Organist
Emily Lapisardi is the principal organist for all Catholic liturgies at the United States Military Academy (West Point) and also plays as needed for the Academy's other denominations. She has the honor to regularly play the West Point Cadet Chapel Organ, the largest church organ in the world. Emily holds a master's degree in Sacred Music (organ) from Duquesne University and attended the Church Music Association's Summer Chant Intensive where she studied chironomy with Wilko Brouwers and Sr. Marie Agatha Ozah. Her organ teachers include J. Christopher Pardini, Dr. Ann Labounsky, Dr. Jason Keefer, and Dr. Isabelle Demers, with whom she studied through the AGO's POE+ summer program.
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"Emily was exceptional! We were so glad to have her play at our wedding. I would definitely recommend her to anyone looking for an organist. Professional, friendly, and an amazing artist."
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- Kaitlyn C. (bride)
West Point Cadet Chapel
As one of the Academy's staff organists, Emily regularly has the honor to play the West Point Cadet Chapel organ, the largest pipe organ in a church anywhere in the world.
Mozart "Ave Verum Corpus"
Listen to the West Point Catholic Chapel Choir, directed and accompanied by Emily Lapisardi, sing this choral classic in the West Point Cadet Chapel