Meet our Music Coordinator
Savannah Curro was both the organist and music coordinator at St. Andrew's-by-the-Sea for the 2021 and 2022 summer seasons. Now that she is pursuing a Master of Divinity degree at the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale University, her responsibilities have shifted to virtually organizing the booking of guest musicians, with special attention to recruiting young musicians.
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In May 2023, she graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Townsend School of Music at Mercer University where she earned the Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance and the General Excellence in Music award. Savannah was additionally conferred the Bachelor of Arts degree in History. In May, she was declared the winner of the international music fraternity Mu Phi Epsilon’s annual organ scholarship competition.
Savannah’s playing has been featured on National Public Radio’s Pipedreams radio program and she has performed at venues including the Methuen Memorial Music Hall and King’s Chapel. Her previous teachers include Cathy Meyer, Jack Mitchener (Mercer University), Nathan Laube (the Eastman School of Music), and Martin Jean (Yale University).
As a church musician, Savannah has served a wide variety of denominations. Most recently, she directed the music program at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church (Hawkinsville, GA). Savannah is the current music director and organist at Westbrook Congregational Church in Westbrook, CT.
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Meet our Organist
David Kenney, Jr. just finished his fifth year with the Young Organist Collaborative (YOC). Through the YOC he has twice been awarded the C. Pennington Brown Memorial Scholarships and, through the Hampton United Methodist Church, the Victoria Fish and Jeffrey Daly Scholarships. In 2022 and 2023 David represented the YOC at two young artist concerts at the Methuen Memorial Music Hall. He has played for Chester Congregational Baptist Church since Fall 2021 and, for the past two summers, at St. Andrew's-by-the-Sea.
This Fall he will begin organ studies with Dr. Jack Mitchener at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. (Savannah Curro's organ professor during her time at Mercer.) David will major in organ performance, with plans for a career as a church and concert organist.​
Weekly guest musicians make Sunday Services extra special.
