Daniel Carroll has been playing the organ in churches since the age of twelve. He is now an assistant organist at two parishes and has played at several other churches in the greater Washington area. This past summer, Daniel attended the Summer Organ Intensive at the Curtis Institute of Music. During the intensive, he played in concert [...]
This Month's Artists: Paul Griffin and Sophia Anastasi Griffin Paul Griffin serves the D.C. area as both teacher and organist. He began his career in the small rural towns of northern Maine. While living on his parents’ farm outside of Houlton, he developed an interest in organ playing. In his high school years, Paul drove the [...]
Free Concert - Music at the Monastery - Sunday, April 14th Nathan Ringkamp will perform. Ringkamp is the immediate past music director and organist at the National Shrine of Saint Alphonsus Liguori in Baltimore, MD, and is currently an Assisting Organist at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. A native of Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, [...]
Join us on Sunday, May 12th, from 4 to 5 pm for an extraordinary performance by organists Iris Lan and David Lang. Iris Lan has performed the complete organ sonatas of Paul Hindemith in NYC and internationally. A graduate of Juilliard and Harvard, she has won awards for compositional analysis. David Brian Lang is a noted [...]
Come celebrate with us the 125th anniversary of our Monastery! The festivities start with an outstanding concert on Sunday, September 15th, at 4 p.m., in the Main Church. Enjoy organ music performed by 6 artists gathered for this special occasion! This will also be the first concert of the new Music at the Monastery season, which [...]
Join us Sunday, October 13, at 4 pm, for our Music at the Monastery free concert featuring Carol Feather Martin, organist. Reserve a spot here
This Month's Artist: Jordan Prescott Hailed as an "organ star" (The Baltimore Sun) whose playing "encompasses the church in a wild wind" (The Washington Post), Jordan Prescott has established himself as one of the leading organists, conductors, and academics of his generation. Jordan is a member of the music theory faculty at Peabody Conservatory having previously taught on [...]
Join us Sunday, December 8, at 4 p.m. for our free Music at the Monastery concert, featuring the group Brass of Peace, with the conductor Sylvia Alimena and organist Lisa Tyler. The Brass of Peace Scholarship Program, a tuition-free program for talented high school students, is an intensive training program which prepares its members for greater [...]
MUSIC AT THE MONASTERY CONCERTS AT 4PM OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FREE-WILL OFFERING Christmas Fantasy for Organ & Brass - Joel Raney Adeste Fideles - Eric Thiman (1900-1975) O Come, All Ye Faithful - Sir David Willcocks (1919-2015) On Christmas Night Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Joy to the World Instrumentalists Trumpet: Justine Miller, Ally Albrecht; [...]
Join us Sunday, January 12, at 4 p.m. for our free Music at the Monastery concert, featuring Dr. John Joseph “JJ” Mitchell, Organist. Named to The Diapason magazine’s Class of 20 Under 30 in 2021, Dr. John Joseph “JJ” Mitchell is a musician with passion for organ, choral, and sacred music. He is the Director of [...]