Open Organ Console Day

Free with Gardens admission. Making his Longwood debut, Director of Liturgy, Music and Parish Organist for the Saint Thomas More Catholic Church (Chapel Hill, NC) Michael Xavier Lundy has performed throughout the mid-Atlantic region.

Free with Gardens admission. Interim Organist-Choirmaster at the Anglo-Catholic parish of Christ Church (Woodbury, NJ), Luke Staisiunas is a versatile musician and technician based in Philadelphia.

Join in the excitement and have your five minutes of fame on The Longwood Organ.

In partnership with Opera Philadelphia’s Pipe Up! Series, Longwood Gardens Principal Organist Peter Richard Conte pairs up with singers from Opera Philadelphia for an evening featuring solo organ, choral ensemble, and combined forces.

Free with Gardens admission. Making his Longwood debut, Director of Music and Organist at the historic Grace United Methodist Church (Wilmington, DE) Gabriel Benton enjoys a multifaceted career as a recitalist, church musician, early music specialist, accompanist, and teacher.  

Free with Gardens admission. A recent graduate of the Juilliard School, Aaron Patterson is Director of Music at Cresheim Valley Church in Philadelphia and was first place winner at the 2017 Albert Schweitzer Organ Competition and the 2016 West Chester University International Organ Competition.  

Free with Gardens admission. Marc Cheban was Organist/Choirmaster of St. Andrew’s School in Middletown, Delaware for 30 years. His programs are marked by a delightful combination of serious organ works, orchestral transcriptions, and colorful novelty works.

Free with Gardens admission. Director of Music Ministries at First & Central Presbyterian Church in Wilmington, DE, and Artistic Director for Market Street Music, Emily Ballentine Erb is an accomplished musician and educator specializing in keyboard and choral performance.

Free with Gardens admission. Winner of the First Prize and Audience Prize at the 2022 American Guild of Organists’ National Young Artists Competition in Organ performance, James Kealey is a young artist of great distinction who has appeared in recital in England, the US, and Europe. 

Free with Gardens admission. Join in the excitement and have your five minutes of fame on The Longwood Organ.