This is the first of the inquiries, here set out in full. It lists 103 posts held between 1880 and 1925 by 91 organists and choirmasters, from Washington Cathedral to the Salt Lake Tabernacle. New York holds 53 of them.
Each row gives the institution, its denomination, the role and years, whether it kept a boy choir, and the musician’s influence. Each row carries a source and a confidence grade: 56 High, 43 Medium and 4 Low. The text is that of the survey spreadsheet, without alteration.
| Musician | Institution | Place | Denomination / kind | Role, years | Boy choir; school | Influence | Confidence | Sources | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humphrey John Stewart | St. Joseph's Cathedral; Church of the Advent | San Diego / San Francisco, CA | Roman Catholic / Episcopal Cathedral / parish | Organist Advent SF from 1886; St. Joseph's Cathedral San Diego (dates unconfirmed) | Unconfirmed — | Briefly Trinity Church Boston (c.1901–03); Balboa Park outdoor organist 1915–32; AGO founder After 1925: — | Medium | wp.agohq.org organ-biography.info | |
| John Henry Gower | St. John's Cathedral (in the Wilderness) | Denver, CO | Episcopal Cathedral | Organist 1887–1892 | Yes (choir boys recorded from 1881) — | Oxford-trained; hymn tunes and anthems; AGO founder After 1925: — | Medium | wp.agohq.org sjcathedral.org | |
| Henry Houseley | St. John's Cathedral (in the Wilderness) | Denver, CO | Episcopal Cathedral | Organist & choir director 1892–1925 (deputy from 1888) | Yes Trained choristers, among them David McK. Williams | Composer; AGO founder; trained the future St. Bartholomew's organist D. McK. Williams After 1925: — | Medium | sjcathedral.org nealfcampbell.wordpress.com | AGO sketch gives 1888–1923 |
| Edgar Priest | St. Paul's Church, K Street | Washington, DC | Episcopal Parish | Organist & choirmaster 1907–c.1911 | Yes Supplied choristers to the new cathedral choir school | Led combined boys' choir at the 1907 cathedral foundation-stone service After 1925: Unconfirmed | Medium | rwdirksen.com | End date inferred from cathedral full-time appointment, 1911 |
| Edgar Priest | Washington National Cathedral | Washington, DC | Episcopal Cathedral | Organist & choirmaster 1909–1935 (part-time from Oct. 1909; full-time from June 1911) | Yes Lane-Johnston choir school opened 1909 within St. Albans School; choristers hold scholarships | First organist and choirmaster; trained the boys who sang at the 1907 foundation-stone service; skilled boy-choir trainer who encouraged boy choirs in other Episcopal parishes After 1925: Yes – men-and-boys choir and St. Albans link continue | High | rwdirksen.com en.wikipedia.org | Came from St. Paul's, K Street, bringing 5 of the first 15 choristers |
| Harrison M. Wild | Grace Church; Church of the Ascension | Chicago, IL | Episcopal Parish | Organist Grace from 1879; Ascension from 1895 (ends unconfirmed) | Unconfirmed — | AGO founder After 1925: — | Medium | wp.agohq.org | |
| Wilhelm Middelschulte | Holy Name Cathedral | Chicago, IL | Roman Catholic Cathedral | Organist 1891–1899 | Later: boys from Cathedral College (1905) and Quigley Seminary (choir organized 1918) Cathedral College (1905); St. George Choral Society of seminary boys (1918) | Concert organist; organist of the Theodore Thomas Orchestra; also St. James, Chicago; AGO founder After 1925: Yes – Cathedral Choristers continued | Medium | wp.agohq.org archive.org | Cathedral book lists him among its organists; dates from AGO sketch ('Holy Name Church') |
| William J. Finn, C.S.P. | Old St. Mary's Church (Paulist Choristers of Chicago) | Chicago, IL | Roman Catholic (Paulist) Parish | Founder-choirmaster 1904–1918 | Yes – c.65 men and boys Choir training under Finn; model for later Catholic boy choirs | First prize at a Paris competition 1912; sang for Pius X, who named Finn Magister Cantorum After 1925: Yes – choir continued to 1967 (Fr. Eugene O'Malley from 1928) | High | paulist.org oldstmarys.com | |
| Peter C. Lutkin | St. James Church | Chicago, IL | Episcopal Parish | Organist & choirmaster 1891–1897 | Yes Founding dean, Northwestern School of Music (1895); founded its A Cappella Choir (1906) | AGO founder; Joint Commission on Church Music 1922; 'Lutkin Benediction' After 1925: Boys' choir gave way to mixed adult choir in 1926 | High | saintjamescathedral.org en.wikipedia.org | Earlier at St. Clement's Chicago 1884–91; AGO gives St. James 1891–96 |
