AGO PRESENTS NYC ORGANIST MICHAEL HEY

The Harrisburg Chapter of the American Guild of Organists (AGO) presents concert organist Michael Hey of New York City on the four-manual, 83-rank Skinner-Möller organ at Pine Street Presbyterian Church, 310 North Third Street, Harrisburg, at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 22. Admission is free.

Hey will play works of Bach and Sowerby, among others, and an exciting new composition by Jason Roberts.

Described as “flashy” and “exciting” (The American Organist), Hey has been increasingly visible on U.S. and international concert stages. Michael has performed solo organ recitals at Lincoln Center (New York), the Kimmel Center (Philadelphia), the Kennedy Center (Washington D.C.) and Davies Hall (San Francisco).

A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Michael graduated in 2014 from The Juilliard School, where he received both his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees in organ performance under 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 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, Michael 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.

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 Tyler Canonico of the Guild of Organists at canonico@marketsquarechurch.org or (717) 257-1270 ext. 18.