Daniel Colaner is appointed the Michael Stairs Organ Scholar for the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. The position is named for the church’s long-time organist and is jointly sponsored by the Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, where Colaner is pursuing a Bachelor of Music degree in organ as a student of Alan Morrison.
During his time at Church of the Redeemer, Colaner’s main responsibilities will include accompanying the church’s choirs in services and rehearsals and sharing service playing with the director of music, Andrew Senn. The Redeemer Choir consists of 30 adults with 10 staff singers. There is also a schola for high school students, a chorister program for grades 4–8, and a Cherub Choir for grades K–3. In addition to sung Eucharist on Sunday mornings, services include twice monthly Evensong and Matins, as well as several yearly concerts and tours abroad every other summer.
A native of Northeast Ohio, Colaner previously served as organ scholar at Cleveland’s Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Cleveland Heights, and for the 2024 Royal School of Church Music Washington, D.C., choral residency. He is a member of the Association of Anglican Musicians and holds the American Guild of Organists/National Association of Pastoral Musicians joint Service Playing Certificate.
Colaner is also a member of The Diapason’s 20 Under 30 Class of 2021.
For information: theredeemer.org.
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