| Clarence Dickinson | St. James Church | Chicago, IL | Episcopal Parish | Organist & choirmaster 1897–1898; 1903–1909 | Yes – boy choir of 50 — | See Brick Presbyterian After 1925: Boys' choir ended 1926 | High | saintjamescathedral.org en.wikipedia.org | |
| C. E. Reynolds | St. James Church | Chicago, IL | Episcopal Parish | Organist & choirmaster 1882–1891 | Yes — | Predecessor of Lutkin After 1925: — | Medium | saintjamescathedral.org | Full name not given in source |
| John Norton | St. James Church | Chicago, IL | Episcopal Parish | Organist & choirmaster 1909–1918; 1919–1925 | Yes — | Led the men-and-boys choir in its last years After 1925: Boys' choir ended 1926 | Medium | saintjamescathedral.org | Leo Sowerby followed 1927–62 |
| John Frank Donahoe | Cathedral of the Holy Cross | Boston, MA | Roman Catholic Cathedral | Organist 1875–c.1891 | Probably (a boys' choir sang Tenebrae there c.1895) — | AGO founder; composed masses and organ music; pupil of G. E. Whiting After 1925: Unconfirmed | Medium | wp.agohq.org paulist.org | Boys' choir reference is from Fr. Finn's recollection of a Tenebrae service |
| George E. Whiting | Cathedral of the Holy Cross; Church of the Immaculate Conception | Boston, MA | Roman Catholic Cathedral / parish | Organist & choirmaster Holy Cross: dates unconfirmed; Immaculate Conception 1876 and 1882–1910 | Unconfirmed New England Conservatory organ department (taught 1875–79, 1882–) | Masses in C minor, F minor and E-flat; teacher of J. F. Donahoe; AGO founder After 1925: — | Medium | wp.agohq.org en.wikipedia.org | |
| Everett Titcomb | Church of St. John the Evangelist (Cowley Fathers) | Boston, MA | Episcopal (Anglo-Catholic) Parish | Organist & choirmaster 1910–1959 | Unconfirmed — | Plainsong and polyphony revival; prolific Anglican composer After 1925: Yes | High | en.wikipedia.org | Albert G. Mitchell listed there c.1907 (AGO) |
| Samuel Brenton Whitney | Church of the Advent | Boston, MA | Episcopal (Anglo-Catholic) Parish | Organist & choir director 1871–1908 | Yes Founded Massachusetts Diocesan Choir Guild (1876); taught at NEC and Boston University | Leader of the vested boy-choir movement in New England; Harvard Appleton Chapel choir 1871–1908; AGO founder After 1925: Yes | High | theadventboston.org en.wikipedia.org | AGO gives 1871–1909 |
| Frederick Johnson | Church of the Advent | Boston, MA | Episcopal (Anglo-Catholic) Parish | Organist & choirmaster 1908/09–c.1946 | Yes — | Described by the parish as a boy-choir director of great accomplishment After 1925: Yes | Medium | theadventboston.org | Start date inferred from Whitney's 1908 retirement |
| Arthur Sewall Hyde | Emmanuel Church | Boston, MA | Episcopal Parish | Organist & choir director 1900–1908 | Unconfirmed — | See St. Bartholomew's After 1925: — | High | emmanuelboston.org | |
| Lynnwood Farnam | Emmanuel Church | Boston, MA | Episcopal Parish | Organist & choir director 1913–1918 | Unconfirmed — | Left in 1918 for Canadian Army service; see Holy Communion After 1925: — | High | emmanuelboston.org en.wikipedia.org | |
| Albert W. Snow | Emmanuel Church | Boston, MA | Episcopal Parish | Organist & choir director 1918–1939 | Unconfirmed — | Succeeded Farnam After 1925: Yes | High | emmanuelboston.org | |
| George L. Osgood | Emmanuel Church | Boston, MA | Episcopal Parish | Choirmaster & conductor 1883–1897 | Unconfirmed — | Directed Emmanuel's choir alongside a series of organists After 1925: — | High | emmanuelboston.org | |
| Weston Spies Gale | Emmanuel Church | Boston, MA | Episcopal Parish | Organist & choir director 1908–1912 | Unconfirmed — | Bridged Hyde and Farnam After 1925: — | High | emmanuelboston.org | |
| Arthur Foote | First Church in Boston | Boston, MA | Unitarian Parish | Organist 1878–1910 | No NEC faculty from 1921 | AGO founder and last honorary president 1909–12; co-editor of Hymns of the Church Universal (1890) After 1925: — | High | en.wikipedia.org wp.agohq.org | |
