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Charlie Carpenter
Denis Bèdard (b. 1950)
Variations sur “Christus Vinci”
Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)
Symphony for Organ No. 5
Adagio
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Prelude in G major, Op. 37, No. 2
César Franck (1822-1890)
Choral No. 3 in A minor
About Charlie
Charlie Carpenter is an organist and pianist from Chicago. He received formal instruction on the piano beginning at age six, and from 2008 to 2018, studied pipe organ with Dr. Dennis Northway. He is currently a student of David Jonies, Director of Music and Organist at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago.
In 2012, Charlie performed two solo pieces at the Organ Historical Society’s national convention, and in 2014, he performed for the WFMT Chicago Bach Organ Project, where he opened for the internationally acclaimed organist, Nathan Laube.
In 2018, Charlie was selected as one of three finalists for the Midwest American Guild of Organists annual Young Organists Scholarship Competition. For the past eight years, Charlie has been the Parish Musician at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Lakeview.
Charlie is a resident of Misericordia Heart of Mercy in Chicago, providing provides musical liturgy through their Heartzingers choir, which also performs concerts throughout Chicago.