St. George’s Episcopal Church, Nashville, Tennessee, and the American Guild of Organists announce Kateri Andress as the recipient of the 2024–2025 Ronald G. Pogorzelski and Lester D. Yankee Organ Scholar Program. This will be the fourth organ scholar at St. George’s Church and the first partnership with the AGO.
Andress will begin her work in August 2024 for ten months. She is currently earning her Master of Music degree in organ performance and literature at the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York, in the studio of David Higgs. She is a graduate of Ave Maria University, Ave Maria, Florida, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in music with a double concentration in organ performance and sacred music. She currently serves as the organist at the United Church of Canandaigua, Canandaigua, New York.
Andress will be mentored by Woosug Kang, St. George’s Church director of music ministries, in the working details of leading a music ministry, including choral accompaniment, service playing, conducting, coaching adult and youth choristers, and related administrative skills.
For information: agohq.org and stgeorgesnashville.org.
