27th Annual
Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival Hartford
BIENNIAL YOUNG PROFESSIONAL COMPETITION
Saturday, September 21, 2024
Announcing the winners of the 2024 Young Professional Competition
Jacob Gruss—First Prize and Audience Prize
Nathan Ringkamp—Second Prize
Bethany Dame—Third Prize
Watch their performances below!
Each organist presents a 45-minute solo recital. A light lunch is provided during the interval. The competition will also be live-streamed from this website, see below. Free and open to the public; no tickets required. Information about parking at Trinity College is available here.
Bethany Dame
Third Prize
Nathan Ringkamp
Second Prize
Jacob Gruss
First Prize and Audience Prize
Click here to learn more about this year’s finalists.
The Finals Jury
Music for Grand Organ and Orchestra
Hartford Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, September 21, 2024 at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, September 22, 2024 at 3:00 p.m.
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Hanson Concerto for Organ, Harp and Strings, Op. 22, No. 3
Guilmant Symphony No. 1 for Organ and Orchestra, Op. 42
And a performance from this year’s First-Prize Winner!
Tickets required, available at www.HartfordSymphony.org. A free, pre-concert talk is offered one-hour before each performance at Borges Admission Center. Information about parking at Trinity College is available here.
Hartford Symphony Orchestra, led by Carolyn Kuan with organ soloist Christopher Houlihan during the 2019 Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival