Phoon Yu is appointed parish organist for All Saints Episcopal Church, Winter Park, Florida. He will continue to build the music program at the church with director of music ministry, Andrew Minear, through expanding musical offerings with Evensong and Taizé services, a new conservatory of music, as well as working with the adult and children’s choirs to broaden community outreach. He will play the 1963 Aeolian Skinner organ (rebuilt with additions in 1990 by Charles C. Aitken), performing at least two recitals per season.
Active in Singapore and the United States as an organist and composer, Yu recently performed alongside co-composer Jonathan Shin with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra for Illuminations, a work for organ, orchestra, choruses, and piano that was co-commissioned for the Esplanade’s 20th anniversary. His debut album Seven, released by Centaur Records, is the first album featuring all Singaporean organ music, and his choral anthems have been published by Southeast Asian publisher Muziksea.
For information: phoonyu.com and allsaintswinterpark.org.
