Edward Murray

The Cathedral is delighted to welcome Edward Murray as Guest Organist on Wednesday, October 2, 2024 at 1:00pm

A well-known figure on the Southern California music scene, Edward Murray was for close to 30 years Director of Music and Organist at historic Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles and has served an eleven-month stint as interim organist at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.  He is presently organist at St. Victor Church in West Hollywood and an active free-lancer. He holds degrees from the University of Oklahoma and Southern Methodist University and has done advanced work at the University of Southern California.  

Edward Murray has been a prize-winner in numerous important national and international competitions. He played more than ten seasons with the Los Angeles Baroque Orchestra and other notable early music ensembles as harpsichordist.  He has also championed new music for organ, giving local and regional premieres of numerous, including Olivier Messiaen’s monumental Livre du Saint Sacrement and the southern California premiere of Stephen Paulus’s first Organ Concerto before a capacity crowd in San Diego’s Balboa Park.  He has served on the adjunct faculties of California State University at Los Angeles, Occidental College and U.S.C.  He has performed as organist with many Southern California choirs, including the Los Angeles Master Chorale, Pasadena Chorale and Millennium Consort Singers, among others.