Dr. Andrew E. Henderson
Director of Music & Organist
Andrew Henderson has served as Director of Music & Organist at Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church since 2005, where he oversees an extensive liturgical and choral program including the Saint Andrew Chorale, the New York City Children’s Chorus, as well as the Saint Andrew Music Society’s Music on Madison concert series. He is also the chair of the organ department at the Manhattan School of Music, the organ instructor at Teacher’s College, Columbia University, and Associate Organist at New York City’s Temple Emanu-El. Dr. Henderson, a native of Thorold, Ontario, holds degrees in music from Clare College, Cambridge and Yale Universities, and in 2007 he was awarded the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at The Juilliard School. He was a finalist in the international competition Grand Prix de Chartres in France in 2002 and won first prize in the Royal Canadian College of Organists’ biennial National Organ Playing Competition the following year. Recent performances include organ and continuo playing with the New York Philharmonic, Musica Sacra, Voices of Ascension, and The Oratorio Society of New York, and solo recitals in Poland, Canada, and throughout the USA. His performances have been featured on the radio programs Pipedreams and With Heart and Voice. He has been featured as a recitalist and workshop leader at national and regional gatherings of the Presbyterian Association of Musicians, the Fellowship of United Methodists in Worship and Music Arts, the Royal Canadian College of Organists, and the American Guild of Organists. Andrew’s teachers have included John Tuttle, Barrie Cabena, David Sanger, Thomas Murray, and John Weaver, whom Andrew succeeded following 35 beloved years of music ministry. Andrew cherishes serving MAPC through its long-treasured liturgical and musical traditions, and for the many opportunities for music to nurture our congregation and the surrounding community.