Tue, Dec 15
|First Presbyterian Church
Matt Bickett, Organist
Matt Bickett, organist, will present an Advent organ recital. Matt holds graduate degrees in historically informed performance and religion from Yale University's Institute of Sacred Music and from the Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music.
Time & Location
Dec 15, 2026, 12:15 PM
First Presbyterian Church, 300 SW 2nd Ave, Gainesville, FL 32601, USA
About the event
Celebrate the advent season with Matt Bickett, organist. This 30 minute concert is part of the AGO Music of the Season series.
Matt Bickett, Director of Music at St. Paul’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, enjoys developing choirs and leading hymns for an enthusiastic congregation of singers. Matt holds graduate degrees in historically informed performance and religion from Yale University’s Institute of Sacred Music and from the Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music. He has served Episcopal, Congregational, Presbyterian, and Lutheran churches of all sizes, including as interim at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church on Central Park in Manhattan and as intern at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland, Oregon.
A prize-winning performer and committed researcher, his synthesis of performance and scholarship enlivens the music of the classical tradition with compelling ideas that matter most to us today. Reviewers have described his performances as “rare and interesting” (ClevelandClassical) and “masterfully negotiated” (Bloomington Herald Times). Alongside his role as Director of Music at St. Paul’s by-the-Sea, Matt writes music criticism for the Jacksonville Symphony and teaches secondary humanities in Duval county as a Teach for America corps member.