We are excited to launch our International Organist Series for 2026 with a wonderful line up of organists.
The Pilgrim Uniting Church International Organist Series has for many years brought the world’s best organists to Adelaide to present recitals on Pilgrim’s acclaimed pipe organ.
This year we welcome performers from France and the UK, as well as Australia’s own Holly Broadbent.
Martin Setchell is an international concert organist known for his spirited playing and entertaining repertoire. Born in the UK, Setchell emigrated to New Zealand and taught for forty years at the University of Canterbury School of Music.
Since 1997, Setchell has been curator of the pipe organ in Christchurch Town Hall and is dedicated to promoting its status as an international concert instrument. In 2008, he was honoured by the City of Christchurch with a Civic Award for services to music in the community.
Sunday 29 March 2026 2:30pm
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Holly Broadbent is Principal Organist at St Mary’s Cathedral, Perth. In 2025, she completed a Master of Music degree in organ performance at Yale University, where she studied with James O’Donnell. Broadbent was awarded the Charles Ives Award for an outstanding organ major and the Julia R. Sherman Memorial Prize for excellence in organ performance.
Broadbent has performed extensively throughout Australia and the United States. Alongside her work as a performer, she is also an accomplished composer.
Sunday 12 April 2026 2:30pm
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Vincent Dubois is a Titular Organist at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris and Professor of organ interpretation and improvisation at the Hochschule für Musik in Saarbrücken, Germany. Prior to his 2016 appointment at Notre-Dame, Dubois served as titular organist at Soissons Cathedral and Saint-Brieuc Cathedral.
Dubois has performed in major concert venues throughout Europe, North America, Asia and the Pacific, including performances for numerous international music festivals and as a guest organist with many orchestras and ensembles.
Sunday 21 June 2026 2:30pm
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Benjamin Sheen is Director of Music at Jesus College Cambridge, returning to the UK after seven years working at the renowned St Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, New York City. He is the inaugural winner of the Pierre S. du Pont First Prize at the 2013 Longwood Gardens Organ Competition and a prize-winning Fellow of the Royal College of Organists.
Sheen’s growing international reputation has seen him perform throughout the United States of America, Europe, South Africa, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand.
Sunday 9 August 2026 2:30pm
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Through the Series, Pilgrim maintains the prominence of the organ as a recital instrument, encourages young people to pursue organ studies, and provides invaluable professional development opportunities for our organists and choristers.
Since 2023, the International Organist Series has been proudly supported by the Stow Music Fund.