Organist Matthew Luca in Recital

4 pm, Sunday, June 2, 2024
St. John's Church
1670 Route 25 A
Cold Spring Harbor, New York

St. John's Church is proud to welcome the Suffolk County American Guild of Organists Scholarship winner, Matthew Luca in recital on Sunday afternoon at 4pm. Matthew will perform a program entitled A Journey with Suffolk AGO which features music composed by Alain, Bach, Boëllmann, Mendelssohn, Langlais.

Admission to the program is $15 per person ($10 for seniors and students) or $25 for families - with all proceeds benefitting the AGO scholarship program.

About Matthew: At the age of thirteen, Matt Luca began his journey with the organ, otherwise known as the King of Instruments. Within the year, he applied for his first local chapter AGO scholarship with a program that included Franck’s Pastorale, Op. 19, and in the second year auditioned with Bach’s Prelude & Fugue in G, BWV 541, and Hindemith’s Sonata No. 2. At 16, he was accepted into the pre-college division at Juilliard, where he spent two years as a pupil of Dr. Matthew Lewis.

In 2018, he was named Holy Cross Organ Scholar, Class of 2022, studying under Dr. Ezequiel Menéndez. During his time at Holy Cross, Matt had the opportunity to work with various performers through the school's Chapel Artist Series, including organists such as: Arvid Gast, Craig Crammer, Nathan Laube and Olivier Latry. Matt was in charge of music selection for morning Mass at the college, and directed a quartet of singers as well.

Matthew recently attended the Jacobs School of Music as the Organ Graduate Assistant while earning a M.M. in Organ Performance and Sacred Music, working with Professor Christopher Young. There he was also the Music Director and Organist at First Presbyterian Church in Martinsville, IN, where he led the choir and was in charge of music selection. Next year, Matthew heads to the Eastman School of Music in pursuit of a DMA in Performance and Literature, under the direction of Professor Nathan Laube.