at Trinity College Chapel
and performances by the Hartford Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, September 21, 2024
Starting at 10:00 a.m.
Each competitor presents a 45-minute solo recital, with performances starting at 10:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., and 12:45 p.m. A light lunch is provided during the interval. The competition will also be live-streamed from this website. Free and open to the public; no tickets required.
with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra
Sunday, September 22, 2024 at 3:00 p.m.
A pre-concert talk is offered one-hour before each performance.
Tickets will be available at www.HartfordSymphony.org
David C. Spicer Hymn Playing Prize
Audience Prize
This video celebrates the remarkable 25-year history of the Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival Hartford, established in Wethersfield, Connecticut and in residence at Trinity College, Hartford since 2016. The mini-documentary includes interviews with three former first-prize winners (Alcée Chriss, Monica Berney, and Alexander Pattavina), Sean Duffy (executive director of the Albert Schweitzer Institute at Quinnipiac University), Dana Spicer (honorary board member of ASOFH and wife of co-founder David Spicer), and Vaughn Mauren (ASOFH former artistic director).
It also features a preview of our festival concert at Hartford’s Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, featuring Paul Jacobs and the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, Carolyn Kuan, conducting.
“Joy, sorrow, tears, lamentation, laughter – to all these music gives voice, but in such a way that we are transported from the world of unrest to a world of peace, and see reality in a new way.”
