About

Joseph Ferguson is an organist, pianist, and conductor in the greater New York area. He currently serves as Associate Director of Music at Trinity Episcopal Church in Princeton, New Jersey, where we serves as the principal accompanist and works with the Adult, Schola, and Treble Choirs. Additionally, he leads music for the Episcopal Church at Princeton, conducting the Lux Choir in weekly liturgies. Previously, Joseph served as Organ Scholar at Church of the Heavenly Rest in Manhattan, New York. Recent performances include the inaugural recital in a new concert series at Presbyterian Church at Tenafly in Tenafly, New Jersey and a solo recital at the Princeton University Chapel.

Joseph studied Organ at Yale University’s Institute of Sacred Music, where he studied with James O’Donnell and Martin Jean. His past instructors include Vincent Carr and Renée Anne Louprette. He has pursued studies of Catholic sacred music at St. Joseph’s Seminary & College in Yonkers, New York and St. Patrick’s Seminary & University in Menlo Park, California. As a liturgical musician, he maintains keen interests in improvisation and Catholic liturgy. Previously, Joseph earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in piano performance from Rutgers University and McGill University respectively, cultivating a passion for the imaginative, idiosyncratic performance practices documented on recordings of the late-19th and early-20th centuries.