Hanover, PA – The St. Matthew Lutheran Church Concert Series will present organist Tyler Canonico-Dilley in concert on Sunday, September 27, at 4:00 p.m. Mr. Canonico-Dilley is the Minister of Music and Organist at Market Square Presbyterian Church, Harrisburg, PA. Tickets are not required for this concert, but a free-will offering will be taken to assist with concert costs. The doors open at 3:30 p.m. A reception will follow the program.

One of the East Coast’s finest and dynamic concert organists and inspiring church musicians, Tyler A. Canonico-Dilley is the Minister of Music and Organist at Market Square Presbyterian Church in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where he leads an expansive music program. The program includes the Market Square Ringers, the Sanctuary Choir, a Choral Scholars Program, and the Market Square Singers (a touring choir comprised of volunteers, both amateur and professional, from the church and greater Central Pennsylvania community), and he is the Artistic Director for Arts on the Square. Tyler is also an Adjunct Instructor of Music at Lebanon Valley College where he conducts the College Choir, teaches Class Piano, and is the Music Director for the opera program. This semester he had the pleasure of conducting the Concert Choir while Dr. Kyle Zeuch was on sabbatical. In addition to his work, he is the organist for the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra, and the founder and conductor of The Harrisburg Camerata. Tyler is the Dean for the Harrisburg Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and is the Director of the AGO National Committee for Pipe Organ Encounters. Previously, Tyler was the Organist and Assistant Music Director at Christ Episcopal Church in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and was the Assistant Organist at the Cathedral of St. Paul in Birmingham, Alabama.

In 2011, Tyler was awarded first place in the American Guild of Organist/Quimby Region III Competition for Young Organists. He has performed Samuel Barber’s Toccata Festiva with the Lebanon Valley College Symphony Orchestra and has performed numerous works with the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra. He is a frequent concert artist and guest conductor throughout the country. Tyler has performed for the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, the National Association of Schools of Music, and has performed at both national and regional AGO conventions.

Tyler is a graduate of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama where he received a Master of Music in Organ Performance and studied under Dr. Faythe Freese. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Music with a concentration in Organ Performance and Sacred Music from Lebanon Valley College in Annville, Pennsylvania. He studied organ and piano with Dr. Shelly Moorman-Stahlman and orchestral conducting with Dr. Johannes Dietrich. Tyler has also studied organ with Dr. Jason Kissel, and piano and organ with Ms. Kathie Metz. Tyler is exclusively represented by Concert Artists Cooperative.

The St. Matthew Lutheran Church Austin organ is one of the ten largest pipe organs in the world with 14,470 pipes, 238 ranks and 335 drawknobs. The organ includes a 198-bell carillon system. The organ underwent a $1.5 million renovation completed in 2016. A full stop list and description of the organ can be found on the church website – www.stmattlutheran.org.

St. Matthew Lutheran Church is located at 30 W. Chestnut Street, Hanover, Pennsylvania, and church parking is available at the rear of the church. More information on our concert programs can be found on the church website – www.stmattlutheran.org.