The 2024 Old West Organ Society Summer Series continues with a performance by Jerrick Cavagnaro. Admission is free; donations are gratefully accepted in support of the Society.
Jerrick Cavagnaro is a graduate of the Yale School of Music and the Yale Institute of Sacred Music where he earned a master’s degree in organ performance studying under Jon Laukvik and Thomas Murray. He completed his undergraduate studies at Westminster Choir College where he earned bachelor’s degrees in sacred music and organ performance studying under Alan Morrison. A native of New Jersey, Jerrick was most recently the assistant director of music and organist at Christ Episcopal Church in Charlotte, NC and currently serves as the associate director of music at Trinity Episcopal Church (Copley Square) in Boston, MA. In 2022, Jerrick received the second prize in the National Competition in Organ Accompaniment sponsored by the Washington, DC chapter of the American Guild of Organists, third prize in the Quebec Organ Competition in Quebec City, Canada and was a semifinalist in the 2022 Boston Bach International Organ Competition. In 2023, Jerrick competed as a quarter finalist in the St. Alban’s organ competition. Also an active composer, Jerrick’s choral music has been performed by choirs around the globe and was recently featured in Oxford University Press’ latest edition of Carols for Choirs 6.