George Matthew

George Matthew, Jr.

Carillonneur, Middlebury College and Norwich University, Vermont
Organist, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Middlebury, Vermont


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Upcoming Concerts 2013
  • Thursday, July 25 at 12 Noon   All-Handel concert, organ and strings, St. Stephen's Church, Middlebury, VT
  • Thursday, August 1 at 12 Noon   Organ recital, St. Stephen's Church, Middlebury, VT

  • Summer Carillon Tour 2013
  • Saturday, April 6 at 2 PM   Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
  • Saturday, April 20 at 2 PM   Luray Caverns Park, Luray, VA
  • Sunday, April 21 at 3 PM   Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg, PA
  • Saturday, May 11 at 4 PM   John Cage and his Legacy, Mead Chapel, Middlebury College program
  • Friday, June 21 at 12 Noon PM   City Hall Albany, NY
  • Saturday, June 22 at 1 PM   John Cage and his Legacy, Adams Tower, Norwich University program
  • Friday, July 5 at 5 PM   Mead Chapel, Middlebury College
  • Saturday, July 6 at 1 PM   Norwich University, Northfield, VT
  • Friday, August 16 at 7 PM   Recital for Language School Graduation, Middlebury College

  • Recent Concerts 2013
  • Thursday, March 14 at 12:15 PM   All-Mozart concert for strings and organ, St. Stephen's Church, Middlebury, VT
  • Thursday, March 21 at 12:15 PM   Accompanist to Francois Clemmons in a program of spirituals, St. Stephen's Church, Middlebury, VT
  • Thursday, March 28 at 12:15 PM   Orgelgebet, a program of music for Maundy Thursday, St. Stephen's Church, Middlebury, VT

  • Summer Carillon Tour 2012
  • Saturday, April 21 at 2 PM   Luray Caverns Park, Luray, VA program
  • Sunday, April 22 at 3 PM   Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg, PA program
  • Saturday, May 19 at 2 PM   University of Massachusetts, Amherst program
  • Friday, June 29 at Noon   City Hall, Albany, NY program
  • Tuesday, July 10 at 7 PM   Congregational Church, New Britain, CT
  • Wednesday, July 11 at 12:30 PM   St. James Church, Danbury, CT program
  • Thursday, July 12 at 7 PM   Congregational Church, West Hartford, CT program
  • Wednesday, August 8 at 7 PM   Metropolitan Church, Toronto, Canada program
  • Thursday, August 9 at 6 PM   University of Toronto, Canada program
  • Sunday, August 12 at 6 PM   St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Cohasset, MA program
  • Monday, August 13 at 7 PM   City Hall, Norwood, MA program
  • Friday, August 17 at 7 PM   Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT program
  • Sunday, August 19 at 1 PM   Princeton University, Princeton, NJ program
  • Friday, October 12 and 13   Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT. Carillon recital preceding visit by the Dalai Lama

  • Recent Concerts 2012
  • Thursday, March 15 at 12:15 PM   Recital of Russian Organ Music, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Middlebury, VT
  • Thursday, March 22 at 12:15 PM   Organ and Strings Concert, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Middlebury, VT
  • Thursday, March 29 at 12:15 PM   Recital of Afro-American Music, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Middlebury, VT
  • Thursday, April 5 at 12:15 PM   Orgelgebet (Organ Prayers), St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Middlebury, VT
  • Saturday, May 12 at 7 PM   Accompanist to Spring Concert, Middlebury College/Community Chorus, Federated Church, Rochester, VT
  • Sunday, May 13 at 3 PM   Accompanist to Spring Concert, Middlebury College/Community Chorus, Middlebury College
  • Monday, July 9 at 7:30 PM   Recital of Russian Organ Music, Middlebury College Mead Chapel program
  • Thursday, July 26 at Noon   Mozart for Strings and Organ, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Middlebury, VT
  • Thursday, August 2 at Noon   Organ recital, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Middlebury, VT
  • Thursday, December 6 at Noon   Strings and organ concert, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Middlebury, VT program
  • Thursday, December 20 at Noon   Organ recital, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Middlebury, VT program

