Kent Tritle

Kent Tritle is among the most visible American organists, playing the instrument in regular positions at New York's Cathedral of St. John the Divine and with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. He is also a noted choral conductor and an important educator in the New York area. Tritle was born in Spirit Lake, Iowa, on August 26, 1960. A local teacher, Dorothy Hoien, gave him piano and organ lessons. He enrolled at the University of South Dakota but felt unchallenged by his courses there and transferred to the University of Iowa. Tritle got a summer job as the music director a...