Jerrick Cavagnaro
Jerrick is a recent graduate of the Yale School of Music and the Yale Institute of Sacred Music where he earned a master’s degree in organ performance, studying under Jon Laukvik and Thomas Murray. He completed his undergraduate studies at Westminster Choir College where he earned bachelor’s degrees in sacred music and organ performance, studying under Alan Morrison. A native of New Jersey, Jerrick has served as director of music at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in Montville and Lincoln Park, NJ, organ scholar at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Morristown, NJ, and as organ scholar at Trinity Episcopal Church on the Green, New Haven, CT. He most recently served as the assistant director of music and organist at Christ Episcopal Church, Charlotte, NC. In 2022, Jerrick received the second prize in the National Competition in Organ Accompaniment sponsored by the Washington, DC chapter of the American Guild of Organists, third prize in the Quebec Organ Competition in Quebec City, Canada and was a semifinalist in the 2022 Boston Bach International Organ Competition. Also an active composer, Jerrick’s compositions have recently been published by Oxford University Press.
