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Categories: Executive BoardRaymond Nagem is Minister of Music at The Brick Presbyterian Church in New York City, and a member of the organ faculty at Manhattan School of Music, where he teaches organ literature, service playing, and improvisation. He completed his D.M.A. at The Juilliard School in 2016, where he was a student of Paul Jacobs. A native of Medford,…
Categories: Class of 2022Janet Yieh serves as Associate Organist at Trinity Church, Wall Street in New York City. An innovative concert recitalist and sacred music specialist, Janet was named one of ’20 under 30’ to watch by The Diapason magazine in 2017. She has performed concert tours throughout the United States and across the globe, with…
Categories: Class of 2022J. David Williams is a Tennessee native and his first organist position was at age 15. He attended Union University in Jackson, Tennessee, and Memphis State University. Later David received my Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music where he studied organ with David Mulbury and…
Categories: Class of 2022Donald R. Meineke Donald maintains an active career as a free lance recitalist, lecturer, conductor, and singer performing with local, national, and international ensembles. Donald served as Cantor of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity where he oversaw the musical life of the Parish, conducted the Holy Trinity Parish Choir, curated…
Categories: Class of 2022Gregory D’Agostino is the Organist and Director of Music at St. Ann and the Holy Trinity, Brooklyn, where he presides over the historic 5-manual Skinner organ, and is Organ Faculty of Mannes The New School for Music. He has performed throughout the U.S., Europe, and Asia, as well as for AGO conventions….
Categories: Current Board Members, Executive BoardJames D. Wetzel is the director of music and organist of the Parish of Saint Vincent Ferrer and Saint Catherine of Siena. He formerly served as the organist and choirmaster of midtown’s Church of Saint Agnes and as organ scholar of the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine, where he…
Categories: Current Board Members, Executive BoardJames Kennerley is a multi-faceted musician, working as a conductor, organist, singer, coach, and educator. A native of the United Kingdom, Mr. Kennerley is Organist and Choirmaster at Saint Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church, where he directs the professional choir and coordinates the church’s extensive concert series. Previously, he held…
Categories: Class of 2022Sam Bartlett is the Organ Assistant at Church of the Heavenly Rest in New York City. He graduated from Southern Methodist University in 2013 with a Bachelor of Arts in Music and a BBA in Business Management. While at SMU, he studied organ with Dr. Larry Palmer and was also principal keyboardist in…