| Benjamin Johnson Lang | King's Chapel | Boston, MA | Unitarian (Anglican-heritage) Parish | Organist 1888–1909 | No Leading Boston teacher | Conducted the world premiere of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 (Boston, 1875); founder of the Apollo and Cecilia clubs; AGO founder After 1925: — | High | en.wikipedia.org wp.agohq.org | AGO gives 1895–1909 |
| Warren Andrew Locke | St. Paul's Church (Cathedral from 1912) | Boston, MA | Episcopal Cathedral | Founding choirmaster 1888–(end unconfirmed; sources conflict) | Yes Choir of men and boys from the 1880s to 1980 | Founding choirmaster of the men-and-boys choir; AGO founder After 1925: No – boys' choir ended 1980 | Low | en.wikipedia.org wp.agohq.org | AGO sketch gives 1888–1919 but a death year of 1902; tenure end unresolved |
| James Cutler Dunn Parker | Trinity Church (Copley Square) | Boston, MA | Episcopal Parish | Organist 1864–1891 | Unconfirmed New England Conservatory 1871–97 | Organist through the building and opening of the Copley Square church (1877); New England Conservatory teacher After 1925: — | High | en.wikipedia.org | |
| Horatio Parker | Trinity Church (Copley Square) | Boston, MA | Episcopal Parish | Organist 1893–1902 | Unconfirmed Yale (from 1894) | Hora Novissima (1893); AGO honorary president 1906–09 After 1925: — | High | wp.agohq.org en.wikipedia.org | Wikipedia gives 1893–1901 |
| Wallace Goodrich | Trinity Church (Copley Square) | Boston, MA | Episcopal Parish | Organist 1902–1909 | Unconfirmed New England Conservatory (later director) | Later director of the New England Conservatory After 1925: — | Medium | organ-biography.info | |
| Francis W. Snow | Trinity Church (Copley Square) | Boston, MA | Episcopal Parish | Organist 1922–1956 | Unconfirmed — | Long tenure After 1925: Yes | Medium | organ-biography.info | |
| Miles Farrow | St. Paul's Church (Old St. Paul's) | Baltimore, MD | Episcopal Parish | Organist & choirmaster to 1909 (start date unconfirmed) | Yes St. Paul's School for boys (the parish choir school) | Published About the Training of Boys' Voices (1898) while choirmaster here After 1925: Yes – St. Paul's School continues | Medium | resources.finalsite.net | School newsletter calls him 'the School's choirmaster of the late 19th/early 20th century' |
| Robert J. Winterbottom | St. Paul's Church (Old St. Paul's) | Baltimore, MD | Episcopal Parish | Organist 1872–1888 | Unconfirmed St. Paul's School for boys (parish school) | AGO founder; later assistant at Trinity Church NYC 1901–04 and St. John's Chapel 1905–09 After 1925: Yes – school continues | Medium | wp.agohq.org | |
| Henry H. Darby | Christ Church Cathedral | St. Louis, MO | Episcopal Cathedral | Organist 1887–1912 | Unconfirmed — | Memorial brass in the cathedral records his long tenure After 1925: — | High | npgallery.nps.gov | |
| Arthur Davis | Christ Church Cathedral | St. Louis, MO | Episcopal Cathedral | Organist c.1920–(to c.1942) | Unconfirmed — | Long tenure After 1925: — | Low | organ-biography.info | Circa start date only |
| Charles H. Galloway | St. Peter's Church | St. Louis, MO | Episcopal Parish | Organist & choirmaster 1883–1887; rehired later, served over 35 years in all, to 1931 (exact dates unconfirmed) | Unconfirmed — | Guilmant pupil; Guilmant dedicated his Organ Sonata No. 7 to him After 1925: — | Medium | chgallowayorganist.com en.wikipedia.org | |
| J. Albert Jeffery | Cathedral of All Saints | Albany, NY | Episcopal Cathedral | Organist dates unconfirmed (1880s; left Albany 1893) | Yes Bishop Doane's boys' choir school (now defunct); Jeffery also directed music at St. Agnes School | Composed the tune ANCIENT OF DAYS (ALBANY), 1886, for Bp. Doane's hymn, first sung at the cathedral; later taught at New England Conservatory After 1925: No – choir school defunct; men-and-boys choir later | Medium | en.wikipedia.org hymnary.org | Described as the cathedral's first professional organist |
| J. Benton Tipton | Cathedral of All Saints | Albany, NY | Episcopal Cathedral | Organist 1893–(end unconfirmed) | Yes Cathedral choir school (Bp. Doane) | AGO founder; later St. Clement's, Philadelphia (c.1902); founder of Pennsylvania AGO chapter After 1925: No – choir school defunct | Medium | wp.agohq.org | |
