Nigel Potts has been appointed organist & master of the music at Grace Episcopal Church, Charleston, South Carolina, where he will direct two adult choirs and oversee all aspects of the music program.
Born in New Zealand, Potts studied in England with John Scott and Jeremy Filsell, before coming to the United States to study organ with Thomas Murray at Yale University for his Master of Music degree. He leaves the position of organist and choirmaster of Christ & St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in New York City, where for the last nine years he directed the professional choir, oversaw the installation of a new Schoenstein organ, and founded the Music at Christ & St. Stephen’s concert series.
Potts has performed organ recitals in four continents and extensively across the USA, including an evening recital at the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City this past summer. His transcriptions are published by MorningStar Music, and MSR Classics just released his latest Wagner/Elgar CD with mezzo soprano Sarah Rose Taylor.
