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5:45 PM Cathedral Organ Scholars and Alumni in Concert

  • Christ Cathedral 13280 Chapman Avenue Garden Grove, CA, 92840 United States (map)

Prelude and Fugue in C Major (“The Fanfare”), BWV 531

Ethan Chow, Christ Cathedral Scholar Alum

The Juilliard School, Student of Paul Jacobs


Selections from The Orgelbüchlein

Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 599

Gott, durch deine Guete, BWV 600

Herr Christ, der ein'ge Gottes-Sohn, BWV 601

Lob sei dem allmaechtigen Gott, BWV 602

Puer natus in Bethlehem, BWV 603

Gelobet seist du, Jesus Christ, BWV 604

Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich, BWV 605

Prelude and Fugue in c minor, BWV 549

Alyce Reynaud, Christ Cathedral Organ Scholar Alum

McGill University, Student of Isabelle Demers


Wer nur den lieben Gott laesst walten, BWV 642

Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 731

Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g’mein, BWV 734

Prelude and Fugue in a minor, BWV 543

André Lombardi, Christ Cathedral Organ Scholar Alum

Rice University, Student of Ken Cowan

Fantasia and Fugue in c minor (“The Great”), BWV 537

Phillip Dinh Hoang, Christ Cathedral Organ Scholar

The “Little” Fugue in g minor, BWV 578

Serra Kim, Christ Cathedral Organ Scholar

A native of Orange County, California, Ethan Chow is a second-year undergraduate at The Juilliard School in New York City, studying organ performance with Grammy-Award winning organist Paul Jacobs. Ethan’s musical passion developed through generous teachers and church involvement since the age of 5 with the piano. His organ journey started as a Christ Cathedral Organ Scholar and studied with Juilliard alum David Ball. He sang in the Cathedral and Diocesan Choirs, and was a member of the Cathedral Schola. He played regularly for the Cathedral's liturgies and events.

Ethan was recently the Organ Scholar at Grace Church in Newark, NJ alongside his mentor, Dr. John Romeri. He is currently the Organ Scholar at St. Malachy’s Roman Catholic Church and is grateful to be working with Dr. Stephen Fraser.

He completed the Certificate of Merit Program with State Honors from Yamaha Music Academy in 2020 and was a finalist in the 2021 AGO RCYO Salt Lake City Chapter Competition.

Ethan is honored to be the recipient of the American Guild of Organists' Pogorzelski-Yankee Memorial Scholarship. He has been featured in many performances including, the 2019 Regional AGO Convention, Hartford POE student recital (2022), Spreckels Organ Pavilion (2023), Cathedral Organ Scholar Concert (2023), and the AGO Westchester Rising Stars Concert (2024).


André Lombardi is a Sophomore at Rice University studying with Professor Ken Cowan for Organ Performance alongside a dual degree in Social Policy Analysis. He is the recipient of the David and Andrea Hayes Full-Tuition Scholarship. His musical journey began in the Diocese of Orange Children’s Choir, soon becoming an Organ Scholar at Christ Cathedral under David Ball. Since then, he has sung at St. Peter’s Basilica for Papal masses, served as board-member-at-large of the OC American Guild of Organists, and performed at local venues such as Spreckels Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park, San Diego. Today, he is the Organ Scholar under Dr. Crista Miller at Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Downtown Houston, Texas, accompanying the Cor Jesu choir, schola, and orchestra for regular masses and concerts. Andre also performs at masterclasses taught by esteemed organists like Olivier Latry, Isabelle Demers, and Johann Vexo, in addition to solo recitals in and between Houston and Southern California.


An Orange County native, Alyce Reynaud is currently an Early Music Voice Performance Major at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University, Montreal, studying Voice with Tracy Smith Bessette and Organ with Isabelle Demers. At Schulich, she has performed with Cappella Antica and the McGill Baroque Orchestra as a soloist in Telemann’s St. John Passion and in the opera chorus of Handel’s Semele.
She previously served as Choral and Organ Scholar at Christ (Crystal) Cathedral, regularly singing and playing for Cathedral liturgies as an organist, cantor, and a member of the Schola, Cathedral, and Diocesan Choirs while studying organ under David Ball, and voice with Lauren McCaul, Cathedral Music Administrator. When she is back from California, she resumes her cantor and choral roles at the Cathedral, and was the featured soprano in the Cathedral’s recording of Allegri’s Miserere Mei was recently released on Christian Amonson’s Tonsehen Label, available on Apple Music and Spotify.


Phillip Dinh Hoang is an active young musician in Southern California. He currently serves as Organ Scholar at the landmark Christ (formerly Crystal) Cathedral in Garden Grove, CA. As Organ Scholar, he frequently plays both piano and organ for the regular schedule of weekend Masses and sings as a chorister in the Cathedral Choir and Cathedral Schola. At Villa Park High School, where he is a Junior, he is involved in several ensembles including choir and drumline, and serves as a section leader in marching band.


A native of Southern California, Serra Kim currently serves as Organ Scholar at the famed Christ (formerly Crystal) Cathedral. As Organ Scholar she is privileged to regularly play the Hazel Wright Organ - the 5th-largest instrument in the world - for the regular schedule of weekend services at the Cathedral as well as sing in the Cathedral Choir. An accomplished young organist - she is the 2024 Winner of the Southern California Junior Bach Competition where she was also awarded the Sylvia Barton Memorial Scholarship.

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