American organist Joe Arndt is the Director of Music at Grace Church, Newark

Grace Church, Newark

Grace Church in Newark , located at 950 Broad Street in Newark, New Jersey was founded on Ascension Day in 1837 at the behest of Bishop George Washington Doane, who intended it to be the standard bearer for Anglo-Catholicism in the northern part of his diocese .The church building, designed by...

, NJ, one of the prominent Anglo-Catholic parishes in the eastern United States

United States

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. He took his first church organist position at the age of 12 at St. Peter's-at-the-Light Episcopal Church in Barnegat Light, NJ. Prior to Grace Church, he held positions at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Morristown, NJ, Christ Church, United Methodist in New York City

New York City

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, and Lamington Presbyterian Church in Bedminster, NJ.

Arndt is the recipient of numerous honors, including First Place awards at the West Chester University and Joan Lippincott Organ Competitions. He received a Bachelor of Music degree from Westminster Choir College

Westminster Choir College

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 and a Master of Music from The Juilliard School. He was an Irene Diamond Graduate Fellowship recipient at The Juilliard School

Juilliard School

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. Arndt's teachers include Paul Jacobs

Paul Jacobs

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, Ken Cowan

Ken Cowan

Ken Cowan is a Canadian organist. A native of Thorold, Ontario, he has toured extensively in the United States, Canada, and Europe, and currently serves as Assistant Professor of Organ and Coordinator of Organ and Sacred Music at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey. He has made...

, and Diane Meredith Belcher.

Mr. Arndt has a significant interest in new music. In 2009 and 2010 he will be giving premieres of new organ pieces by Jonathan Dawe, Conrad Cummings, and Christian Carey.

External links

• Joe Arndt, Organist
• http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/12/juilliard-trained_organist_bri.html
• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/wires/2009/12/01/juilliardtrained-organist_ws_375417.html
• http://ship-of-fools.com/mystery/2008/1628.html