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November 2025
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Organ recital at St. Matthew's Church, Wilton, CT
Saturday, November 15, 8pm.
Including Howells Paean and selections from Lambert's Clavichord, Bach A minor BWV 543,
and Vierne Toccata in B flat minor.
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Coffee Break with... Roger Sayer (The American Organist magazine)
An illuminating conversation with the organist on the original Interstellar soundtrack.
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October 2025
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Coffee Break with... Stephen Layton (The American Organist magazine)
Perhaps the greatest choral conductor of our time, it was a privilege to speak to Stephen Layton about his early influences and forthcoming US tour with Polyphony.
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September 2025
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Music for Trumpet & Organ: St. Theresa's Church, Trumbull, CT
Sunday, September 28, 4pm.
Shaun Rimkunas (trumpet) & Alex Hodgkinson (organ)
Music by Purcell, Handel, Mozart, Brahms, Henri Thomasi, and Kevin McKee.
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Coffee Break with... Daniel Colaner (The American Organist magazine)
I spoke to rising star Daniel Colaner when he visited Connecticut to give a prizewinner's recital.
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CD Reviews (The American Organist magazine)
Reviews of two recent releases on the Ad Fontes label:
Veni Creator (Westminster Cathedral Choir) and O Sacrum Convivium (Buckfast Abbey Choir)
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August 2025
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I heard the voice: tracing the footsteps of Ralph Vaughan Williams (The American Organist magazine)
An article exploring one of the 20th-century's greatest hymnodists
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Coffee Break with... Janette Fishell (The American Organist magazine)
It was a great privilege to speak with Janette Fishell, international recitalist, professor of music and chair of the organ department at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, and leading expert on the music of Petr Eben.
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July 2025
Coffee Break with... Jonathan Bading (The American Organist magazine)
This month's interview was with Jonathan, who is Director of Music at Sacred Heart Church, Grand Rapids, MI, and festival director of Palesterina500.
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June 2025
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Organ recital at St. Matthew's Church, Wilton, CT
Saturday, June 14, 8pm
Featuring music by Reger, Bach, and Vierne
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New Appointment
I'm delighted and honored to have been appointed Co-Dean of the Greater Bridgeport AGO Chapter, beginning this month.
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Knox-Miller Scholarship Recital at St. Theresa's Church, Trumbull, CT.
Sunday, June 8, 4.30pm
St Theresa's Church is delighted to host the annual recital of the Knox-Miller Scholarship winner, awarded by the Greater Bridgeport AGO Chapter. This year's winner is Daniel Colaner.
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Coffee Break with... Katelyn Emerson (The American Organist Magazine)
An interview with international recitalist Katelyn Emerson.
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May 2025
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Organ recital at St. Augustine's Cathedral, Bridgeport, CT.
Sunday, May 4th, 4pm.
Featuring music by Bach, Rameau, Howells, Vierne, and Sr. Theophane Hytrek OSF.
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Coffee Break with... Stephen Price (The American Organist Magazine)
This article features Stephen Price of the University of Washington, Seattle.
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April 2025
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Happy Easter!
The Easter Vigil is one of the most electrifying moments of the liturgical year, dramatically transporting us from the somber darkness of Holy Week to the dazzling light of the Resurrection. Here is the striking Incantation pour un jour saint by Langlais (1907-91), based on the chant of the Mass: Link to YT Video
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Tenebrae at St. Theresa's
Wednesday, April 16, 7.30pm
At St. Theresa’s, our Triduum begins with Tenebrae on the eve of Holy Thursday, including the Tenebrae Responsories by Tomás Luis de Victoria. I am very lucky to be conducting a top-notch octet in this moving penitential service. Here’s a glimpse: Link to YT Video
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National Anthem at the Bridgeport Islanders ice hockey game
Perhaps my most American experience yet! Last Saturday, St. Theresa’s School choir sang the National Anthem at the start of the Bridgeport Islanders ice hockey game vs the Charlotte Checkers. It was certainly a spirited performance!
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Coffee Break with... Vincent Dubois (The American Organist Magazine)
Delighted to see the first 'Coffee Break with...' in print in the April edition of The American Organist magazine. Each month I have the privilege of talking to a leading light of our profession, learning about their particular specialisms and what they are currently working on. It was a huge honor to speak with Vincent Dubois of Notre-Dame de Paris for this inaugural article.
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March 2020
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Be good or be gone (The Catholic Herald)
A diary column in the March edition of the Catholic Herald.
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February 2025
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Organ recital at St. Theresa's Church, Trumbull, CT.
Sunday, February 16, 4pm
Music to include Bach's Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor, and Petr Eben's Moto Ostinato
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January 2025
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Britten's A New Year Carol
Sung by senior members of the St. Theresa's Church Children's Choir.
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December 2024
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New organ composition: Four versets on 'Away in a manger'​
Appealing and accessible variations on the tune Mueller for organ. Suitable as a pre-service voluntary or during communion.
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​Christmas in Connecticut (The Catholic Herald)
An article in the December 2024 edition of the Catholic Herald about the life of a church musician at Christmastide.
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September 2024
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Live broadcast on BBC Radio 3
Wednesday, September 18.
It was an honor to have my newly-composed Preces & Responses sung live on BBC Radio 3 by Gloucester Cathedral Choir during a special Choral Evensong to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Gustav Holst.
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New website launched
Welcome!
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