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Recognized as both a conductor and organist, Kyler Brown, is the Music Director and Organist at the Church of St. Jean Baptiste, Adjunct Organist at Columbia University and Director of the Virgin Consort. For a decade he served as Music Director and Organist at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, New York City where he established an international concert series, was known for his exceptional performances of the sacred music repertoire, and served as the consultant for the restoration and completion of the church's historic Ĉolian-Skinner Organ. As the Founder and Artistic Director of Consort Musick, Inc., he has presented and co-presented the finest international choral ensembles to New York audiences, including the Tallis Scholars, Taverner Consort & Players, Ensemble for Early Music, Chanticleer, The Bach Ensemble, Anonymous 4, ARTEK Ensemble; and solo artists Emma Kirkby, Drew Minter, Julianne Baird, Gustav Leonhardt and Jean Guilou. His interest in presenting choral music performed in an informed period style led to his creation of The Virgin Consort. These musicians combine the artistry and expertise of both the solo, and the ensemble singer having presented to critical acclaim, the first New York performance of the original 1742 version of Handel's Messiah. Mr. Brown made his Lincoln Center debut in 1992 conducting in a performance of Handel's Messiah. He has conducted the American premieres of choral works by Lee Hoiby, Virgil Thomson, Jackson Hill and Elliot Levine. He has recorded privately for NPR, the Frick Museum and the Methuan Memorial Hall Foundation. Most recently he recorded music by Marc-Antoine Charpentier with The Virgin Consort & Orchestra in a program of Music for the Feast of the Nativity From the Court of Louis XIV for GOTHIC Records. As an organist, he has presented recitals throughout the United States. His recent recording on the Great Organs of New York City (Bischof & Vitacco Records) and Masterpieces from the Church of St. Mary the Virgin (Gothic Records) have been hailed by critics. He has appeared before both regional and national conventions of the American Guild of Organists and served as the Centennial Committee chair for the organization's National Convention held in New York City in 1996. In addition, he has been actively involved in the New York Chapter of the American Guild of Organists as registrar, sub-dean and a member of the Executive Board.
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