arts at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church in Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania (with Jeffrey Brillhart). He is represented in North America by Karen McFarlane Artists, Inc.
Winner of the First Prize and Audience Prize at the 2022 American Guild of Organists’ National Young Artists Competition in Organ performance (NYACOP), James Kealey is a young artist of great distinction who has appeared in recital in England, the U.S.A., and in Europe.
Ahreum Han Congdon
Organist Ahreum Han Congdon’s imaginative, powerful, and extraordinary performances have thrilled audiences throughout the United States, Asia, and Europe. Ahreum was a featured soloist at the National Convention of the American Guild of Organists held in Nashville, Tennessee in 2012. She was a featured artist at the Regional Convention of the AGO held in Atlanta, Georgia (2007), the Winter Conclave of the AGO held in Sarasota, Florida, (2010), the Young Virtuosi Festival held at Wesleyan University, Connecticut, Colorado State University, Colorado, and the White Mountain Musical Arts Bach Festival in New Hampshire.
Ahreum has appeared as a solo recitalist at the Kimmel Center’s Verizon Hall (Philadelphia); St. Bartholomew’s Church and Trinity Church, Wall Street (NYC); Princeton University Chapel; Memorial Chapel at Harvard University (Boston); Ocean Grove Auditorium (Ocean Grove, New Jersey), Spivey Hall, (Morrow, Georgia) St. Philip’s Cathedral (Atlanta), Broadway Baptist Church (Fort Worth), Merrill Auditorium (Portland, Maine), Jack Singer Hall (Calgary, Canada), Michealskirche (Leipzig, Germany), Oxford Town Hall (Oxford, United Kingdom), Nottingham Albert Concert Hall (Nottingham, UK), and Esplanade Hall in Singapore. She has appeared as organ soloist with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra at Kimmel Center and the University of Pennsylvania Orchestra at Irvine Auditorium.
Ahreum has received top prizes from numerous competitions including the Oundle Award, undergraduate division of Westminster Choir College Scholarship Competition, the Charlotte Hoyt Bagnall Scholarship Competition, the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) National Young Artist Performance Competition, the John Rodland Memorial Church Music Scholarship Competition, the Albert Schweitzer organ competition, the Carlean Neihart Organ Competition, the Edwin Seder prize at Yale Institute of Sacred Music, and the West Chester University Organ Competition. Her live performances have been featured on the radio show PIPEDREAMS from American Public Media.
She was born in Seoul, Korea. Her family immigrated to Atlanta, Georgia when she was sixteen. Ahreum graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in organ performance from Westminster Choir College where she studied with Ken Cowan. She obtained a Diploma from the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music having studied with Alan Morrison. Ms. Han received her Master’s degree from Yale School of Music and Yale Institute of Sacred Music studied with Thomas Murray.
Ahreum is presently the Principal Organist, Assistant Director of Music, and Artist-in-Residence at First Presbyterian Church in Davenport, Iowa. She was on organ faculty as Lecturer at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. She has served as the Principal Organist at First Presbyterian Church in West Chester, Pennsylvania, an organist at Marquand Chapel of Yale Divinity School, an organist the Berkeley Divinity School of Yale University, and Organist at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Stamford, Connecticut. Ahreum was recently married to Todd Congdon and they reside in Davenport, IA.
Ahreum has appeared as a solo recitalist at the Kimmel Center’s Verizon Hall (Philadelphia); St. Bartholomew’s Church and Trinity Church, Wall Street (NYC); Princeton University Chapel; Memorial Chapel at Harvard University (Boston); Ocean Grove Auditorium (Ocean Grove, New Jersey), Spivey Hall, (Morrow, Georgia) St. Philip’s Cathedral (Atlanta), Broadway Baptist Church (Fort Worth), Merrill Auditorium (Portland, Maine), Jack Singer Hall (Calgary, Canada), Michealskirche (Leipzig, Germany), Oxford Town Hall (Oxford, United Kingdom), Nottingham Albert Concert Hall (Nottingham, UK), and Esplanade Hall in Singapore. She has appeared as organ soloist with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra at Kimmel Center and the University of Pennsylvania Orchestra at Irvine Auditorium.
Ahreum has received top prizes from numerous competitions including the Oundle Award, undergraduate division of Westminster Choir College Scholarship Competition, the Charlotte Hoyt Bagnall Scholarship Competition, the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) National Young Artist Performance Competition, the John Rodland Memorial Church Music Scholarship Competition, the Albert Schweitzer organ competition, the Carlean Neihart Organ Competition, the Edwin Seder prize at Yale Institute of Sacred Music, and the West Chester University Organ Competition. Her live performances have been featured on the radio show PIPEDREAMS from American Public Media.
She was born in Seoul, Korea. Her family immigrated to Atlanta, Georgia when she was sixteen. Ahreum graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in organ performance from Westminster Choir College where she studied with Ken Cowan. She obtained a Diploma from the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music having studied with Alan Morrison. Ms. Han received her Master’s degree from Yale School of Music and Yale Institute of Sacred Music studied with Thomas Murray.
Ahreum is presently the Principal Organist, Assistant Director of Music, and Artist-in-Residence at First Presbyterian Church in Davenport, Iowa. She was on organ faculty as Lecturer at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. She has served as the Principal Organist at First Presbyterian Church in West Chester, Pennsylvania, an organist at Marquand Chapel of Yale Divinity School, an organist the Berkeley Divinity School of Yale University, and Organist at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Stamford, Connecticut. Ahreum was recently married to Todd Congdon and they reside in Davenport, IA.
