The 2021 Old West Organ Society Summer Series continues with a performance by Justin Murphy-Mancini. Admission is free; donations are gratefully accepted in support of the Society.
Justin Murphy-Mancini
Justin Murphy-Mancini is a keyboardist and composer living in Boston, MA. He serves the First Religious Society, Unitarian Universalist, of Newburyport, MA as Director of Church Music and director of the Candlelight Chorale. He has appeared regularly in concert around the United States both as a soloist on the organ and harpsichord and also as a chamber musician and chorister. His compositional work spans both the traditional and the avant-garde and has been performed internationally. Justin trained at Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music, where he earned degrees in organ performance, composition, historical performance, and philosophy; his principal teachers include Jack Mitchener, Marie-Louise Langlais, Webb Wiggins, Lisa Goode Crawford, and many others. He earned a Ph.D. in composition from the University of California, San Diego, where he was mentored by Katharina Rosenberger.