Gabriel Arregui has been with our Festival for three decades, performing at one time or another in each of the five concerts, including the organ recitals. He took over from his late professor, Malcolm Hamilton, in 1994. Arregui recently left his position as Assistant Organist of St Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral, San Diego, where he performed for Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip in 1983. His plans now are to collaborate with singers in one of his favorite musical forms: art-songs. He will freelance as a performer in chamber music and solo recitals, and is looking to accept organ and piano students. Married last November for the first (and only!) time, he is very much enjoying married life.

Arregui holds degrees from the University of Southern California (Collaborative Piano) and Loma Linda University (Organ Performance). While at USC he won the Hans Schiff Memorial Scholarship for excellence in chamber music, as well as the award for outstanding graduate from the Accompanying Department. He has appeared in recital with sopranos Julianne Baird and Rosa Lamoreaux, and has taught 18th-century counterpoint at La Sierra University.