2026 Summer Organ Recital Series: Lynn Trapp
August 2 @ 6:00 pm
Join the Basilica for the fifth performance in our 2026 Summer Organ Recital Series on August 2 at 6:00 p.m. in the Great Upper Church. Lynn Trapp of Baltimore, MD, will perform.
Program:
In Honor of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception – Lynn Trapp (b. 1963)
Salutation, Petition, and Acclamation on Two Chants of ‘Salve Regina’
EASTERTIDE – Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Chorale and Fugue on ‘O Traurigkeit, O Herzeleid’
Prelude and Fugue on the Easter Sequence ‘Victimae Paschali Laudes’ – Dom Paul Benoit (1893-1979)
Fantasy on the Easter Dismissal Alleluia – Lynn Trapp
Triptych for Organ: III. As If the Whole Creation Cried – Stephen Paulus (1949-2014)
Organ Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Opus 42 – Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)
I. Introduction
II. Pastorale
III. Finale
Dr. Lynn Trapp
Dr. Lynn Trapp is concert organist, conductor, composer, pianist, and liturgist. Since 2015 he has served as Director of Liturgy & Music at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Baltimore where he oversees the liturgical minister program, serves as choirmaster and organist/pianist, leads a scholar singer program and fine arts series. In 2024 he led the design of the new pipe organ installed in the church by Peragallo Organ Co. Previously he served St. Olaf Church in downtown Minneapolis for twenty years.
He is an active organ recitalist in the U.S. and Europe, has more than 100 organ, choral and instrumental compositions held by several major publishers, and as co-director of the American Pilgrimage Choir since 1997 has led performance tours to numerous European countries and the Holy Land. He is a frequent presenter and recitalist at sacred music and worship conferences.
Lynn is the recipient of many academic awards including the Spirit and Truth Award from the University of Notre Dame for his extensive contribution to the liturgy and music field. His career archives are established at Notre Dame’s Hesburgh Library, and his composition library is also housed at the Church Music Institute in Dallas. As student he was the winner of one national and several midwest organ playing competitions. He is a graduate of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (BM), University of Notre Dame (MM), and after beginning doctoral work at the Eastman School of Music completed the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Kansas.
| Upcoming Concerts | |
|---|---|
| August 9 | John Mitchell – Reston, VA |
| August 16 | Andy Brown – Philadelphia, PA |
| August 23 | Peter Latona – Washington, D.C. |
| August 30 | Adam Chlebek – Washington, D.C. |
