Lenten Organ Recital Series

Music in the Meetinghouse, the concert series of First Church of Fairfield, presents the 2025 return of our beloved Lenten Organ Recital Series, showcasing our renowned Klais pipe organ. Occurring Wednesdays in Lent from 12:15-12:45, the series includes a light luncheon afterward. General admission; free-will offering. Note that we begin a week early this year, on Ash Wednesday (March 5). We are pleased to welcome this year's artists: Connecticut native Ted Babbitt (Mar. 5) is a rising star in the organ world, studying music education and organ at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. He is also Music Director-Organist at All Saints Episcopal Church, in Warner, GA. San Francisco native Ethan Haman (Mar. 12) is Staff Accompanist for the Yale Institute of Sacred Music and Director of Music for the Episcopal Church at Yale. He is also the Organist and Assistant Director of Music at Noroton Presbyterian Church in Darien, CT, and Staff Accompanist for the Greater New Haven Community Chorus. Ethan studied at USC and Yale. March 19 we highlight our own Frank Martignetti. Craig Scott Symons (March 26) has been Minister of Music at First Congregational Church of Greenwich since 2016. A graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy, Wayne State, and the University of Michigan, Craig is a prolific choral conductor and recitalist. Sándor Szabó (Apr. 2) of Sacred Heart Church, Dobbs Ferry, NY, is an active conductor, organist, pianist and harpsichordist domestically and internationally. A native of Yugoslavia, he is also Music Director of the Oratorio Society of New Jersey and Organist and Choir Director and Organist at Temple B’nai Abraham, Livingston NJ.

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