28th Annual
Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival Hartford

September 26–27, 2025

All events are held at Trinity College and are open to the public free of charge, no tickets required. Information on parking and accessibility is available here. The complete Festival program is available here.

 

JACOB GRUSS, ORGAN RECITAL

 

Friday, September 26 at 7:30 p.m.
2024 ASOFH Young Professional First-Prize and Audience-Prize Winner

Heralded by The Diapason as a “Top 20 under 30,” Jacob Gruss is a rising star in the world of organ performance and church music. In 2024, Jacob impressed both the ASOFH jury and audience, taking home both the first-prize and audience-prize during the 2024 ASOF Hartford Young Professional Competition.

 

BIENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL COMPETITION

Saturday, September 27 starting at 10:00 a.m.
In-person and livestreamed from links below.

Learn more about our finalists here, and watch video interviews with each of them!

 
 

Henry Dangerfield (Minnesota)
10:00 a.m.

...returning to ASOFH after winning the David C. Spicer Hymn Playing prize and audience-prize at the 2023 Biennial High School Competition.

 
 
 

Kalan Warusa (Virginia)
10:45 a.m.

...makes his first appearance at ASOF Hartford, hot off his first-prize win at the 2025 UNCSA-Salem High School Organ Competition.

 
 
 

Philip Tummescheit (Connecticut)
11:30 a.m.

...Connecticut native and recent first-prize winner of the 2025 L. Cameron Johnson Memorial Organ Competition.

 
 

Following the competition, a light lunch is offered in the Chapel South Cloister where prizes will be announced. Tune in here to watch the announcement of prizes.

 

FESTIVAL CONCERT: Music for Organ, Choir, Oboe, Percussion & Harp

Saturday, September 27 at 7:30 p.m.
Featuring a performance of Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms and the North American Premiere of Joanna Marsh’s A Psalm for Chichester. And—a performance by the 2025 ASOF Hartford High School Competition first-prize winner.

Gabriel Löfvall, conductor
Christopher Houlihan, organ
Chorus Angelicus and Gaudeamus
The Schola Cantorum of the Cathedral of Saint Joseph
Guest Singers from the Adult Choir of St. James’s Episcopal Church The Chapel Singers of Trinity College