Free Concert - Music at the Monastery

Join us Sunday, September 21 at 4 p.m. for our free Music at the Monastery concert, featuring R. Monty Bennett, organist.

Monty Bennett has performed around the world as an organist, accompanist and conductor. In 2005, he made his European debut playing a recital for the 22nd International Festival of Organists in Turin, Italy, where he played the European première of a collection of African-American spirituals by Calvin Taylor. He has performed for numerous chapters of the American Guild of Organists, as well as playing at major churches and universities across the county. He is a carillonneur and played his first European carillon recital on the 70 bell instrument installed at the Chapel of the Dukes of Savoy, Chambéry, France.

Most recently he was both the Membership/Music Director at Temple Israel and the Music Director/Organist at Park Road Baptist Church, both in Charlotte, NC, and now serves as the Director of Sacred Music of Our Lady of Grace Roman Catholic Church, Lancaster, SC. In light of his musical accomplishments, he is listed in Who’s Who in America and has been featured on the renowned American Public Media broadcast Pipedreams.

An active member of the American Guild of Organists from the age of 13, Monty holds the Colleague certification of the AGO and has served on the Board of the Charlotte Chapter, where he coordinated the chapter’s nationally acclaimed Summer Recital Series. He is represented by Concert Artist Cooperative www.concertartistcooperative.com