| Raymond Huntington Woodman | First Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn | Brooklyn, NY | Presbyterian Parish | Organist 1880–1941 | No — | Studied with Buck and with Franck in Paris; AGO founder; 61-year tenure After 1925: Yes | Medium | wp.agohq.org | |
| Dudley Buck | Holy Trinity Church, Brooklyn Heights | Brooklyn, NY | Episcopal Parish | Organist 1877–1902 | Unconfirmed Teacher of H. R. Shelley and R. H. Woodman | Leading American church composer of the age; Illustrations in Choir Accompaniment (1877); AGO honorary president 1896–99 After 1925: — | High | en.wikipedia.org wp.agohq.org | |
| John Hyatt Brewer | Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church | Brooklyn, NY | Presbyterian Parish | Organist 1881–(end unconfirmed) | No — | AGO founder; Brooklyn choral conductor After 1925: — | Medium | wp.agohq.org | |
| George Waring Stebbins | Plymouth Church, Brooklyn | Brooklyn, NY | Congregational Parish | Organist 1899–1902 | No Teachers Training Institute | AGO founder; son of gospel singer George C. Stebbins After 1925: — | Medium | wp.agohq.org | Included for Plymouth Church's prominence |
| Harry Rowe Shelley | Church of the Pilgrims and Plymouth Church, Brooklyn; Fifth Avenue Baptist | Brooklyn / New York, NY | Congregational / Baptist Parish | Organist Pilgrims 1878–81, 1887–99; Plymouth 1881–87; Fifth Ave. Baptist 1899–1914 | No American Institute of Applied Music | Widely sung anthem 'The King of Love My Shepherd Is' (1886); Buck pupil; played at Henry Ward Beecher's funeral After 1925: — | High | en.wikipedia.org wp.agohq.org | |
| Horatio Parker | Cathedral School of St. Paul (Cathedral of the Incarnation) | Garden City, NY | Episcopal Cathedral school | Professor of music (teacher) 1885–1893 | Yes Cathedral School of St. Paul | Composer of Hora Novissima (1893); Yale Battell Professor 1894, Dean 1904; teacher of Charles Ives; AGO founder and honorary president 1906–09 After 1925: Unconfirmed | Medium | wp.agohq.org archive.org | Teaching post, not cathedral organist |
| William H. Woodcock | Cathedral of the Incarnation | Garden City, NY | Episcopal Cathedral | Organist c.1892 | Yes Cathedral School of St. Paul (boys) | AGO founder; later Holy Trinity Church NYC from 1893 After 1925: Yes – men-and-boys choir continued | Low | wp.agohq.org en.wikipedia.org | Only a circa date documented |
| Clarence Dickinson | Brick Presbyterian Church | New York, NY | Presbyterian Parish | Organist & choirmaster 1909–1960 | No (multiple-choir system for adults and young people) Union Theological Seminary faculty 1912–45; founded its School of Sacred Music, 1928 | Youngest AGO founder; his School of Sacred Music (1928) offered the first U.S. graduate degrees in sacred music After 1925: Yes | High | en.wikipedia.org wp.agohq.org | |
| Edward Morris Bowman | Calvary Church | New York, NY | Episcopal Parish | Organist & choirmaster 1906–1913 | Unconfirmed — | Conductor and organist of national reputation; AGO founder; died in office 1913 After 1925: — | High | en.wikipedia.org wp.agohq.org | |
| Clement R. Gale | Calvary Church | New York, NY | Episcopal Parish | Organist 1890–1900 | Unconfirmed Taught at Guilmant Organ School 1902–18 and Union Seminary 1901 | Teacher of D. McK. Williams; AGO registrar and librarian After 1925: — | Medium | wp.agohq.org nealfcampbell.wordpress.com | Joseph Mosenthal preceded him, 1860–87 |
| Joseph Mosenthal | Calvary Church | New York, NY | Episcopal Parish | Organist 1860–1887 | Unconfirmed — | Director of the Mendelssohn Glee Club; AGO founder (d. 1896) After 1925: — | Medium | wp.agohq.org | Tenure ends early in the period |
| Walter Henry Hall | Cathedral of St. John the Divine | New York, NY | Episcopal Cathedral | Organist 1905–1909 | Yes Cathedral choir school founded 1901 | Wrote a book on choir training; founder of Brooklyn Oratorio Society; Columbia University 1913–34; AGO founder and warden 1900–01 After 1925: Yes | Medium | organ-biography.info wp.agohq.org | Served before the choir (crossing) was consecrated in 1911; also St. James' Church NYC 1896–1913 per AGO |
