Organ Recital with Christopher Keady: Online

Presented by Grace Cathedral

Grace Cathedral's organ recital series features some of the finest organists playing one of America’s great organs. Grace Cathedral’s 7,466-pipe Aeolian-Skinner instrument, the Charles B. Alexander Memorial Organ (1934), is one of the first and finest American classic style organs, and is among the largest church organs in the West. Experiencing music in our gothic cathedral with its unique acoustics, soaring nave and jewel-like stained glass windows is a feast for the ears, eyes and soul.

The recital will be streamed live from this page, but let us know you’re coming by “buying” a free ticket, and if you can, making a gift with your registration. Thank you for bringing the arts to life at Grace!

About the organist
Christopher Keady is the Assistant Director of Music at Grace Cathedral, serving as principal accompanist for the Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys. He was raised in Eugene, Oregon and earned a bachelor’s degree from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon, where he studied organ with Dr. Lee Garrett. He subsequently served as Assistant Organist at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland; during that time he accompanied the cathedral choir in a UK residency at Bristol Cathedral and was course organist for the first Pacific Northwest RSCM Training Course. Keady received his Master’s Degree in Organ Performance at the Institute of Sacred Music at Yale University, having studied with Martin Jean and served as Sacred Music Intern at the Brick Presbyterian Church in New York City. He and his husband Dan live in Oakland.

Listen to his performance of Aaron Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man at Grace Cathedral, June 2020.

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Program Items

Henry Smart (1813 – 1879) Postlude in D major
Seth Bingham (1882 – 1972) Sonata of Prayer and Praise - I. Prelude to Worship
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 544
Maurice Duruflé (1902 – 1986) Scherzo, Op. 2
Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847) Prelude and Fugue in G major, Op. 37, No. 2

Performers

Christopher Keady Organ