Michael Messina is the Director of
Music at Trinity Episcopal Church and Organist of St. Richard's
School, Indianapolis. Since his earliest days as a chorister,
Michael has been making music in the church; he held his first
church position at the age of sixteen in Kansas City. Michael
continued his choral training in high school and then at Saint Olaf
College, where he sang in the Saint Olaf Choir and was graduated
magna cum laude with the BMus degree in Church Music. He holds MMus
and DMA degrees in Organ and the Performer's Certificate from the
Eastman School of Music.
At Trinity, Michael has developed a
mixed intergenerational choir that has made two pilgrimages to
England, singing daily services at Winchester, Chichester, Bristol
and Durham cathedrals. In 2003 Michael founded Meridian Vocal
Consort with countertenor Steven Rickards. He currently serves as
President of the Association of Anglican Musicians, and has taught
and administered the Leadership Program for Musicians Serving Small
Congregations in the Diocese of Indianapolis.
Michael also has seventeen years
experience serving Reform Jewish congregations, and is the Choir
Director at Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation. He has served as Dean
of the Rochester chapter of the American Guild of Organists (AGO)
and Treasurer of the Indianapolis chapter. In 1996, he competed as
one of seven semifinalists in the National Young Artists Competition
in Organ Performance sponsored by the AGO. Michael is often seen at
Trinity with his famous Shih Tzu companion, Norbu.
