Guest Artist

Sunday, January 24, 2027 at 3:00 p.m.

James Garvey has been Organist and Director of Music at Church of the Ascension, Knoxville, Tennessee, since 1990, where he continues to lead a vibrant music program including a regionally acclaimed concert series. He holds degrees from Rice University, where he studied organ with Clyde Holloway and piano with Mary Norris. Upon graduation, he served for five years as the Assistant Organist at St. John’s Cathedral in Denver, Colorado. An artist who has played throughout the Southeast, Mr. Garvey has also performed for regional and national conventions of the American Guild of Organists as well as national conferences of the Association of Anglican Musicians.

Admission is a suggested donation of $10 at the door.

Sunday, February 21, 2027 at 3:00 p.m.

Canadian organist John Paul Farahat leads a dual career as performer and pedagogue. He is Director of Music and Principal Organist of Saint Basil’s Church, at the University of Toronto, and is faculty Organ Instructor at Saint Michael’s Choir School. He serves as Chair of Advocacy on the Board of Directors for the Royal Canadian College of Organists.

Admission is a suggested donation of $10 at the door.

Dr. Paul Thornock, organist
Sunday, March 7, 2027 at 3:00 p.m.

Join us this Laetare Sunday for a special organ recital celebrating the 20^th anniversary of our marvelous Paul Fritts (Op. 25) Grand Gallery Organ, a.k.a. ‘Big Red’. Director of Music and Organist of Saint Joseph Cathedral from 1999-2015, Dr. Paul Thornock played an instrumental role in the installation of this landmark instrument; he will share his talents with us this afternoon in commemoration of this festive occasion. Plan to attend this exciting event!

Admission is a suggested donation of $10 at the door.

Sunday, September 21, 2025 at 3:00 P.M.

Rhonda Sider Edgington is a creative and eclectic musician, with a diverse repertoire and wide range of musical interests. Often commended for her innovative programming, imaginative use of registrations, and exciting playing, Rhonda feels equally at home performing on a wide variety of instruments, from small 2 manual, 17th century organs in Germany to large 5-manual organs in the United States.

Admission for this concert event is a suggested donation of $10 at the door.

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Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 3:00 P.M.

A frequent performer on the Cathedral Concert Series, Mr. Briggs is currently Artist in Residence at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in New York City. A much sought-after recitalist, he travels throughout North America and Europe presenting concerts including repertoire, improvisations, and film accompaniments. The New York Times has named him “…one of the world’s greatest contemporary organists.”

Admission for this concert event is a suggested donation of $10 at the door.

Sunday, April 26, 2026 at 3:00 P.M.

For nearly thirty years, Maurice Clerc has been traveling the world in pursuit of an outstanding international career as a concert organist, performing more than 1,300 recitals. Known among contemporary French organists, Mr. Clerc served as titular organist of Saint Benignus Cathedral in Dijon, France from 1972 until 2018.

Admission for this concert event is a suggested donation of $10 at the door.

Sunday, February 9, 2025 at 3:00 p.m.

Michael Schreffler began his musical studies at the age of nine with piano lessons, as well as instruction in violin and trumpet. Shortly before college, his grandmother arranged for him to take some organ lessons and, around the same time, a concert artist performed on the newly acquired organ at his family’s home church. Thus inspired, he continued pursuing organ instruction through college, studying with Rebecca Borthwick.

Alongside several full-time careers, most recently in the insurance industry, Michael has served part-time as a church musician, filling that role for congregations in southwestern Pennsylvania and
northwest and central Ohio. In the years since college, he has received further instruction in organ from Craig Dobbins, John Walker, Robert Glasgow and Dr. Richard Fitzgerald.

Michael makes his home in Columbus and serves as organist for Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church, Upper Arlington.

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Sunday, May 4, 2025 at 3:00 p.m.

Playing with precision and “le bon gout” [good taste] (The Calgary Herald), Lynne Davis exhibits a “level of authority in playing French works that is virtually unmatched in this country.” (St. Louis Post Dispatch) After graduating with honors from the University of Michigan, Ms. Davis lived in France for nearly 30 years and studied with Marie-Claire Alain, Jean Langlais, and Maurice and Madeleine Duruflé. Her unique living, vast working experience, and lineage of study in France makes her a true authority in all French organ repertoire and imbues marvelous refinement and joie de vivre to her performances.

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