| Miles Farrow | Cathedral of St. John the Divine | New York, NY | Episcopal Cathedral | Organist & master of choristers 1910–1931 | Yes Choir school (founded 1901); Farrow worked from the choir school | Author of About the Training of Boys' Voices (1898); interviewed at the choir school in 1910 After 1925: Yes – choir school continued; tradition carried by Coke-Jephcott (1932–53) | High | cathedralnyc.org elibrary.arcade-museum.com | |
| George B. Prentice | Church of St. Mary the Virgin | New York, NY | Episcopal (Anglo-Catholic) Parish | Organist & director of music 1871–1903 | Yes – chancel choir of men and boys, with women added Parish orchestra; English adaptations of Latin masses | Orchestral masses in the liturgy (Haydn Imperial Mass 1874); Sunday-evening musical services widely copied After 1925: Yes | High | anglicanhistory.org wp.agohq.org | AGO sketch gives 1871–1905 |
| Walter S. Fleming | Church of St. Mary the Virgin | New York, NY | Episcopal (Anglo-Catholic) Parish | Organist & director of music 1907–1919 | Yes — | Oversaw first unaccompanied Palestrina mass at the church (1913) After 1925: Yes | High | anglicanhistory.org | Frank J. Chedwidden was organist 1903–c.1907 |
| Raymond Nold | Church of St. Mary the Virgin | New York, NY | Episcopal (Anglo-Catholic) Parish | Director of music 1919–(into 1930s) | Yes — | Introduced polyphonic and plainsong masses with English propers; Palestrina and chant reform After 1925: Yes | High | anglicanhistory.org | Arrived c.1910 as assistant |
| William J. Finn, C.S.P. | Church of St. Paul the Apostle (Paulist Choristers of New York) | New York, NY | Roman Catholic (Paulist) Parish | Choirmaster / founder-director 1918–(beyond 1925) | Yes Founded first Catholic choir school in New York, 1918 (closed 1924); choir continued | Leading American advocate of boy choirs for chant and polyphony After 1925: Choir: yes; school: closed 1924 | High | paulist.org en.wikipedia.org | |
| Richard Henry Warren | Church of the Ascension | New York, NY | Episcopal Parish | Organist 1907–1914 | Unconfirmed — | See St. Bartholomew's After 1925: — | Medium | wp.agohq.org nealfcampbell.wordpress.com | |
| Jessie Craig Adam | Church of the Ascension | New York, NY | Episcopal Parish | Organist & music director 1914–1939 | No (mixed choir; weekly oratorios) — | One of the first women to hold a leading NYC church post; weekly oratorio program After 1925: Yes | Medium | nealfcampbell.wordpress.com | |
| Lynnwood Farnam | Church of the Holy Communion | New York, NY | Episcopal Parish | Organist 1920–1930 | Unconfirmed Many pupils (e.g. Alexander McCurdy, Garth Edmundson) | Preeminent American recitalist of the 1920s; noted Bach series After 1925: — | High | en.wikipedia.org nealfcampbell.wordpress.com | |
| David McK. Williams | Church of the Holy Communion | New York, NY | Episcopal Parish | Organist 1914–1916; 1920 (six months) | Unconfirmed — | See St. Bartholomew's After 1925: — | High | nealfcampbell.wordpress.com | |
| Charles Whitney Coombs | Church of the Holy Communion | New York, NY | Episcopal Parish | Organist 1892–1908 | Unconfirmed — | Choral and service music; AGO founder; later St. Luke's NYC 1908– After 1925: — | Medium | wp.agohq.org | |
| Horatio Parker | Church of the Holy Trinity | New York, NY | Episcopal Parish | Organist 1888–1893 | Unconfirmed — | See Trinity Church, Boston After 1925: — | Medium | wp.agohq.org en.wikipedia.org | Wikipedia names Trinity Church NYC; AGO sketch and 1900s directory say Holy Trinity |
| William C. Carl | First Presbyterian Church | New York, NY | Presbyterian Parish | Organist & choirmaster 1892–1936 | No Founded Guilmant Organ School, 1899, at the church | Guilmant pupil; long-running recital series; AGO founder After 1925: Yes – school ran into the early 1970s | High | organs.nycago.org fpcnyc.org | AGO sketch gives 1890–1936 |
| Samuel P. Warren | Grace Church | New York, NY | Episcopal Parish | Organist 1868–1874; 1876–1894 | No (before 1894 choir) Organ teacher (pupils incl. Will C. Macfarlane, W. C. Carl) | AGO founder; AGO president 1902; G. Schirmer music editor; conductor of New York Vocal Union After 1925: — | High | en.wikipedia.org wp.agohq.org | |