Organist Ahreum Han Congdon’s imaginative, powerful, and extraordinary performances have thrilled audiences throughout the United States, Asia, and Europe.
Peter Richard Conte
Peter Richard Conte’s nearly unparalleled technical facility, brilliant ear for lush tonal color, and an innovative programming style have made him one of the nation’s most revered “orchestral” organists. In 1989, he was appointed Grand Court Organist of the Wanamaker Organ located in the historic Wanamaker building in Philadelphia—the fourth person to hold that title since the organ first played in 1911. Mr. Conte is also Principal Organist of Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA, Organist/Choirmaster of St. Clement’s Church, Philadelphia, a frequent collaborator and soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Philly Pops. He regularly performs and records with duo organist and flugelhorn player Andrew Ennis.
Mr. Conte is widely revered as a masterful performer and arranger of organ transcriptions. He has been regularly featured on National Public Radio, and on ABC television's “Good Morning America” and “World News Tonight.” He has been a featured artist at several American Guild of Organists’ national and regional conventions, and has performed as soloist with numerous orchestras across the U.S.
Peter Richard Conte has served as Adjunct Assistant Professor of Organ at Westminster Choir College, Princeton, NJ. He is the 2008 recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award from Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. In 2013, the Philadelphia Music Alliance honored him with a bronze plaque on the Avenue of the Arts’ Walk of Fame. His numerous recordings appear on the Gothic, JAV, Pro Organo, Dorian, Raven, and DTR labels.
Peter Richard Conte is represented exclusively in North America by Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists, LLC.
Mr. Conte is widely revered as a masterful performer and arranger of organ transcriptions. He has been regularly featured on National Public Radio, and on ABC television's “Good Morning America” and “World News Tonight.” He has been a featured artist at several American Guild of Organists’ national and regional conventions, and has performed as soloist with numerous orchestras across the U.S.
Peter Richard Conte has served as Adjunct Assistant Professor of Organ at Westminster Choir College, Princeton, NJ. He is the 2008 recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award from Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. In 2013, the Philadelphia Music Alliance honored him with a bronze plaque on the Avenue of the Arts’ Walk of Fame. His numerous recordings appear on the Gothic, JAV, Pro Organo, Dorian, Raven, and DTR labels.
Peter Richard Conte is represented exclusively in North America by Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists, LLC.
Peter Richard Conte’s nearly unparalleled technical facility, brilliant ear for lush tonal color, and an innovative programming style have made him one of the nation’s most revered “orchestral” organists.
Robert McCormick
Described by Choir & Organ as “indomitable and immensely gifted” and by The Macon Telegraph as “an artist of rare sensitivity and passion”, Robert McCormick is widely heralded by his colleagues as one of the finest concert and church musicians of this era, and known for his creative and unique abilities in organ improvisation. Appearances across the United States include Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, the Summer Organ Festival at the Riverside Church (New York), the Pittsburgh Organ Artists Series, the East Texas Organ Festival, Basically Bach Festival at St. Peter’s Lutheran (New York), the Great Organists series at St. John’s Cathedral in Albuquerque (New Mexico), and the Atlanta Summer Organ Festival. His concerto appearances with orchestra include Samuel Barber’s Toccata Festiva, Camille Saint-Saëns’ “Organ” Symphony, and Joseph Jongen’s Symphonie Concertante. He has been a featured artist and clinician at numerous conventions and conferences of the AGO, the Association of Anglican Musicians, and the Royal School of Church Music in America. He also serves as an adjunct Assistant Professor of Organ at Westminster Choir College in New Jersey.
As a composer, his choral and organ works are published by Encore (UK) and Selah and have been performed throughout the U.S and in Europe. Mr. McCormick is the Organist and Choirmaster of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, a parish deeply rooted in the Anglo-Catholic tradition. From 2008−2016, he was Director of Music at St. Paul’s Parish, K Street, Washington, D.C., From 2001−2008 he served as Organist and Music Director at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, New York. He holds the Bachelor of Music degree in organ performance, summa cum laude, from Westminster Choir College. His teachers have included McNeil Robinson and Robert Carwithen.
Robert McCormick is represented in North America exclusively by Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists, LLC.
As a composer, his choral and organ works are published by Encore (UK) and Selah and have been performed throughout the U.S and in Europe. Mr. McCormick is the Organist and Choirmaster of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, a parish deeply rooted in the Anglo-Catholic tradition. From 2008−2016, he was Director of Music at St. Paul’s Parish, K Street, Washington, D.C., From 2001−2008 he served as Organist and Music Director at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, New York. He holds the Bachelor of Music degree in organ performance, summa cum laude, from Westminster Choir College. His teachers have included McNeil Robinson and Robert Carwithen.
Robert McCormick is represented in North America exclusively by Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists, LLC.
Described by Choir & Organ as “indomitable and immensely gifted” and by The Macon Telegraph as “an artist of rare sensitivity and passion”, Robert McCormick is widely heralded by his colleagues as one of the finest concert and church musicians of this era.
Fred Haas
Frederick R. Haas is a Trustee of the William Penn Foundation, established by his grandparents in 1945. The Foundation works to improve the quality of life in the Greater Philadelphia region by advancing cultural, community, and education efforts. Mr. Haas is also a trustee of the Wyncote Foundation in Philadelphia, PA. Mr. Haas holds a Bachelor of Music degree in organ performance from Oberlin Conservatory and is currently an assistant Grand Court Organist on the Wanamaker Organ in Philadelphia. He is Artistic Advisor to maestro Yannick Nezet-Seguin, Music Director of the Philadelphia Orchestra, for the Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ Experience.
Fred Haas