About Jerrick.

Award-winning organist, improviser, and composer Jerrick Cavagnaro is an emerging young artist equally comfortable in the fields of sacred and secular music. He currently serves as the associate director of music at Trinity Church, Copley Square in Boston, MA where he accompanies and co-conducts the adult choirs and choristers. Jerrick was the first prize winner of the American Guild of Organists National Competition in Organ Improvisation in San Francisco in the summer of 2024. Other accolades include second prize in the National Competition in Organ Accompaniment sponsored by the Washington, D.C. AGO chapter and third prize in the Quebec Organ Competition in Quebec City, Canada. 

As a composer, Jerrick’s choral works have been performed internationally. His arrangement of Masters in this Hall was included in Oxford University Press’ recent edition of Carols for Choirs 6. He was also the winner of the 2022 Liturgy Alive! Composition Competition at Notre Dame University in the mixed choir category. Two of his arrangements were included on Trinity Church Boston’s 2024 critically acclaimed Christmas album The Great Glad Tiding Tell which reached the number one spot on the classical Billboard charts. Jerrick also accompanied the choir on this album and was noted for his “brilliant organ accompaniments and highly imaginative hymn settings” in the American Organist magazine.

An avid improviser and teacher, Jerrick incorporates improvisation into his instructional method for both piano and organ. Taking inspiration from multiple genres including classical, pop, rock, and more, his improvisational style is eclectic and unique. Although most passionate about liturgical improvisation, he is equally comfortable in concert improvisation.

Jerrick is a graduate of the Yale School of Music and the Yale Institute of Sacred Music where he earned a master’s degree in organ performance studying under Jon Laukvik and Thomas Murray. He completed his undergraduate studies at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in sacred music and organ performance studying under Alan Morrison. A native of New Jersey, Jerrick has served in several church music positions on the east coast. Most recently, he was the assistant director of music and organist at Christ Episcopal Church in Charlotte, NC. He has also served as organ scholar at Trinity Church on the Green in New Haven, CT and at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Morristown, NJ and as music director at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in Lincoln Park, NJ and as an organist at Our Lady of the Valley and Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church in Wayne, NJ.

Jerrick is available for solo concerts, masterclasses, private lessons, or as an accompanist. Please fill out the CONTACT FORM for bookings and more information.