Alexander Pattavina is the Associate Organist & Choirmaster at St. Bartholomew’s Church in New York City and leads the Children’s Pre-Chorus at the Metropolitan Opera. At St. Bart’s, Alex directs St. Bartholomew’s Choristers, a choir of children ages eight through eighteen. Alex earned his Bachelor’s (2018) and Master’s (2020) degrees in Organ Performance from The Juilliard School, where he studied with Paul Jacobs. A native of Stoughton, Massachusetts, Alex was immersed in a musical environment as a boy chorister at St. Paul’s Choir School, Harvard Square: the only school of its kind in the United States. After his time as a chorister, he became the first-ever Organ Scholar at St. Paul’s. During his Juilliard studies, he held organ scholar positions at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church (Manhattan) and Christ Church (Bronxville) and later worked as Assistant Organist at the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer (Manhattan). For three years, Alex served as Director of Music and Organist at the Church of St. Agnes, located one block east of Grand Central Terminal. Alex won First Prize in both the 2019 Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival (Hartford, CT) and the 2014 L. Cameron Johnson Memorial Competition (Storrs, CT). An avid composer as well, Alex’s composition for choir and organ, All in a Stable Cold and Bare, was written for and premiered by the choir of Christ Church Bronxville. The work is published by Hal Leonard. His organ solo composition, Prelude on an Evening Melody, was the first piece of music performed at the opening of the newly restored and renovated Christ Cathedral (Orange County, CA), formerly the Crystal Cathedral. Alongside other Juilliard organists, he took part in a historic, eighteen-hour marathon performance of the complete organ works of J.S. Bach held at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Manhattan, sponsored by WQXR-FM. He has performed with the Juilliard Orchestra, the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, and the American Symphony Orchestra, the José Limón Dance Foundation, and is a frequent organ recitalist throughout the United States. He can be heard on the 2022 album, Stokowski and St. Bartholomew’s Choir: A Prodigious Pairing, accompanying St. Bartholomew’s Choir. Alex is passionate for creating and fixing things, both in and out of musical contexts: whether composing, creating spur-of-the-moment improvised music at the organ, 3D-printing parts for his at-home practice organ, restoring miniature German model trains, or reviving a 1970s unfretted, double-strung clavichord.

Raymond Nagem is Minister of Music at The Brick Presbyterian Church in New York City, and a member of the organ faculty at Manhattan School of Music. He completed his D.M.A. at The Juilliard School in 2016, where he was a student of Paul Jacobs. A native of Medford, Mass., Dr. Nagem attended the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School and began organ lessons there with John Dunn. He earned his B.A. from Yale University in 2009, studying the organ with Thomas Murray, and his M.A. in 2011 from Juilliard. He has performed with many of New York’s leading orchestras and choirs, including The Juilliard Orchestra, Trinity Baroque Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, The Orchestra NOW, Experiential Orchestra, and Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Musica Sacra, and The Dessoff Choirs. Prior to his appointment at Brick, he served for eleven years at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City, where he was Associate Director of Music and Organist. His album Divine Splendor, recorded on the Great Organ of St. John the Divine, is available on the Pro Organo label. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in spring of 2020, Dr. Nagem began a weekly online recital series from the cathedral, “Tuesdays at 6,” featuring a diverse range of music spanning the entire organ repertoire. In his spare time, he enjoys running, cycling, and crossword puzzles.

Colin Lapus is the Organ Scholar at the Collegiate Church of St. Mary’s in Warwick, England, where he plays for services and helps to conduct and train the choir, which was founded in 1123. He also works in the thriving music department at King’s High School in Warwick. In 2025, he completed his BMus degree in Organ at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire with Daniel Moult and Nicholas Wearne. He was formerly a chorister and, later, Organ Scholar of St Paul’s Church in Harvard Square. He was also the Organ Scholar at Symphony Hall and Town Hall in Birmingham, and prior to that served as the Organ Scholar of the Birmingham Oratory. He also specializes in Choral Conducting and studies with Sarah Tenant-Flowers. As a conductor, he directed the University of Birmingham Catholic Choir and has recently worked extensively with Birmingham Royal Ballet and the choir of Citi Bank in London. Colin works with Ex Cathedra on their award-winning Education projects and with their youth choirs as an accompanist, Vocal Tutor, and conductor. He plays frequent organ recitals in various churches and Cathedrals across the country and has played with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO). In 2025, he recorded Bach’s six trio sonatas for organ on six different instruments both in the UK and in America, and they are available to watch on YouTube. Program: Fantaisie in E-flat Major – Camille Saint-Saëns Trio Sonata in E minor, BWV 528 – JS Bach Jig, from Five Dances for Organ – John Gardner Fete – Jean Langlais

Nara Lee, originally from South Korea, serves as Associate Director of Music at St. Paul’s Choir School and Parish in Cambridge, MA. He completed coursework for the Doctor of Music degree in organ and sacred music at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he studied organ with Dr. Janette Fishell and sacred music and improvisation with Dr. Jeffrey Smith, and received the AGO Salisbury Scholarship during his doctoral studies. At IU, he also served as an Associate Instructor of organ. Nara began his formal training in organ and church music at Seoul Theological University and broadened his compositional background through studies at the Seoul Jazz Academy and the Seoul Chorus Center. He earned his MM in organ and sacred music in 2018 and a Performer Diploma in 2021, both from Indiana University. During his time in Bloomington, he performed extensively as pianist and organist with the Bloomington Chamber Singers in a wide range of choral works. He has held several positions in church music across the United States. Nara served as Organ Scholar at St. George’s Episcopal Church in Nashville, TN, and later as Director of Music at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Ardmore, OK. Before joining St. Paul’s, he was Assistant Organist at Trinity Episcopal Church in Indianapolis, where he played for choir residencies at Salisbury Cathedral and St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle. His creative work as composer and improviser continues to shape his artistic profile. In 2022, he won second prize in the American Guild of Organists’ National Competition in Organ Improvisation at the AGO National Convention in Seattle. In 2023, he and his wife, organist Jihye Choi, were selected for the AGO Student Commissioning Project. His sacred choral works are published and widely performed in Korea and abroad by school choirs, professional ensembles, and church choirs, and have been featured in Korean national choral competitions, festivals, and seminars. Program Pièce Heroïque — César Franck (1822–1890) Danse Macabre (Organ Duet) — Camille Saint‑Saëns (1835–1921), arr. David Cameron Variations on ‘O Filii et Filiae’ (Organ Duet) — John Rutter (b. 1945) Nara Lee & Jihye Choi Organ Duo Échange des Gargouilles — Xavier Trevor (SPCS’26) *World Premiere Prelude and Fugue in g minor, Op. 7, No. 3 — Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)