Randall Atcheson

Organist and Choir Director

     Randy has a distinguished artistic background.  He began playing the piano at age 6, and by age 12 was enrolled at

Samford University School of Music in Alabama on a piano

and organ scholarship.  He later transferred to New York's

famed Julliard School of Music, where he became the only student to receive simultaneous degrees in piano and organ. 

He won the first Julliard Organ Competition, and subsequently  

gave the premiere solo performance on the new pipe organ at

Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center.

     After his debut at Carnegie Hall in 1991, Randy was added

to the distinguished international roster of Steinway artists. 

His successful recording career includes 16 albums featuring classical music as well as his unique arrangements of sacred and popular music. 

     Randy has performed on five continents in world-famous venues, including a 2006 solo concert at Carnegie Hall in New York and a 2005 inauguration dinner attended by President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush, and Vice President Dick Cheney and Mrs. Cheney. 

     Randy has been filling the Stanwich sanctuary with beautiful music on Sunday mornings since June, 2006.  He and his wife Laurie live in Greenwich.