Anderson & McCoy Organ Duo

Experience double the fun with organ duo Bryan Anderson and Yuri McCoy in recital Repertoire: Fantaisie à Deux by Rachel Laurin (1961-2023) The Garden of Eden by William Bolcom (b. 1938) I. Old Adam II. The Eternal Feminine III. The Serpent’s Kiss IV. Through Eden’s Gates Grosse Fuge, Op. 133 by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Champagne Toccata by William Gillock (1917-1933) arr. Bryan Anderson (b. 1993) Diabolical Variations on Paganini's 24th Caprice by Yuri McCoy (b. 1985) Bryan Anderson is the 2023 winner of the Pierre S. du Pont First Prize at the Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition, praised for his "musical mastery, technical fluency, and impeccable taste" (Simon Johnson, Head Juror). A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and Rice University's Shepherd School, he has also earned prizes at the Canadian International and Albert Schweitzer competitions. His performances have been featured on American Public Media's "Pipedreams," and recent engagements have included recitals at the Bartok National Concert Hall in Budapest, Washington National Cathedral, and Ocean Grove Auditorium. Based in Houston, he serves as Director of Music at Saint Thomas' Episcopal Church and School, performs with Harmonia Stellarum Houston and Mercury Chamber Orchestra, and is represented as a solo performer by Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists. Houston based organist, Dr. Yuri McCoy, graduated from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University in Houston, Texas, where he studied with organist Ken Cowan. Hailed by Gramophone magazine as an organist possessing “rare virtuosity,” Yuri has made his mark on the organ world through bracingly original programming and a strong desire to shed a spotlight on less traversed areas of keyboard literature. Whether it is Ligeti‘s Etudes on piano or his own daring transcription of Varese’s massive orchestral work, Amériques, for organ, percussion, and assistant, Yuri enjoys the opportunity to share new and unusual sounds with audiences. During the summer of 2019, he performed his transcription of Lutoslawski’s piano concerto alongside pianist Yvonne Chen at the Spoleto Music Festival. He also supports the music of living composers and in 2006 premiered “Voices of the Invisible Blue Butterflies” by Vache Sharafyan at the SoundSCAPE music festival in Cortona, Italy. In 2021, Yuri released his first solo album on the Acis label. The disc, Symphonic Roar: An Odyssey of Sound from the Paris Conservertoire, was lauded by OrlgelNieuws for its “beautiful narrative” and by BBC Music Magazine for its “bonkers” arrangement of Varese's Amériques, which it proclaimed was “quite the ride.” Many of Yuri’s performances and recordings have been broadcast nationally on NPR’s Pipedreams and With Heart and Voice. Yuri also regularly posts on his YouTube channel organ videos involving everything from B-movie acting and special effects to claymation and slapstick.