FREE CONCERT: Spirit of America with the Siepp/Williams Duo
Schedule
Sun, 31 May, 2026 at 04:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
120 South St, Newburgh, NY, United States, New York 12550 | Newburgh, NY
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An entertaining and engaging program with inspirational and moving visuals on the big screen celebrating the 250th anniversary of America featuring on Trumpet Chuck Seipp, the United States Army Band, Pershing’s Own (SGM Retired) and on Organ and Piano Craig Williams, Organist & Choir Director of the West Point Cadet Chapel.All are welcome - Please join us!
MORE ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Trumpeter CHUCK SIEPP culminated his 32-year career from The United States Army Band, “Pershing’s Own,” as Concert Band Group Leader. Sergeant Major Seipp performed at national, presidential, and historical world events, at concerts and special events in Washington, D.C., and for funerals and wreath-laying ceremonies in Arlington National Cemetery. He performed with the Concert Band, Orchestra, Ceremonial Band, Herald
Trumpets, The Army Brass Quintet, and was featured soloist.
Chuck has toured and recorded throughout Europe with world–renowned organist Diane Bish, appearing regularly on her “Joy of Music” television series. As an active teacher, soloist,
clinician, and performer, he has performed locally with the National Symphony Orchestra, Washington Opera House Orchestra, Washington Ballet Orchestra, and Washington Bach
Consort. He also leads and is active throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region with The Commonwealth Brass Quintet. Chuck has managed and performed over 175 Trumpet/Organ & Trumpet/Piano Duo concerts across 25 states.
Through CJ Seipp Music Publications, he markets his own brass arrangements, many of which have been played and recorded by the Canadian Brass Quintet, The U.S. Army Brass Quintet, among many others. Chuck’s recording project of The Wedding Book is a collection of his arrangements has proven to be a valuable resource for organists and trumpeters internationally.
Chuck’s passion is managing, promoting, and performing with the Seipp/Williams Trumpet and Organ Duo. From recording
projects to travels across the country, these duos take performances to unprecedented entertaining and musical heights through all styles of specialized arrangements synchronized to captivating and moving videos.
Chuck most recently served as Adjunct Professor of Trumpet at James Madison University, in Harrisonburg, VA through May of 2025. He has served on faculty as Adjunct Professor of Trumpet at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia, from 2013-2019 and Visiting Professor of Trumpet at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX, from 2012-13. Chuck, Yamaha Performing Artist, holds an undergraduate music education degree from The University of Kansas and master’s and doctoral degrees in trumpet performance from The Catholic University of America.
CRAIG S. WILLIAMS is Organist and Choirmaster of the Cadet Chapel, United States Military Academy West Point, where he plays the world’s largest church all-pipe organ and directs the
Cadet Chapel Choir. He is only the fourth organist to hold that position since the present Cadet Chapel building was erected in 1910.
At West Point, Mr. Williams oversees the music programs of five chapels in which are given well over 400 services, concerts and various other functions annually. Personally, Mr. Williams performs at approximately 200 of these chapel functions, including worship services, weddings, funerals, class reunion memorial services, recitals, choir concerts and VIP organ demonstrations performing for royalty, cabinet members, generals, members of Congress and many other international government and military figures. He has been featured on television numerous times including the Fox News’ West Point Holiday Special which received over 2,000,000 views, and he appears as organist on the West Point Glee Club’s DVD Stand Ye Steady. The performance of “Jerusalem” (arranged from C.H.H. Parry) is prominently featured on YouTube, with over 2.5 million views. Mr. Williams maintains his own YouTube channel (Craig Williams, Organist), where he regularly posts many different styles of organ repertoire and hymn arrangements, recorded on the West Point Cadet Chapel organ and other locations.
Mr. Williams has performed publicly on both organ and piano for over 45 years. In the fall of 2023, he performed two recitals
in Italy, for the Pantheon Organ Festival in Rome, and the San Gaudenzio Festival in Novara. In 2021, he performed in the
Curso Internacional de Órgano Romántico, in San Sebastian, Spain. His organ credits include performances at Carnegie
Hall with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, several appearances at Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center, and at Segerstrom Hall in
Orange County, CA with the Pacific Chorale. His most recent appearance at Segerstrom Hall was sharing the stage with
Paul Jacobs, Frederick Swann, and Christoph Bull. Mr. Williams has been featured on the summer series in the Riverside
Church in NYC, the Crystal Cathedral, and Ocean Grove Auditorium; and he continues to give numerous recitals and
workshops for prominent cathedrals and churches on both coasts.
Mr. Williams received the masters in organ performance from Westminster Choir College as the first Currin Scholar in Organ
Performance, a full graduate level scholarship, studying with Eugene Roan. His piano performance degrees include the
masters from the Juilliard School, studying with Martin Canin, where he performed with the Juilliard Symphony at Lincoln
Center; and the bachelors from the University of Southern California, studying with Daniel Pollack. Craig Williams is an Associate of the American Guild of Organists, active in the Central Hudson Valley, Westchester, and New York City chapters. Mr. Williams performs under management of Seven Eight Artists, www.seveneightartists.com.
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