  • Summer Carillon Tour 2011
  • Saturday, April 9 at 2 PM   Wellesley College
  • Saturday, May 7 at 2 PM   Luray Caverns Park, Luray, VA program
  • Sunday, May 8 at 3 PM   Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg, PA program
  • Monday, July 18 at 7:30 PM   University of CT, Storrs, CT program
  • Tuesday, July 19 at 7 PM   Congregational Church, New Britain, CT program
  • Wednesday, July 27 at 12:30 PM   St. James Church, Danbury, CT program
  • Sunday, July 31 at 1 PM   Albany City Hall, Albany, NY program
  • Sunday, July 31 at 7 PM   First Methodist Church, Simsbury, CT program
  • Wednesday, August 3 at 12:30 PM   St. James Church, Danbury, CT program
  • Friday, August 5 at 7:00 PM   Middlebury College program
  • Saturday, August 6 at 1 PM   Norwich University program
  • Wednesday, August 10 at 7:00 PM   Trinity College, Hartford, CT program
  • Friday, August 12 at 7:00 PM   Middlebury College program
  • Saturday, October 1, 4 PM   University of Massachusetts at Amherst program

  • Recent Concerts 2011
  • Wednesday, March 2 at 7 PM   Accompanist to Francois Clemmons, FUMC Burlington
  • Thursday, March 10 at 12:15 PM   All-Russian organ recital, FUMC Burlington program
  • Thursday, April 7 at 12:15 PM   All-Bach organ recital, FUMC Burlington
  • Thursday, April 14 at 12:15 PM   Organ recital, music of African composers, FUMC Burlington
  • Thursday, April 21 at 12:15 PM   Orgelgebet, FUMC Burlington
  • Thursday, April 28 at 12:15 PM   All-Bach organ recital, FUMC Burlington
  • Saturday, April 30 at 7:30 PM   Accompanist to Middlebury College/Community Chorus, FUMC Burlington
  • Sunday, May 1 at 8 PM   Accompanist to Middlebury College/Community Chorus, Mead Chapel, Middlebury College
  • Sunday, May 15 at 1 PM   Carillon recital, Norwich University
  • Saturday, May 21 at 9:30 AM   Carillon recital, Middlebury College
  • Saturday, May 21 at 2 PM   Carillon recital, UMass Amherst
  • Sunday, May 22 at 12:30 PM   Carillon recital, Middlebury College
  • Saturday, June 4 at 8 PM   Organ and strings concert, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Brandon, VT program
  • Monday, July 11 at 7:30 PM   All-Russian organ recital, Mead Chapel, Middlebury College program
  • Sunday, August 21 at 4 PM   Organ recital, Shelburne United Methodist Church, Shelburne, VT
  • Friday, September 30 at 12 noon   Organ recital, Trinity Episcopal, Rutland, VT
  • Sunday, October 9 at 8 PM   Organ recital, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Vergennes, VT
  • Saturday, November 5 at 2 PM   Organ recital, First Baptist Church, Brattleboro, VT
  • Saturday, November 19 at 7 PM   Accompanist to Middlebury Community Chorus, concert at Federated Church, Rochester, VT
  • Sunday, November 20 at 3 PM   Accompanist to Middlebury Community Chorus, concert at Mead Chapel, Middlebury College
  • Friday, December 16 at 12:30 PM   Organ recital, St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Albany, NY

  • Summer Carillon Tour 2010
  • Saturday, April 3 at 2 PM   Wellesley College, MA
  • Saturday, April 17 at 2 PM   Carillon recital, Luray Caverns Park, Luray, VA. program
  • Sunday, April 18 at 3 PM   Carillon recital, Mercersburg Academy, Mercerburg, PA. program
  • Thursday, April 29 at 12 noon   University of Massachusetts at Amherst program
  • Saturday, May 22 at 3:30 PM   University of Massachusetts at Amherst program
  • Monday, June 19 at 2 PM   Middlebury College, 500th Birthday of World Carillon Culture Celebration program
  • Friday, July 2 at 7 PM   Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT program
  • Saturday, July 3 at 1 PM   Norwich University, Northfield, VT program
  • Thursday, July 22 at 7 PM   First Congregational Church, West Hartford, CT program
  • Tuesday, July 27 at 7 PM   First Church of Christ, New Britain, CT program
  • Wednesday, July 28 at 12:30 PM   St. James' Church, Danbury, CT program
  • Sunday, August 1 at 1 PM   Albany City Hall, Albany, NY program
  • Friday, August 13 at 7 PM   Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT program

