Edward Landin Senn is appointed executive assistant of the Organ Historical Society, located at Stoneleigh, Villanova, Pennsylvania, after twelve years of service as assistant director of music at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania. He oversees membership services and plays a key role in organizing events both onsite (featuring Stoneleigh’s 1931 Aeolian-Skinner organ) and at upcoming conferences and conventions. An advocate for new music, particularly by American composers, he has commissioned works by Carson Cooman, Angela Kraft Cross, Pamela Decker, Craig Phillips, and Kathleen Scheide. He is a composer himself, with a third collection, Journeys, scheduled for publication by Lorenz in 2026, and he is a member of The Diapason’s 20 Under 30 Class of 2017.
Aside from his work for the OHS, Landin Senn remains active as a freelance musician in the Philadelphia area, performing on organ and piano and composing. He and his husband, Andrew Senn (director of music at Church of the Redeemer, Bryn Mawr), enjoy home life with their eight-year-old twins, Anthony and Arabella.
For information: organhistoricalsociety.org.
