Andrew E. Unsworth

Organist

ndrew Unsworth was raised in Potsdam, New York, in a family of musicians. He received a bachelor of music degree in Organ Performance and Pedagogy from Brigham Young University in 1995, graduating summa cum laude. He went on to receive M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Performance Practice from Duke University.

From 1998 to 2001 Unsworth served as Music Director at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Durham, North Carolina. His next position was as Organist and Assistant Director of Music at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, where he served from 2001 to 2006.

Immediately prior to his appointment as Tabernacle Organist, Unsworth was Assistant Professor of Music History and Organ at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas.

Unsworth was featured soloist at the national convention of the Organ Historical Society in 2001 and at the multi-regional convention of the American Guild of Organists in 2003.

He and his wife, Alison Giauque, are the parents of four children.