David Sinden is a critically-acclaimed organist and church musician noted for his "masterful" choral accompanying. He is also an innovative recitalist who often pairs modern works and improvisations alongside early masterpieces.
“Organist David Sinden provided masterful accompaniment for the choir – shading the crevices, plumbing the depths, and exalting the peaks”
– The Diapason
Mr. Sinden has previously served as Organist at St. Thomas Lutheran Church (ELCA) in Bloomington, Indiana, and Assistant Organist and Choirmaster at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Lakewood, Ohio, where he established the St. Peter's Choristers, a choir for young people affiliated with the Royal School of Church Music. He has also worked as Organist and Choirmaster at Lake Delaware Boys' Camp, an Anglo-Catholic military camp in the Catskill Mountains of New York.
Mr. Sinden holds a master's degree from Indiana University, where he studied organ with Larry Smith, and a bachelor's degree from Oberlin College, where he studied with David Boe. While a student at Oberlin, Mr. Sinden was the Organist and Choirmaster for college Vespers. He studied organ with Robert Brewer while attending the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston, Texas.
An active promoter of the organ and its music, Mr. Sinden has hosted the Friday Night Organ Pump, a midnight organ recital held monthly in Oberlin's Finney Chapel. He is active in the American Guild of Organists and currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Indianapolis Chapter. Mr. Sinden also teaches organ privately and currently has two high-school-age students.
Mr. Sinden has performed in master classes throughout North America for such noted musicians as Gerre Hancock, Paul Manz, Mitzi Meyerson, Bruce Neswick, William Porter, and Giles Swayne.
Mr. Sinden has also received the Composer Award from the American Festival for the Arts.
Improvisation on "In dulci jubilo"
Wolff organ, December 2008
"Lord of all being" by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Tune: HOLY LIGHT by David Sinden
Brombaugh organ, recorded in liturgy, March 2003
Chorale Prelude: "Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzugleich"    BWV 609 ©MMIX Sinden.org
J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
Taylor & Boody organ, July 2008
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Organ Recital
Friday 30 January
12:05 p.m.
Christ Church Cathedral, Indianapolis
Bach in the Gallery
Monday 9 February
7:30 p.m.
Christ Church Cathedral, Indianapolis
Dream of Gerontius - Edward Elgar
Sunday 3 May
4:30 p.m.
Christ Church Cathedral, Indianapolis
European Tour with the
Christ Church Cathedral Choir of Men & Boys
Sunday 26 July - Monday 10 August
A Celebration of Carols
Sunday 21 December 2008
4:00 p.m.
Ruth Lilly Recital Hall, University of Indianapolis
Organ Recital
Wednesday 3 December 2008
11:30 a.m.
St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church
Music of Olivier Messiaen
Sunday 23 November 2008
4:30 p.m.
Christ Church Cathedral, Indianapolis
Duruflé Requiem Eucharist
Monday 2 November (All Souls' Day) 2008
7:00 p.m.
Christ Church Cathedral, Indianapolis