Organist Griffin McMahon of Longmeadow, Massachusetts, is a senior at Longmeadow High School. He is currently enrolled as a scholarship pre-college student at The Juilliard School in New York City, where he studies organ with Dr. Matthew Lewis and maintains an intense schedule of music classes on Saturdays throughout the academic year.

An active member of the American Guild of Organists, Griffin is professionally certified as a Colleague of the AGO. He is the current organist and choir director at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in East Longmeadow, MA, and has been playing liturgical services since the age of thirteen.

Griffin has performed at numerous concert venues, including the Kimmel Center's Verizon Hall, Carnegie Hall, Mechanic's Hall, Princeton University Chapel, and on the world famous Wanamaker Grand Court Organ at Macy's in Philadelphia. In the summers of 2009 and 2010, Griffin participated in the Kimmel Center Teen Summer Arts Pipe Organ Camp where he worked with Alan Morrison, organ professor at the Curtis Institute of Music, Nathan Laube, concert organist, and Peter Richard Conte, the Wanamaker Grand Court Organist. He has performed twice on the “Wanamaker Organ Hour” broadcast on WRTI.

He has also worked with notable artists such as Paolo Bordignon, Ken Cowan, Paul Jacobs, Renee Anne Louprette, and John Rose. Griffin began his organ studies with Peter Beardsley and piano studies with Abigail Thomsen. He is a 2010 recipient of the Charlotte Hoyt Bagnall Scholarship for Church Musicians. After high school, he plans to attend college and major in organ performance.

To contact Griffin:   griffin@griffinmcmahon.com