Program

Sinfonia from Cantata 29 - J.S.Bach ( 1685-1750)  Transcription  Daniel Ficarri (b.1996)
Laudate Domine - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart  (1756-1791)

Pie Jesu from Requiem  - Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
Pie Jesu from Requiem- Gabriel Fauré (1845- 1924)

Prelude Modal -Jean Langlais (1907- 1991) 
Salve Regina -Giacomo Puccini (1858- 1924)
I Hate Music! from I Hate Music!  -Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
I'm a Person Too from I Hate Music! - Leonard Bernstein

Alleluia from “Exsultate, Jubilate" -  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart  Transcription  Daniel Ficarri 

Berceuse - Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
Carillon De Westminster - Louis Vierne 

Biography

Colombian soprano, LUISA FERNANDA TORRES, praised for her “big,
attractive, dramatic voice” (Voce di Meche), has been seen on stage
performing the roles of Mother in Hansel and Gretel, Pamina and First Lady
in Die Zauberflöte, Mimi in La Bohème and most recently originated the
role of Malka at the world premiere of The Uprising of the Warsaw Ghetto.
After her early training as a violinist, Luisa continued her studies
at Rutgers University, the Universität Mozarteum (Salzburg, Austria),
the Conservatorio di musica "A. Pedrollo" (Vicenza, Italy) and with
tenor Marcello Nardis in Rome.

In addition to singing in recitals throughout the NY/NJ area, she has
made appearances at the InFondi Music Festival (Fondi, Italy) and Angels
Vocal Art Festival (Los Angeles, CA), performed as a featured artist in the
internationally acclaimed Macerata Opera Festival (Macerata, Italy) and

made her Carnegie Hall debut as a soloist.
As an active liturgical musician, Luisa serves as cantor for parishes in
the Roman Catholic Archdioceses of New York and Newark and is the
Director of Music at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Paterson, in her
native New Jersey.

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Jeremiah (Jerry)  Mead is a second  year graduate student of Dr. Chris Young in the Masters of Music Organ and Sacred Music program at The Jacobs School of Music (Indiana University) Jerry was awarded the “Artistic Excellence Award” scholarship at Jacobs. Jerry is a native of Madison, Connecticut, and studied organ with Mr. Paul Jacobs at The Juilliard School in New York City, Dr. Ezequiel Menéndez at the Cathedral of Saint Joseph in Hartford, Connecticut and Dr. Andrew Kotylo here at Trinity. He studied piano with Ms. Victoria Reeve of Guilford, Connecticut, and Ms. Laura Richling of Hamden, Connecticut. He sang for ten  years as a member of the Men and Boys choir here at Trinity. 

Jerry has performed at various locations in New York, including  Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, Marble Collegiate Church and Hitchcock Presbyterian Church. He has given solo organ recitals at many Connecticut venues, including The Cathedral of Saint Joseph in Hartford, Saint John’s Episcopal Church in Stamford, Christ Church in Guilford. Jerry is looking forward to  his solo performance at The National City Christian Church in Washington, D.C. in May of 2023. 

Jerry serves as the Director of Music and Organist at the First Presbyterian Church, Bedford, Indiana.When Jerry is not at the organ, you may see him photographing trains around the area or spending time at the Columbus Area Model Railroad Club in Columbus, Indiana.