Leo Abbott • Celebrating 150 Years of the Cathedral Pipe Organ!

When:
Sunday, Sep 14, 2025 3:00p -
4:30p

Where:
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
1400 Washington St.
Boston, MA 02118

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$Suggested Donation $20 | $10 Seniors | 17 and under are free

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BOSTON | Sunday, September 14 | 3PM — Celebrating 150 years of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross pipe organ, Leo D. Abbott, FAGO, ChM, Director of Music Emeritus of the Cathedral performs on the 1875 101-rank historic E. & G. G. Hook & Hastings Organ, Opus 801. He will perform works by St. Saëns, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Franck, Hakim

 

Abbott served as Director of Music and Organist of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross for  nearly thirty-three years from 1986-2018. He was the driving force behind the ongoing organ restoration project of the organ of 5,292 pipes.

 

He is a graduate of the St. Paul Choir School, Cambridge, and the Chaloff School of Music, Boston. He has won first prize in several international and national competitions and was a finalist at the "Grand Prix de Chartres" in 1984. His teachers include Theodore Marier, George Faxon, Clarence Watters, Julius Chaloff, and Naji Hakim. Mr. Abbott has performed throughout the United States, and in France, Belgium, England, and Ireland, and is an active member of the AGO and OHS.

 

 

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