We are thrilled to have 2024 M. Louise Miller – Paul E. Knox Scholarship Competition Winner, Daniel Colaner, join us to perform a short recital program at St. Theresa RC Church, Trumbull, followed by our annual social time and catered dinner at Ecco Wine Bar, Trumbull.
Join us for a very special evening. We are thrilled to have 2023 M. Louise Miller – Paul E. Knox Scholarship Competition Winner – Daniel Colaner join us for a short recital program at Saint Theresa RC Church, Trumbull followed by our annual catered dinner at the wonderful Ecco Wine Bar, Trumbull.
Scholarship Recital, Annual Social, Dinner
The evening starts at 4:30 PM with Daniel’s recital at the acoustically resonate St. Theresa’s RC Church, Trumbull, featuring two pipe organs. We then drive down Main Street (same street as the church; 3 miles) to Ecco Wine Bar at 6:00 PM for the annual dinner, to meet Daniel, and a chance to coast into summer with fellow chapter members and their guests. All are welcome. The dinner includes appetizer, main course (multiple entrees), and dessert. The dinner cost is $40 per person.
To register and pay for the event, please follow these two steps:
1. Click on the registration link by June 4th deadline to provide your details and reserve your spot. Registration link: https://www.eventcreate.com/e/greater-bridgeport-ago-annu
2. Click on PayPal link to complete your payment https://greaterbridgeportago.org/online-payments/. Alternatively bring a check to the door for $40 per person payable to the Greater Bridgeport AGO. Still please reserve if you a bringing a check so we have a good headcount for the caterer.
For any questions on the event, contact RoseAnne Homola
The recital is open to the public – suggested donation.
About Our Performer
Daniel Colaner has been captivating audiences since the age of 12 when his same-day performances on piano at Carnegie Hall and on organ at St. Patrick’s Cathedral went viral. His talents have been showcased on ABC World News Tonight, Good Morning America, The Harry (Connick Jr.) Show, and the BBC World Service Newsday. He has performed on the NPR radio show From the Top (Show #377) and on PBS with the American Pops Orchestra in One Voice: The Songs We Share–The Sacred. In 2023, he made his orchestral debut with Joseph Jongen’s Symphonie Concertante under Carlos Kalmar.
His contributions to the organ field have been recognized by The Diapason magazine as a member of their “20 Under 30” Class of 2021 and by the YoungArts Foundation as a 2023 National YoungArts Winner with Distinction in Organ/Classical Music. Career grants from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation and the Anthony Quinn Foundation have followed. Daniel has been a top prize winner at numerous organ competitions, including the Arthur Poister Organ Competition, the Albert Schweitzer Organ Competition, and most recently, the Northern Ireland International Organ Competition. He is a dedicated recitalist with future engagements at Central Synagogue, New York City, St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, New College, Oxford, Trinity College Cambridge, and a Bach Corner concert at the St. Albans International Organ Festival.
His love of sound, a fascination with buttons and knobs, and his exposure to classical music after cancer treatment as an infant, unleashed his passion for the piano at age 5 and the organ at age 10. He received his pre-college music education at the Cleveland Institute of Music and at the Eastman Community Music School as a student of Dr. David Higgs. Daniel has just completed his first year at the Curtis Institute of Music as a student of Alan Morrison, where he holds the Dr. Mi Wha Lee Fellowship and serves as the Michael Stairs Organ Scholar at the Episcopal Church of The Redeemer in Bryn Mawr, PA. In addition to making music, his passions include promoting the benefits of classical music on radio and television and raising funds for non-profit organizations that support music therapy and music education.
Daniel’s exposure to classical music as a pediatric cancer survivor unleashed his passion for the piano at age 5 and the organ at age 10. He received his pre-college music education at the Cleveland Institute of Music and as a private student of Dr. David Higgs. A dedicated church musician since the age of 12, he has served as the Organ Scholar at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Cleveland Heights, OH, and for the 2024 RSCM Washington, DC Choral Residency. Daniel is currently a student of Alan Morrison at the Curtis Institute of Music, the Michael Stairs Organ Scholar at the Church of the Redeemer in Bryn Mawr, PA, and an Assistant Grand Court Organist on the Wanamaker organ at Macy’s Center City in Philadelphia.
Click here to learn more about the M. Louise Miller – Paul E. Knox Scholarship Competition for 2025.
We look forward to seeing our colleagues and friends of the chapter at this wonderful event. Don’t miss it!
Hosts – John Polo, Alex Hodgkinson, RoseAnne Homola