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Bio
Ted Babbitt is a concert organist who has performed organ recitals throughout the eastern United States. ​Ted is a music education major at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, where he also studies organ performance with Dr. Jack Mitchener. Ted is a recipient of the Jo Phelps Fabian Distinguished Music Scholarship at Mercer and is grateful for the many opportunities this scholarship allows.
This past January, Ted was appointed Music Director-Organist at All Saints’ Episcopal Church, in Warner Robins, Georgia. Previously, he served as the assistant organist at Christ Episcopal Church in Macon, Georgia; organ scholar at Saint John's Episcopal Church in West Hartford, CT; and organist at the Church of the Transfiguration in Norfolk, CT.
Ted began studying organ with Scott Lamlein. He has performed in masterclasses for Nathan Laube, Christopher Houlihan, Christa Rakich, Jonathan Moyer, Ray Nagem, Felix Hell, Stephen Tharpe, and Jeffrey Brillhart.​
As a competitor, Ted has placed highly in numerous competitions. This past April, he placed third in the 2024 National Undergraduate Organ Competition held in Ottumwa, Iowa. Ted placed first prize in the 2022 L. Cameron Johnson Organ Competition in Connecticut, after having tied for second and winning the audience prize the year prior. Additionally, in March of 2022, Ted placed second in the Young Organists Competition in Columbia, South Carolina. He also won prizes for the best Bach performance and the best hymn performance at that event.
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Ted has collaborated with musicians ranging from solo artists to full symphonic bands and choirs. In the summer of 2023, Ted toured Connecticut with soprano Sarah Marze in the Fresh Voices of Summer! recital tour. This spring, Ted will perform the Concertino for Organ and Wind Band by Thomas Trachsel with the Mercer University Wind Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Brittan Braddock.