Patrick Kreeger, Organist

Carnegie Hall Talent on Faith Renaissance Allen Organ.

Giving his Carnegie Hall Debut at age 17, Patrick Kreeger enjoys a versatile career as a pianist, organist, and conductor. A native of Jacksonville, Florida, Patrick began his piano studies at age three with Barbara Broach and later with Dr. Gerson Yessin. Patrick began organ lessons at age 12 with Jim Wood. Upon moving to Greenville, North Carolina in 2004, Patrick furthered his piano and organ studies with Dr. Henry Doskey and Colin Andrews, respectively. At age 18, he was awarded a full-tuition scholarship to attend Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute of Music, studying with Alan Morrison and Susan Starr. Patrick earned his master’s degree under Martin Jean at Yale University, receiving the Robert Baker scholarship, and is now a C.V. Starr Doctoral Fellow at The Juilliard School, studying with Paul Jacobs.

In demand as a soloist and chamber musician, he has performed at many prestigious venues, including: Carnegie Hall (NY); Benaroya Hall (WA); Meymandi Symphony Hall (NC); Verizon Hall (PA), Dohnanyi Hall (FL), Bulgaria Hall (Sofia, Bulgaria), St. Patrick’s Cathedral (NY), Cook Hall (St. John’s, Newfoundland), Peterborough Cathedral (U.K.), Musee d’Augustin (France), as well as numerous other venues in the US, UK, France, Italy, Israel, Bulgaria, and Denmark. Kreeger gave his symphonic debut in April 2008, performing Sergei Rachmaninoff’s first piano concerto under the baton of Maestro William Henry Curry and the N.C. Symphony. He has been guest soloist with the Musica Sacra Chamber Orchestra, Virginia Beach Symphony, Chilliwack Symphony Orchestra, Barton College/Wilson Symphony Orchestra, Piffaro, and the SUNY-Purchase Conservatory Orchestra.

Patrick is currently the Associate Organist at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City and maintains a studio of piano and organ students.

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