| James Morris Helfenstein | Grace Church | New York, NY | Episcopal Parish | Organist & master of the choir 1894–1922 | Yes – founded the Choir of Men and Boys Founded Grace Church Choir School 1894, first in NYC (boarding) | Prototype for the St. Thomas and St. John the Divine choir schools; editor, Grace Church Hymnal (1909); Joint Commission on Church Music 1922 After 1925: Yes – school became a day school in 1934 (Grace Church School); men-and-boys choir continues | High | nealfcampbell.wordpress.com wp.agohq.org | Earlier founded a similar choir at All Angels' Church |
| Ernest Mitchell | Grace Church | New York, NY | Episcopal Parish | Organist & choirmaster 1922–1960 | Yes Grace Church Choir School | Long tenure carrying the 1894 choir-school model into mid-century After 1925: Yes | Medium | nealfcampbell.wordpress.com | |
| Justine B. Ward | Pius X School of Liturgical Music (Manhattanville) | New York, NY | Roman Catholic School | Co-founder; chant pedagogue 1916–(beyond 1925) | No (children's chant in schools) Pius X School of Liturgical Music, 1916; Ward Method | Ward Method of music education for Catholic schoolchildren After 1925: Yes | High | en.wikipedia.org encyclopedia.com | |
| Mother Georgia Stevens, R.S.C.J. | Pius X School of Liturgical Music (Manhattanville) | New York, NY | Roman Catholic School | Co-founder; director and chant teacher 1916–(beyond 1925) | No Pius X School of Liturgical Music | Trained Catholic teachers and choirmasters in chant After 1925: Yes | High | encyclopedia.com | |
| George Edward Stubbs | St. Agnes' Chapel (Trinity Parish) | New York, NY | Episcopal Parish chapel | Organist & choirmaster 1892–1937 | Yes Authority on boy-voice training | Wrote a book on the training of choirboys; AGO founder After 1925: — | High | wp.agohq.org | |
| Richard Henry Warren | St. Bartholomew's Church | New York, NY | Episcopal Parish | Organist 1886–1905 | Unconfirmed — | Son of G. W. Warren; founded and directed the Church Choral Society (1886); AGO founder After 1925: — | High | organ-biography.info wp.agohq.org | |
| Leopold Stokowski | St. Bartholomew's Church | New York, NY | Episcopal Parish | Organist & choir director 1905–1908 | Unconfirmed (had trained choirboys in London) — | Left to conduct; Cincinnati and Philadelphia orchestras After 1925: — | High | en.wikipedia.org nealfcampbell.wordpress.com | |
| Arthur Sewall Hyde | St. Bartholomew's Church | New York, NY | Episcopal Parish | Organist & choirmaster 1908–1920 | Unconfirmed — | Came from Emmanuel Church, Boston; died 1920 After 1925: — | High | nealfcampbell.wordpress.com emmanuelboston.org | Earlier at Emmanuel Church, Boston 1900–08 |
| David McK. Williams | St. Bartholomew's Church | New York, NY | Episcopal Parish | Organist & choirmaster 1920–1947 | Unconfirmed — | Former Denver cathedral chorister under Houseley; major Episcopal composer After 1925: Yes | High | nealfcampbell.wordpress.com organ-biography.info | Search summaries give 1920–1946/47 |
| Gaston Dethier | St. Francis Xavier Church | New York, NY | Roman Catholic (Jesuit) Parish | Organist 1894–1907 | Unconfirmed Institute of Musical Art (Juilliard) organ faculty 1907–45 | Variations on Adeste Fideles; AGO founder After 1925: — | High | en.wikipedia.org wp.agohq.org | Bruno Oscar Klein preceded him, 1884–94 |
| Pietro Yon | St. Francis Xavier Church | New York, NY | Roman Catholic (Jesuit) Parish | Organist 1907–1919; 1921–1926 | Unconfirmed — | Gesù Bambino; titular organist of the Vatican 1922; St. Patrick's Cathedral from 1926 After 1925: — | High | en.wikipedia.org nealfcampbell.wordpress.com | |
| Bruno Oscar Klein | St. Francis Xavier Church | New York, NY | Roman Catholic (Jesuit) Parish | Organist 1884–1894 | Unconfirmed — | AGO founder; later St. Ignatius Loyola, 1904–11 After 1925: — | Medium | wp.agohq.org | |
| William Sidell Chester | St. George's Church, Stuyvesant Square | New York, NY | Episcopal Parish | Organist 1888–1900 | Unconfirmed — | Hymn tunes; AGO council 1896–1900 After 1925: — | Medium | wp.agohq.org | |
| Ivan T. Gorokhoff | St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral | New York, NY | Russian Orthodox Cathedral | Choirmaster 1912–1918 | Yes – c.21 boys with men Boys housed and trained at a New York boarding school | Concert tours (e.g. Harvard 1916) introduced Russian sacred choral music to American audiences After 1925: Unconfirmed | Medium | orthodoxhistory.org thecrimson.com | |
