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Will to present organ concert

Will

Our Lady of Mount Carmel will host an organ concert by Nicholas Will at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 10.

A native of central Pennsylvania, Will formerly served as the director of music at The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. In addition, Will began his organ studies at Our Lady of Mount Carmel.

Will is currently the Director of Liturgical Music at the Pontifical North American College, Vatican City State, where he oversees all aspects of liturgical music, serves as principal organist and directs the Seminary Choir. He is currently on a leave of absence as coordinator of the sacred music program and assistant professor of music at Franciscan University of Steubenville, where he oversees the degree program in Sacred Music, directs the Schola Cantorum Franciscana and Franciscan Chamber Orchestra, and teaches organ, music theory, music history, Gregorian chant and conducting courses. A graduate of Duquesne University and the Peabody Conservatory of Music, Nicholas is a past winner of the Andre Marchal Award for Excellence in Organ Performance (Duquesne), the Dorothy DeCourt Prize in Organ (Peabody), the Young Organists’ Audition sponsored by the Pittsburgh Concert Society and the Duquesne University Concerto Competition.

Will has appeared as soloist with the Duquesne Symphony Orchestra, Altoona Symphony Orchestra and Pittsburgh Civic Orchestra. Other significant performance venues as soloist and accompanist include national gatherings of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians and the Church Music Association of America, Notre Dame Cathedral, The American Cathedral (Paris), the Westerkerk (Amsterdam), the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, St. Patrick Cathedral (New York), National City Christian Church (Washington, D.C.), St. Peter Co-Cathedral (Split, Croatia) and All Saints Anglican Church (Rome).

An associate and active member of the American Guild of Organists, Will also serves on the National Association of Pastoral Musicians’ national Steering Committee for Organists. His recordings as an organist and conductor have been released by Navona Records and Jade Music, and he is soon to be a published composer with CanticaNOVA Publications.

In 2019, Will founded the Saint Gregory Institute of Sacred Music, a nonprofit organization devoted to the education of present and future church musicians.

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