Monica Czausz has been appointed cathedral organist at Christ Church Cathedral (Episcopal), Houston, Texas, where she previously served as organ scholar for three years. She is a fourth-year student of Ken Cowan at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music in Houston, Texas, where she will complete the five-year combined Bachelor of Music/Master’s degree program in organ performance in May 2017. She has received first prize in the 2015 AGO Regional Competition for Young Organists (Region VII: Southwest), as well as the 2013 William C. Hall, 2012 L. Cameron Johnson, and 2011 Oklahoma City University competitions.
Czausz was a featured performer at the 2015 Organ Historical Society national convention in Western Massachusetts, and the 2015 American Guild of Organists regional convention in Fort Worth, Texas. She will be a featured performer at the 2016 national convention of the American Guild of Organists in Houston, both as a “Rising Star” and as cathedral organist for Solemn Evensong at Christ Church Cathedral, with Robert Simpson and the Cathedral Choir.
Her 2015–16 schedule includes performances at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City; Broadway Baptist Church, Fort Worth; St. Philip’s Cathedral, Atlanta; Church of the Advent and Trinity Church, Boston, as well as feature performances for the Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Austin, Texas, AGO chapters. Her performances have been broadcast on WRTI Philadelphia, 91.7 Houston, and KTRU Rice Radio.