| William F. Pecher | St. Patrick's Cathedral | New York, NY | Roman Catholic Cathedral | Organist & director of music 1879–1904 (at Old Cathedral from 1862) | Unconfirmed — | First music director of the present cathedral After 1925: — | Medium | en.wikipedia.org | |
| Jacques C. Ungerer | St. Patrick's Cathedral | New York, NY | Roman Catholic Cathedral | Organist & director of music 1904–1929 (assistant from 1893) | Unconfirmed — | Succeeded by Pietro Yon After 1925: — | Medium | en.wikipedia.org | |
| Leo Kofler | St. Paul's Chapel (Trinity Parish) | New York, NY | Episcopal Parish chapel | Organist 1877–1901 | Unconfirmed Private vocal studio | Wrote a textbook on singing; AGO founder After 1925: — | Medium | wp.agohq.org | |
| George William Warren | St. Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue | New York, NY | Episcopal Parish | Organist 1870–1900 | Unconfirmed — | Tune NATIONAL HYMN ('God of Our Fathers'), 1892; edited a hymnal; Holy Trinity Brooklyn from 1860 After 1925: — | High | en.wikipedia.org hymnary.org | AGO sketch gives 1870–1902 |
| Will C. Macfarlane | St. Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue | New York, NY | Episcopal Parish | Organist & choirmaster 1900–1912 | Unconfirmed — | AGO founder; first Clemson Medal 1897; The Church Service Book (1912); Portland municipal organist 1912–19 After 1925: — | High | en.wikipedia.org wp.agohq.org | |
| T. Tertius Noble | St. Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue | New York, NY | Episcopal Parish | Organist & choirmaster 1913–1943 | Yes Founded Saint Thomas Choir School, 1919 | Formerly organist of York Minster; Evening Services in A, B minor and A minor; first Lambeth D.Mus. awarded outside the British Isles (1932) After 1925: Yes – choir school continues today | High | en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org | |
| Will C. Macfarlane | Temple Emanu-El | New York, NY | Reform Jewish Synagogue | Organist & choirmaster 1898–1912 | No — | See St. Thomas After 1925: — | High | en.wikipedia.org | AGO sketch gives 1900–12 |
| Gottfried Federlein | Temple Emanu-El | New York, NY | Reform Jewish Synagogue | Organist 1915–1945 | No — | 30-year tenure After 1925: Yes | Medium | nealfcampbell.wordpress.com | Harry T. Burleigh sang in the Temple choir 1900–25 |
| Lazare Saminsky | Temple Emanu-El | New York, NY | Reform Jewish Synagogue | Music director 1924–(beyond 1925) | No — | Composer and scholar of Jewish music; served beyond 1925 After 1925: Yes | High | en.wikipedia.org | |
| Arthur Henry Messiter | Trinity Church, Wall Street | New York, NY | Episcopal Parish | Organist & choirmaster (director of music) 1866–1897 | Yes Choir boys trained in parish; choir library founded | Founded the choir library; compiled The Psalter and Hymnal with Music as used in Trinity Church (1893); wrote A History of the Choir and Music of Trinity Church (1906) After 1925: Yes – choir continues | High | trinitychurchnyc.org | |
| Victor Baier | Trinity Church, Wall Street | New York, NY | Episcopal Parish | Organist & choirmaster 1897–1921 (asst. from 1884; permanent June 1898) | Yes Trinity School of Music operated during his tenure | Former Trinity choirboy and Messiter pupil; AGO founder; AGO warden 1920–21 After 1925: Yes | High | trinitychurchnyc.org wp.agohq.org | |
| Channing Lefebvre | Trinity Church, Wall Street | New York, NY | Episcopal Parish | Organist & choirmaster 1922–1941 | Yes Himself a product of St. Paul's Choir School, Baltimore | Began midday organ recitals after the 1924 organ; AGO warden 1939–41 After 1925: Yes | High | trinitychurchnyc.org nealfcampbell.wordpress.com | |
| Edwin Arthur Kraft | Trinity Cathedral | Cleveland, OH | Episcopal Cathedral | Organist & choirmaster 1907–1959 (except 1914–15, Atlanta municipal organist) | Unconfirmed Cleveland Institute of Music organ department | Chosen from 90 applicants; dedicated the cathedral's Skinner organ; noted recitalist After 1925: Yes – served to 1959 | High | case.edu en.wikipedia.org | |
