eter Richard Conte is highly and widely regarded for his skill as a performer, arranger of organ transcriptions, and for his unique and varied concert programs. Not many performers today offer a Bach Prelude and Fugue followed by Bizet's "Carmen" or a Strauss waltz. He has been featured several times on National Public Radio and on ABC national television's "Good Morning America."

Mr. Conte is the Grand Court Organist of the legendary Wanamaker Organ in Philadelphia. When not touring, he performs on the six-manual 29,000 pipe instrument twice daily, six days per week. He has performed throughout the United States as well as a number of times in England, including a recital at St. Paul's Cathedral, London. He was a featured artist at the 2003 national convention of the American Guild of Organists.

Mr. Conte's compact disc Orchestral Hors d'oeuvres recorded at Longwood Gardens (available from Towerhill-Recordings) has established a new criterion in the use of the organ for sheer delight. He is also well-recorded as a choral director, appearing on the Dorian and DTR labels with the professional choir he directs as Organist and Choirmaster at S. Clement's Church, Philadelphia.

Before coming to S. Clement's, Mr. Conte held a similar position at the Washington Memorial Chapel, Valley Forge, where he founded and directed the Chapel Choir of Men and Boys. He toured with this choir in England, singing in residence at both St. Alban's and Peterborough Cathedrals.

Peter Richard Conte is an Associate of the American Guild of Organists and holds the prestigious Performer's Certificate in Organ from Indiana University where he studied with Larry Smith and Robert Rayfield. He has also served as Associate Organist of the Cathedral of the Incarnation, Garden City, New York, while studying with Robert Kennedy.

[Excerpted from Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists]