Thomas Gaynor (August 16 at 7:30 pm) will perform works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Charles-Marie Widor, Mozart and Camille Saint-Saens. A native of New Zealand, Thomas Gaynor recently moved to Philadelphia to take up the position of Assistant Organist & Choirmaster at Saint Mark’s. In this role he directs the Saint Mark’s Singers and works with Robert McCormick, Organist & Choirmaster, to assist in direction of the Parish Choir and the Boy & Girl Choristers, and in leading all aspects of the busy music program. Since moving to Philadelphia, he has also started as an assistant organist at the Wanamaker Grand Court Organ in Macy’s, and regularly performs here at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, homes of the two largest pipe organs in the world. He is an adjunct instructor of organ at Westminster Choir College of Rider University. Recital engagements have taken him to six continents, performing in such venues as Notre Dame de Paris, Sydney Town Hall, Catedral Primada de Columbia in Bogotá, Tokyo-Musashino Civic Cultural Hall, and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.