  • Recent Concerts 2010
  • Thursday, Feb. 11 at 12:15 PM   Organ recital, First United Methodist Church of Burlington, VT. Works of Seth Bingham, Harold Darke, and Constantin Homilius. program
  • Thursday, Feb. 18 at 12:15 PM   Organ recital, First United Methodist Church of Burlington, VT. Works of J. S. Bach and Russian composer Georgi Muschel. program
  • Thursday, Feb. 25 at 12:15 PM   Organ recital, First United Methodist Church of Burlington, VT. Works of the Bavarian composers Georg Muffat and Gottlieb Muffat and American composer Frank Stewart Adams. program
  • Thursday, March 18 at 12:15 PM   Organ recital, First United Methodist Church of Burlington, VT. Works by Scottish composer Rory Boyle and Russian composer Sergei Liapunov. program
  • Thursday, April 1 at 12:15 PM   An organ recital entitled Orgelgebet (Organ Prayers), First United Methodist Church of Burlington, VT. Works of Harald Genzmer, Jeanne Demessieux, Ronald Arnatt, Gardner Read, and Egil Hovland. program
  • Saturday, May 8 at 7 PM   Accompanist, Middlebury Community/College Chorus Spring Concert, First United Methodist Church of Burlington, VT.
  • Sunday, May 9 at 3 PM   Accompanist, Middlebury Community/College Chorus Spring Concert, Mead Chapel, Middlebury College.
  • Monday, July 12 at 7:30 PM   Recital of Russian Organ Music, Mead Chapel, Middlebury Summer Language School program
  • Saturday, Oct. 16 at 10:00 AM   Carillon recital in tribute to George W. Parks, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA program
  • Thursday, Oct. 21 at 12:15 PM   Organ recital, First Baptist Church of Burlington, VT. program
  • Saturday, Oct. 23 at 5 PM   Organ and piano recital with Alan Dann, pianist, Estey Organ Museum, Brattleboro, VT program
  • Saturday, Oct. 30 at 1 PM   Accompanist to Middlebury College/Community Chorus, Dedication of the College Street Bridge ceremony
  • Saturday, Nov. 20 at 7:30 PM   Accompanist to Middlebury College/Community Chorus, FUMC Burlington
  • Sunday, Nov. 21 at 3 PM   Accompanist to Middlebury College/Community Chorus, Mead Chapel, Middlebury College
  • Thursday, Dec. 16 at 12:15 PM   Music of Advent: Linda Radtke, contralto and George Matthew Jr., organist, FUMC Burlington program
  • Thursday, Dec. 23 at 12:15 PM   A Christmas Organ Recital: George Matthew Jr., organist, FUMC Burlington program

