Read Kathy Crosier’s blog: “A leap of faith” on the 2006 recital by Paul Jacobs.
Here is a list of all Annual Concert artists and where they are now: (A complete list of the repertoire played can be viewed here: Concert Programs)
2006 Paul Jacobs —The Juilliard School, Chairman of the Organ Department, one of the youngest faculty appointments in the history of the school.
2007 Chelsea Chen—Organist and Artist-in-Residence at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, Fort Lauderdale, FL and Artist-in-Residence at Emmanuel Presbyterian Church, Manhattan, NY
2008 Paul Jacobs— (see above)
2009 Aaron David Miller —Director of Music and Organist at House of Hope Presbyterian Church, St. Paul, MN, and forensic musicologist for Donato Music in Scarsdale, NY
2010 Christopher Houlihan—John Rose College Organist-and-Directorship Distinguished Chair of Chapel Music at Trinity College in Hartford, CT
2011 Isabelle Demers—Professor of organ at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University in Montreal, Canada.
2012 Namhee Han—Organist at Westwood Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles, CA. Sadly and prematurely died on March 27, 2020.
2013 Nathan Laube—Associate Professor of Organ at Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY and International Consultant in Organ Studies at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, UK
2014 Michael Hey—Director of Music at the Marble Collegiate Church, New York City, NY
2015 Hyunju Hwang —Principal Organist at The Neighborhood Church in Palos Verdes Estates, CA, and Collaborative Artist at the University of Redlands, in Redlands, CA. Tsugumi Shikano, percussionist
2016 Gregory Zelek—Principal Organist of the Madison Symphony Orchestra (Wisconsin) and Curator of the Overture Concert Organ Series
2017 Joey Fala —Music Director/Organist at University Presbyterian Church, Chapel Hill, NC
2018 Yuri McCoy—Organist at South Main Baptist Church, Houston, TX
2019 Adam Pajan—Serves on the organ faculty of University of Oklahoma and is Artist-in-Residence at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Tulsa, OK
2020 Monica Czausz Berney—Director of Music, St. Paul’s Parish K Street, Washington, DC. Concert organist at Karen McFarlane Artists, Inc.
2022 Katelyn Emerson. —Concert organist at Karen McFarlane Artists, Inc.
2022 Alcee Chriss III. University Organist and Artist-in-Residence, Wesleyan University. Concert organist at Karen McFarlane Artists, Inc.
2023 Caroline Robinson — Assistant professor of organ, University of Michigan
2024 James Kealey — Director of Music Ministries/Organist at Third Presbyterian Church, Rochester NY