The 2025 Old West Organ Society Summer Series continues with a performance by Randy Steere. Admission is free; donations are gratefully accepted in support of the Society.
Acclaimed for his solo appearances throughout New England, Randy Steere has served as Assistant Organist at Old South Church, Boston, MA and Minister of Music at First Church, Glastonbury, CT. A New England native, he received his B.M. degree from Barrington College, an M.M. from Yale School of Music and Institute of Sacred Music, an M.Div. from Yale Divinity School, and a Master’s of Computer Science (M.C.S.) from RPI.
After graduating from Yale, he became the full-time Minister of Music at the First Church of Christ, Congregational, Glastonbury (CT) where for 9 years he developed an expansive music program, including two large adult choirs, two handbell choirs, a children’s choir, two concert series, young singles ministry, and weekly commercial TV and radio broadcasts. Under Randy’s initiative, the church hosted the East Branch of the Hartford Camerata School of Music, where he also taught organ and choral conducting. Additionally, he taught organ performance, handbells, and church music classes at Barrington College (now part of Gordon College).
Following his career in music, Randy switched to computers and became an IT Director at a mid-sized law firm for 7 years before running his own international consulting and software company for 20 years with over 130 clients in 7 countries. In 2020, he fully retired to become more actively involved in the music world once again. Randy has served on the Board of the Hartford Chapter AGO and also the Board of Trustees for Arioso, a string ensemble of Hartford Symphony players where he was responsible for grant applications. He has taken several organ study trips abroad, worked for organ builders, and given numerous educational sessions for various AGO chapters. He is currently Dean of the Worcester AGO Chapter, Treasurer of the Merrimack AGO Chapter, a Trustee of the Methuen Memorial Music Hall and actively involved in the Groton Hill Music Center as the resident organist of the all-professional Vista Philharmonic Orchestra and in charge of the organ concert series.