| John Finley Williamson | Westminster Presbyterian Church | Dayton, OH | Presbyterian Parish | Choir director (founder) 1920–(beyond 1925) | No Westminster Choir School founded 1926 at the church; later Westminster Choir College | Founded the Westminster Choir (1920); model for American a cappella church choirs After 1925: Yes – school moved to Ithaca 1929 and Princeton 1932 | High | rider.edu en.wikipedia.org | |
| J. Frederick Wolle | Central Moravian Church | Bethlehem, PA | Moravian Parish | Organist 1885–1905 | No University of California 1905–11 | Founded the Bach Choir of Bethlehem (1898); first complete American B-minor Mass, 1900; AGO founder After 1925: Yes – Bach Choir continues | High | en.wikipedia.org wp.agohq.org | Wolle led the Bach Choir again from 1911–12 |
| Michael Hurley Cross | Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul | Philadelphia, PA | Roman Catholic Cathedral | Organist 1862–1880 | Unconfirmed — | AGO founder; conducted local choral groups; then Holy Trinity, Philadelphia 1880–97 After 1925: — | Medium | wp.agohq.org | Tenure ends at the start of the period |
| Michael Hurley Cross | Church of the Holy Trinity, Rittenhouse Square | Philadelphia, PA | Episcopal Parish | Organist 1880–1897 | Unconfirmed — | See SS. Peter and Paul After 1925: — | Medium | wp.agohq.org | |
| Ralph Kinder | Church of the Holy Trinity, Rittenhouse Square | Philadelphia, PA | Episcopal Parish | Organist 1899–1937 | Unconfirmed — | Gave his 1,000th organ recital at the church in 1925 After 1925: Yes | High | philadelphiastudies.org encyclopedia.com | |
| Nicola A. Montani | St. John the Evangelist Church | Philadelphia, PA | Roman Catholic Parish | Music director 1906–(end unconfirmed) | Unconfirmed Taught and led choirs in many Catholic schools; co-founded the Society of St. Gregory of America (1915) | Leader of American chant reform after Pius X's motu proprio of 1903 After 1925: — | Medium | en.wikipedia.org | |
| Minton Pyne | St. Mark's Church, Locust Street | Philadelphia, PA | Episcopal (Anglo-Catholic) Parish | Organist c.1902 | Yes – boys' choir since 1867 — | Founder of Pennsylvania AGO chapter After 1925: — | Low | wp.agohq.org philadelphiastudies.org | Circa date only |
| Lewis A. Wadlow | St. Mark's Church, Locust Street | Philadelphia, PA | Episcopal (Anglo-Catholic) Parish | Organist & choirmaster 1915–1929 | Yes Choir alumni association (reunions 1917–22) | Led the 50th-anniversary choir services (1917–18) After 1925: Yes | High | anglicanhistory.org philadelphiastudies.org | |
| David D. Wood | St. Stephen's Church | Philadelphia, PA | Episcopal Parish | Organist 1864–1910 | Unconfirmed Pennsylvania Institute for the Blind 1853–1910 | Blind organist and teacher; anthems and hymns; AGO founder After 1925: — | Medium | wp.agohq.org | |
| Russell King Miller | Temple Keneseth Israel | Philadelphia, PA | Reform Jewish Synagogue | Organist 1902–(end unconfirmed) | No — | AGO founder; Pennsylvania chapter founder After 1925: — | Medium | wp.agohq.org | |
| Harvey B. Gaul | Calvary Church | Pittsburgh, PA | Episcopal Parish | Organist & choirmaster 1910–1945 | Yes – boy choir of about 60 Children's choir | Composer and critic; prominent Pittsburgh music figure After 1925: Yes | High | americanmusic.library.pitt.edu en.wikipedia.org | |
| Albert A. Stanley | Grace Church | Providence, RI | Episcopal Parish | Organist 1876–1888 | Unconfirmed University of Michigan 1888–1922 | Conductor of the University of Michigan Choral Union; AGO founder After 1925: — | Medium | wp.agohq.org | |
| Evan Stephens | Salt Lake Tabernacle | Salt Lake City, UT | Latter-day Saints Tabernacle | Choir conductor 1890–1916 | No — | Built the Tabernacle Choir to national prominence After 1925: Yes | High | en.wikipedia.org | |
| Anthony C. Lund | Salt Lake Tabernacle | Salt Lake City, UT | Latter-day Saints Tabernacle | Choir conductor 1916–1935 | No — | Led choir into the broadcast era After 1925: Yes | High | en.wikipedia.org | |
| John J. McClellan | Salt Lake Tabernacle | Salt Lake City, UT | Latter-day Saints Tabernacle | Organist 1900–1925 | No — | Inaugurated weekly Tabernacle organ recitals After 1925: — | High | en.wikipedia.org |