Please join us at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 18 for a live performance from renowned organist and composer, Matthew Larkin. He’ll be putting on a show benefitting the Christ Church His Majesty’s Chapel Royal of the Mohawks Preservation/Special Projects Fund. Tickets are $20 and are available in advance or at the door.
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Organist, conductor, composer and educator Matthew Larkin has been at the forefront of concert, liturgical and ensemble choral and keyboard performance in Canada for 30 years. He received his early musical training as a cathedral chorister, and undertook advanced studies at the University of Toronto (as Organ Scholar of Trinity College) and the Royal College of Music. He has since served in a leadership role in the music of several prominent Canadian churches, including St. James Cathedral (Toronto) and Christ Church Cathedral (Ottawa). He has served as Music Director of the Ottawa Choral Society, Canada’s most historic philharmonic choir, and he founded Ottawa’s Caelis Academy Ensemble in 2017, which now stands among Canada’s finest chamber choirs.
As organist, pianist, and collaborator, he has performed throughout North America, Europe and China, and as soloist with several of Canada’s orchestras including that of the National Arts Centre, the Toronto Symphony and the Vancouver Symphony. His discography is extensive, and he is both a Naxos and ATMA recording artist. Currently, Matthew serves as Custodian of Music at Ottawa’s St. Andrew’s Church, is Resident Conductor of New Opera Lyra, and keeps a very full diary of concert events.
Matthew has had the honour of performing at HM Chapel Christ Church Tyendinaga over many years. He first visited the Chapel to participate in a project to transcribe and revive traditional Mohawk hymn melodies in 1985, and from 1995-2000 he participated in several Christmas-themed concerts organized by Chief Maracle. While director of music at Ottawa’s Christ Church Cathedral, he brought the famous Ottawa Cathedral Men and Boys’ Choir to sing services in 2011, 2014, and 2016. Matthew is thrilled to once again visit Tyendinaga, and perform on the beautifully restored pipe organ at HM Chapel.
