
Paul Byssainthe, Music Director of THE WIZ Tour
DMA Candidate in organ performance Paul Byssainthe Jr. (GPD ’19, Organ) is Music Director of THE WIZ on its nationwide tour. Starting in Baltimore, the
DMA Candidate in organ performance Paul Byssainthe Jr. (GPD ’19, Organ) is Music Director of THE WIZ on its nationwide tour. Starting in Baltimore, the
Andrew Johnson (MM ’22, GPD ’23, Organ) won first place in the inaugural James M. Weaver Prize in Organ Scholarship at the National Convention of
Undergraduate organist Christian Cang Cuesta was featured in The Washington Post in a story about the tuning of the Kennedy Center’s Rubenstein Family Organ.
Four composer-organist student pairs were selected as 2023 winners of the AGO Student Commissioning Project, including Victor Cui (MM ’23, Composition), DMA organ student Midori
David Kelley (DMA ’16, Organ) was recently awarded first prize in the 2023 Peter & Lois Fyfe Choral Composition Contest for his composition “Pentecost.” Kelley’s
David Kelley (DMA ’16, Organ), Minister of Music at Church of the Holy Comforter in Virginia, will lead his choirs in a week-long residency at
Trent Johnson (BM ’89; GPD ’91, Organ) had his new concerto for bass trombone and chamber orchestra premiered in April, in São Paulo, Brazil. The
Phoon Yu (MM ’17, Organ) recently released a recording of organ music titled Seven. The album is structured around two collections with seven pieces each.
Nicholas Bergin (BM ’09, Organ) was recently named editor of The American Organist magazine, effective January 2022. Published monthly by the American Guild of Organists,
Peabody organ students Wendy Johnston, Andrew Johnson, and Jordan Prescott have each earned professional certifications from the American Guild of Organists. Johnston received the Colleague