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/annualdinner
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 captured international media attention at the age of 12 with his same-day performances on piano at Carnegie Hall and on organ at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Since then, 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 been featured on the NPR radio show From the Top (Show #377), performing “Jupiter” from Gustav Holst’s The Planets, 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 and the Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra under Carlos Kalmar.
At the age of 16, Daniel was chosen for The Diapason magazine’s “20 Under 30,” a select group of young adults at the forefront of the organ field. He received the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award in 2020 and was named a National YoungArts Finalist with Distinction in 2023. As the winner of an Anthony Quinn Foundation Scholarship, he traveled to France to perform on the great organs of Paris last summer. Daniel has also been the top prize winner in numerous organ competitions, including the Arthur Poister Organ Competition, the Albert Schweitzer Organ Competition (HS Division), the National High School Organ Competition, and the L. Cameron Johnson Organ Competition.
As a pianist, Daniel made his Severance Hall debut with the Cleveland Pops Orchestra, performing Nikolai Kapustin’s Piano Concerto No. 2, and has performed Saint-Saëns’ Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Euclid, Lakeland, and Suburban Symphony Orchestras. He has been a laureate of the American Protégé Piano Competition, the Steinway Junior Piano Competition, and The American Prize Lorin Hollander Concerto Competition. An avid chamber musician, he and his Meraki Trio earned 1st Place at the inaugural Glass City Chamber Music Competition and were semi-finalists at the 2023 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition.
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