The Harrisburg Chapter of the American Guild of Organists (AGO) will host a concert by organist Michael Hey of New York City on Sunday, May 22, at 4 p.m. at Pine Street Presbyterian Church, 310 N. Third St., Harrisburg. Hey will play works of Bach, Sowerby, and others, along with a new composition by Jason Roberts, on the four-manual, 83-rank Skinner-Möller organ.
A native of Milwaukee, Hey graduated in 2014 from the Juilliard School, where he received his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees in organ performance, studying with Paul Jacobs. Within one year of his graduation, he was appointed associate director of music and organist of St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City, where one of his first major tasks was to play the organ for vespers and Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral and Madison Square Garden for the first U.S. visit of Pope Francis.
In September 2017, Hey received first prize in the First Shanghai Conservatory of Music International Organ Competition. In 2019, he performed solo recitals for the New York City Chapter of the AGO and two regional conventions for the American Guild of Organists. He has performed on U.S. and international concert stages, presenting solo organ recitals at Lincoln Center in New York City; the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia; the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.; and Davies Hall in San Francisco.
Admission is free. Parking is provided by Pine Street Church in the South Street Garage, across the street from the north side of the church.
For more information, contact AGO member Tyler Canonico at canonico@marketsquarechurch.org or 717-257-1270, ext. 18.
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