27th Annual Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival Hartford
September 21 and 22, 2024
at Trinity College Chapel
featuring the Biennial Young Professional Competition
and performances by the Hartford Symphony Orchestra
Biennial Young Professional Competition
Saturday, September 21, 2024
Starting at 10:00 a.m.
Each competitor presents a 45-minute solo recital, with performances starting at 10:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., and 12:45 p.m. A light lunch is provided during the interval. The competition will also be live-streamed from this website. Free and open to the public; no tickets required.
Information to apply is available here.
The 2024 Jury
Music for Grand Organ and Orchestra
with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, September 21, 2024 at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, September 22, 2024 at 3:00 p.m.
A pre-concert talk is offered one-hour before each performance.
Tickets will be available at www.HartfordSymphony.org
Announcing ASOFH23 High School Division Prize Winners
Daniel Colaner
First Prize
Sarah Ku
Second Prize
Henry Dangerfield
Third Prize
David C. Spicer Hymn Playing Prize
Audience Prize
Read more about this year’s prize winners here.
The Story of the Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival Hartford
This video celebrates the remarkable 25-year history of the Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival Hartford, established in Wethersfield, Connecticut and in residence at Trinity College, Hartford since 2016. The mini-documentary includes interviews with three former first-prize winners (Alcée Chriss, Monica Berney, and Alexander Pattavina), Sean Duffy (executive director of the Albert Schweitzer Institute at Quinnipiac University), Dana Spicer (honorary board member of ASOFH and wife of co-founder David Spicer), and Vaughn Mauren (ASOFH former artistic director).
It also features a preview of our festival concert at Hartford’s Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, featuring Paul Jacobs and the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, Carolyn Kuan, conducting.
“Joy, sorrow, tears, lamentation, laughter – to all these music gives voice, but in such a way that we are transported from the world of unrest to a world of peace, and see reality in a new way.”
