Longwood Debut
Making his Longwood debut, Director of Liturgy, Music and Parish Organist for the Saint Thomas More Catholic Church (Chapel Hill, NC) Michael Xavier Lundy is equally at home with both church and theater organs.
A native of Wilmington, DE, Lundy has served as an organist, choirmaster, and music director for numerous churches throughout the Delaware Valley, including parishes of both the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington and the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
He began his musical training at the age of ten with piano lessons and by the time he reached high school, began formal studies on the pipe organ. Lundy later went on to study music education at Long Island University and Almeda University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Education and Master of Arts degree in Music.
He was formally admitted to the Guild of Musicians and Singers (United Kingdom) as a Fellow in 2015. During that same year he was invited to participate in the World Meeting of Families Papal Choir in Philadelphia for Mass celebrated by His Holiness, the late Pope Francis. As a collaborative musician, Lundy has performed with award-winning choral ensembles for the Heritage Music Festival in San Francisco, CA; the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, DC; the Gateway Music Festival in Honolulu, HI; Musicfest at Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL; and Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA.
Lundy has performed on the organ throughout the mid-Atlantic region for chapters of both the American Guild of Organists and the American Theater Organ Society. A consummate choral director in his own right, he has directed choirs in performance at the historic Riverside Church of New York City and the Cathedral of the Incarnation in Garden City, NY by invitation.
