Nicholas Capozzoli is appointed director of music for Christ Church Cathedral, Montréal, Québec, Canada, where he will work with a team of two assistant organists, a semi-professional choir, and music committee. Capozzoli holds a Doctor of Music degree in performance studies from McGill University, Montréal, as well as degrees in historical performance and organ from Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Oberlin, Ohio. He has been awarded prizes in the Canadian International Organ Competition, Taylor Organ Competition, American Guild of Organists/Quimby Competition for Young Organists, and Carol Teti Memorial Organ Competition.
An advocate for research into music by female and marginalized composers, his doctoral thesis on the life and music of Claire Delbos (1906–1959) is the first of its kind. Capozzoli is also director of chapel music at the Montreal Diocesan Theological College and associate editor for the online journal Vox Humana.
A member of The Diapason’s 20 Under 30 Class of 2015, he performs regularly throughout North America under the management of Seven Eight Artists.
For information: nicholascapozzoli.com.
Other recent appointments:
Andrew Scanlon to Church of the Advent, Boston
Noah Smith to St. John's Episcopal Church, Tulsa
Daniel Ficarri to Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City
