Alan Montgomery · Associate Organist | The Riverside Church, New York, NY
with Lynnli Wang · Assistant Carillonneur, The Riverside Church

6:30pm | Carillon Recital by Lynnli Wang
7:00pm | Organ Recital by Alan Montgomery
Tickets: $20 General Admission | $15 Students & Seniors

Program:
• TCHAIKOVSKY: Entr’acte and Waltz from Eugene Onegin
• PUCCINI: Un bel dì, vedremo from Madama Butterfly
• PUCCINI: Dovunque al Mondo from Madama Butterfly
• MASCAGNI: Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
• PUCCINI: Te Deum from Tosca
• WAGNER: Grand March from Tannhäuser
• WAGNER: O du, mein holder Abendstern from Tannhäuser
• WAGNER: Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral from Lohengrin
• WAGNER: Overture from Die Meistersinger

About the King of Instruments Summer Organ Series:
This annual series features some of the world’s most outstanding organists performing on Riverside's famed Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ, one of the most magnificent instruments of its kind in the world. Each performance will be preceded by a Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial Carillon recital at 6:30 pm.

About the Artist:
A native of Vacaville, California, Alan Montgomery is currently the Associate Organist of the Riverside Church. He is a recent graduate of the Juilliard School in New York, where he earned a Master of Music degree while studying with Paul Jacobs.

At the age of 15, Mr. Montgomery moved to the United Kingdom to pursue his interests in organ and church music. While in the UK, he was awarded a number of organ scholarships, including the sixth-form organ scholarship at Lincoln Cathedral. He holds a Bachelor of Music (Honours) degree from the Royal College of Music in London, where he studied with David Graham, Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer-Choplin, and Andrew Dewar. While in London, he also served as Organ Scholar of St. Mark’s, Hamilton Terrace and Farm Street Church.

While a student in New York, he was the Director of Music at the Church of St. Thomas More on East 89th Street, where he was responsible for the musical direction of over 300 liturgies per year. At St. Thomas More, Mr. Montgomery directed a professional octet, which sang a wide array of choral repertoire, with a focus on more obscure works of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Mr. Montgomery maintains an active recital schedule in the United States and in Europe. He has recently performed at venues such as St. Patrick’s Cathedral, The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, St. Gertrude’s Church (Riga), St. Mary’s Cathedral (San Francisco), and Union Chapel (London).