Biography

Peter Morey (MM, AAGO) is a dedicated sacred musician, serving as Associate Director of Music & Organist of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Evanston, IL. There, he performs on the parish’s beautifully restored 1922 E.M. Skinner Organ, Op. 327. One of the Organ Historical Society’s E. Power Biggs Scholars, Class of 2022, he holds a Master of Music in Sacred Music from East Carolina University. Like his great-grandmother, Hazel Morey, he received the Associate certification from the American Guild of Organists.

A latecomer to the organ, Morey began his studies with Donald Sutherland while pursuing a Bachelor of Music in Oboe at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University. During his time there, he was the recipient of the Harold Randolph Prize in Performance, and can be heard playing English Horn on Peabody’s CD of works by Kevin Puts, conducted by Marin Alsop and released by NAXOS.

Following a life-changing summer as Organ Scholar for the Royal School of Church Music course in Charlotte, NC, Morey was named the first Organ & Choirmaster Fellow at Christ Church, Raleigh. For three years, he served as the Cathee Jean Huber Organ Scholar at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Greenville, NC while studying for the Master of Music in Sacred Music at East Carolina University. There, he held the Clay J.H. Endowed Organ Scholarship and was inducted into Pi Kappa Lambda, the Music Honors Society. His major teachers and mentors have included Andrew Scanlon, David Jernigan, Jane Marvine, Douglas Buchanan, Leslie Starr, and Mark Wilson.

Deeply invested in the training of new and young organists, Morey oversaw the creation of a new Organ Scholar program at St. Luke’s, thanks to the generous support of the Opus 327 NFP. Recent concert engagements have included recitals at the Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago, Loyola University’s Madonna Della Strada Chapel, and the Opus 327 Centennial Celebration with Director of Music Emeritus Richard Webster. He is proud to serve his colleagues as Dean of the Chicago Chapter of the AGO.