Mary Lee Talbot
Staff Writer
Molly Patrick, an organist originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota, will play the first Massey Memorial Organ recital for the 2026 season. The recital will take place at 12:15 p.m. today in the Amphitheater and will feature works by three women composers: Pamela Decker, Rachel Laurin and Florence Price.
There will be three Massey Organ recitals this season. The second concert will be on at 12:15 July 29 in the Amphitheater with organ scholar Owen Reyda performing. The final concert will be at 12:15 Aug. 26 in the Amphitheater with Sonya Subbayya Sutton, interim director of Sacred Music.
Patrick has had a varied and diverse career, which has brought her to many different climes. She spent time in Anchorage, Alaska, for six years, where she served as music director and organist at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church. During her years in Alaska, she also played in the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra, taught private lessons and was adjunct faculty at the University of Alaska – Anchorage. She has taken engagements in Alaska, Idaho, Minnesota, Indiana, Gloucester (England) and Virginia.
Her scope of experience in liturgical music spans many faith traditions, and she currently holds the position as organist/choirmaster at the Church of the Nativity in Indianapolis.
She holds a master’s degree in organ performance from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, and she is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in organ performance and literature at the same institution. She studies with Dr. Janette Fishell and is an associate instructor of piano at Jacobs.
The program will include “Jesu, Dulcis Memoria” and “Personent Hodie” by Pamela Decker, “Three Impressions on ‘Kingsfold’” and “Evocations” by Rachel Laurin and “Cantelina” and “Variations on a Folksong” by Florence Price.