  • Recent Concerts 2009
  • Friday, Feb. 20 at 12:30 PM   Organ recital, St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Albany, NY
  • Thursday, Feb. 26 at 12:15 PM   Organ recital, First United Methodist Church of Burlington, VT
  • Thursday, March 5 at 12:15 PM   Accompanist to Francois Clemmons, concert at First United Methodist Church of Burlington, VT
  • Thursday, March 12 at 12:15 PM   Chamber music recital, First United Methodist Church of Burlington, VT
  • Thursday, April 2 at 12:15 PM   Accompanist to Marybeth McCaffrey, vocal recital at First United Methodist Church of Burlington, VT
  • Thursday, April 9 at 12:15 PM   Organ recital, First United Methodist Church of Burlington, VT
  • Thursday, April 30 at 12:15 PM   Organ recital, all-Russian program, First United Methodist Church of Burlington
  • Saturday, May 9 at 8:00 PM   Accompanist to Middlebury Community Chorus concert at Town Hall, Brandon, VT
  • Sunday, May 10 at 3:00 PM   Accompanist to Middlebury Community Chorus concert at Mead Chapel, Middlebury College
  • Monday, June 29 at 7:00 PM   Recital of Russian organ music, Mead Chapel, Middlebury College   program
  • November 5   FUMC Burlington, VT: Organ Recital of works for Reformation Day, Halloween, and All Saints' Day. Pieces by John Knowles Paine, Richard Arnell, Leon Boellmann, Gardner Read, and Claude Murphree.   program
  • November 12   FUMC Burlington, VT: A Centennial Organ Recital. Works of Felix Mendelssohn, born 1809, and Gaston Litaize, born 1909.   program
  • November 19  FUMC Burlington, VT: A Thanksgiving Organ Recital. Works by American Composers Seth Bingham, Eric De Lamarter, and John Knowles Paine, and Belgian composer Flor Peeters.   program

  • Thanksgiving Concert by the Middlebury College/Community Chorus. Jeff Rehbach, conductor. George Matthew Jr., accompanist. Saturday evening, November 21st at 7 PM. The 110-member chorus sang works by Handel, Mendelssohn, William Matthias, John Rutter, and other contemporary composers.

  • December 3   FUMC Burlington, VT: Advent Organ Recital. A selection of 18th, 19th, and 20th century Advent pieces by Russian, Scandinavian, German, and American composers.   program
  • December 5   Organ Recital at St. Patrick's, Troy, NY on Saturday at 2 PM.   program
  • December 10   FUMC Burlington, VT: Concert of works for oboe, English horn, and organ. Featuring Nadine Carpenter, woodwind instructor at UVM.   program
  • December 17   Christmas/Advent/Hanukkah vocal music. Presented by students of Julia Blocksma.
  • December 24   A selection of unusual Christmas organ music by composers Nilsen, de Cerf, Wideroe, and Best.   program
  • December 19   Organ recital at Our Lady of Seven Dolors, Fairhaven, VT at 2 PM, Saturday.   program

  • Summer Carillon Tour 2009
  • Saturday, April 18 at 2:00 PM   Carillon recital, Luray Caverns Park, Luray, VA
  • Sunday, April 19 at 3:00 PM   Carillon recital, Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg, PA
  • Friday, May 22 at 4:30 PM   Carillon recital, University of Massachusetts
  • Saturday, June 6 at 3:30 PM   Carillon recital, University of Massachusetts
  • Sunday, June 21 at 1:00 PM   Carillon recital, City Hall, Albany, NY   program
  • Friday, July 3 at 7:00 PM   Carillon recital, Middlebury College   program
  • Saturday, July 4 at 1:00 PM   Carillon recital, Norwich University   program
  • Sunday, July 19 at 7:00 PM   Carillon recital, First United Methodist Church, Simsbury, CT   program
  • Sunday, August 9 at 6:00 PM   Carillon recital, St. Stephen's Episcopal, Cohasset, MA   program
  • Monday, August 10 at 7:00 PM   Carillon recital, City Hall, Norwood, MA   program
  • Wednesday, August 12 at 12:30 PM   Carillon recital, St. James' Church, Danbury, CT   program
  • Wednesday, August 12 at 7:00 PM   Carillon recital, Trinity College, Hartford, CT   program
  • Friday, August 14 at 7:00 PM   Carillon recital for Summer Language School Graduation, Middlebury College   program


  • Interviews in the Press/Media
    Interview with Steve Zind on Vermont Public Radio's Morning Edition, September 23rd, 2004
    Read the transcript or Listen (you'll need Windows Media Player to hear it online.)

    The Rutland Herald, July 7, 2004
    A Recent Article in the Chronicle of Higher Education

    The Carillons
    Images of the carillon at Mead Chapel, Middlebury College
    Images and information about the Norwich University carillon tower
    Link to Norwich University article about the carillon

    Last updated 5/17/2013