The Rededication of the great Hazel Wright Organ continues monthy at Christ Cathedral. Friday, November 20, 2020 Stephen Tharp, Concert Organist will performed.
Stephen Tharp, hailed as “the organist for the connoisseur," is recognized as one of the great concert organists of our age. Having played more than 1500 concerts across 59 tours worldwide, Stephen Tharp has built one of the most well-respected international careers in the world, earning him the reputation as the most traveled concert organist of his generation. He is listed in Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in the World, and has been given the 2011 International Performer of the Year Award by the New York City chapter of the American Guild of Organists. In May 2015, he was given the Paul Creston Award which recognizes artistic excellence by a significant figure in church music and the performing arts. Stephen’s concert will include a world-premiere of a composition for organ by composer/organist George Baker.
