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Raymond Nagem, organ

Melissa Brassard, organ and piano

Bart Feller, flute

Kal Sugatski, viola

A fierce perfectionist, Maurice Duruflé published only a handful of works during his long career, each one lovingly polished into a masterpiece. Minister of Music Raymond Nagem and Wilson Family Sacred Music Intern Melissa Brassard present Duruflé’s complete works for organ, as well as his only piece of chamber music: the rarely performed Prélude, Récitatif, et Variations, Op. 3, for flute, viola, and piano. 

Raymond Nagem

Raymond Nagem is Minister of Music at The Brick Presbyterian Church in New York City, and a member of the organ faculty at Manhattan School of Music. He completed his D.M.A. at The Juilliard School in 2016, where he was a student of Paul Jacobs. 

A native of Medford, Mass., Dr. Nagem attended the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School and began organ lessons there with John Dunn. He earned his B.A. from Yale University in 2009, studying the organ with Thomas Murray, and his M.A. in 2011 from Juilliard.

Prior to his appointment at Brick, he served for eleven years at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City, where he was Associate Director of Music and Organist. His album Divine Splendor, recorded on the Great Organ of St. John the Divine, is available on the Pro Organo label. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in spring of 2020, Dr. Nagem began a weekly online recital series from the cathedral, “Tuesdays at 6,” featuring a diverse range of music spanning the entire organ repertoire. In his spare time, he enjoys running, cycling, and crossword puzzles.

Melissa Brassard

Beginning her studies at the age of 5, Melissa Brassard is an accomplished soloist, accompanist, and chamber musician from the Los Angeles area. Currently, Melissa is a student of Martin Jean at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, and serves as the Wilson Family Sacred Music Intern at Brick Presbyterian Church in New York City. She graduated from Oberlin College and Conservatory in 2024 with a Bachelor of Music degree, studying piano and organ performance. 

Melissa was the recipient of the Music Teachers' Association of California’s Memorial Music Scholarship, a finalist in the 2021 Rudolf Serkin Piano Competition, and a recipient of the Colburn Merit Scholarship. She has served as organist and accompanist at the Church of Saint Clarence, North Olmsted and First United Methodist Church, Pasadena. Melissa’s previous teachers include Jonathan Moyer and Alvin Chow.

Bart Feller

Bart Feller is principal flute of the New Jersey Symphony, New York City Opera Orchestra, and Santa Fe Opera Orchestra. He has appeared with the New York Philharmonic, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Bargemusic, and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and has also appeared as concerto soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and Jupiter Symphony. 

A graduate of the Juilliard Pre-College Division, Feller holds a BM from the Curtis Institute of Music, where his teachers included Julius Baker and John Krell. He has also worked extensively with Keith Underwood. Among the summer festivals he has participated in are the Marlboro Music Festival, OK Mozart International Festival, Colorado College Chamber Music Festival, Napa Valley Chamber Music Festival, and the Grand Teton Music Festival. 

Feller has been a faculty member at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University since 1994 and joined Juilliard’s Pre-College Division faculty in 2004.

Kal Sugatski

Violist Kal Sugatski performs regularly with the New York Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony, New York City Ballet, International Contemporary Ensemble, New Jersey Symphony, and on Broadway. They have also appeared with Stevie Wonder, Ben Folds, Norah Jones, Andrea Bocelli, and The National. Their playing can be heard on over 50 recordings and soundtracks, including Judas and the Black Messiah, and other Grammy-winning albums.

Kal was a 2021-2022 season musician with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. They were a member of New World Symphony, where they were co-principal violist under the baton of Michael Tilson-Thomas and gave their solo debut. They have been featured on NPR twice, both as a soloist and chamber musician. Their 2022-2023 season highlights include performances with the New York Philharmonic, concerts with ChamberQUEER, international touring with American Contemporary Music Ensemble and Max Richter, and community concerts all over NYC with Orchestra of St. Luke’s

Kal is a native of Portland, Maine and holds degrees from Oberlin Conservatory and Manhattan School of Music. In their spare time they are a long-distance backpacker, winter hiker, ocean swimmer, and nature enthusiast.