Scott Lamlein is appointed director of music for All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Atlanta, Georgia. He will play the Kenan Memorial Organ, built in 2004 by John-Paul Buzard Pipe Organ Builders, and will direct the semi-professional adult choir. Additionally, he will manage a music program involving more than 100 participants of various ages in collaboration with associate director of music Justin Maxey and newly appointed director of children and youth music Emily Halbert. Lamlein succeeds Kirk Rich, who followed in the footsteps of directors of music emeriti Raymond and Elizabeth Chenault.
Lamlein leaves a position at St. John’s Episcopal Church, West Hartford, Connecticut, where he served as director of music for the past ten years. At St. John’s, he was artistic director of the Music at the Red Door concert series. He also founded a non-profit to fund the church’s summer Kids’ Community Music Camp, which provides music education to children in need. Under his leadership, St. John’s Royal School of Church Music (RSCM) choir school and adult choir grew to 45 members.
With more than 25 years of experience as an organ instructor, Lamlein has taught at the Hartt School, Hartford, and Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, Massachusetts, where he specialized in organ education for pianists. As an organ recitalist, he has performed across the United States, Canada, and Europe, with appearances at the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, Methuen Memorial Music Hall, the Münster of Überlinger, Germany, St. Thomas Church, New York City, and St-Sulpice in Paris, France. His recitals have been broadcast in South Carolina, Boston, Worcester, and on the nationally syndicated radio show Pipedreams.
For information: allsaintsatlanta.org.
(photo courtesy All Saints’ Episcopal Church)
