Featured Artist:        Dr. J. Scott Bennett

Scott Bennett assumed the position of Organist-Choirmaster at Grace Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina in July of 1996. Dr. Bennett came to Charleston from Jackson, Tennessee where he was Associate Professor of Organ and Theory at Union University and Organist-Choirmaster at St. Luke's Episcopal Church. Dr. Bennett earned the Bachelor of Music degree in Organ Performance from Stetson University, and the Master of Music degree in Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music. After returning from Europe, he began doctoral study at Eastman. He finished his doctoral studies in performance and history at the University of Memphis.

Dr. Bennett has performed extensively throughout the southeastern and northeastern United States in church and academic settings. He was invited to perform on the Piccolo Spoleto Organ Concert Series in Charleston, South Carolina in both 1997 and 1998, and conducted the Grace Church Choir in the 1997 Piccolo Spoleto Festival of Churches, presenting performances of Ralph Vaughan Williams' Dona nobis pacem and Four Hymns with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra. In 1998 Grace Church Choir was chosen to represent the Anglican Tradition, singing Evensong in the Piccolo Festival of Churches, and participated in a Piccolo Spotlight Concert marathon devoted to the music of J. S. Bach.