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Categories: Board and Organization, Class of 2026, Current Board MembersEva Sze teaches music theory at New York University and is the Director of Music at the Church of Saint Agnes. She studied composition at the University of Toronto, music theory and analysis at the CUNY Graduate Center, and organ with Dr. William Entriken. She has…
Categories: Board and Organization, Class of 2026, Current Board MembersMichael Shake became the sixth director of music for the First Presbyterian Church in the City of New York in September 2019. At First Church, he shepherds the musical life of the community as a keyboardist, conductor, and team member, crafting weekly worship and cultivating broader…
Categories: Board and Organization, Class of 2026, Current Board MembersMaria Rayzvasser earned a Master’s degree from Maimonides State Classical Academy in Moscow, Russia. She also studied with Gregory D’Agostino in New York, with Johann Vexo’s in Nancy, France and at Mataro-Barcelona International Organ Academy in Spain. In 2018 Maria appeared as a featured artist in…
Categories: Class of 2026, Current Board Members, Executive BoardBased in Brooklyn, Jim Hopkins enjoys playing all keyboard instruments, conducting and singing polyphony, and currently serves as Music Director and Director of the Levy Choir School at All Saints Episcopal Church in Manhattan. He especially enjoys collaborating with other musicians, whether that be in a chamber music context,…
Categories: Board and Organization, Class of 2026, Current Board MembersEmily Caitlin Dowling is Director of Music & Liturgy at the Reformed Church of Bronxville, NY. Caitlin received a Bachelor in Piano Performance from Mercer University in 2013 and is an accomplished pianist. Caitlin began playing the organ in 2012 with Cam Bishop and excelled as…
Daniel Beckwith has conducted in many of the major opera houses throughout North America and Europe. With a repertoire that spans the 17th through the 20th centuries, he has been hailed as one of the most exciting conductors of his generation. His Metropolitan Opera debut was with Mozart’s Don Giovanni in 1997; he has conducted…
Categories: Class of 2024Dr. Sándor Szabó is actively engaged as conductor, organist, pianist and harpsichordist throughout Europe, Asia, Canada and the United States. Dr. Szabó was educated in Yugoslavia, graduating from the University of Novi Sad in with the diploma “Academic Musician in the Piano Art.” Subsequently, he received his Master’s degree from the University of Music…
Categories: Class of 2024Jared Lamenzo is Director of Music at the historic Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral, located in Manhattan’s Little Italy. He is also Director of Friends of the Erben Organ, a non-profit dedicated to the preservation and presentation of the Basilica’s magnificent 1868 Erben organ. He has performed on historic organs around…
Categories: Board and Organization, Class of 2024Bernadette Hoke performs each year in concert and recital with a variety of vocalists, instrumentalists, and chamber groups. As a member of the Birk and Hoke Duo, she was a Chamber Music Award winner of the Artists International competition and was presented in concert at Weill Recital Hall at…
