Mid-Day Music

The March 2, 2016 Mid-Day Music program features Christopher Jennings, organ: Works of Bach, Mendelssohn, Howells, and Guilmant. The concert starts at 12:05 p.m. and lasts approximately one-half hour. The recital is free but donations are gladly accepted. A light lunch follows for a $5 donation.

Christopher Jennings is the Organist & Choirmaster of Calvary Episcopal Church, Summit, NJ where he heads up an active music program in the fastest-growing parish in the diocese. For the past seven years, Christopher was Associate Organist-Choirmaster and Music Associate for Children & Youth at St. James’ Church Madison Avenue, New York City. His previous posts include Organist & Choirmaster at St. James’s Church, West Hartford, Connecticut and Assistant Organist at Trinity Church on-the-Green, New Haven, Connecticut. Christopher holds the Master of Music Degree from Yale University School of Music and Institute of Sacred Music and the Bachelor of Music degree from Indiana University. His teachers have included Marilyn Keiser, Martin Jean, William Porter, and Michael Messina. He has recently completed a certificate in Well-Coordinated Injury-Preventive Keyboard Technique at Salem College, Winston-Salem, NC, studying with the world-renowned pianist Barbara Lister-Sink.

A featured artist in the Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, SC, he has also recently collaborated with the New York Repertory Orchestra and the Salomé Chamber Orchestra. Recent and upcoming venues include Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue and the Church of St. Mary the Virgin in New York City, the East Texas Organ Festival in Kilgore, TX, Cadet Chapel, West Point Military Academy, and the Pittsburgh Region III AGO Convention. Christopher is also featured in regular recitals and oratorio accompaniments throughout New York City. While a student at Yale, he appeared on the television program Jeopardy as a “clue,” playing the famed E.M. Skinner organ at Woolsey Hall. He also appears regularly in concerts as a part of the Duo Organists team with Brian Harlow.

Christopher has appeared on American Public Media’s Pipedreams several times, with recordings of live performances at St. James’ NYC and at First Presbyterian, Kilgore, TX. He has released two solo albums, “French Sixths” and “The Storm King” and is the organ accompanist for two Choral CDs, “Call to Remembrance” by the Choir of St. Paul’s Church, Fairfield Connecticut, and “Songs for the Centuries” by the choirs of St. James’ Church, New York City.

The concert will be held at St. Paul’s on the Green, 60 East Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06851.

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